19.) Atlanta Hawks-Jeff Teague: Point Guard-Wake Forest
After posting a terrific season for the Deacons, Teague was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks. He figures to be one of the first off the bench each game and should provide some instant offense for them.
Projected line: 9.0 PPG 2.0 RPG 3.5 APG 0.70 SPG 45% Fg 38% 3P 80% FT
35.) Detroit Pistons-DaJuan Summers: Small Forward-Georgetown
Summers is a big, strong, athletic wing player with a nice skill set. He does need a little work refining his outside game-mainly ball handling and his jump shot, but given. Given his size (6'8" 245), he could see some additional time at PF if the Pistons go small.
Projected line: 4.0 PPG 3.0 RPG 1.5 APG 0.40 BPG 0.40 SPG 45% FG 35% 3P 72% FT
36.) Memphis Grizzlies-Sam Young: Small Forward-Pittsburgh
He's currently stuck behind the uber-talents named Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo, but Sam Young should find some minutes. He's a savvy scorer and a good defender, so if an injury opens up extra PT for him, you need to consider him.
Projected line: 7.0 PPG 3.5 RPG 1.0 APG 0.70 SPG 45% FG 33% 3P 74% FT
55.) Portland Trailblazers-Patrick Mills: Point Guard-St. Mary's
Half way through the year, Mills was a projected mid first round pick, but a midseason wrist injury somehow turned him into a borderline draftable guy. He could push Bayless for playing time.
Projected line: 7.5 PPG 1.8 RPG 2.0 APG 0.6o SPG 42% FG 30% 3P 84% FT
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
NBA Draft-Fantasy spin 1st half of 1st round
1.) Los Angeles Clippers-Blake Griffin: Power Forward-Oklahoma
While being the most talented player in the draft, he won't have a huge impact fantasy-wise next season because of the logjam at the front court positions.
Projected line: 13.5 PPG 8.0 RPG 1.5 APG 1.5 BPG 47.5% FG 65% FT
2.) Memphis Grizzlies-Hasheem Thabeet: Center-UCONN
Tremendous upside pick, he won't see a ton of time as a rookie simply because he is so raw and unpolished. He'll come off the bench his first year and could provide a decent amount of blocks, but little else.
Projected line: 3.5 PPG 5.0 RPG 0.5 APG 1.75 BPG 48% FG 65% FT
3.) Oklahoma City Thunder-James Harden: Shooting Guard-Arizona State
Possibly the most complete player and pro-ready player in the draft, he could step in and contribute immediately. He plays with a few other scorers though, so he may be a 3rd or 4th option his first year in the league.
Projected line: 15.0 PPG 4.5 RPG 3.5 APG 1.25 SPG 45% FG 32% 3P 75% FT
4.) Sacramento Kings-Tyreke Evans: Shooting Guard-Memphis
A natural scorer, Evans might still be a year or two away from being able to contribute consistently on this level.
Projected line: 9.0 PPG 2.5 RPG 2.0 APG 0.70 SPG 44% FG 28% 3P 72% FT
5.) Minnesota Timberwolves-Ricky Rubio: Point Guard-Spain
Apparently the second coming of the great Pistol Pete, the 18 year old Rubio is the biggest risk/reward and/or upside pick of the lottery. It will probably take him a few years, at least until age 20 in my opinion, for him to be a consistent force in the league.
Projected line: 6.0 PPG 2.0 RPG 5.0 APG 0.55 SPG 43% FG 32% 3P 77% FT
6.) Minnesota Timberwolves-Jonny Flynn: Point Guard-Syracuse
Very interesting pick, considering the T-wolves JUST selected another promising pick less than 5 minutes before they picked Flynn. The Syracuse product is an extremely quick and talented PG with solid finishing ability and distribution skills. Will probably be more effective than Rubio in Year One.
Projected line: 13.0 PPG 3.0 RPG 6.5 APG 1.50 SPG 44% FG 30% 3P 80% FT
7.) Golden State Warriors-Stephen Curry: Point Guard/Shooting Guard-Davidson
The perfect place for a player with Curry's skill set, I expect him to produce very well his first season.
Projected line: 15.0 PPG 3.o RPG 4.0 APG 1.30 SPG 44% FG 39% 3P 90% FT
8.) New York Knicks-Jordan Hill: Power Forward-Arizona
An energetic, athletic big man-Hill fits in very well with Coach D'Antoni's Run N' Gun system. He should get plenty of minutes off the bench and could produce at a reasonable clip his rookie year.
