Tonight was the last of NBA games for almost a week, so i sat down and watched houston vs. dallas. Good game, lotsa good defense actually, shane battier is such a vet.
Remember in 2005 Houston and Dallas had a memorable 7-game series where Tracy McGrady and Dirk Nowitzki went blow for blow for each other? Dallas ended up winning that series, and the Rockets haven't been the same since. Neither, apparently, has been T-Mac. I perenially draft this guy in many of my fantasy leagues, last year i got seriously burned taking him before D-Wade and his back was just a problem all season...........i guess i didn't learn from it and drafted him in all THREE of my leagues. He's been okay this year and did come back from an injury, but i just don't like him anymore. And i don't think he's ever reverting back to his Orlando days. His %'s are atrocious, he doesn't steal that many any more and doesn't score as much. I dunno. I lost faith in this guy. I traded him in all 3 of my leagues for jermaine o'neal, pau gasol, and mike miller respectively, all straight-up. I think in hindsight he's a very overrated fantasy player because in real life he can dominate a game offensively but fantasy-wise he has kobe bryant numbers except worse %'s.
Tim Hardaway's comments about "i hate gay people" couldn't have come at a worse time. He's now banned from the all-star game. O man was that a mistake. I wonder how he woulda been as a fantasy player. Just a guess: pretty good. O boy would i loved to have john stockton w/ his assists and steals on my team back in the day.
Nene
Ah computer acting up. That's it for today.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Busy schedule in NBA
Man time flies when you're having fun. The last two days, the University of Illinois canceled classes for all students due to weather conditions ( there was a blizzard all day yesterday).......so I've been pretty much chillaxin' the last couple days, DID study for a test and do some productive stuff though while having fun, so that was good.
I've started playing Fantasy Golf for some reason, i dunno, just to be more of a fantasy sport guru of many talents i guess and i kinda like it, i picked up phil mickelson for last week's Pebble Beach Classic and he won the thing, so that felt good. For those who were like, " well no duh you picked phil mickelson", there's an "A" list of players that we could only pick two of including all the good guys like tiger, vijay, ernie, etc., etc, and phil hadn't done good until then, so I felt like it was a good pickup. The Nissan Open seems like a big event this weekend, but tiger's withdrawn again. O tiger. I don't blame him though. He has a nice-looking wife waiting for him at home. And his father passed away still pretty recently, so good for him.
Anway. Main course. Just glancing at the box scores, i see that stephen jackson had 36 points on 16-of-26 shooting. No free throws. Any team that lets stephen jackson just chuck up shots or presumably get easy shots w/o punishing deserves to lose in my opinion. And lose the knicks did. Looks like stevie franchise is back in the guard mix for that team, which is bad for starbury and jamal crawford. O Isiah.
Steve Blake dished out 18 assists tonight. Wow. Kid can dish.
Luol Deng is having a quietly great fantasy season for the bulls. Tonight: 19 and 9, 2 stls, 1 blk, no TO's. His stats might drop if gasol shows up, though. Ditto for all the other bulls besides maybe hinrich.
Raymond Felton just shoots too low a FG% for me to love him. Otherwise his assists and others would give me some stratusfaction ( sorry, WWE reference. Speaking of which, i play FAntasy WWE, too, lol. )
Iggy is becoming pretty sick. He's like a triple-double waiting to happen. It was 14, 8, and 13 tonight. But w/ 5 turnovers and 3-15 shooting. Double-edged sword. Chris Paul an off night w/ 9, 4, 6. He bounced back nicely from the injury, though. He'll be fine. Would be an all-star in teh East. Watch out for the New Orleans team.
Deron Williams, UIUC grad, is playing SICK right now. Tonight: 33, 6, 12. He's so good. I didn't expect this from him after U of I. He's really taken off too after Boozer's injury. I'm kicking myself for not trading for him in middle of season. Thought he might hit a young player wall. Was wrong.
For the first time this season, Larry Hughes broke the 30-point mark w/ 33. Personally hate this guy as a fantasy player.
Jose Calderon still has some value.........you might wanna hold on to him..............
Paul Millsap has no value.........don't believe the hype and drop him................
Don't be a fool and buy Bostjan Nachbar's big performance tonight. He's inconsistent.
Ditto Anderson Varejao. Reason: See teammate Sasha Pavlovic. He was very good last 7 games, tonight = NOTHING.
