Big trade

Big trade in the NBA today.........Jermaine O'neal and Al Jefferson for Yao Ming, Bonzi Wells, and Jamaal Tinsley. Wait, what? those guys weren't on the same team in the first place? O wait, that's cuz the trade happened in my fantasy league!



I'm in a realy cool fantasy league that's on campus, Illinois Fantasy Basketball is the name I suppose, and we got 15 guys, 15 active members, really pretty sweet if you ask me.





Played some real basketball today at CRCE, the local recreational facilities. I really elevated what was a pretty puny game into a semi-decent game last year at those courts, and I really do have a legitimate shot, especially from 3-point range. Not too good off the dribble, i understand passing and stuff, and play pretty hard all the time, which helps w/ rebounds, loose balls, and stuff, so from my perspective i'm an above average player, at least for an asian ( that's not a racist comment, just an honest evaluation). I get REALLY pissed when people in a 5-on-5 game just hog the ball. O baby. Even in the NBA there's a conscious effort to get everyone involved even if it's like the L.A. lakers w/ kobe. I've really been consistent in scoring points this season as I'm more confident w/ my shot and more confident in my role on a pickup team, and hopefully that'll even pick up as i spend more time in the gym during the winter months.

Anyways, big trade today........as u may have guessed, i was on the receiving end of jefferson and o'neal. It's a unique league, so the values of players are a little different, but Yao is probably the best player in the deal, but i hedged his risk of sustaining a devastating injury by picking up jefferson and o'neal, two big guys who will probably get hurt too but actually have somewhat of a better history of injuries. Tinsley and Wells are marginal players and basicially guys i threw in there. Tinsley has potential to put up a lot of assists which is a key category in our league, but i doubt he will do enough.

The return of Priest Holmes is generating a lot of hype within the fantasy community. I really love it too, honestly. I love guys who used to be really good, former 1st-round draft picks who are ignored ( in this case, justifiably cuz priest was in retired) but come back. I have him in two leagues, and if LJ is out for the year, which rumors say he is, Priest might have one of those trademark fantasy playoff runs. That'd be sweet.

Elsewhere, Chris Henry of the Bengals, the WR, not the RB, is comin back this week vs. ravens. Given what he did in limited time last year and the Bengals always being behind, he looks like he could have some good value.

Plaxico Burress.............intriguing player, started off really hot, but a bad week and a bye later he isn't so hot of a commodity........big game against dallas this week, he could prove himself big or prove he's having another "one of those" seasons.


I have a trade on the table in fantasy football too, drew brees and jessie chatman for jon kitna and marion barber...............i was debating it, and in most seasons i'd make this trade cuz barber's actually a pretty good back, but the way brees is playing and my recent favor of QB's, ( my other QB in that league is philip rivers, not exactly trusting him just yet). Also, that team's also 2-6, which is actually making me want to do the trade just to do the trade, but of course that falls in the trap of "making a trade just to make a trade" trap. Brees is facing St. Louis this week, and being 2-6 i'd have to go undefeated pretty much to win that league, so i think i'm gonna pass on this deal. hope i don't get bit in the butt.


Someone in one of my leagues dropped the Chicago D. Part of the reason the Chicago D is really struggling this year is no TD's. That's also why they're struggling in actuality. Without those defensive TD's that swing the course of the game, they're nothing.

Alright that's all i got for tonight. Big night in the NBA. Come back w/ some analysis of it tommorrow.