Projected line: 10.0 PPG 7.5 RPG 1.0 APG 1.40 BPG 48% FG 68% FT
9.) Toronto Raptors-DeMar DeRozan: Shooting Guard-USC
DeRozan was a disappointment for most of his Freshman year, however he did turn it around at the end of the year. I expect him to have experience some bumps and bruises along the way in his rookie year. Once he develops a somewhat respectable jumper, he'll blossom.
Projected line: 7.5 PPG 3.0 RPG 1.5 APG 0.50 SPG 43% FG 68% FT
10.) Milwaukee Bucks-Brandon Jennings: Point Guard-Italy
Jennings is a top of the line athlete with great ball handling skills and tremendous passing ability. He struggles with his shot and sometimes tries to play too spectacular instead of just getting the job done. Also, he was the first High Schooler to buck the "One and Done" rule and head overseas, heads to the NBA with more pro experience than most rookies. That being said, he's still a year or two away from fulfilling his potential.
Projected line: 5.0 PPG 1.5 RPG 5.0 APG 0.40 SPG 41% FG 33% 3P 75% FT
11.) New Jersey Nets-Terrence Williams: Small Forward-Louisville
A terrific athlete with a ton of versatility, T-Will should see solid minutes his rookie season and contribute across the board.
Projected line: 12.0 PPG 6.0 RPG 3.5 APG 1.00 SPG 0.60 BPG 45% 30% 3P 62% FT
12.) Charlotte Bobcats-Gerald Henderson: Shooting Guard-Duke
A good, athletic slasher out of Duke, Henderson will be used more for his defense his rookie year. Don't expect a lot of coutning stats.
Projected line: 8.0 PPG 4.0 RPG 2.0 APG 1.00 SPG 44% FG 30% 3P 75.0% FT
13.) Indiana Pacers-Tyler Hansbrough: Power Forward-North Carolina
Psycho T is, and always will be a hustle player with limited athleticism and a fair amount of skill. I envision his career path following the same road as Eduardo Najera-probably a bit more offense though.
Projected line: 8.0 PPG 6.0 RPG 1.0 APG 0.30 BPG 46% FG 83% FT
14.) Phoenix Suns-Earl Clark: Small Forward- Louisville
A very talented player. Earlier in the offseason he was a projected top 10 pick, I'm not sure what happened to change that but I'm sure the Suns aren't complaining. I think he will be a solid contributer his rookie year.
Projected line: 10.0 PPG 6.0 RPG 2.5 APG 0.95 SPG 0.70 BPG 45% FG 28% 3P 66% FT
15.) Detroit Pistons-Austin Daye: Small Forward-Gonzaga
6'10" and 190 pounds. Yes, you read that right. 6'10" and 190 pounds! He won't contribute at all until he gains at least 20 to 30 pounds. He does have a very interesting skill set though.
Projected line: 3.0 PPG 1.5 RPG 0.3 APG 0.40 BPG 43% FG 37% 3P 80% FT
While being the most talented player in the draft, he won't have a huge impact fantasy-wise next season because of the logjam at the front court positions.
Projected line: 13.5 PPG 8.0 RPG 1.5 APG 1.5 BPG 47.5% FG 65% FT
2.) Memphis Grizzlies-Hasheem Thabeet: Center-UCONN
Tremendous upside pick, he won't see a ton of time as a rookie simply because he is so raw and unpolished. He'll come off the bench his first year and could provide a decent amount of blocks, but little else.
Projected line: 3.5 PPG 5.0 RPG 0.5 APG 1.75 BPG 48% FG 65% FT
3.) Oklahoma City Thunder-James Harden: Shooting Guard-Arizona State
Possibly the most complete player and pro-ready player in the draft, he could step in and contribute immediately. He plays with a few other scorers though, so he may be a 3rd or 4th option his first year in the league.
Projected line: 15.0 PPG 4.5 RPG 3.5 APG 1.25 SPG 45% FG 32% 3P 75% FT
4.) Sacramento Kings-Tyreke Evans: Shooting Guard-Memphis
A natural scorer, Evans might still be a year or two away from being able to contribute consistently on this level.