Alright. Keep that funk alive. And don't be fooled. ( By KG or gilbert or anybody)
-Fantasize on, Robert Yan
I've started playing Fantasy Golf for some reason, i dunno, just to be more of a fantasy sport guru of many talents i guess and i kinda like it, i picked up phil mickelson for last week's Pebble Beach Classic and he won the thing, so that felt good. For those who were like, " well no duh you picked phil mickelson", there's an "A" list of players that we could only pick two of including all the good guys like tiger, vijay, ernie, etc., etc, and phil hadn't done good until then, so I felt like it was a good pickup. The Nissan Open seems like a big event this weekend, but tiger's withdrawn again. O tiger. I don't blame him though. He has a nice-looking wife waiting for him at home. And his father passed away still pretty recently, so good for him.
Anway. Main course. Just glancing at the box scores, i see that stephen jackson had 36 points on 16-of-26 shooting. No free throws. Any team that lets stephen jackson just chuck up shots or presumably get easy shots w/o punishing deserves to lose in my opinion. And lose the knicks did. Looks like stevie franchise is back in the guard mix for that team, which is bad for starbury and jamal crawford. O Isiah.
Steve Blake dished out 18 assists tonight. Wow. Kid can dish.
Luol Deng is having a quietly great fantasy season for the bulls. Tonight: 19 and 9, 2 stls, 1 blk, no TO's. His stats might drop if gasol shows up, though. Ditto for all the other bulls besides maybe hinrich.
Raymond Felton just shoots too low a FG% for me to love him. Otherwise his assists and others would give me some stratusfaction ( sorry, WWE reference. Speaking of which, i play FAntasy WWE, too, lol. )
Iggy is becoming pretty sick. He's like a triple-double waiting to happen. It was 14, 8, and 13 tonight. But w/ 5 turnovers and 3-15 shooting. Double-edged sword. Chris Paul an off night w/ 9, 4, 6. He bounced back nicely from the injury, though. He'll be fine. Would be an all-star in teh East. Watch out for the New Orleans team.
Deron Williams, UIUC grad, is playing SICK right now. Tonight: 33, 6, 12. He's so good. I didn't expect this from him after U of I. He's really taken off too after Boozer's injury. I'm kicking myself for not trading for him in middle of season. Thought he might hit a young player wall. Was wrong.
For the first time this season, Larry Hughes broke the 30-point mark w/ 33. Personally hate this guy as a fantasy player.
Jose Calderon still has some value.........you might wanna hold on to him..............
Paul Millsap has no value.........don't believe the hype and drop him................
Don't be a fool and buy Bostjan Nachbar's big performance tonight. He's inconsistent.
Ditto Anderson Varejao. Reason: See teammate Sasha Pavlovic. He was very good last 7 games, tonight = NOTHING.
Alright. Keep that funk alive. And don't be fooled. ( By KG or gilbert or anybody)
-Fantasize on, Robert Yan
Monday, February 12, 2007
I'm BACK!
Alright boys, i'm back after a brief hiatus, i imagine the weekends will be difficult for me to keep up w/ this blog just cuz that's my relaxing time and i go home to my dad's internet-less apartment back in Darien some weekends ( like this coming one), but anyway, lotsa stuff to catch up on.
Paul Pierce is back. Then he went back to being injured. This time he should be ok, but he'll prolly sit out til the All-Star Break. That's the thing about this fantasy season, a LOT of fantasy stars have occured freak injuries. And granted, injuries are a part of the game, but this season there's been a lotta injuries to playas who don't normally get hurt or are labeled as "injury-prone," per se. Like you KNOW that at some point in the season brevin knight, marcus camby, baron davis ( b-diddy), and tracy mcgrady are gonna sit out games at one point or another, so you gotta live with that after you draft them, you have to anticipate it. But tough, freak injuries are hard to recover from cuz u don't see them coming- like the michael redd injury, the rashard lewis, the yao ming( to an extent), and some others.
Speaking of injuries, the Answer is sitting out a lot nowadays, and Steve Blake is an EXCELLENT source of assists, although it might be too late to pick him up now cuz there's prolly only one more game he starts, then AI comes back. But you never know, that thing seems to be a nagging injury. It IS AI, though, and if you've ever seen the commercial u know he always bounces back. Denver's strugglin' tho, need to pick it up just to make the playoffs.
I'm absolutely in love w/ Jason Kapono right now.
