Alright y'all, I'll be in Hawaii starting tommorrow morning until New Year's Eve, so i'll be gone for a bit. The good news is, the fantasy football season is over after tonight, and all of you have wrapped up your seasons. Good job to ryan liu in our Illinois Fantasy Football league, who barely got in the playoffs as the #4 seed but made the most out of the opportunity and won when it mattered the most, during playoff time.
One interesting thing about his team was that he didn't have any of Tony Romo, Randy Moss, or Tom Brady, the guys who most people won with this year. Instead, he had Adrian Peterson, which makes sense for last week when he put up 20 points but not this week when minnesota laid a dud against the giants.
Anyway, it's also a slow week for NBA action also, so hopefully i won't miss too much while i'm away. However, Scott Skiles did get fired today ( on Christmas Eve no less, that's harsh) while rumors are flying about possible deals sending jason kidd certain places as well as larry hughes and even kobe ( although phil says that's very unlikely now).
Anyway, I'll be back and update everything that goes on in the following week the best that i can, but i'll come home and then be at the rose bowl for Illinois vs. USC on Jan. 1st! Yay!
-Alright, I'm out, Merry Christmas everyone!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Universal Studios
Alright, as I'm writing this I must warn you about the levity of this post cuz i'm extremely tired after a long day of strolling on hollywood drive, going over to universal studios hollywood, then getting some good eatin' at a rockin' restaurant in Chinatown.
Some really good action that I missed in the association, though, that i feel obligated to report on.
First off: Props to my homeboy Yi JianLian, who put up a career high 29 points against the bobcats tonight. I assume millions.... and MILLIONS ( one of my favorite phrases by the rock) were watching in china, and he probably eclipsed yao ming tonight ( at least for today).
Fantasy-wise, he was gold tonight, a master 14-17 ( In roto leagues, that kinda shooting day helps more than like a 10-assist night), 10 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls, 1 blk, and just 2 TO's. This guy might be one of the best rookies this year, at least fantasy-wise for sure. He won't get the recognition at least in the states just yet, but if keeps posting these kind of numbers he will. Hopefully milwaukee gives him some play, that'd be nice.
D-Wade hit a game-winner to beat the jazz tonight, who are suddenly only 15-15. Wow. Did not expect that. But wade's fantasy line wasn't necessarily that great, 6-14 FG's, 3 rebs, 6 asts, 20 pts. Eh. Not bad, but the usual wade gets more stl's and blks. The thing w/ wade is he LIVES off the free throw line and can bolster ur average ( unless ur average is like 88% or something) tremendously and can offset all ur weak big men free-throw shooters, plus he doesn't hurt u with his FG% cuz he doesn't take wild three's. Also just wanted to mention Udonis Haslem having a solid season w/ the heat, something they needed w/ the loss of wade at beginning of season and now mourning for rest of season.
Pau Gasol's back, came back from injury to put up 31 points, 13 rebs, 4 asts, and a block. Rudy Gay owners were really riding rudy when pau was out, but don't worry, rudy will still be ok, just not the #1 option anymore. Iguodala w/ the last second game-winning shot there, although he went 9-21 FG on the day. His shooting really feel off w/ AI leaving.
prolly a real fun game in new jersey between nets + golden state, kidd got another ( surprise surprise ) triple ddouble while josh boone had a great night starting for the nets. The thing w/ kidd, though, he gets u the triple-double numbers, but he turns it over a lot, especially tis season and his FG% is atrocious. You win some, u lose some w/ that guy.
B-Diddy: Not so good of a night. You gotta wonder if he eventually a) wears down, or b) is afriad he might wear down and starts goin' slow on certain nights.
-Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Some really good action that I missed in the association, though, that i feel obligated to report on.
First off: Props to my homeboy Yi JianLian, who put up a career high 29 points against the bobcats tonight. I assume millions.... and MILLIONS ( one of my favorite phrases by the rock) were watching in china, and he probably eclipsed yao ming tonight ( at least for today).
Fantasy-wise, he was gold tonight, a master 14-17 ( In roto leagues, that kinda shooting day helps more than like a 10-assist night), 10 rebs, 3 asts, 3 stls, 1 blk, and just 2 TO's. This guy might be one of the best rookies this year, at least fantasy-wise for sure. He won't get the recognition at least in the states just yet, but if keeps posting these kind of numbers he will. Hopefully milwaukee gives him some play, that'd be nice.
D-Wade hit a game-winner to beat the jazz tonight, who are suddenly only 15-15. Wow. Did not expect that. But wade's fantasy line wasn't necessarily that great, 6-14 FG's, 3 rebs, 6 asts, 20 pts. Eh. Not bad, but the usual wade gets more stl's and blks. The thing w/ wade is he LIVES off the free throw line and can bolster ur average ( unless ur average is like 88% or something) tremendously and can offset all ur weak big men free-throw shooters, plus he doesn't hurt u with his FG% cuz he doesn't take wild three's. Also just wanted to mention Udonis Haslem having a solid season w/ the heat, something they needed w/ the loss of wade at beginning of season and now mourning for rest of season.
Pau Gasol's back, came back from injury to put up 31 points, 13 rebs, 4 asts, and a block. Rudy Gay owners were really riding rudy when pau was out, but don't worry, rudy will still be ok, just not the #1 option anymore. Iguodala w/ the last second game-winning shot there, although he went 9-21 FG on the day. His shooting really feel off w/ AI leaving.
prolly a real fun game in new jersey between nets + golden state, kidd got another ( surprise surprise ) triple ddouble while josh boone had a great night starting for the nets. The thing w/ kidd, though, he gets u the triple-double numbers, but he turns it over a lot, especially tis season and his FG% is atrocious. You win some, u lose some w/ that guy.
B-Diddy: Not so good of a night. You gotta wonder if he eventually a) wears down, or b) is afriad he might wear down and starts goin' slow on certain nights.
-Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Friday, December 21, 2007
The good part of the vacation starts.........
Right about now. Last week after thursday's last final, i was totally DONE, finished, through with work, i just deflated myself and rid myself of almost all my responsiblities. Now, more than a week later, i find myself having really done pretty much nothing since then, which is ok, cuz.......i have three more weeks of this. And the fun part is really still coming up.
Tonight, my cousin from China's visiting, and this weekend should be a fun time because of that cuz one of the days ( either Sat. or Sun.) we're gonna spend at Disneyland , always a fun spot, and then of course the big holidays coming up, everyone's in a festive mood, and then Christmas DAY actually, we're gonna be going to hawaii. Come back on New Year's Eve, go over to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Wow. So, like i said, fun fun.
O and i got notified that my law application at USC is complete. Yipee. The law school stuff has really become less of a stresser now that i'm done with all of them, i have nothing to do..........who am i kidding, though, for me it's almost more stressful cuz now there's very little for me to do, i'm at the mercy of the adcomms, and they can call me whenver. But hopefully i'll have great news by the time i mosey on over back from the islands.
Anyway, there's a healthy slate of NBA games tonight, 20 teams in action, some mediocre games on ESPN w/ the bulls vs. celts and Mavs. vs. Clippers. There's an obvious favorite in each game but u never know, the dawgs might find it interesting.
Good game last night on TNT after lebron vs. kobe matchup was a dud, although lebron did light it up and led the cavs to a victory ( i'm somewhat of a closet lakers fan, so it didn't sit well w/ me). The nightcap was a 2OT thriller, really shouldn't have been cuz rockets were down 7 with like a minute and change to go and somehow pulled it to a tie, even had a chance to win in regulation with a yao jumper clanking, eventually succumbing in overtime.
The significant thing to report is that kenyon martin and marcus camby both went down a bit with injuries, camby looked like his was serious as he was laying down for awhile and trainers looked at him, but apparently it was alright cuz he came back into the game. I would not have suspected that with "Glass" camby and if he misses several games George Karl's gonna look silly for not taking precautions. Martin's injury seems a bit more serious but obviously not surgery-inducing.
McGrady had already missed that game, but he might miss another one on Saturday. These are constant injury concerns w/ mcgrady, martin, and camby that u gotta expect. And it's a headache when they do happen. It's a constant, "is he playing/not playing" game as well as "do i want him to play or get some rest and get healthy" dilemma. That's NEVER a problem with nowitizki, marion, or garnett. Guess that's why they're drafted so high.
Kobe returns to Philadelphia- you'd think maybe he'd want to put up a show in his hometown of Phila, but he's been bothered with some kind of flu and some nagging injuries and playing thru it, so he might hold off a lil bit. The Lakers are 15-10, so they can still afford to pace themselves a lil bit, but can't think they wanna give up these games to eastern conference teams.