Projected line: 9.0 PPG 2.5 RPG 2.0 APG 0.70 SPG 44% FG 28% 3P 72% FT
5.) Minnesota Timberwolves-Ricky Rubio: Point Guard-Spain
Apparently the second coming of the great Pistol Pete, the 18 year old Rubio is the biggest risk/reward and/or upside pick of the lottery. It will probably take him a few years, at least until age 20 in my opinion, for him to be a consistent force in the league.
Projected line: 6.0 PPG 2.0 RPG 5.0 APG 0.55 SPG 43% FG 32% 3P 77% FT
6.) Minnesota Timberwolves-Jonny Flynn: Point Guard-Syracuse
Very interesting pick, considering the T-wolves JUST selected another promising pick less than 5 minutes before they picked Flynn. The Syracuse product is an extremely quick and talented PG with solid finishing ability and distribution skills. Will probably be more effective than Rubio in Year One.
Projected line: 13.0 PPG 3.0 RPG 6.5 APG 1.50 SPG 44% FG 30% 3P 80% FT
7.) Golden State Warriors-Stephen Curry: Point Guard/Shooting Guard-Davidson
The perfect place for a player with Curry's skill set, I expect him to produce very well his first season.
Projected line: 15.0 PPG 3.o RPG 4.0 APG 1.30 SPG 44% FG 39% 3P 90% FT
8.) New York Knicks-Jordan Hill: Power Forward-Arizona
An energetic, athletic big man-Hill fits in very well with Coach D'Antoni's Run N' Gun system. He should get plenty of minutes off the bench and could produce at a reasonable clip his rookie year.
Projected line: 10.0 PPG 7.5 RPG 1.0 APG 1.40 BPG 48% FG 68% FT
9.) Toronto Raptors-DeMar DeRozan: Shooting Guard-USC
DeRozan was a disappointment for most of his Freshman year, however he did turn it around at the end of the year. I expect him to have experience some bumps and bruises along the way in his rookie year. Once he develops a somewhat respectable jumper, he'll blossom.
Projected line: 7.5 PPG 3.0 RPG 1.5 APG 0.50 SPG 43% FG 68% FT
10.) Milwaukee Bucks-Brandon Jennings: Point Guard-Italy
Jennings is a top of the line athlete with great ball handling skills and tremendous passing ability. He struggles with his shot and sometimes tries to play too spectacular instead of just getting the job done. Also, he was the first High Schooler to buck the "One and Done" rule and head overseas, heads to the NBA with more pro experience than most rookies. That being said, he's still a year or two away from fulfilling his potential.
Projected line: 5.0 PPG 1.5 RPG 5.0 APG 0.40 SPG 41% FG 33% 3P 75% FT
11.) New Jersey Nets-Terrence Williams: Small Forward-Louisville
A terrific athlete with a ton of versatility, T-Will should see solid minutes his rookie season and contribute across the board.
Projected line: 12.0 PPG 6.0 RPG 3.5 APG 1.00 SPG 0.60 BPG 45% 30% 3P 62% FT
12.) Charlotte Bobcats-Gerald Henderson: Shooting Guard-Duke
A good, athletic slasher out of Duke, Henderson will be used more for his defense his rookie year. Don't expect a lot of coutning stats.
Projected line: 8.0 PPG 4.0 RPG 2.0 APG 1.00 SPG 44% FG 30% 3P 75.0% FT
13.) Indiana Pacers-Tyler Hansbrough: Power Forward-North Carolina
Psycho T is, and always will be a hustle player with limited athleticism and a fair amount of skill. I envision his career path following the same road as Eduardo Najera-probably a bit more offense though.
Projected line: 8.0 PPG 6.0 RPG 1.0 APG 0.30 BPG 46% FG 83% FT
14.) Phoenix Suns-Earl Clark: Small Forward- Louisville
A very talented player. Earlier in the offseason he was a projected top 10 pick, I'm not sure what happened to change that but I'm sure the Suns aren't complaining. I think he will be a solid contributer his rookie year.
Projected line: 10.0 PPG 6.0 RPG 2.5 APG 0.95 SPG 0.70 BPG 45% FG 28% 3P 66% FT
15.) Detroit Pistons-Austin Daye: Small Forward-Gonzaga
6'10" and 190 pounds. Yes, you read that right. 6'10" and 190 pounds! He won't contribute at all until he gains at least 20 to 30 pounds. He does have a very interesting skill set though.
