2014 Fantasy Basketball Advice Thread

[yuja]

Hi.

I give fantasy bball advice, been playing since '09 when I was about 12

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[DatFatWhale]

Will u finish 2nd place behind me again this year?

[yuja]

Will u finish 2nd place behind me again this year?

it depends on how well drose plays

this could go very well or very bad

[jross2021]

I'll use thks thread often, but I'll be directing all questions toward the champ.

[Impurityz]

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[PjzBoozer]

I'll use thks thread often, but I'll be directing all questions toward the champ.

a.k.a. Me

I don't think u brahs realize exactly how much i'm bout to make it rain this year

Z rate my trade with NSW. Oh mighty Fantasy wizard!

[yuja]

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negged

ill be legal by the time basketbal starts

I'll use thks thread often, but I'll be directing all questions toward the champ.

oookay

at least you'll never have to ask yourself a question

oooh

a.k.a. Me

I don't think u brahs realize exactly how much i'm bout to make it rain this year

Z rate my trade with NSW. Oh mighty Fantasy wizard!

ur boozer, doomed to have bad luck in bball

i think u rekt NSW in the trade

Westie is going to go off for the first quarter of the season

Deng is going to be LBJ lite in Miami this season

Boozer is irrelevant. (but he should put up okay numbers while he's still starting)


meanwhile...

all NSW got was Cousins

Burks is meh and Carroll isn't going to be as effective this season imo with Horford back


cliffs

Westbrook and Deng > Cousins and DeMarre

Burks and Boozer are both bums

[PjzBoozer]

Burks and Boozer are both bums

oooh kill em. feelsgoodmane dat i trade raped NSW.

But i disagree with Burks. I think he continues up in UTAH. He can become a 15 ppg scorer with 3 ast, 3 reb and he can get better in %'s & 3's.

Obviously Exum & Hood are rookies so, i don't think they really are too much "competition" for him.

Carroll was the one i was not liking on draft day. I have a feeling it was a flash in the pan year but i could be wrong. I don't think they signed Thabo & Bazemore for no reason.

Here's hoping Deng plays 70+ games and Wade plays only 60+

[Howiester]

I have the 7th pick in a 12 team h2h standard 9 cats. Who would you take? Cousins? Melo? KD? Westy if he drops?

And then who would you grab at 18 to pair?

[nvrstopworking]

Westbrook and Deng > Cousins and DeMarre

Burks and Boozer are both bums

Wat.

DMC = guaranteed fantasy beast. And with no IT2 there this season I expect even bigger things. Should also be more mature from the Team USA experience.

Westbrook should beast, yes.... but no guarantees what'll happen there with no KD.

Deng is a risk. Could be good... could be very, very avg. I think that Bosh and Wade are going to get the lion's share of touches this season (which is why I decided to take a risk Wade).

Carroll I just want for his 3s.

Burks is a good combo guard who can do a bit of everything. Don't sleep on him.

We can revisit this later on.

[DatFatWhale]

i think u rekt NSW in the trade

Westie is going to go off for the first quarter of the season

Deng is going to be LBJ lite in Miami this season

Boozer is irrelevant. (but he should put up okay numbers while he's still starting)


meanwhile...

all NSW got was Cousins

Burks is meh and Carroll isn't going to be as effective this season imo with Horford back


cliffs

Westbrook and Deng > Cousins and DeMarre

Burks and Boozer are both bums

This/10

NSW trading down and giving away 2 superior player for 2 bums. Not sure if smart move b4 the season even begins. U wot m8? Would've given u LA12 and throw in JRUE for the package ur giving away

[PjzBoozer]

Wat.

DMC = guaranteed fantasy beast. And with no IT2 there this season I expect even bigger things. Should also be more mature from the Team USA experience.

Westbrook should beast, yes.... but no guarantees what'll happen there with no KD.

Deng is a risk. Could be good... could be very, very avg. I think that Bosh and Wade are going to get the lion's share of touches this season (which is why I decided to take a risk Wade).

Carroll I just want for his 3s.

Burks is a good combo guard who can do a bit of everything. Don't sleep on him.

We can revisit this later on.

U med?

Naw but fareels, i think we worked out a great deal. I was just not expecting u to go for Wade in another trade. I figured u wanted to stay away from MIA this season.

Deng had an average as fuk season last year but that was because of mid season trade. Hopefully it doesn't take him long to play well in MIA and like i said, i hope Deng > Wade this season

I liked Burks a lot but i was thinking u had the same vibe for Carroll as well so i added him to the trade.

TBH, Boozer was a big factor in the trade for me lol

I think Cousins = Westy

Cousins could blow up but they will be running a fast break pace i hear with Collison/Sessions and yes they will pass the ball more but that's still about the same amount of points per game as IT2. I think he'll blow up more on the rebound/blocks department. And i am basically punting blocks and my rebounds are decent.

