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Fantasy Basketball Tournament Roster for Friday 3/14

Friday, March 14th, 2008

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Friday, March 8, 2008  12:20:10 PM

We are playing 2 ten team tournaments with our Fantasy Basketball Roster today.  The game is a 7 player, 210 point cap game on FSL.

At center, I’m going with Pau Gasol ($31).  He has been inconsistent lately, but this should be a close game and Gasol will get big minutes and will be looked to for some scoring.  The center position is thin today and the next best player was likely Okafor or Murphy, neither of whom I feel comfortable with.

My cheapie for the day is Ricky Davis ($20).  D. Wade is gone, so Davis has taken over running the offense and has scored 27 in his last three.  He should be able to give us 23-25FP for his $20 salary and makes a nice roster filler.  T. McGrady ($32) gets a guard spot.  The primary scoring option for the Rockets and I just couldn’t pass him up.  The last guard spot goes to Joe Johnson ($30).  He is trying to get that last playoff spot for the Hawks and is playing hard.  He should get 40 minutes and I’m just going to keep riding him until he lets me down.

At one forward I’m going with Carmelo Anthony ($36).  Iverson has a finger injury that is really hurting his shooting ability and Melo may be the beneficiary of some extra looks on offense that would normally go to Iverson.  Denver is in a fight for that last playoff spot and can’t afford to lose this game, so Anthony should get good minutes.  Toronto is a decent team and should be able to keep it close, especially without Iverson at full strength.  Hedo Turkoglu ($30) gets a forward spot.  He should be able to do some real damage from outside v. a weak Heat team.  D. Howard has a bruised quad, so Orlando may go small for some of the game, which really helps Turkoglu.  Corey Maggette ($30) gets the last forward spot.  I had $30 left to spend and he was the best option available.  He gets a matchup with a Hawks team that can run the floor, so hopefully Maggette can just have an average night and earn his $30 worth of FP.

Good Luck.

Second place finish on Thursday

Friday, March 14th, 2008

We had a nice second place finish in one tournament and a fourth place finish in the other one.  Baron Davis put up 60 points and all the teams finishing above us had him going.  The team put up 225 total points with Udrih (23), D. West (26), Roy (36), Artest (41), Varejao (13), James (32) and Stoudemire (54).

10 NBA games on the schedule today.  I’ll have the boards and picks up by lunch.

This is probably the last week for basketball as the season is winding down and baseball is getting started.  It becomes increasingly difficult to handicap fantasy contests when many of the best players will be held out of games to rest before the playoffs.  That unpredictability really destroys your edge in these contests. 

I have also posted some additional second base notes and hope to have that position finished this afternoon.