A guy who i think is doing the Amber Brkich survivor impression of flying under the radar is Ricky Davis. He hit a game-winning bucket against his former mates last night, but also he's the 2nd scoring option in Minnesota and plays a LOT..........he's always averaged 15+ points w/ good %'s and is also padding rebs and assists to that. Get him for the stretch run cuz Minnesota is in a battle for the playoffs.
The B-diddy injury allows for opportunities in Golden State. So much fantasy potential spreadin' around between ellis, harrington, barnes, biedrins, o man. I think harrington's the big winner here. Kid was doing nothing in indiana and now is in a system that he liiiiiiiiikes.
Rumor has it J-kidd's going to LA. O boy would that be huge for the lakers. Dunno how it'll affect kobe/j-kidd's numbers tho, i know for sure it'd lower lamar's numbers. And smush's. Heh.
Andre Iguodala is SO sick.
Chris Webber must like the home cookin' in detroit. He's actually fantasy relevant again and coupled with chris wilcox's big effort sunday night they beat me in an NBA.com league. He's one of the players i've never owned in my life but i guess he has new life.
Another player i've never owned is one manu ginoblli. I read that he's being relegated to the bench now in favor of BRENT BARRY? he might get around the same number of minutes, and he'll get more scoring opportunities w/ the 2nd unit, but still, on a personal level i'd feel gypped.
Tyson Chandler = a beast. He's quietly putting together an excellent season. I'm wondering if the bulls woulda just been better off keeping him and using the ben wallace money for another big-timer. Cuz Chandler is like a Dwight Howard right now w/o the scoring, which is still a lot.
Alright.
Fantasize on, Robert Yan
Paul Pierce is back. Then he went back to being injured. This time he should be ok, but he'll prolly sit out til the All-Star Break. That's the thing about this fantasy season, a LOT of fantasy stars have occured freak injuries. And granted, injuries are a part of the game, but this season there's been a lotta injuries to playas who don't normally get hurt or are labeled as "injury-prone," per se. Like you KNOW that at some point in the season brevin knight, marcus camby, baron davis ( b-diddy), and tracy mcgrady are gonna sit out games at one point or another, so you gotta live with that after you draft them, you have to anticipate it. But tough, freak injuries are hard to recover from cuz u don't see them coming- like the michael redd injury, the rashard lewis, the yao ming( to an extent), and some others.
Speaking of injuries, the Answer is sitting out a lot nowadays, and Steve Blake is an EXCELLENT source of assists, although it might be too late to pick him up now cuz there's prolly only one more game he starts, then AI comes back. But you never know, that thing seems to be a nagging injury. It IS AI, though, and if you've ever seen the commercial u know he always bounces back. Denver's strugglin' tho, need to pick it up just to make the playoffs.
I'm absolutely in love w/ Jason Kapono right now.
A guy who i think is doing the Amber Brkich survivor impression of flying under the radar is Ricky Davis. He hit a game-winning bucket against his former mates last night, but also he's the 2nd scoring option in Minnesota and plays a LOT..........he's always averaged 15+ points w/ good %'s and is also padding rebs and assists to that. Get him for the stretch run cuz Minnesota is in a battle for the playoffs.
The B-diddy injury allows for opportunities in Golden State. So much fantasy potential spreadin' around between ellis, harrington, barnes, biedrins, o man. I think harrington's the big winner here. Kid was doing nothing in indiana and now is in a system that he liiiiiiiiikes.
Rumor has it J-kidd's going to LA. O boy would that be huge for the lakers. Dunno how it'll affect kobe/j-kidd's numbers tho, i know for sure it'd lower lamar's numbers. And smush's. Heh.
Andre Iguodala is SO sick.
Chris Webber must like the home cookin' in detroit. He's actually fantasy relevant again and coupled with chris wilcox's big effort sunday night they beat me in an NBA.com league. He's one of the players i've never owned in my life but i guess he has new life.
Another player i've never owned is one manu ginoblli. I read that he's being relegated to the bench now in favor of BRENT BARRY? he might get around the same number of minutes, and he'll get more scoring opportunities w/ the 2nd unit, but still, on a personal level i'd feel gypped.
Tyson Chandler = a beast. He's quietly putting together an excellent season. I'm wondering if the bulls woulda just been better off keeping him and using the ben wallace money for another big-timer. Cuz Chandler is like a Dwight Howard right now w/o the scoring, which is still a lot.
Alright.
Fantasize on, Robert Yan
Thursday, February 8, 2007
gay NBA players?