Philadelphia is 10-15 and might sneak into the East 8 seed, but it doesn't matter, not like they're going anywhere, and it's basically a season to see if andre iguodala can be "the man." It's hard to see them being really good with AI2 as their go-to guy. They need somebody else or a stud big man.
Washington is just having a wasted season w/ all these injuries to gilbert, then to his backup antonio daniels, but i just checked their record and it's a healthy 13-11. Wow. Well, if they can hold it together till hibachi gets back they should be ok. They might be okay w/o him with caron butler playing at a spectacular level. To think, he once got packaged in to get kwame brown. On the flip side, Atlanta is 13-12, which is actually pretty good too. They got some decent young talent down there, w/ joe johnson, josh smith, marvin williams all having played with each other for a while now. Can they really gell enough to put together a playoff run? We'll see. I personally don't think so.
New York vs. Charlotte: Pair of garbage teams. Jamal Crawford has great numbers this year but it's for a bad team. I'm gonna ride it out this year but disregard his performance as indicative of the foul state of things w/ the Knicks.
Utah vs. Orlando- the magic have slowed down a bit after a great start, but they'll be fine and be probably a 2 or 3 seed, lose to either detroit or boston. Dwight Howard will have big year, i had him in fantasy his rookie season and he was big then, but for some reason his FT shooting has gotten worse.
Indiana vs. Minnesota- Nobody has updated Jamaal Tinsley's condition, whether he's playing tonight. W/o him, Mike Dunleavy and Jermaine O'neal had big nights last time. Tinsley is really key to playing their more up-tempo style, w/o him they go back to the post-up style w/ jermaine o'neal. Al Jefferson = certified beast. Seriously, I believe it now. He needs some help though, rashard mcCants trying to provide it w/ the 3-ball.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Tonight, my cousin from China's visiting, and this weekend should be a fun time because of that cuz one of the days ( either Sat. or Sun.) we're gonna spend at Disneyland , always a fun spot, and then of course the big holidays coming up, everyone's in a festive mood, and then Christmas DAY actually, we're gonna be going to hawaii. Come back on New Year's Eve, go over to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Wow. So, like i said, fun fun.
O and i got notified that my law application at USC is complete. Yipee. The law school stuff has really become less of a stresser now that i'm done with all of them, i have nothing to do..........who am i kidding, though, for me it's almost more stressful cuz now there's very little for me to do, i'm at the mercy of the adcomms, and they can call me whenver. But hopefully i'll have great news by the time i mosey on over back from the islands.
Anyway, there's a healthy slate of NBA games tonight, 20 teams in action, some mediocre games on ESPN w/ the bulls vs. celts and Mavs. vs. Clippers. There's an obvious favorite in each game but u never know, the dawgs might find it interesting.
Good game last night on TNT after lebron vs. kobe matchup was a dud, although lebron did light it up and led the cavs to a victory ( i'm somewhat of a closet lakers fan, so it didn't sit well w/ me). The nightcap was a 2OT thriller, really shouldn't have been cuz rockets were down 7 with like a minute and change to go and somehow pulled it to a tie, even had a chance to win in regulation with a yao jumper clanking, eventually succumbing in overtime.
The significant thing to report is that kenyon martin and marcus camby both went down a bit with injuries, camby looked like his was serious as he was laying down for awhile and trainers looked at him, but apparently it was alright cuz he came back into the game. I would not have suspected that with "Glass" camby and if he misses several games George Karl's gonna look silly for not taking precautions. Martin's injury seems a bit more serious but obviously not surgery-inducing.
McGrady had already missed that game, but he might miss another one on Saturday. These are constant injury concerns w/ mcgrady, martin, and camby that u gotta expect. And it's a headache when they do happen. It's a constant, "is he playing/not playing" game as well as "do i want him to play or get some rest and get healthy" dilemma. That's NEVER a problem with nowitizki, marion, or garnett. Guess that's why they're drafted so high.
Kobe returns to Philadelphia- you'd think maybe he'd want to put up a show in his hometown of Phila, but he's been bothered with some kind of flu and some nagging injuries and playing thru it, so he might hold off a lil bit. The Lakers are 15-10, so they can still afford to pace themselves a lil bit, but can't think they wanna give up these games to eastern conference teams.
Philadelphia is 10-15 and might sneak into the East 8 seed, but it doesn't matter, not like they're going anywhere, and it's basically a season to see if andre iguodala can be "the man." It's hard to see them being really good with AI2 as their go-to guy. They need somebody else or a stud big man.
Washington is just having a wasted season w/ all these injuries to gilbert, then to his backup antonio daniels, but i just checked their record and it's a healthy 13-11. Wow. Well, if they can hold it together till hibachi gets back they should be ok. They might be okay w/o him with caron butler playing at a spectacular level. To think, he once got packaged in to get kwame brown. On the flip side, Atlanta is 13-12, which is actually pretty good too. They got some decent young talent down there, w/ joe johnson, josh smith, marvin williams all having played with each other for a while now. Can they really gell enough to put together a playoff run? We'll see. I personally don't think so.
New York vs. Charlotte: Pair of garbage teams. Jamal Crawford has great numbers this year but it's for a bad team. I'm gonna ride it out this year but disregard his performance as indicative of the foul state of things w/ the Knicks.
Utah vs. Orlando- the magic have slowed down a bit after a great start, but they'll be fine and be probably a 2 or 3 seed, lose to either detroit or boston. Dwight Howard will have big year, i had him in fantasy his rookie season and he was big then, but for some reason his FT shooting has gotten worse.
Indiana vs. Minnesota- Nobody has updated Jamaal Tinsley's condition, whether he's playing tonight. W/o him, Mike Dunleavy and Jermaine O'neal had big nights last time. Tinsley is really key to playing their more up-tempo style, w/o him they go back to the post-up style w/ jermaine o'neal. Al Jefferson = certified beast. Seriously, I believe it now. He needs some help though, rashard mcCants trying to provide it w/ the 3-ball.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Countdown to Xmas
It's the most........wonderful time..........of the year. Yup, less than one week till Christmas. My sister was singing a little ditty earlier about christmas in july about having christmas in los angeles, where "snow and ice can be really fun, but we'd much prefer the sun." or something. There was also a smog reference somewhere in there that i "lol'ed" at.
This is also the most wonderful time of the year for a fantasy owner who's still alive in the playoffs, and as i aluded to last time, that is no longer the case for me. It's all over. No more lineup changes, no more weather checks before game time, no more injury updates. Nope. Gotta just watch other people take what's rightfully mine. Haha. But honestly, not to be one of those guys who self-handicaps, but this season i was not on my fantasy football game. Whether for lack of interest, lack of time, combo of both, or some other factor, i just did not get my act together, got in the playoffs due to good drafts, but didn't get anywhere, and especially mailed it in that first playoff game.
But anyway, for those who ARE in the playoffs still, i'm doing a little run-down based on player histories and what u should do with those players.
Guy u should have no problem starting this week in the championship game is T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who has just been a fantasy stud this season and is facing an old friend, the CLE Def, who he went for 69 yds and 2 TD's last time. The only reason i mention this is cuz TJ has been cold the last few weeks, not finding the end zone for 4 straight weeks nor getting past 70 yds, not to mention 100 yds. However, i don't care if this game is snowing at game time, the weather's horrible, or Santa Clause is on the way to ur house, don't forget to start TJ this week. Could make a huge difference. Same goes for chad johnson, carson palmer, and chris henry.
Don't forget then, in the same game, all ur browns like derek anderson, braylon edwards, kellen winslow, jamal lewis. This game went for 96 combined points last meeting. Browns need this win, but more importantly it's a rivalry game. That being said, it'll probably be an ugly 13-10 affair that makes fantasy owners wince. But prolly not.
Sometimes Defenses can win games for u because they're really explosive but also very volatile. You could very easily get 1 point from ur defense or get 19, it's very shaky. However, these plays are not shaky this week:
Green Bay at Chicago, start Green Bay D against kyle orton, man, that's 6 sacks waiting to happen.
Pittsburgh @ STL: u might think rams still have some fight left and on their home turf, but pittsburgh really needs this game, and they'll improve their shoddy defense recently and rebound. They really need to cuz cleveland doesn't look like it's gonna lose.
Minnesota vs. Washington: Like i said last time, minnesota's had 8 TD's by their D. Could do it again this week vs. Todd Collins, Washington will have white knuckles cuz it's do or die for them, but minnesota wins on its home turf.