Projected line: 3.0 PPG 1.5 RPG 0.3 APG 0.40 BPG 43% FG 37% 3P 80% FT
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Attention!
If any of you are football fans, check out my blog on the goings-ons of the NFL world at http://nflep.blogspot.com/. Right now I am doing a team by team preview of the upcoming draft and will be posting plenty of other stuff on there.
Also, within the next week, I will be sharing a few pointers on the Art of the Unfair Fantasy Trade. It will show you a few of my tactics for trying to get as much as you possibly can in a trade (and then some).
Also, within the next week, I will be sharing a few pointers on the Art of the Unfair Fantasy Trade. It will show you a few of my tactics for trying to get as much as you possibly can in a trade (and then some).
Saturday, March 28, 2009
MSN Fantasy Baseball
I just got done drafting the weirdest draft I've ever been apart of. Its an 8 team MSN (head-to-head, points) league and their was two problems with this league.
1.) MSN's draft rankings are RIDICULOUS! Victor Martinez was the 42nd ranked catcher in the draft room!!!! Josh Hamilton was ranked in the 30s, Chris Davis was available in Round 18 and probably would have been around even later because you had to scroll through half of the third base pool to find him.
2.) I don't think anyone except for me and one other person knew what the crap we were doing so I was able to get a lot of those players that the rankings hid...
*The commissioner changed the draft time the night before to 9:30 AM so i missed the first 11 picks, but here is my draft
1/7: Matt Holliday (Would have picked Pujos, yes he was still there)
2/10: Lance Berkman (would have picked Ryan Braun)
3/13: Josh Hamilton (good with this one)
4/26: Jimmy Rollins (good)
5/29: Ichiro (would have picked Ian Kinsler)
6/42: Magglio Ordonez (would have picked Nick Markakis)
7/45: Derek Lee (would have picked BJ Upton)
8/58: Jermaine Dye (would have picked Brian McCann)
9/71: Chad Billingsly (would have picked Evan Longoria)
10/74: Carlos Delgado (would have picked Felix Hernandez)
11/87: Andy Pettitte (would have picked Geovany Soto)
and now for when I started drafting, and who I would be picking
if I was there for the entire draft
1.) MSN's draft rankings are RIDICULOUS! Victor Martinez was the 42nd ranked catcher in the draft room!!!! Josh Hamilton was ranked in the 30s, Chris Davis was available in Round 18 and probably would have been around even later because you had to scroll through half of the third base pool to find him.
2.) I don't think anyone except for me and one other person knew what the crap we were doing so I was able to get a lot of those players that the rankings hid...
*The commissioner changed the draft time the night before to 9:30 AM so i missed the first 11 picks, but here is my draft
1/7: Matt Holliday (Would have picked Pujos, yes he was still there)
2/10: Lance Berkman (would have picked Ryan Braun)
3/13: Josh Hamilton (good with this one)
4/26: Jimmy Rollins (good)
5/29: Ichiro (would have picked Ian Kinsler)
6/42: Magglio Ordonez (would have picked Nick Markakis)
7/45: Derek Lee (would have picked BJ Upton)
8/58: Jermaine Dye (would have picked Brian McCann)
9/71: Chad Billingsly (would have picked Evan Longoria)
10/74: Carlos Delgado (would have picked Felix Hernandez)
11/87: Andy Pettitte (would have picked Geovany Soto)
and now for when I started drafting, and who I would be picking
if I was there for the entire draft
12/90: Brandon Phillips (Brandon Phillips) -ranked 95!?
13/103: Carl Crawford (Carl Crawford) ranked 108!?
14/106: Matt Cain (Fransisco Liriano) I didn't see that Liriano was available because I didn't scroll down enough
15/119: Troy Glaus (Jay Bruce)
16/122: Zack Grienke (Erik Bedard)
17/135: Victor Martinez (same) WOW....
18/138: Chris Davis (same)...
19/151: Pablo Sandoval (same)
20/154: Stephen Drew (same)
21/167: Howie Kendrick (Jonathan Broxton)
22/170: John Danks (Carlos Marmol)
23/183: James Loney (same)
24/186: Heath Bell (same)
I am currently working on trading Jermaine Dye, Carlos Delgado, Andy Pettitte, and Troy Glaus
13/103: Carl Crawford (Carl Crawford) ranked 108!?