If anyone besides me is reading this blog, u gotta check out this podcast:
http://basketballrevolution.podomatic.com/
It's a great radio-based show on fantasy basketball and the NBA in general, conducted by my good pal Ryne Nelson and his bro. I'm listening to their latest episode right now on gay NBA players, and it's cracking me up. Tracy McGrady said recently that at least 5% of NBA players are homosexual, and we're all curious who is and isn't.
They say Carmelo. I say no.
Ron Artest- very possible. Love his fantasy game the last couple weeks tho.
I'm gonna be at the IHSA chess tournament rooting on my alma mater Hinsdale South High School this saturday, so I may not catch up on some NBA stats that day. But otherwise I'm all good for awhile, so stay tuned.
Kobe Bryant has 8 turnovers as we speak. That's his main problem for fantasy: turnovers. That and somewhat of a lack of defensive numbers. He's all-defensive team, but his stls and blks don't necessarily reflect that........not the 2.0 STl's that jordan averaged thruout his career.
Ruben Patterson is heating up. Talk about defensive studs, he's one, and looks like his offensive game is picking up a bit. I don't think that'll be sustained tho.
Doug Christie has 2 consecutive 10-day contracts, and this is a guy who steals like crazy, i think he averaged something like 1.3 stls in 12 mins per last season, he's a good source of stls but almost nothing else. Maybe 3's ? I seem to remember him hitting a bunch of key 3's in Sac-town during their golden days, but whatever. You don't need him.
Jason Kapono is a stud. I loved him at UCLA and he's finally found his groove on the south beach. Must have been the bears influence. He's also in the 3-point contest this saturday, which i think is very intriguing. You got mike miller, gilbert arenas, kapono, jason terry, and of course the reigning champ, dirk nowitzki. I love that. I'm taking the inspired hibachi.
Dirk had a monster game last night, the most surprising being that he had 3 stls, 4 blks to go w/ his offensive numbers. I traded him, andre miller, and monta ellis for tim duncan and carmelo anthony when anthony got suspended in a league where tim duncan is worth a bit more than dirk, interestingly enuff. So far it's worked out for me but not enuff dirk has those nights often.
Alright that's all i got.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
http://basketballrevolution.podomatic.com/
It's a great radio-based show on fantasy basketball and the NBA in general, conducted by my good pal Ryne Nelson and his bro. I'm listening to their latest episode right now on gay NBA players, and it's cracking me up. Tracy McGrady said recently that at least 5% of NBA players are homosexual, and we're all curious who is and isn't.
They say Carmelo. I say no.
Ron Artest- very possible. Love his fantasy game the last couple weeks tho.
I'm gonna be at the IHSA chess tournament rooting on my alma mater Hinsdale South High School this saturday, so I may not catch up on some NBA stats that day. But otherwise I'm all good for awhile, so stay tuned.
Kobe Bryant has 8 turnovers as we speak. That's his main problem for fantasy: turnovers. That and somewhat of a lack of defensive numbers. He's all-defensive team, but his stls and blks don't necessarily reflect that........not the 2.0 STl's that jordan averaged thruout his career.
Ruben Patterson is heating up. Talk about defensive studs, he's one, and looks like his offensive game is picking up a bit. I don't think that'll be sustained tho.
Doug Christie has 2 consecutive 10-day contracts, and this is a guy who steals like crazy, i think he averaged something like 1.3 stls in 12 mins per last season, he's a good source of stls but almost nothing else. Maybe 3's ? I seem to remember him hitting a bunch of key 3's in Sac-town during their golden days, but whatever. You don't need him.
Jason Kapono is a stud. I loved him at UCLA and he's finally found his groove on the south beach. Must have been the bears influence. He's also in the 3-point contest this saturday, which i think is very intriguing. You got mike miller, gilbert arenas, kapono, jason terry, and of course the reigning champ, dirk nowitzki. I love that. I'm taking the inspired hibachi.
Dirk had a monster game last night, the most surprising being that he had 3 stls, 4 blks to go w/ his offensive numbers. I traded him, andre miller, and monta ellis for tim duncan and carmelo anthony when anthony got suspended in a league where tim duncan is worth a bit more than dirk, interestingly enuff. So far it's worked out for me but not enuff dirk has those nights often.
Alright that's all i got.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
NBA Jam session
A lil bit more about myself, if anyone reading is interested: I am a sophomore in finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-champaign, my dad still lives in Chicagoland surburb but will move to suburban Los Angeles once work clears up. So i guess i should start watching some lakers/clips games to get energized about going over there. I've already adopted the angels as my pet team. Chone Figgins= love him.