Try to find kickers in good environments. You've prolly heard this before, but sometimes the exceptions make u wonder. Like last year, on a blustering day in buffalo, i decided rian lindell wouldn't do very well w/ the conditions, so i took him out, only to see him kick 5 FG's that day and defy air. But that's really an exception, and i made a smart play that day, it just didn't work out. Do the smart play all the time, and most of the time it will. It's also obviously a combo of factors with ur offenses. I still wouldn't stay away from mason crosby in chicago cuz green bay will still score. I would definitely go with josh scobee at home vs. oak, shaun suisham in the dome at minnesota, adam vinateri in the indy dome, ryan longwell for same reason, jeff reed in the stl dome, jason hanson in the silverdome. I'd maybe check the conditions in cincinatti or tennesee to see if they're okay, i'd still start phil dawson or shayne graham if the weather's cooperating just cuz that game stands to see fireworks.
Please start earnest graham. Man's a workhorse and has been rewarding u all year. At least a TD in 6 straight games. Such a solid sleeper.
Don't let the split carries and inconsistency fool u, u still gotta start marion barber this week. I don't care if u have 2 solid RB's otherwise. Barber's due for a big day.
Along the same lines, if u survived through tony romo's terrible day last week, don't make the mistake of thinking he'll do it again. Don't buy into that distraction with Jessica Simpson stuff. Good QB's are good no matter what. The only concern would be that thumb, but if he plays he should be fine. The panthers prolly won't have any answer for a romo-owens connection.
I would hold off on maurice jones-drew this week. Sure, they're facing one of the worst run defenses in NFL, but i'm think fragile fred gets a lot of the carries. However, if u start jones-drew it probably won't hurt too bad, he'll at least get some touches.
I would bench eli manning this week. This guy lost it for me last week, lemme tell u from one manning to another that watching him is a headache, and that's not good when ur a fantasy player. Not only that, he really stopped plaxico from being the dominant force he was in the beginning of the season, and burress really needs to be reconsidered this week, especially in prolly bad conditions in buffalo and the bills actually being semi-decent. Be careful.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
This is also the most wonderful time of the year for a fantasy owner who's still alive in the playoffs, and as i aluded to last time, that is no longer the case for me. It's all over. No more lineup changes, no more weather checks before game time, no more injury updates. Nope. Gotta just watch other people take what's rightfully mine. Haha. But honestly, not to be one of those guys who self-handicaps, but this season i was not on my fantasy football game. Whether for lack of interest, lack of time, combo of both, or some other factor, i just did not get my act together, got in the playoffs due to good drafts, but didn't get anywhere, and especially mailed it in that first playoff game.
But anyway, for those who ARE in the playoffs still, i'm doing a little run-down based on player histories and what u should do with those players.
Guy u should have no problem starting this week in the championship game is T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who has just been a fantasy stud this season and is facing an old friend, the CLE Def, who he went for 69 yds and 2 TD's last time. The only reason i mention this is cuz TJ has been cold the last few weeks, not finding the end zone for 4 straight weeks nor getting past 70 yds, not to mention 100 yds. However, i don't care if this game is snowing at game time, the weather's horrible, or Santa Clause is on the way to ur house, don't forget to start TJ this week. Could make a huge difference. Same goes for chad johnson, carson palmer, and chris henry.
Don't forget then, in the same game, all ur browns like derek anderson, braylon edwards, kellen winslow, jamal lewis. This game went for 96 combined points last meeting. Browns need this win, but more importantly it's a rivalry game. That being said, it'll probably be an ugly 13-10 affair that makes fantasy owners wince. But prolly not.
Sometimes Defenses can win games for u because they're really explosive but also very volatile. You could very easily get 1 point from ur defense or get 19, it's very shaky. However, these plays are not shaky this week:
Green Bay at Chicago, start Green Bay D against kyle orton, man, that's 6 sacks waiting to happen.
Pittsburgh @ STL: u might think rams still have some fight left and on their home turf, but pittsburgh really needs this game, and they'll improve their shoddy defense recently and rebound. They really need to cuz cleveland doesn't look like it's gonna lose.
Minnesota vs. Washington: Like i said last time, minnesota's had 8 TD's by their D. Could do it again this week vs. Todd Collins, Washington will have white knuckles cuz it's do or die for them, but minnesota wins on its home turf.
Try to find kickers in good environments. You've prolly heard this before, but sometimes the exceptions make u wonder. Like last year, on a blustering day in buffalo, i decided rian lindell wouldn't do very well w/ the conditions, so i took him out, only to see him kick 5 FG's that day and defy air. But that's really an exception, and i made a smart play that day, it just didn't work out. Do the smart play all the time, and most of the time it will. It's also obviously a combo of factors with ur offenses. I still wouldn't stay away from mason crosby in chicago cuz green bay will still score. I would definitely go with josh scobee at home vs. oak, shaun suisham in the dome at minnesota, adam vinateri in the indy dome, ryan longwell for same reason, jeff reed in the stl dome, jason hanson in the silverdome. I'd maybe check the conditions in cincinatti or tennesee to see if they're okay, i'd still start phil dawson or shayne graham if the weather's cooperating just cuz that game stands to see fireworks.
Please start earnest graham. Man's a workhorse and has been rewarding u all year. At least a TD in 6 straight games. Such a solid sleeper.
Don't let the split carries and inconsistency fool u, u still gotta start marion barber this week. I don't care if u have 2 solid RB's otherwise. Barber's due for a big day.
Along the same lines, if u survived through tony romo's terrible day last week, don't make the mistake of thinking he'll do it again. Don't buy into that distraction with Jessica Simpson stuff. Good QB's are good no matter what. The only concern would be that thumb, but if he plays he should be fine. The panthers prolly won't have any answer for a romo-owens connection.
I would hold off on maurice jones-drew this week. Sure, they're facing one of the worst run defenses in NFL, but i'm think fragile fred gets a lot of the carries. However, if u start jones-drew it probably won't hurt too bad, he'll at least get some touches.
I would bench eli manning this week. This guy lost it for me last week, lemme tell u from one manning to another that watching him is a headache, and that's not good when ur a fantasy player. Not only that, he really stopped plaxico from being the dominant force he was in the beginning of the season, and burress really needs to be reconsidered this week, especially in prolly bad conditions in buffalo and the bills actually being semi-decent. Be careful.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
fantasy fallout
Ugh- It's tuesday, and I'm really disgusted by my performance in the fantasy playoffs over the weekend. My teams were only able to muster 73 and 66 points in fantasy playoff week, respectively. A lot of fantasy stars didn't show up this week, but that's no excuse for what my teams did.
Ultimately, the 2 guys that i took in every league- Gates and Joey Galloway, really did me in. They both had something atrocious like 1 rec for 7 yards, and neither put up any fantasy points. And both were on the 2 squads i had this weekend. Not good, obviously. I mean, they both had pretty good regular seasons, did exactly what i hoped they'd do at where i drafted them ( galloway was actually a steal cuz i got him in like the 8th round), but they really failed me this weekend. They went down, and the ship ( being me) went down with them as well.
Now i guess i have a lotta reason to concentrate on fantasy basketball, but a part of me is just depressed, wants to take a break from fantasy sports for a lil bit. I'll have plenty of time for breakin' in hawaii ( Dec. 25-Dec. 31st) and on my ASB trip, but I really wanted another championship for fantasy football before i left. This is really the first season ever since i started fantasy football in 2003 that i haven't won a league at all. Very different feeling, not being energized about games going on the week of christmas. 2007= somewhat of a wasted season.
But i vow to come back next year. Don't y'all worry.
The 2 fantasy football leagues for UIUC have some good games on tap.........SeaTown Stunnas vs. ChiTown Bears, that's almost reminiscent of the NFC championship last year, ironically ( Seattle vs. Chicago). Congrats to those 2, they've had really good seasons but both won by about 2 or 3 points, which could have been avoided if i had started anybody other than joey galloway.
Today i'm just gonna post some of the preseason NBA predictions i had about the NBA. It's not really the conventional NBA predictions, as you'll see......this has more of a media-based, individual-player-type, off-the-court news predictions that'll happen this year, in top-10 form:
10.) Tim Duncan vs. Joey Crawford Part II: Just to spice up the NBA in the dog months of Jan. and Feb, David Stern inexplicably allows Joey to ref another Spurs game. AS the spurs go to the locker room for halftime, Joey asks Tim, "Wanna have a hot-dog eating contest?" Duncan interprets this as, "you're hotter than ron artest." All mayhem ensues. Stern wins prop bets for placing money on Duncan.
9.) Ron Artest disappears from the Sacramento Kings and is unheard of for many months. In early March, reports indicate that he has moved to Jamaica under the assumed name of "TruWarrior."
