↑  Greg Monroe, C – Detroit PistonsThis week the spotlight shines bright on a rookie center playing for the lowly Detroit Pistons. Monroe was taking a back seat to the 36-year-old Ben Wallace and his 3.2 points/6.5 rebounds per game average.  That is, until Big Ben went down with an ankle

In preparation of the 2011 MLB Fantasy Baseball season, The Fantasy Fix team will preview a team’s pitching rotation each day. Tyler starts the series with the National League East’s Philadelphia Phillies. The Fantastic Four have come together to defeat the evil competition in the NL East.  In 2009, we

Rashard Lewis The story of Antawn Jamison is analogous to that of Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, or even Patrick Ewing: veteran players who have sojourned city to city in pursuit of a coveted NBA ring.  In 2004 Jamison joined a talented Dallas Maverick team but failed to secure a title and was again disappointed by

In the summer of 2009, then Chicago Bull Ben Gordon did what any of us would do. The former Uconn standout parlayed a career season into one basketball’s biggest contracts, totaling well over $50 MM. Gordon has been a microcosm of his Piston team: struggling to shoot the ball efficiently

↑  Blake Griffin, PF – LACWell it’s another week and another Clippers player is in the spotlight.  While it may be obvious to most fans and insiders that Mr. Griffin is off to a superb start to his career, it’s important to understand the merits of his accomplishments.   Griffin is averaging

Adrian Beltre You would think that a player with over 7,500 plate appearances would be fairly easy to evaluate, but Adrian Beltre may be one of the more difficult players to project going into 2011.   This is a guy who has hit as high as .334 and as low .240, has hit

Starting the season at 9-23 the New Jersey Nets are almost past the woeful number of games that they won all of last season (12). While New Jersey isn’t a team that should be counted on to make the playoffs, there are a few players that are worth considering adding

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I also hope you are still in the championship hunt with two games to play.   Monday night's Falcons vs. Saints game promises to be explosive, with plenty of fantasy stars on display.  With a win, the Falcons take the division and

Sitting comfortably atop of the Eastern Conference, don’t look for Boston to change its winning formula just yet. That is until someone on The Big Three finally breaks down. Paul Pierce’s stats this season (18.2 ppg, 3.4 assists, 5.0 rebounds) are marginally better to what he averaged last season (18.3 ppg, 3.1 asst,

Merry Christmas everyone.  As a present, the NFL presents Jon Kitna vs. John Skelton! Who could ask for anything more!?   This is definitely the equivalent of coal in the stocking.   Thankfully, Christmas Day is normally the "coming out" day for the NBA, so nobody is expecting a top-notch