So here's quickly my rundown of how players will do, in my opinion, the rest of the way:
Baron Davis - Will be injury-plagued the whole way and mail it in once golden state is well out of playoff contention
Gilbert Arenas- Will continue his stellar season, no slow-down when fighting for playoff spots in east.
Amare Stoudemire- Will emerge as leader of that team w/ nash iffy, phase shawn marion out of the offense
Jose Calderon - Surprisingly, i think he stays in raptors' lineup along w/ t.j. ford and the raps make the playoffs for the first time in............franchise history?
Gerald Wallace- This guy will have amazing last two months if go w/o injury
Josh Smith- He was on fire in 2nd half last year. This year will be no different.
Mike Bibby- Sadly, i think his careerand season is going downhill.
Stephon Marbury- see Bibby.
Richard Hamilton- comes back to earth a bit, still produces his solid shooting numbers
Dwight Howard- helps Orlando to the playoffs through domination of boards.
So here's quickly my rundown of how players will do, in my opinion, the rest of the way:
Baron Davis - Will be injury-plagued the whole way and mail it in once golden state is well out of playoff contention
Gilbert Arenas- Will continue his stellar season, no slow-down when fighting for playoff spots in east.
Amare Stoudemire- Will emerge as leader of that team w/ nash iffy, phase shawn marion out of the offense
Jose Calderon - Surprisingly, i think he stays in raptors' lineup along w/ t.j. ford and the raps make the playoffs for the first time in............franchise history?
Gerald Wallace- This guy will have amazing last two months if go w/o injury
Josh Smith- He was on fire in 2nd half last year. This year will be no different.
Mike Bibby- Sadly, i think his careerand season is going downhill.
Stephon Marbury- see Bibby.
Richard Hamilton- comes back to earth a bit, still produces his solid shooting numbers
Dwight Howard- helps Orlando to the playoffs through domination of boards.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Snowy Day
I woke up and it was snowing pretty heavily around here. High schools nearby were cancelled. I, beiing a good student, went to class. Missed an Iclicker question when i wasn't paying attention in class. Just found out i have 3 quizzes next week. Booo!!!!!!
Quickly to the night on the hoops:
Elton Brand is a 2nd-half monster. Can one guy single-handedly get his team to the playoffs? His fantasy stats are growing healthy because of the attempt.
Saw Phil Jackson on PTI today, nice interview, the man is very articulate. Too bad Lakers are stuck in the west and will in all likelihood get knocked out in first round.
Steve Nash sits out tonight. I am a BIG believer that there are other players much more worthy of MVP than nash. I didn't agree w/ his 1st MVP, didn't agree w/ his 2nd MVP, and will be INCENSED that he's gonna be a 3-time MVP. The guy does not play defense, fellas! Yes, all that juking, jiving, passing, and no-look stuff looks good, but the Suns aren't even the best team in the league, and he has so many weapons! Shawn Marion is the Fantasy MVP of that team if not the MVP period of that team! Plz give it to tim duncan, kobe, or even the trendy pick, gilbert arenas. But NOT Nash this year, PLEASE!
Tony Parker is the best player in the NBA not to have decent fantasy value. If you ever see him on the court, he's one of the best point guards there is. However, in fantasy he just doesn't cut it, almost doing more harm than good. He gets you very few three's, not enough assists for a PG, and is a turnover waiting to happen. O and his FT% doesn't hit 80%, not what i like to see from my PG.
I'd rather have Mike Miller on my fantasy team than Lebron right now. I'm talking standard Yahoo! league. I'd rather have Iguodala than Lebron. I'd rather have ron artest than lebron. Lebron= killed me last year. ( Bad FT%).
Fantasize on, Robert Yan
Quickly to the night on the hoops:
Elton Brand is a 2nd-half monster. Can one guy single-handedly get his team to the playoffs? His fantasy stats are growing healthy because of the attempt.
Saw Phil Jackson on PTI today, nice interview, the man is very articulate. Too bad Lakers are stuck in the west and will in all likelihood get knocked out in first round.
Steve Nash sits out tonight. I am a BIG believer that there are other players much more worthy of MVP than nash. I didn't agree w/ his 1st MVP, didn't agree w/ his 2nd MVP, and will be INCENSED that he's gonna be a 3-time MVP. The guy does not play defense, fellas! Yes, all that juking, jiving, passing, and no-look stuff looks good, but the Suns aren't even the best team in the league, and he has so many weapons! Shawn Marion is the Fantasy MVP of that team if not the MVP period of that team! Plz give it to tim duncan, kobe, or even the trendy pick, gilbert arenas. But NOT Nash this year, PLEASE!