14/106: Matt Cain (Fransisco Liriano) I didn't see that Liriano was available because I didn't scroll down enough
15/119: Troy Glaus (Jay Bruce)
16/122: Zack Grienke (Erik Bedard)
17/135: Victor Martinez (same) WOW....
18/138: Chris Davis (same)...
19/151: Pablo Sandoval (same)
20/154: Stephen Drew (same)
21/167: Howie Kendrick (Jonathan Broxton)
22/170: John Danks (Carlos Marmol)
23/183: James Loney (same)
24/186: Heath Bell (same)
I am currently working on trading Jermaine Dye, Carlos Delgado, Andy Pettitte, and Troy Glaus
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Fantasy baseball league, team 3
My third team is in a head-to-head, 5X5, 10 team, point per category league. This draft kind of has me a little bit nervous because I don't really like my offensive depth and I'm not sure how I'll do in the saves category but everything should work out alright.
My strategy was to mainly focus on getting the best hitters regardless of position through the tenth round, and then start focusing on filling specific needs and categories after that. (Round/Pick in parentheses)
C-Brian McCann (5/41)
1B-Prince Fielder (3/21)
2B-Dan Uggla (8/80)
3B-Chipper Jones (6/60)
SS-Hanley Ramirez (1/1)
OF-Carlos Beltran (2/20)
Of-Nick Markakis (4/40)
OF-Curtis Granderson (7/61)
U-Nelson Cruz (OF) (14/140)
U-Andre Eithier (OF) (15/141)
B-Stephen Drew (SS) (9/81)
B-Ryan Zimmerman (3B)- (10/100) I didn't want to draft him, but I figured I'd just use him as trade bait and use him strictly as a back up til i get rid of him.
B-Howie Kendrick (2B) (12/120)
B-James Loney (1B) (16/160)
B-Chris Young (OF) (18/180)
B-Kelly Shoppach (C) (20/200)
SP-Rich Harden (11/101)
SP-Matt Cain (13/121)
SP-Adam Wainwright (17/161)
RP-Jason Motte(23/221)
RP-Manuel Corpas (22/220)
P-Scott Baker (SP) (19/181)
P-Kevin Slowey (SP) (21/201)
P-Huston Street (RP) (24/240)
I know that I have both of Colorado's potential closers. Once they decide who will be getting the saves and who won't, I will drop the one who won't for another bullpen arm.
I currently have 2 trade proposals out right now, to teams who have very weak outfield players/depth since my team is rather loaded in the outfield. Those trades are
Roy Oswalt
2. Chris Young and Kevin Slowey
for
Yovanni Gallardo and Erik Bedard
My strategy was to mainly focus on getting the best hitters regardless of position through the tenth round, and then start focusing on filling specific needs and categories after that. (Round/Pick in parentheses)
C-Brian McCann (5/41)
1B-Prince Fielder (3/21)
2B-Dan Uggla (8/80)
3B-Chipper Jones (6/60)
SS-Hanley Ramirez (1/1)
OF-Carlos Beltran (2/20)
Of-Nick Markakis (4/40)
OF-Curtis Granderson (7/61)
U-Nelson Cruz (OF) (14/140)
U-Andre Eithier (OF) (15/141)
B-Stephen Drew (SS) (9/81)
B-Ryan Zimmerman (3B)- (10/100) I didn't want to draft him, but I figured I'd just use him as trade bait and use him strictly as a back up til i get rid of him.
B-Howie Kendrick (2B) (12/120)
B-James Loney (1B) (16/160)
B-Chris Young (OF) (18/180)
B-Kelly Shoppach (C) (20/200)
SP-Rich Harden (11/101)
SP-Matt Cain (13/121)
SP-Adam Wainwright (17/161)
RP-Jason Motte(23/221)
RP-Manuel Corpas (22/220)
P-Scott Baker (SP) (19/181)
P-Kevin Slowey (SP) (21/201)
P-Huston Street (RP) (24/240)
I know that I have both of Colorado's potential closers. Once they decide who will be getting the saves and who won't, I will drop the one who won't for another bullpen arm.
I currently have 2 trade proposals out right now, to teams who have very weak outfield players/depth since my team is rather loaded in the outfield. Those trades are
- Chris Young
Roy Oswalt
2. Chris Young and Kevin Slowey
for
Yovanni Gallardo and Erik Bedard
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