Westy better average 25-30, 5, 5 at least without Durant!

[PjzBoozer]

This/10
NSW trading down and giving away 2 superior player for 2 bums. Not sure if smart move b4 the season even begins. U wot m8? Would've given u LA12 and throw in JRUE for the package ur giving away

lmfao. Ye right...

U med u drafted LA before DMC? Ye...u med

[nvrstopworking]

This/10

NSW trading down and giving away 2 superior player for 2 bums. Not sure if smart move b4 the season even begins. U wot m8? Would've given u LA12 and throw in JRUE for the package ur giving away

I like Cousins more than LA12.... and lulz @ JRue. Guy fukked me HARD last year. No way I'm taking him on my team ever again.

If you want a deal all you gotta do is offer bay-bee. Otherwise you snooze, you lose!


EDIT: Burks is a sleeper this year. Dude avgd 14/3/3 last year and has been ripping it up in pre-season.

[PjzBoozer]

I like Cousins more than LA12.... and lulz @ JRue. Guy fukked me HARD last year. No way I'm taking him on my team ever again.

If you want a deal all you gotta do is offer bay-bee. Otherwise you snooze, you lose!


EDIT: Burks is a sleeper this year. Dude avgd 14/3/3 last year and has been ripping it up in pre-season.

Sleeper (Burks) for Sleeper (Boozer)


DFW mad he didn't come prepared for the draft

[nvrstopworking]

Sleeper (Burks) for Sleeper (Boozer)


DFW mad he didn't come prepared for the draft

Ha. Boozer's no sleeper. He should deliver pretty well unless he gets ripped for his lack of D like he did in CHI (which could cost him some minutes since they have Hill).

[PjzBoozer]

Ha. Boozer's no sleeper. He should deliver pretty well unless he gets ripped for his lack of D like he did in CHI (which could cost him some minutes since they have Hill).

Boozer & Hill gon start. I'm more worried about Ed Davis. He's played pretty well defensively and alongside Lin. Randle is raw as fuk and kill urself if u think Bob Sacre is playing ahead of any of these guys if they aren't hurt.

Hopefully he can maintain a 30 min a game avg this season.

If Kobe gets hurt, i think L.A. loses a lot though and Boozer will most likely lose a lot of minutes.

So DFW, in a strange way i'm pulling for ur squad cuz u got Kobe

[1800_Cool_Guy]

Bruh I want Deron Williams from Bum Ass Bums. I'm offering Aron Affalo. Why does he think it's a bad trade. Deron is injured half the season.

[jross2021]

Lol @ this thread turning into CEO 10k/day fantasy league pt. 2

[tambn22]

Have no idea about basketball, am drafting on Sunday. Where can I find some recent draft lists to research? When I say no idea I mean I could probably only name 10 players in the NBA

[nvrstopworking]

Have no idea about basketball, am drafting on Sunday. Where can I find some recent draft lists to research? When I say no idea I mean I could probably only name 10 players in the NBA

Try this site. Pretty good IMO and that article should help you quite a bit if you don't have much knowledge.

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nb...ult-rankings-1

Good luck!

[yuja]

Bruh I want Deron Williams from Bum Ass Bums. I'm offering Aron Affalo. Why does he think it's a bad trade. Deron is injured half the season.

Affalo went from being the top scoring option on the Magic to second fiddle on the Nuggets (or third fiddle..team is pretty stacked). His usage should go down and he wasn't very valuable to begin with

plus PGs always go for more than SGs anyways

Have no idea about basketball, am drafting on Sunday. Where can I find some recent draft lists to research? When I say no idea I mean I could probably only name 10 players in the NBA

espn has a draft kit, yahoo has some rankings, rotoworld....if you're willing to pay basketball monster is charging money this year for their cheatsheets (used to be free, pretty good)

[hardestgainer]

In on asking yuja weekly like in FF

[yuja]

In on asking yuja weekly like in FF

too bad bball is daily

you better visit this thread frequently!

[Squeeks]

thinking about dropping rodney stuckey for marcus smart, should I do it? Stuckey is hurt atm and will miss rest of preseason.

[yuja]

thinking about dropping rodney stuckey for marcus smart, should I do it? Stuckey is hurt atm and will miss rest of preseason.

smart could have good value as long as rondo's out, but might not be as good if rondo ends up coming back early

stuckey is expected to be back by opening night and the pacers need him this season...but the only cats he's really good for are points and ft%

[yuja]

I have the 7th pick in a 12 team h2h standard 9 cats. Who would you take? Cousins? Melo? KD? Westy if he drops?