Tony Parker is the best player in the NBA not to have decent fantasy value. If you ever see him on the court, he's one of the best point guards there is. However, in fantasy he just doesn't cut it, almost doing more harm than good. He gets you very few three's, not enough assists for a PG, and is a turnover waiting to happen. O and his FT% doesn't hit 80%, not what i like to see from my PG.
I'd rather have Mike Miller on my fantasy team than Lebron right now. I'm talking standard Yahoo! league. I'd rather have Iguodala than Lebron. I'd rather have ron artest than lebron. Lebron= killed me last year. ( Bad FT%).
Fantasize on, Robert Yan
Monday, February 5, 2007
Day After
Quick Quiz: Out of the following NBA players, which one is averaging the most points per game this season? Tim Duncan, Jermaine O'Neal, Caron Bulter, Steve Nash, Amare Stoudamire, Chauncey Billups? If you guessed my man Caron Butler, you'd be absolutely, 100%, brand-smacking, right as a groundhog on Groundhog Day. ( Sorry, couldn't think of anything else). But seriously, Butler has ascended into super-stardom and besides his points are his steals, rebs, and great %'s to boot. This guy works like a maniac and is all over the court complementing Gilbert, a.k.a. Hibachi. What I really like about butler is his ability to knock down charities at an 87% clip, and he also makes about 5 of those per game, so it makes a big dent for % leagues. Love the guy.
I have a 3-for-1 deal on the table, me giving mike miller for shane battier, delonte west, AND andris beidrins. I normally never like the 3 in 3-for-one deals and always want to get the best player in a deal, but this one seems tempting because as much as i pimped miller just a while ago w/ his 3.0 threes per game, he doesn't do THAT much otherwise, especially on defense. Battier is quietly having a fine season in not turning the ball over and contributing a little in every category ( he actually averages 2.0 long rangers per game, not too shabby), beidrins is having a career season, and west heated up after his injury. This will be a tough call cuz in this league i'm 2nd and the guy offering is 1st, so this could be the season right here.
May Samuel Dalembert continue his Haitian Domination.
A lotta folks pissed about the bears game last night, won't even talk about it. I personally thought it was a good game even w/ all the turnovers cuz it was a wet field, the colts were just a better team like i said and capitalized on some key plays. C'mon, people, get over, it, bears coulda lost at home to seattle 3 weeks ago and really got people mad. Bears really had a fine season if you think about it.
Had a very busy day today otherwise, this guy from University of Toronto came to talk for Asian American Studies class and was VERY articulate and actually made one of my most eschewed subjects, poetry, kinda interesting. Not to mention there was some fairly good chinese food at the cultural center.
Trying to find an internship. See, my thing is, even if i got one i would prolly just do the summer camp job i had last year cuz i enjoyed it so much and promised the kids i'd be back this summer....... so there's sort of a conflict of interest there. Conflict being my parents want me to get an internship and consider my camp job a last resort. Will have to sort this out somehow.
Alright. Fantasize on, y'all.
Robert Yan.
I have a 3-for-1 deal on the table, me giving mike miller for shane battier, delonte west, AND andris beidrins. I normally never like the 3 in 3-for-one deals and always want to get the best player in a deal, but this one seems tempting because as much as i pimped miller just a while ago w/ his 3.0 threes per game, he doesn't do THAT much otherwise, especially on defense. Battier is quietly having a fine season in not turning the ball over and contributing a little in every category ( he actually averages 2.0 long rangers per game, not too shabby), beidrins is having a career season, and west heated up after his injury. This will be a tough call cuz in this league i'm 2nd and the guy offering is 1st, so this could be the season right here.
May Samuel Dalembert continue his Haitian Domination.
A lotta folks pissed about the bears game last night, won't even talk about it. I personally thought it was a good game even w/ all the turnovers cuz it was a wet field, the colts were just a better team like i said and capitalized on some key plays. C'mon, people, get over, it, bears coulda lost at home to seattle 3 weeks ago and really got people mad. Bears really had a fine season if you think about it.
Had a very busy day today otherwise, this guy from University of Toronto came to talk for Asian American Studies class and was VERY articulate and actually made one of my most eschewed subjects, poetry, kinda interesting. Not to mention there was some fairly good chinese food at the cultural center.