Just a preview of what's to come. I'll post the rest later. Hope those were at least border-line funny. I try, i try.
I think I'll ACTUALLY end by going over all the top fantasy players this year and how good they were, at least in yahoo! points. (results through Week 15)
1.) Tom Brady- 347 points. Are you kidding me? Probably the single most dominating season in the NFL ever, especially in fantasy sports. This was better than Peyton Manning's one season in 2004, better than L.T.'s season last year. Brady did this even though the yahoo! scoring system changed the passing scores to lessen the impact of QB's, but he STILL outscored the second best player by more than 80 points. Wow
2.) LT- not as good as last year, but he still did real well this year, gained tons of yardage on the ground as well as thru air, also threw in that pass TD
3.) Tony Romo- Not a bad 2nd QB with 286 points, he did a fantasy no-no by having a great fantasy regular season but then choking horrendously in the playoffs, probably ended a lot of teams' hopes this weekend, and fantasy owners will remember that for a long time.
4.) Brian Westbrook- did the inexplicable sunday by kneeling at the one instead of going in for another score, which would have given owners 6 more points to try to win. But great regular season, stayed healthy throughout it all, couldn't have asked for more from him this season, too bad i could have but didn't get him.
5.) Randy Moss- To think, he was getting taken in 3rd round last year. The whole Tom Brady- Randy Moss- Patriots offense just went ridiculous this year. Brady and Moss obvious benefactors, but not as much as their fantasy managers.
6.) Peyton Manning- quietly had a really good season, he's probably not used to being 2nd to brady in regular seasons, much less fantasy regular seasons. Only had 28 TD's, which is reflective of him not having his fav target harrison for a while and lots of injuries. This might be a trend starting next year.
7.) Adrian Peterson - The NEXT BIG THING. Proably the #1 draft pick for many next year, I'd still draft LT first, but we'll see......he needs to keep from getting hurt but he is VERY sick.
8.) Joseph Addai- Awesome breakout year this season as he was the man in INDY, carried the indy offense at times which is saying something w/ manning on that team but also makes sense cuz of aforementioned injuries to WR corps
9.) Derek Anderson- Derek WHO??? I didn't think derek anderson would have 39 fantasy points this season, much less 239. Barely fantasy relevant at the beginning of the season, he led a suddenly 3-pronged cleveland offense to legitimacy and probably the playoffs. He also did not show up in week 15, but that was more weather than skill.
Mason Crosby led the NFL in fantasy kicking w/ 145 points, out of nowhere. The kickers who actually got drafted this year ( vinateri, gould, elam, stover, those guys) didn't do very well, the top of the list were good teams who weren't that prolific w/ TD's like the patriots or colts. Crosby, Bironas, Folk all good kickers, but the list could do a complete turnaround by next season so don't draft kickers. Please.
Minnesota Defense coulda been had on waiver wire to begin year, finished #1........Bears D, Baltimore D both drafted high, neither did well. O wow minnesota D has 8 TD's this year, very Chicago Bears- D like. Watch teams that focus on turnovers and get those teams next year. ( not to state the obvious.)
Alrigth i'm out.
Fnatasize on, Robert Yan
Other Notables: Big time WR's this year, a great year to have the studs including T.O. (208 points), Edwards ( 183 points), Reggie Wayne (174 points) .
Ultimately, the 2 guys that i took in every league- Gates and Joey Galloway, really did me in. They both had something atrocious like 1 rec for 7 yards, and neither put up any fantasy points. And both were on the 2 squads i had this weekend. Not good, obviously. I mean, they both had pretty good regular seasons, did exactly what i hoped they'd do at where i drafted them ( galloway was actually a steal cuz i got him in like the 8th round), but they really failed me this weekend. They went down, and the ship ( being me) went down with them as well.
Now i guess i have a lotta reason to concentrate on fantasy basketball, but a part of me is just depressed, wants to take a break from fantasy sports for a lil bit. I'll have plenty of time for breakin' in hawaii ( Dec. 25-Dec. 31st) and on my ASB trip, but I really wanted another championship for fantasy football before i left. This is really the first season ever since i started fantasy football in 2003 that i haven't won a league at all. Very different feeling, not being energized about games going on the week of christmas. 2007= somewhat of a wasted season.
But i vow to come back next year. Don't y'all worry.
The 2 fantasy football leagues for UIUC have some good games on tap.........SeaTown Stunnas vs. ChiTown Bears, that's almost reminiscent of the NFC championship last year, ironically ( Seattle vs. Chicago). Congrats to those 2, they've had really good seasons but both won by about 2 or 3 points, which could have been avoided if i had started anybody other than joey galloway.
Today i'm just gonna post some of the preseason NBA predictions i had about the NBA. It's not really the conventional NBA predictions, as you'll see......this has more of a media-based, individual-player-type, off-the-court news predictions that'll happen this year, in top-10 form:
10.) Tim Duncan vs. Joey Crawford Part II: Just to spice up the NBA in the dog months of Jan. and Feb, David Stern inexplicably allows Joey to ref another Spurs game. AS the spurs go to the locker room for halftime, Joey asks Tim, "Wanna have a hot-dog eating contest?" Duncan interprets this as, "you're hotter than ron artest." All mayhem ensues. Stern wins prop bets for placing money on Duncan.
9.) Ron Artest disappears from the Sacramento Kings and is unheard of for many months. In early March, reports indicate that he has moved to Jamaica under the assumed name of "TruWarrior."
Just a preview of what's to come. I'll post the rest later. Hope those were at least border-line funny. I try, i try.
I think I'll ACTUALLY end by going over all the top fantasy players this year and how good they were, at least in yahoo! points. (results through Week 15)
1.) Tom Brady- 347 points. Are you kidding me? Probably the single most dominating season in the NFL ever, especially in fantasy sports. This was better than Peyton Manning's one season in 2004, better than L.T.'s season last year. Brady did this even though the yahoo! scoring system changed the passing scores to lessen the impact of QB's, but he STILL outscored the second best player by more than 80 points. Wow
2.) LT- not as good as last year, but he still did real well this year, gained tons of yardage on the ground as well as thru air, also threw in that pass TD
3.) Tony Romo- Not a bad 2nd QB with 286 points, he did a fantasy no-no by having a great fantasy regular season but then choking horrendously in the playoffs, probably ended a lot of teams' hopes this weekend, and fantasy owners will remember that for a long time.
4.) Brian Westbrook- did the inexplicable sunday by kneeling at the one instead of going in for another score, which would have given owners 6 more points to try to win. But great regular season, stayed healthy throughout it all, couldn't have asked for more from him this season, too bad i could have but didn't get him.
5.) Randy Moss- To think, he was getting taken in 3rd round last year. The whole Tom Brady- Randy Moss- Patriots offense just went ridiculous this year. Brady and Moss obvious benefactors, but not as much as their fantasy managers.
6.) Peyton Manning- quietly had a really good season, he's probably not used to being 2nd to brady in regular seasons, much less fantasy regular seasons. Only had 28 TD's, which is reflective of him not having his fav target harrison for a while and lots of injuries. This might be a trend starting next year.
7.) Adrian Peterson - The NEXT BIG THING. Proably the #1 draft pick for many next year, I'd still draft LT first, but we'll see......he needs to keep from getting hurt but he is VERY sick.
8.) Joseph Addai- Awesome breakout year this season as he was the man in INDY, carried the indy offense at times which is saying something w/ manning on that team but also makes sense cuz of aforementioned injuries to WR corps
9.) Derek Anderson- Derek WHO??? I didn't think derek anderson would have 39 fantasy points this season, much less 239. Barely fantasy relevant at the beginning of the season, he led a suddenly 3-pronged cleveland offense to legitimacy and probably the playoffs. He also did not show up in week 15, but that was more weather than skill.
Mason Crosby led the NFL in fantasy kicking w/ 145 points, out of nowhere. The kickers who actually got drafted this year ( vinateri, gould, elam, stover, those guys) didn't do very well, the top of the list were good teams who weren't that prolific w/ TD's like the patriots or colts. Crosby, Bironas, Folk all good kickers, but the list could do a complete turnaround by next season so don't draft kickers. Please.
Minnesota Defense coulda been had on waiver wire to begin year, finished #1........Bears D, Baltimore D both drafted high, neither did well. O wow minnesota D has 8 TD's this year, very Chicago Bears- D like. Watch teams that focus on turnovers and get those teams next year. ( not to state the obvious.)
Alrigth i'm out.
Fnatasize on, Robert Yan
Other Notables: Big time WR's this year, a great year to have the studs including T.O. (208 points), Edwards ( 183 points), Reggie Wayne (174 points) .