And then who would you grab at 18 to pair?

Westy if he drops, otherwise Melo

DMC isn't a bad option either (if Harder or Paul drop take them)

around 18 I like Lillard and Bosh

[Squeeks]

smart could have good value as long as rondo's out, but might not be as good if rondo ends up coming back early

stuckey is expected to be back by opening night and the pacers need him this season...but the only cats he's really good for are points and ft%

yeah stuckey is a pretty one dimensional player. Smart is projected to have 1.8 steals too. Steals are worth 2 points in my league. Only thing keeping from picking him is that he's a rookie.

[PsykoMerc]

Please Fantasy Gods Bless me This year. Last year I drafted Kobe, Rose, Ryan Anderson. Whatcha think of my team this year, 12 Team $200 Auction Draft, H2H, PG,SG,SF,PF,C 3 Util, 3 bench - Total 11 man rosters. 9 cat.

Stephen Curry -$98 - prob shouldn't have went so high for him, but one other guy was going crazy with me
Nicolas Batum - $30
Mike Conley - $29 only 1 fcking auto drafter was bidding with me after $19
Gordon Hayward - $16
Roy Hibbert - $9 (Praying this scrub has a bounce back...)
Jose Calderon - $5 (also praying he returns to his old asst #s)
David Lee - $4 grabbed him since it was so low.
Robin Lopez - $3 ( hoping this is a steal and he repeats last year's stats)
Terrence Jones - $3 (gambling on a breakout)
Jordan Hill - $1 (Gambling on a breakout if he gets minutes)
George Hill - $1 (honestly didn't want him, was hoping someone else would bid, not high on him...but hoping no Paul George could help)
David Lee - $4

Thoughts? Advice?

If anyone's curious, here are the early round prices in our league

Pick Player Cost Team
5. Stephen Curry (GS - PG,SG) $98
7. Anthony Davis (NO - PF,C) $94
1. LeBron James (Cle - SF,PF) $89
12. Russell Westbrook (OKC - PG) $78
17. Kevin Love (Cle - PF,C) $77
6. James Harden (Hou - SG,SF) $73
16. Kevin Durant (OKC - SF,PF) $69
9. Chris Paul (LAC - PG) $69
19. Carmelo Anthony (NY - SF,PF) $68
13. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac - PF,C) $63
18. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por - PF,C) $56
24. John Wall (Was - PG) $51
31. Serge Ibaka (OKC - PF,C) $50
20. Blake Griffin (LAC - PF,C) $50
36. Kyrie Irving (Cle - PG,SG) $49
27. Al Jefferson (Cha - PF,C) $48

[yuja]

Please Fantasy Gods Bless me This year. Last year I drafted Kobe, Rose, Ryan Anderson. Whatcha think of my team this year, 12 Team $200 Auction Draft, H2H, PG,SG,SF,PF,C 3 Util, 3 bench - Total 11 man rosters. 9 cat.

Stephen Curry -$98 - prob shouldn't have went so high for him, but one other guy was going crazy with me
Nicolas Batum - $30
Mike Conley - $29 only 1 fcking auto drafter was bidding with me after $19
Gordon Hayward - $16
Roy Hibbert - $9 (Praying this scrub has a bounce back...)
Jose Calderon - $5 (also praying he returns to his old asst #s)
David Lee - $4 grabbed him since it was so low.
Robin Lopez - $3 ( hoping this is a steal and he repeats last year's stats)
Terrence Jones - $3 (gambling on a breakout)
Jordan Hill - $1 (Gambling on a breakout if he gets minutes)
George Hill - $1 (honestly didn't want him, was hoping someone else would bid, not high on him...but hoping no Paul George could help)
David Lee - $4

Thoughts? Advice?

If anyone's curious, here are the early round prices in our league

Pick Player Cost Team
5. Stephen Curry (GS - PG,SG) $98
7. Anthony Davis (NO - PF,C) $94
1. LeBron James (Cle - SF,PF) $89
12. Russell Westbrook (OKC - PG) $78
17. Kevin Love (Cle - PF,C) $77
6. James Harden (Hou - SG,SF) $73
16. Kevin Durant (OKC - SF,PF) $69
9. Chris Paul (LAC - PG) $69
19. Carmelo Anthony (NY - SF,PF) $68
13. DeMarcus Cousins (Sac - PF,C) $63
18. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por - PF,C) $56
24. John Wall (Was - PG) $51
31. Serge Ibaka (OKC - PF,C) $50
20. Blake Griffin (LAC - PF,C) $50
36. Kyrie Irving (Cle - PG,SG) $49
27. Al Jefferson (Cha - PF,C) $48

team looks solid, even though you overpaid for curry

george hill for $1 is a steal