Trying to find an internship. See, my thing is, even if i got one i would prolly just do the summer camp job i had last year cuz i enjoyed it so much and promised the kids i'd be back this summer....... so there's sort of a conflict of interest there. Conflict being my parents want me to get an internship and consider my camp job a last resort. Will have to sort this out somehow.
Alright. Fantasize on, y'all.
Robert Yan.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Super Bowl Sunday
I grew up in Chicago, and today my bears go up vs. the colts. Personally, from an NFL persective, I'd take the colts. The bears beat the seahawks barely and got the saints on their bad day. The colts have done more to prove they're the better team. That said, bears are very capable of pulling off the upset.
Looking ahead to fantasy bases, i don't understand all the hype about JOSE REYES. I've seen him drafted as high as #2 overall, which i think is a blunder, no matter how much you love him. Yes, he had a breakout year last year and yes, he is the envy of many managers for his stolen bases, but he's done it for only ONE YEAR, people! I'd take a-rod or vlad before him anyday.
CARL CRAWFORD is on my target list. The guy's a man-child.
Bounce-back pitcher of the year? RICH HARDEN. I say he actually stays healthy all year.
Back to basketball: RON ARTEST is thriving on the kings. He's become a top offensive option for them and locks up opponent scorers like he did vs. carmelo last night. He was all over him like a cheap suit.
GERALD WALLACE is rewarding owners for their patience with some monster games the past week or so. I tried to buy low on this guy a couple months ago but lost faith w/ some of his injuries. Shoulda anticipated this. He and JOSH SMITH are freaks.
JERMAINE O'NEAL is putting together a fine year. Not only is he on the new NIKE commercial, he's blocked at least a shot in all of his games he's played in. And averages 3 blks a game. That's pretty sick. And also watch out for DANNY GRANGER on that team. Boy is picking up his play and could become the next JOSH HOWARD/ poor man's SHAWM MARION. What i mean is their stats are similar w/ 1.0+ threes, good rebs, 1.0 blks, 1. 0 stls. That's impressive.
This place will go nuts if the bears win tonight. My prediction is they'll get close but no cigar and the '85 bears remain the legacy that they are now. That's all i got.
-Fantasize on
Robert Yan
Looking ahead to fantasy bases, i don't understand all the hype about JOSE REYES. I've seen him drafted as high as #2 overall, which i think is a blunder, no matter how much you love him. Yes, he had a breakout year last year and yes, he is the envy of many managers for his stolen bases, but he's done it for only ONE YEAR, people! I'd take a-rod or vlad before him anyday.
CARL CRAWFORD is on my target list. The guy's a man-child.
Bounce-back pitcher of the year? RICH HARDEN. I say he actually stays healthy all year.
Back to basketball: RON ARTEST is thriving on the kings. He's become a top offensive option for them and locks up opponent scorers like he did vs. carmelo last night. He was all over him like a cheap suit.
GERALD WALLACE is rewarding owners for their patience with some monster games the past week or so. I tried to buy low on this guy a couple months ago but lost faith w/ some of his injuries. Shoulda anticipated this. He and JOSH SMITH are freaks.
JERMAINE O'NEAL is putting together a fine year. Not only is he on the new NIKE commercial, he's blocked at least a shot in all of his games he's played in. And averages 3 blks a game. That's pretty sick. And also watch out for DANNY GRANGER on that team. Boy is picking up his play and could become the next JOSH HOWARD/ poor man's SHAWM MARION. What i mean is their stats are similar w/ 1.0+ threes, good rebs, 1.0 blks, 1. 0 stls. That's impressive.
This place will go nuts if the bears win tonight. My prediction is they'll get close but no cigar and the '85 bears remain the legacy that they are now. That's all i got.
-Fantasize on
Robert Yan
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Fantasy Guru Kickoff Blog!
Hi My name is Robert Yan, a.k.a. The Fantasy Guru, and this is my first blog on fantasy sports ever and would appreciate any feedback you would like to give on how to improve it.
I am a sophomore in Finance at the University of Illinois and the president of Illinois Fantasy Football here in Urbana-Champaign.
I've been playing fantasy sports since 2002, the days when fantasy icons like marshall faulk, michael jordan, and sammy sosa were still anchors on fantasy teams. Ah, how time flies, throughout the years I have played fantasy sports primarily on Yahoo! sports but have also used other services for various sports such as hoops.sports.ws., nba.com, and foxsports.net, accumulating lots of experience in playing fantasy sports and more importantly, on player statistics and drafts.