Friday, December 14, 2007
Fantasy playoff time
Wow-
I'm pumped. It's fantasy football playoff week. It's only week 15 in the NFL, and most teams still have 3 more games to go, but for fantasy managers, it all comes down to this. Last-minute lineup decisions, updates on injuries to key players, swapping guys in and out, stud waiver acquisitions, it's all come down to this. One week, do or die, win or go home, it's not, " O if i win it'll be great but even if i lose i'll still be 6-5." No, it's not like that anymore. This is game time. The season ENDS for you if you don't pick it up ( or at least ur players don't). Every single game is huge. You gotta watch out for who ur opponents are playing and root against them heavily. And in the 4th quarter, when hope is fading fast, u look like ur gonna be out.................LaDanian Tomlinson will come through with 100 yds and 2 TD's, just in that 4th quarter.
Or at least that's what happened last year for me. Last year's playoffs was really exciting for me cuz i started the season 0-4, then 1-5, basically dead in a 14-game season for fantasy, but thanks to L.T. and crew I rallied back, made the last seed in the playoffs, and beat the #1 team in week 15 of the playoffs thanks to like a sick, 77-yard TD run by L.T. or something like that. It was exhilirating. While he was running, i could feel in his steps the uplifting of my championship hopes, the toll of the season fading away as i passed into fantasy football nirvana, knowing that I would be moving to immortality.........at least, immortality for that season.
This season's a little different. No L.T. for me in this playoff season, and out of my 3 leagues i actually finished 10th out of 10 in one of them ( NOT good), but i got the #3 seed in both of the other leagues, so expecting big things. I dunno why but my record in fantasy playoff seasons has been extremely good ever since i started playing in '03: Check my yahoo! profile, nobrainer765. I dunno if it's luck or extreme planning or a combo of both, but i've been extremely clutch when i've needed it to be.
I'm gonna need a lotta luck and a lotta good performances this week, as both of my teams play teams that have randy moss on their roster, and he's facing the jets at home when bill belichek wants to just kill the jets by running up tthe score on them. Good news is, there's gonna be snow, so hopefully the weather becomes the focal point of the game and not the WR w/ the number 81.
My roommates gave me an Antonio Gates jersey, #85, for christmas. It was actually really cool cuz I hadn't expected it, and it's really my first actual jersey in my life. That's what I get for yelling, "GATES, baby" around the apartment a lot, I guess. Well, the jersey's getting put to good use on sunday when the chargers host detroit. I need him to get a big day.
It's interesting to see what players teams on playoff teams in fantasy have, and many times there's always a player that's owned universally by teams that did well. Last year anyone who had L.T. i bet made the playoffs, the year before that probably Shaun Alexander ( I rode him hard), and the year before that i'm thinking Peyton Manning. They all had career years not just for themselves but for their respective fantasy owners. For me, I had L.T. and alexander in multiple leagues ( thankfully, I admit i got kinda lucky being able to own them), but this year I do not have that luxury. This year's big stud is probably either Adrian Peterson ( at least for the 2nd half of the season) and definitely tom brady. This guy is gonna break the single-season TD record maybe this sunday, and his fantasy owners are enjoying the ride. In both of my leagues the teams that have tom brady are both #1 for the regular season, so that's saying something.
However, that's the beauty of the playoffs. That player could have had an awesome regular season, game after game of triple digit yards and multiple TD's, but one bad game and ur fantasy season is over. It's ONE game. Just like the real NFL, the best teams don't always win, and part of the reason is cuz it's ONE game. A lot of fluky things can happen in that one game. Billy Volek can have 5 TD's and close to 500 yds in a spot start in week 15. Donald Driver can have a monster 162 yd, 1 TD game. Peyton Manning can have a mediocore 1 TD, 250 yd game and take u out of the playoffs. You never kno, so you better keep watching. Cuz if you blink, u'll miss it.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
I'm pumped. It's fantasy football playoff week. It's only week 15 in the NFL, and most teams still have 3 more games to go, but for fantasy managers, it all comes down to this. Last-minute lineup decisions, updates on injuries to key players, swapping guys in and out, stud waiver acquisitions, it's all come down to this. One week, do or die, win or go home, it's not, " O if i win it'll be great but even if i lose i'll still be 6-5." No, it's not like that anymore. This is game time. The season ENDS for you if you don't pick it up ( or at least ur players don't). Every single game is huge. You gotta watch out for who ur opponents are playing and root against them heavily. And in the 4th quarter, when hope is fading fast, u look like ur gonna be out.................LaDanian Tomlinson will come through with 100 yds and 2 TD's, just in that 4th quarter.
Or at least that's what happened last year for me. Last year's playoffs was really exciting for me cuz i started the season 0-4, then 1-5, basically dead in a 14-game season for fantasy, but thanks to L.T. and crew I rallied back, made the last seed in the playoffs, and beat the #1 team in week 15 of the playoffs thanks to like a sick, 77-yard TD run by L.T. or something like that. It was exhilirating. While he was running, i could feel in his steps the uplifting of my championship hopes, the toll of the season fading away as i passed into fantasy football nirvana, knowing that I would be moving to immortality.........at least, immortality for that season.
This season's a little different. No L.T. for me in this playoff season, and out of my 3 leagues i actually finished 10th out of 10 in one of them ( NOT good), but i got the #3 seed in both of the other leagues, so expecting big things. I dunno why but my record in fantasy playoff seasons has been extremely good ever since i started playing in '03: Check my yahoo! profile, nobrainer765. I dunno if it's luck or extreme planning or a combo of both, but i've been extremely clutch when i've needed it to be.
I'm gonna need a lotta luck and a lotta good performances this week, as both of my teams play teams that have randy moss on their roster, and he's facing the jets at home when bill belichek wants to just kill the jets by running up tthe score on them. Good news is, there's gonna be snow, so hopefully the weather becomes the focal point of the game and not the WR w/ the number 81.
My roommates gave me an Antonio Gates jersey, #85, for christmas. It was actually really cool cuz I hadn't expected it, and it's really my first actual jersey in my life. That's what I get for yelling, "GATES, baby" around the apartment a lot, I guess. Well, the jersey's getting put to good use on sunday when the chargers host detroit. I need him to get a big day.
It's interesting to see what players teams on playoff teams in fantasy have, and many times there's always a player that's owned universally by teams that did well. Last year anyone who had L.T. i bet made the playoffs, the year before that probably Shaun Alexander ( I rode him hard), and the year before that i'm thinking Peyton Manning. They all had career years not just for themselves but for their respective fantasy owners. For me, I had L.T. and alexander in multiple leagues ( thankfully, I admit i got kinda lucky being able to own them), but this year I do not have that luxury. This year's big stud is probably either Adrian Peterson ( at least for the 2nd half of the season) and definitely tom brady. This guy is gonna break the single-season TD record maybe this sunday, and his fantasy owners are enjoying the ride. In both of my leagues the teams that have tom brady are both #1 for the regular season, so that's saying something.
However, that's the beauty of the playoffs. That player could have had an awesome regular season, game after game of triple digit yards and multiple TD's, but one bad game and ur fantasy season is over. It's ONE game. Just like the real NFL, the best teams don't always win, and part of the reason is cuz it's ONE game. A lot of fluky things can happen in that one game. Billy Volek can have 5 TD's and close to 500 yds in a spot start in week 15. Donald Driver can have a monster 162 yd, 1 TD game. Peyton Manning can have a mediocore 1 TD, 250 yd game and take u out of the playoffs. You never kno, so you better keep watching. Cuz if you blink, u'll miss it.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Sunday football action
Last game of the regular season, Week 14.........watching Back to the Future 2, after Back to the Future 1 last night, kinda confused by the premise, never watched this movie as a kid, heard all about it, been on the ride at Universal Studios, but never saw it. Huh. Gotta catch up. Right now Marty is seeing his father George McFly's gravestone after finding out he'd died 12 years ago. This is interesting. Too bad it's finals week and i can't watch it all the way through. Commitments, man.
Anyway, some good games going on in NFL, not nearly as intriguing as the Pittsburgh- New England game later on. Remember, the bears- redskins game was on thursday, so that's done. Not exactly a fantasy feast in that game, rex grossman got hurt and walked off and jason campbell got carted off on a stretcher, and nobody else really did that much, maybe clinton portis put up like 80 yards and a TD, he always runs well against the bears.
