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Friday, February 29, 2008  12:09:11 PM

Good luck and check out the blog every day for our tournament results.

Both tournaments filled on Thursday and we managed a second and a third place finish.  The team wasn’t spectacular, but with only 3 NBA games, we did outperform the salary cap, putting up 220 points.  The team scored as follows:  Redd (37), Carter (28), Ginobili (25), Odom (30), Jefferson (30), Duncan (51) and Blount (19).

I will have today’s draft board up by noon and our picks shortly thereafter.  I also got more first base notes up on the baseball draft board.  I hoping to get into the second basemen later today, so check back.

I’ve got my top ten first base spring training rankings and notes up on the draft board in the Baseball Draft Room.  It is a tough call for the top few spots.  Kind of like choosing between Heidi Klum and Adriana Lima.  No matter what order you place them in,  you can’t really get it wrong.  

Each of these guys does have their quirks though and some will be playable on certain days while others are not.  It isn’t like a traditional league where you take Ryan Howard and just ride with him the whole year.  Even with elite, all star players, daily matchups will be the key. 

 I’ll try and finish the bottom ten first basemen tomorrow.

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Thursday, February 28, 2008  11:55:17 AM

Good luck and check back close to game time for any updates.  Also, I’ll try and get some First Base baseball notes up later today. 

Our contest roster took down the 10 team tournament yesterday scoring a first place win.  For some reason, just like Tuesday, only one of the ten team tournaments filled.   The roster put up 263 total points with Paul (51), A. Miller (40), Iguodala (38), Bosh (34), Boozer (31), Thornton (16) and Stoudemire (53).  The nice thing about these ten team tournaments is that you don’t have to win very often to make a profit.  50%  of the prize pool goes to the winner, 30% to second place and 20% to third place.     Every $1 that you bet produces $4 worth of profit with a win.

Only three NBA games today.  We will probably only be able to fill one ten team tournament with such a thin schedule.  I’ll be back at lunchtime with today’s draft board and our picks.  I’ll also try and get some baseball notes up for first base.  Check out the catcher notes from yesteday if you missed them.  Meanwhile, the snow continues to fall here.  I hate snow.

Reports are coming out that Carmelo Anthony may be having some shoulder problems.  I’m not sure of the severity, but with a game against a weak Seattle team, Anthony could see some extra rest.  I’m replacing Anthony on the roster with Carlos Boozer.  I don’t think the replacement is absolutely necessary, but sometimes it is better to be safe.

I’m watching it snow and putting together some catcher notes.  Just doesn’t seem right.   For all you guys who need your baseball fix, I’ve put up some notes and preliminary rankings on the baseball draft room homepage for the catcher position .  Keep in mind that the notes are for daily draft game purposes, not season leagues, not keeper leagues, just daily draft leagues. 

Catcher, as usual, is an ugly position.  There look to be six dependables and the rest are matchup dependent.  Baseball, more than any other sport, is a day by day handicapping process.   Day to day matchups are the entire game.  Sometimes a guy you would never play ends up at the top of the daily draft board because he has an awesome matchup.  

I’ll try and get some First Base rankings up tomorrow.  Don’t forget to sign up over on the Fantasy Forums for the Fantasy Sports Handicapping Baseball League. 

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008  10:53:21 AM

We are playing 2 ten team tournaments on FSL today with our fantasy basketball betting contest roster.  7 player, 220 point cap structure.

At guard I’m going right to the top of the daily draft board and taking Chris Paul for $38.  He has a home game v. a high scoring Phoenix team.  Matchups just don’t get much better than that.  At the other guard positions I’m going with Andre Miller ($27) and Andre Iguodala ($32).  This is another one of those exceptions where I’m going with two members of the same team.  Philadelphia last played on Saturday so they should be well rested and they get this game at home.  Orlando and Philly played last Friday with Miller putting up 35FP and Iguodala putting up 34FP.  I expect similar this time as the game should be close.  Orlando has averaged 112 points per game this year against Philadelphia and this one should be a similar high scoring contest.

At forward I’m going with Chris Bosh ($35).  He is playing a home game v. Minnesota.  Carlos Boozer put 34 points and 8 rebounds on MIN last night and I expect Bosh can do the same.  Carmelo Anthony ($36) gets a forward spot facing a weak defense in Seattle.  The last forward spot goes to Al Thornton ($16).  Al gets a nice home game v. a weak Portland team.  Sam Cassell and Chris Kaman both look to be out tonight, so Thornton should get his 30 minutes and put up 20-22FP.  Anything more is gravy.

Put Amare Stoudemire at center.  Amare put up 26 points and 20 rebounds in his last game v. NO.  That game was an overtime 132-130 contest.  I expect these two teams will again have a high scoring game and Stoudemire should put up good numbers.

Good luck.  I’m taking my first in depth look at baseball today and I’m hoping to have a few notes up later this afternoon.  I’m going to try and review the Catcher position and maybe First Base if time permits.

Only got one tournament to fill on Tuesday and we missed the money in it due to a bad night by Artest who put up only 16 points.  Overall the team put up 201 points with Wade (26), Carter (43), Davis (37), R. Jefferson (27), Artest (16), Warrick (30) and Howard (25).

Wednesday’s daily draft board is up and I will post our tournament picks Wednesday afternoon.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Good luck and check back close to game time for any updates.  Also, don’t forget to sign up for the Fantasy Sports Handicapping Baseball League.  You can find the signup thread over on the Fantasy Forums under Fantasy Baseball.