I figure that I can express my views on fantasy sports through this forum and air my thoughts out for all to see. To begin:
Since it is the middle of NBA season, I have to touch on some various stories going on in the NBA:
I just picked up steve blake as a spot start for tonight against sacramento, and it seems he will get the start w/ AI not traveling w/ the team..... blake dished out 14 dimes last night and could repeat those numbers against a weak Kings defense.
J-Kidd has been a fantasy stalwart all year but the last few games he has been less than impressive........i praised him previously for being strong on the court despite the domestic problems, but recently his minutes has decreased, he's not the same player in the last week, and the nets have lost 5 out of 7, including 2 blowout losses. The nets in general look like they're in trouble; i wouldn't touch any of their fantasy players besides j-kidd because of carter's inconsistencies and jefferson's injury, but now even j-kidd looks somewhat loose.
Mike Miller, Andre Miller, and Brad Miller are for some reason unbeknownst to me on the same fantasy team in one of my leagues. To assess their season: Mike has been much improved and is just a deadly shooter, one has gets free rein to chuck it up from 3 any time he wants, so his value will remain around the same the rest of the season, especially if Pau gets traded. I predicted andre would be second fiddle to AI2 in philly after getting traded and see a decline in play, but he's kept it up since then........he does dish out slightly fewer assists but all of his other stats remain at their previous levels. Brad Miller, to me, has always been overrated. He's a guy I think who plays out of position and doesn't provide any interior defense OR offense, for that matter, he does have offensive game with his assits and boards and good %'s, but this season he's been enigmatic and I don't know if his recent incline in fantasy value will persist.........I would rather have bibby, martin, or artest any day over miller unless i REALLY needed a center.
But yea thanks for tuning in to my first blog. I look to make this a daily thing or at least a semi-daily occurence since fantasy sports of all kinds are on my mind all day every day.
Fantasize on,
Robert yan
I am a sophomore in Finance at the University of Illinois and the president of Illinois Fantasy Football here in Urbana-Champaign.
I've been playing fantasy sports since 2002, the days when fantasy icons like marshall faulk, michael jordan, and sammy sosa were still anchors on fantasy teams. Ah, how time flies, throughout the years I have played fantasy sports primarily on Yahoo! sports but have also used other services for various sports such as hoops.sports.ws., nba.com, and foxsports.net, accumulating lots of experience in playing fantasy sports and more importantly, on player statistics and drafts.
I figure that I can express my views on fantasy sports through this forum and air my thoughts out for all to see. To begin:
Since it is the middle of NBA season, I have to touch on some various stories going on in the NBA:
I just picked up steve blake as a spot start for tonight against sacramento, and it seems he will get the start w/ AI not traveling w/ the team..... blake dished out 14 dimes last night and could repeat those numbers against a weak Kings defense.
J-Kidd has been a fantasy stalwart all year but the last few games he has been less than impressive........i praised him previously for being strong on the court despite the domestic problems, but recently his minutes has decreased, he's not the same player in the last week, and the nets have lost 5 out of 7, including 2 blowout losses. The nets in general look like they're in trouble; i wouldn't touch any of their fantasy players besides j-kidd because of carter's inconsistencies and jefferson's injury, but now even j-kidd looks somewhat loose.
Mike Miller, Andre Miller, and Brad Miller are for some reason unbeknownst to me on the same fantasy team in one of my leagues. To assess their season: Mike has been much improved and is just a deadly shooter, one has gets free rein to chuck it up from 3 any time he wants, so his value will remain around the same the rest of the season, especially if Pau gets traded. I predicted andre would be second fiddle to AI2 in philly after getting traded and see a decline in play, but he's kept it up since then........he does dish out slightly fewer assists but all of his other stats remain at their previous levels. Brad Miller, to me, has always been overrated. He's a guy I think who plays out of position and doesn't provide any interior defense OR offense, for that matter, he does have offensive game with his assits and boards and good %'s, but this season he's been enigmatic and I don't know if his recent incline in fantasy value will persist.........I would rather have bibby, martin, or artest any day over miller unless i REALLY needed a center.
But yea thanks for tuning in to my first blog. I look to make this a daily thing or at least a semi-daily occurence since fantasy sports of all kinds are on my mind all day every day.
Fantasize on,
Robert yan
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