Checkin' some o' the action around the league, the texans are putting one on the bucs, i guess bucs thought they were just gonna coast thru the rest of the season and got caught nappin'. Plus they're a little banged up, with Luke McCown starting instead of Jeff Garcia, but i mean, the texans were hurt too w/ sage rosenfels starting. O well. Andre Johnson looks back on track w/ a TD to go along with 82 yards, i'm glad i was patient on him, he looks like he's ready to contribute to a championship team. ( REmember, after this week, every single game is HUGE cuz it decides playoff games, it's u win or u go home time.
You read it here first, i said after cadillac williams got hurt ( or even before that) that earnest graham ran hard in his place, and lookee here, earnest graham is having a fine season after his backups got hurt too. Ride him for the last couple weeks.
Donovan McNabb came back today........lookin' alright, i suppose, but so far in a losing effort, eagles down 13-10 to the giants at home. Giants won a HUGE game against the bears last week, but they're not out of the woods yet. Gotta go and clinch that playoff spot for themselves. Plaxico Burress doing just that, getting 105 yds, 1 TD.
Gosh, Brian Westbrook is just a monster this year and i don't own him at all. He's dead to me. Lol. Man that sucks. Greg Jennings is a monster. 100 yds, 1 TD today. lemme rephrase that. He's a touchdown monster. That packer team is really good, it'd a fine story for the NFL if they won the Super Bowl this season and Brett Favre just retired on the spot........kinda like a jerome-bettis type exit.
San Diego getting stifled by Tennessee. Man that team is frustrating. I'm talking about San Diego. No consistency. It's hard to tell what's wron w/ that team, just that they do not bring the same energy day in and day out. Philip Rivers is just like a lost child out there right now. Tomlinson doing the best he can with 95 yds, but i'd bet that he was stifled when kyle van de bosch and that defense put 8 in the box.
-Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Anyway, some good games going on in NFL, not nearly as intriguing as the Pittsburgh- New England game later on. Remember, the bears- redskins game was on thursday, so that's done. Not exactly a fantasy feast in that game, rex grossman got hurt and walked off and jason campbell got carted off on a stretcher, and nobody else really did that much, maybe clinton portis put up like 80 yards and a TD, he always runs well against the bears.
Checkin' some o' the action around the league, the texans are putting one on the bucs, i guess bucs thought they were just gonna coast thru the rest of the season and got caught nappin'. Plus they're a little banged up, with Luke McCown starting instead of Jeff Garcia, but i mean, the texans were hurt too w/ sage rosenfels starting. O well. Andre Johnson looks back on track w/ a TD to go along with 82 yards, i'm glad i was patient on him, he looks like he's ready to contribute to a championship team. ( REmember, after this week, every single game is HUGE cuz it decides playoff games, it's u win or u go home time.
You read it here first, i said after cadillac williams got hurt ( or even before that) that earnest graham ran hard in his place, and lookee here, earnest graham is having a fine season after his backups got hurt too. Ride him for the last couple weeks.
Donovan McNabb came back today........lookin' alright, i suppose, but so far in a losing effort, eagles down 13-10 to the giants at home. Giants won a HUGE game against the bears last week, but they're not out of the woods yet. Gotta go and clinch that playoff spot for themselves. Plaxico Burress doing just that, getting 105 yds, 1 TD.
Gosh, Brian Westbrook is just a monster this year and i don't own him at all. He's dead to me. Lol. Man that sucks. Greg Jennings is a monster. 100 yds, 1 TD today. lemme rephrase that. He's a touchdown monster. That packer team is really good, it'd a fine story for the NFL if they won the Super Bowl this season and Brett Favre just retired on the spot........kinda like a jerome-bettis type exit.
San Diego getting stifled by Tennessee. Man that team is frustrating. I'm talking about San Diego. No consistency. It's hard to tell what's wron w/ that team, just that they do not bring the same energy day in and day out. Philip Rivers is just like a lost child out there right now. Tomlinson doing the best he can with 95 yds, but i'd bet that he was stifled when kyle van de bosch and that defense put 8 in the box.
-Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Good news and bad news
I got some good news..............and i got some bad news.
Well, I got most of my law school applications in ! Finally! My only regret is that I didn't apply a bit earlier, during the Thanksgiving break times cuz i'm pretty sure I'm going into a buzzsaw time period where every one and their sister is turning them in just about now, and with rolling admissions at some schools it'd be better if i had done it earlier.........but I had my reasons, I suppose. Now I just gotta wait. There's some proverbial nail-biting, worrying, regretting that I didn't score like 2 points better on the LSAT ( which in my case was just 2 more questions right on a 100-question test), but whatever, if I get into that dream school I've mentioned before, it'll all be worth it..........If i get waitlisted, Grrrrrrrr........
The bad news is that this semester, with all these law school apps and stuff like that i've been slacking on this posting business for sure, and I can see from my lack of posts that it's been a problem. People are just not getting the news that they deserve and the fantasy analysis that they come to this board for. So I gotta do better. Especially after finals when the fantasy playoffs get rolling and some high stakes are on the line.
Basketball season just rolling along, i'm pretty pleased with the way things are going, even though some players of mine haven't doing so hot and i made a horrendous trade to start the year by shipping away Yao Ming and Jamal Tinsley for Al Jefferson and Jermaine O'Neal. At the time of the deal, it seemed like a good idea cuz it was like 5 games into the season, but Tinsley has just blown up and is one of the league leaders in assists, and he looks like a stud in that new Indianapolis offense, while Jermaine's role has diminished. This after he sat out like 5 games for various injuries. Urgh. Not cool.
O and one of my favorite players in the league, Kevin Martin, is out for 4-6 weeks. That's bad news for the kings. They weren't gonna make the playoffs anyway, but he's their best player. John Salmons is an exciting new player, but he's a different kind of player, not close to being the shooter KevMart is and thus not the scorer.
Golden State is back to being really good and really exciting. I think the hottest ticket for NBA basketball, at least exciting NBA basketball, would be Golden State and Phoenix, those teams would just run up and down the court w/ all kinds of athleticism........and baron davis is healthy right now, which makes it all the more intriguing. I say this after watching just a ridiculously ugly Chicago-Detroit game last night.........it's like grading rough drafts for 3 hours and then flipping on the TV to see the Victoria's Secret Fashion show: a sight for sore eyes. But yea, B-diddy, Monta Ellis, Steven Jackson, and a bunch of other warriors have great numbers right now. Not what I expected.
Dwight Howard had a featured article in sports illustrated this past week and there's a good reason why. From what i've seen in highlights that guy is a beast of beasts. He makes other beasts look wimpish. Like he faced phoenix and just made amare stoudemire look small. He's a sick man. He's averaging FIFTEEN rebounds a game? That's incredible. He's really having a very improved year, as his points are up to 23PPG, his blks are up to 2.9, and his FT% is up. Orlando might be looking at a deep playoff run this year. Especially with rashard lewis on the win backing him up w/ 2.8 three's a game and jameer nelson improving from last year's bust and hedo turkoglu with inspired confidence in the middle of that game.
The #1 ranked player is yahoo! is..........Chris Paul. Yep, not Kevin Garnett, not LBJ, not the matrix, Chris Paul. This guy has been sick and even though he missed 2 games he's still ranked #1. Those 9.8 assists a game are a big reason why, but he's just become an all-around player down in New Orleans this year and he's staying healthy. Boy o boy can't believe he was drafted last 1st-round, i think the lesson learned here is for a guy who's really young and just getting better, u really need to take a chance because him and dwight howard are proving if u don't go for them they'll make u regret it.
And the #3 fantasy performer this year is Manu Ginoblli. GI-NO-BLI! I dunno if gets some kind of wierd adrenaline rush when he sits on the bench and comes out later, but he's just tearing it up in that 6th man role, being the #1 option of the 2nd team. He's averaging 21 points, which is not characteristic of him. Really love his fantasy game this year after some above-average but not spectacular seasons perviously.
Other great performers so far this season: Caron Butler, Marcus Camby ( for not getting injured), jason terry, andrei kirilenko, rudy gay, Chris Kaman, richard jefferson, and GRANT HILL! Yes, the old man is back. I had him my first year in fantasy sports when he was finishing up in orlando and he was ok, but very average. It just shows that the suns offense can revitalize u, rejuvenate u, give u open shots, let u score, make u look good.
players doing baaaaaaaad: Ben Wallace, Andre Miller, Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon ( so far a lot of bulls, as u can see), jason richardson, gerald wallace, chris bosh, zach randolph. Yea even these guys aren't terribly big busts, except maybe hinrich. It just shows that this year there's been plenty of production, a lot from unexpected sources, and a lot of people are getting their stats.
-Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Well, I got most of my law school applications in ! Finally! My only regret is that I didn't apply a bit earlier, during the Thanksgiving break times cuz i'm pretty sure I'm going into a buzzsaw time period where every one and their sister is turning them in just about now, and with rolling admissions at some schools it'd be better if i had done it earlier.........but I had my reasons, I suppose. Now I just gotta wait. There's some proverbial nail-biting, worrying, regretting that I didn't score like 2 points better on the LSAT ( which in my case was just 2 more questions right on a 100-question test), but whatever, if I get into that dream school I've mentioned before, it'll all be worth it..........If i get waitlisted, Grrrrrrrr........
The bad news is that this semester, with all these law school apps and stuff like that i've been slacking on this posting business for sure, and I can see from my lack of posts that it's been a problem. People are just not getting the news that they deserve and the fantasy analysis that they come to this board for. So I gotta do better. Especially after finals when the fantasy playoffs get rolling and some high stakes are on the line.
Basketball season just rolling along, i'm pretty pleased with the way things are going, even though some players of mine haven't doing so hot and i made a horrendous trade to start the year by shipping away Yao Ming and Jamal Tinsley for Al Jefferson and Jermaine O'Neal. At the time of the deal, it seemed like a good idea cuz it was like 5 games into the season, but Tinsley has just blown up and is one of the league leaders in assists, and he looks like a stud in that new Indianapolis offense, while Jermaine's role has diminished. This after he sat out like 5 games for various injuries. Urgh. Not cool.
O and one of my favorite players in the league, Kevin Martin, is out for 4-6 weeks. That's bad news for the kings. They weren't gonna make the playoffs anyway, but he's their best player. John Salmons is an exciting new player, but he's a different kind of player, not close to being the shooter KevMart is and thus not the scorer.
Golden State is back to being really good and really exciting. I think the hottest ticket for NBA basketball, at least exciting NBA basketball, would be Golden State and Phoenix, those teams would just run up and down the court w/ all kinds of athleticism........and baron davis is healthy right now, which makes it all the more intriguing. I say this after watching just a ridiculously ugly Chicago-Detroit game last night.........it's like grading rough drafts for 3 hours and then flipping on the TV to see the Victoria's Secret Fashion show: a sight for sore eyes. But yea, B-diddy, Monta Ellis, Steven Jackson, and a bunch of other warriors have great numbers right now. Not what I expected.
Dwight Howard had a featured article in sports illustrated this past week and there's a good reason why. From what i've seen in highlights that guy is a beast of beasts. He makes other beasts look wimpish. Like he faced phoenix and just made amare stoudemire look small. He's a sick man. He's averaging FIFTEEN rebounds a game? That's incredible. He's really having a very improved year, as his points are up to 23PPG, his blks are up to 2.9, and his FT% is up. Orlando might be looking at a deep playoff run this year. Especially with rashard lewis on the win backing him up w/ 2.8 three's a game and jameer nelson improving from last year's bust and hedo turkoglu with inspired confidence in the middle of that game.
The #1 ranked player is yahoo! is..........Chris Paul. Yep, not Kevin Garnett, not LBJ, not the matrix, Chris Paul. This guy has been sick and even though he missed 2 games he's still ranked #1. Those 9.8 assists a game are a big reason why, but he's just become an all-around player down in New Orleans this year and he's staying healthy. Boy o boy can't believe he was drafted last 1st-round, i think the lesson learned here is for a guy who's really young and just getting better, u really need to take a chance because him and dwight howard are proving if u don't go for them they'll make u regret it.
And the #3 fantasy performer this year is Manu Ginoblli. GI-NO-BLI! I dunno if gets some kind of wierd adrenaline rush when he sits on the bench and comes out later, but he's just tearing it up in that 6th man role, being the #1 option of the 2nd team. He's averaging 21 points, which is not characteristic of him. Really love his fantasy game this year after some above-average but not spectacular seasons perviously.
Other great performers so far this season: Caron Butler, Marcus Camby ( for not getting injured), jason terry, andrei kirilenko, rudy gay, Chris Kaman, richard jefferson, and GRANT HILL! Yes, the old man is back. I had him my first year in fantasy sports when he was finishing up in orlando and he was ok, but very average. It just shows that the suns offense can revitalize u, rejuvenate u, give u open shots, let u score, make u look good.
players doing baaaaaaaad: Ben Wallace, Andre Miller, Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon ( so far a lot of bulls, as u can see), jason richardson, gerald wallace, chris bosh, zach randolph. Yea even these guys aren't terribly big busts, except maybe hinrich. It just shows that this year there's been plenty of production, a lot from unexpected sources, and a lot of people are getting their stats.
-Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
Monday, December 3, 2007
One Last Turkey
Yesterday was one of the more exciting days in the whole semester ( I needed one, after a long class day on thursday, doing absolutely nothing on friday, and freezing my ass off on thursday). It all culminated with "One Last Turkey", except w/o a turkey. My friend Justin had a party at his house w/ lot of thanksgiving dinner stuff served, along w/ watching the Bears- Giants game and the BCS selection show.
First time, I watched the BCS show, and I was pleased. ( Obviously, cuz the Illini got announced.) Since I live in L.A., this is gonna be a real treat on New Year's Day if i can go, and i anticipate some peeps coming over to my house before the game. It's really only a month away, and if i just get these finals done with, send in those law school applications.......
Anyway, day in fantasy. Before that, I promise that my next post is gonna be an NBA rundown, like there's gonna be some serious analysis on that post, no joke. I got a deal in my other league w/ D-wade involved, ( D-Wade is a big name in that league cuz of his assists, stls, and blks) and I'm contemplating pulling the trigger and making a splash.
But first, it's monday morning, and there's a reason they call it monday morning quarterbacking:
1.) The Bears really blew that game against the Giants yesterday. I don't think people ( at One Last Turkey at least) knew how important that game was. Win that game, the bears are 6-6, right in the middle of the playoff chase, with some good games left to try to get to 9-7 and make a playoff spot, PLUS they get a tiebreaker advantage over NYG who woulda dropped to 7-5, if they finished tied bears woulda had the advantage. And for most of that game on sunday that looked like what was gonna happen, it was a TWO-POSSESSION game w/ about 9 minutes left and i was thinking it was over, the way eli was throwing. Just writing this, I still can't believe that they lost. Honestly, this was one of the few games all season i felt any emotion for the bears, i guess i was pumped up about the denver game cuz they ( really devin hester when i say "they" ) stole that game from the broncos, but in this game they gave one right back. It's really pretty depressing. Now they're 5-7, have a terrible conference record, and are pretty much out of it if they don't win out. Pssshhh............
2.) Fantasy-wise, derrick ward really had a big day for the G-men in that game. Other guys who had a big game: Gus Ferotte was the big performer of Week 13, never thought i would say that again. I guess when ur playing the falcons it's not too difficult, especially with that WR corps. 311 yds, 3 TD's.
3.) Peyton back to his old self? 288 yds, 4 TD's, 1 INT against a real good Jacksonville D would indicate yes. However, he's w/o Marvin Harrison for a long time so watch out. This whole NFL season is really building up to an Indy- New England matchup in the AFC Championship game, but i'm not sure the colts are that good w/o harrison. Peyton has 13 INT's already this season w/ 4 games to go, already more than any of his other seasons.
4.) When he does good, i applaude. When he does bad, i criticize. Gates, baby, you sucked yesterday. 1 catch for -1 yards? Not good
5.) The Big Ben- Hines Ward connection was working yesterday to the tune of 90 yds and 2 TD's for Ward. That's the thing abut him: if he gets one TD in a game, chances are he'll get another, has a lotta multi-TD games.
6.) Big day for WR's: Andre Johnson, 116 and a score, Joey Galloway 159 yds, Braylon Edwards 149 yds and a score, T.O. from thursday had 156 and a score, Rowdy Roddy White had 146 and a score, Reggie Wayne 158 and a score. Guess teams our realy airing it out at the end of the season.
Gotta get to Real estate class.
-Fantasize on, Robert Yan
First time, I watched the BCS show, and I was pleased. ( Obviously, cuz the Illini got announced.) Since I live in L.A., this is gonna be a real treat on New Year's Day if i can go, and i anticipate some peeps coming over to my house before the game. It's really only a month away, and if i just get these finals done with, send in those law school applications.......
Anyway, day in fantasy. Before that, I promise that my next post is gonna be an NBA rundown, like there's gonna be some serious analysis on that post, no joke. I got a deal in my other league w/ D-wade involved, ( D-Wade is a big name in that league cuz of his assists, stls, and blks) and I'm contemplating pulling the trigger and making a splash.
