Archive for February 21st, 2008

Update for Thursday’s Fantasy Basketball Roster

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Latest news on Brandon Roy says he is a gametime decision tonight.  He was sent home yesterday from practice with a lingering viral chest infection which limited him in Tuesday’s game.  He also has an undisclosed ankle injury which may be limiting him.  Big chance for a DNP tonight for Roy.  We are waiving Roy and replacing him with Manu Ginobili ($31).  Ginobili is not a great replacement as it looks like Tony Parker may be stealing some minutes.  There just aren’t any other options out there on a short schedule night.

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Thursday’s Fantasy Basketball Betting Roster Picks and Strategy

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

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Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:11:24 AMOnly 3 games on the NBA schedule.  We are playing 2 ten team tournaments with our roster.  Today’s structure is a 7 player, 200 point salary cap.

Center is weak today with Ming being the only elite center on the board.  I’m passing up Ming and going with Mark Blount for a near minimum $11 salary.  I’d love to have Ming tonight, but due to the thin schedule, spending $35 on Ming would leave us weak at the other positions.  Blount has a starting job and he has been producing lately.  I don’t like the fact that Haslem is returning, but for $11, he should get at least 17FP.

At forward I’m going with Al Jefferson (36), Shawn Marion (33) and Tim Duncan (35).    There is a steep falloff at Forward after these three.  It is a lot of money tied up at Forward, but I didn’t want to drop down to the next tier for a forward.

At Guard I’m going with Tracy McGrady (32), Brandon Roy (30) and Rafer Alston (21).  A little weak at guard, but they could surprise.  I wanted Wade, but just didn’t have the salary cap today.  I expect that Alston could surprise and outperform his $21.  Roy and McGrady are risky, as I don’t really expect either to reach their salary worth of fantasy points, but there just aren’t any other good options out there.

None of the players appear to be involved in any trades, so we shouldn’t have to update.

Good luck.

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Great Perfomances, but no money.

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

What a weird and aggravating night.  Tuesday we put up 232 points and won both tournaments, but last night we put up 280 points and finished 5 points from the money in one tourney and 14 from the money in the other.  Our team put up a nice 280 points, but some big nights by Kobe, Chris Paul, Bosh and D. Howard put some teams near the 300 point mark.  Iguodala had (29), Pierce (33), Redd (33), Artest (43), Warrick (27), James (58) and Stoudemire (57).   The move benching Carter cost us a win in one tourney and a money finish in the other.  Carter put up 50 Fantasy points, while Redd put up 33. The 17 would have put us in first place in one tourney and second in the other.  Oh well, with the rumors swirling around Carter, we just couldn’t risk the DNP that might come with an impending trade.   The other factor that hurt was Philadelphia’s blowout of NYK.  Iguodala was having a nice night, but with a 46 point third quarter lead, Iguodala was sent to the bench and never returned.

But just like baseball, there is no crying in basketball either.  Today is a new day and we will be back at lunchtime with tonight’s picks and Thursday’s draft board.  There are only 3 NBA games tonight, so roster choices will be pretty thin.  On  nights with just 2 or 3 games, most contest rosters are pretty similar, so it is really tough to find that little piece of the puzzle that will win a tournament.

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