2015-16 fantasy basketball
2015-16 Fantasy Basketball: Prospecting – Kristaps’ Porz-tential
Kristaps Porzingis I have to admit, I was (and still am slightly) concerned with the viability of Kristaps Porzingis actually becoming a real NBA front-court player. Leading up to the draft he seemed like the classic Euro mystery ‘big’; that mish-mash combo of guard-like skills, shooting and ball-handling, coupled with with the
2015-16 Fantasy Basketball: Waiver Wire Fix — Week 3
Welcome to your weekly Waiver Wire Fix. This season I am not only simply giving you players to consider adding each week, I am also telling you players that you should be watching but maybe not adding just yet, players who fill needs as specific category specialists, players I feel
2015-16 Fantasy Basketball: Week 3 Injury Report — Bogut Check
The good news for fantasy basketball owners is that our “cover boy” from last week, DeMarcus Cousins, could return to the court as soon as Monday. The bad news is there are other injuries owners need to monitor as we head into Week 3 of the NBA season. Cousins has
2015-16 Fantasy Basketball: Box Score Browsing — Read This McColumn
C.J. McCollum If I was a fantasy-pimp, C.J. McCollum would be my prize earner and I’d limit him to the well-lit corners of the nicest neighborhoods.
2015-16 Fantasy Basketball: Week 2 Injury Report — Boogie Floored
One week is in the books, and we’ve already witnessed a potentially major injury on the fantasy basketball front. Sacramento Kings superstar DeMarcus Cousins was forced to leave Saturday’s tilt with the Los Angeles Clippers after complaining of Achilles “soreness”. He was later diagnosed with an Achilles strain in his
2015-16 Fantasy Basketball: Experts League Draft Recap
I was ready. I had my rankings up and my strategy set. My computer was fully charged and my sodas were cold. I had time to kill, though, and I was getting anxious. So I decided to walk across the street to the farmer’s market. “I’m just going to buy
2015-16 FANTASY BASKETBALL: Players to Watch A-Z: Part I
Every fantasy season there are question marks. Injuries, trades, contract years, new coaches, rotation battles, international players and rookies, to name just a few. These 26 players (13 in this article) all have some sort of question mark surrounding their fantasy game, so I delve into their role and stats
2015-16 Fantasy Basketball: Draft-Only League Draft Recap and Analysis
One of the few drawbacks of playing fantasy sports is the free time it consumes. Setting your lineup every day, and doing so for multiple teams can take a toll. Even for people like myself who play or write about fantasy sports for a living, there comes a point where you
2015-16 Fantasy Basketball: ESPN vs Yahoo – Rankings Analysis
Every year fantasy basketball rankings get put out, read, deciphered, flipped through, browsed, debated, loved, praised, hated and then finally thrown away. This year is no different, as the two heavy hitters in fantasy basketball hosts have both released rankings of hundreds of large athletes under the veil of maths, prompting
2015-16 Fantasy Basketball: Assessing Value in Contract-Year Players
Besides being 7-feet tall, owning fleets of cars and having Drake on speed dial, basketball players are no different that any other human beings. Like us, they are mapping out their future every day, with the goal of filling their man purses with money for the remainder of their careers. For