But first, it's monday morning, and there's a reason they call it monday morning quarterbacking:
1.) The Bears really blew that game against the Giants yesterday. I don't think people ( at One Last Turkey at least) knew how important that game was. Win that game, the bears are 6-6, right in the middle of the playoff chase, with some good games left to try to get to 9-7 and make a playoff spot, PLUS they get a tiebreaker advantage over NYG who woulda dropped to 7-5, if they finished tied bears woulda had the advantage. And for most of that game on sunday that looked like what was gonna happen, it was a TWO-POSSESSION game w/ about 9 minutes left and i was thinking it was over, the way eli was throwing. Just writing this, I still can't believe that they lost. Honestly, this was one of the few games all season i felt any emotion for the bears, i guess i was pumped up about the denver game cuz they ( really devin hester when i say "they" ) stole that game from the broncos, but in this game they gave one right back. It's really pretty depressing. Now they're 5-7, have a terrible conference record, and are pretty much out of it if they don't win out. Pssshhh............
2.) Fantasy-wise, derrick ward really had a big day for the G-men in that game. Other guys who had a big game: Gus Ferotte was the big performer of Week 13, never thought i would say that again. I guess when ur playing the falcons it's not too difficult, especially with that WR corps. 311 yds, 3 TD's.
3.) Peyton back to his old self? 288 yds, 4 TD's, 1 INT against a real good Jacksonville D would indicate yes. However, he's w/o Marvin Harrison for a long time so watch out. This whole NFL season is really building up to an Indy- New England matchup in the AFC Championship game, but i'm not sure the colts are that good w/o harrison. Peyton has 13 INT's already this season w/ 4 games to go, already more than any of his other seasons.
4.) When he does good, i applaude. When he does bad, i criticize. Gates, baby, you sucked yesterday. 1 catch for -1 yards? Not good
5.) The Big Ben- Hines Ward connection was working yesterday to the tune of 90 yds and 2 TD's for Ward. That's the thing abut him: if he gets one TD in a game, chances are he'll get another, has a lotta multi-TD games.
6.) Big day for WR's: Andre Johnson, 116 and a score, Joey Galloway 159 yds, Braylon Edwards 149 yds and a score, T.O. from thursday had 156 and a score, Rowdy Roddy White had 146 and a score, Reggie Wayne 158 and a score. Guess teams our realy airing it out at the end of the season.
Gotta get to Real estate class.
-Fantasize on, Robert Yan
Saturday, December 1, 2007
First post of december
Hey y'all, after november, i've done 50 posts! Yay! That many for starting in february of this year. I'm excited!
What I'm NOT excited about, however, is my last letter of recommendation that hasn't gotten to LSAC yet, or at least hasn't been processed. I have all my applications for law school ready to go, but this 3rd letter hasn't come yet......I need to get these apps out, I had set an initial deadline to get them done during thanksgiving break, but that's passed........darn. Hopefully I'll get it next week sometime, but if worst comes to worst i have 2 letters from my ( pals) Professor Hedeman and Professor Kibbee, hopefully that'll be good enough.
Watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Only one that i haven't seen yet. Also watching West Virginia vs. Pitt in the 4th quarter, PITT IS UP BY 3 POINTS! If west virginia wins, they go to national championship game. This is unbelievable. If they lose, it'll be like the 5th time this season a #1 or #2 ranked team lost to an unranked team. And I believe the 4th time it's happened AT HOME! WTFFFF????? This is ridiculous. Does anyone in the nation wanna win the national championship. At the same time, Missouri is tied at halftime against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game. If THEY lose, they lose their chance at a national championship. Crazy.
Illini might be going to the rose bowl? I like.......i'd be right at home when they play in pasadena. Rose Bowl, here we come!
Aight, some basketball stuff, i've been the most interested in basketball for some reason in 2007 and can't find a reason not to write about it. It's not that i don't like football anymore, it's just that the glory is gone. Basketball is such a more ongoing, day-to-day obsession that makes me get up every morning. Football............how many times during the week can i change my kicker and 2nd-guess who's my 3rd WR? I suppose it doesn't hurt that i play basketball a lot now. ( And getting pretty good at it, not to be vain).
Have I touted how much of a stud Josh Smith is yet? Boy is just absolutely ridiculous, he's already had a couple games this year he's had like 5 stls, 4 blks, getting really close to a 5x5 game.
Watching NJ finally starting to pull away from philadelphia at home in a barn-burner. They didn't start vince carter today not because of injury or anything but in a (i suppose) san antonio spurs-like move where they're putting one of their best players in the 2nd team, like what the spurs do w/ manu ginoblli. GINOBLLI! I guess it'll work today cuz they'll win, but i doubt that that's gonna be a good move.
Lebron James- the more i hate on this guy, the better he gets, so I suppose I should start touting this guy's merits........although, he was in street clothes the last game ( in a cavs lost, btw) and is questionable for his next game. That team is irreplaceable without him. It's like if eric gordon had come to the illini. If they got him, they'd be a top 20 team. Now that they DON't have him, they're like a top 200 team. J/k, they won't be that bad, but i doubt they make it into NCAA tournament nor finish high in Big Ten tournament.
What is going on in this movie? I mean, I read harry potter and the chamber of secrets, a.k.a. the 2nd one, but I don't remember some of this stuff. They all mix together into one big mush. I mean, I've read all the harry potters and i appreciated them, but they're not THAT good. That might be a minority opinion, but it's mine.
Tonight is a big game for Brad Miller. His Kings face the Houston Rockets. I just need him to get rebounds, play some defense against Yao, don't get blocked, don't throw bad passes, shoot a few open 16-footers, and call it a night.
Brett Favre got injured in Thursday night's game against Dallas. That almost made me forget to write that the packers lost. Tommorrow, Giants-bears. My friend justin is inviting a bunch of us for "one last turkey," watchin the game at 3:15PM. That's a bold move on his part cuz he'll be rootin for the G-men in a room full of bears fans.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
What I'm NOT excited about, however, is my last letter of recommendation that hasn't gotten to LSAC yet, or at least hasn't been processed. I have all my applications for law school ready to go, but this 3rd letter hasn't come yet......I need to get these apps out, I had set an initial deadline to get them done during thanksgiving break, but that's passed........darn. Hopefully I'll get it next week sometime, but if worst comes to worst i have 2 letters from my ( pals) Professor Hedeman and Professor Kibbee, hopefully that'll be good enough.
Watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Only one that i haven't seen yet. Also watching West Virginia vs. Pitt in the 4th quarter, PITT IS UP BY 3 POINTS! If west virginia wins, they go to national championship game. This is unbelievable. If they lose, it'll be like the 5th time this season a #1 or #2 ranked team lost to an unranked team. And I believe the 4th time it's happened AT HOME! WTFFFF????? This is ridiculous. Does anyone in the nation wanna win the national championship. At the same time, Missouri is tied at halftime against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship game. If THEY lose, they lose their chance at a national championship. Crazy.
Illini might be going to the rose bowl? I like.......i'd be right at home when they play in pasadena. Rose Bowl, here we come!
Aight, some basketball stuff, i've been the most interested in basketball for some reason in 2007 and can't find a reason not to write about it. It's not that i don't like football anymore, it's just that the glory is gone. Basketball is such a more ongoing, day-to-day obsession that makes me get up every morning. Football............how many times during the week can i change my kicker and 2nd-guess who's my 3rd WR? I suppose it doesn't hurt that i play basketball a lot now. ( And getting pretty good at it, not to be vain).
Have I touted how much of a stud Josh Smith is yet? Boy is just absolutely ridiculous, he's already had a couple games this year he's had like 5 stls, 4 blks, getting really close to a 5x5 game.
Watching NJ finally starting to pull away from philadelphia at home in a barn-burner. They didn't start vince carter today not because of injury or anything but in a (i suppose) san antonio spurs-like move where they're putting one of their best players in the 2nd team, like what the spurs do w/ manu ginoblli. GINOBLLI! I guess it'll work today cuz they'll win, but i doubt that that's gonna be a good move.
Lebron James- the more i hate on this guy, the better he gets, so I suppose I should start touting this guy's merits........although, he was in street clothes the last game ( in a cavs lost, btw) and is questionable for his next game. That team is irreplaceable without him. It's like if eric gordon had come to the illini. If they got him, they'd be a top 20 team. Now that they DON't have him, they're like a top 200 team. J/k, they won't be that bad, but i doubt they make it into NCAA tournament nor finish high in Big Ten tournament.
What is going on in this movie? I mean, I read harry potter and the chamber of secrets, a.k.a. the 2nd one, but I don't remember some of this stuff. They all mix together into one big mush. I mean, I've read all the harry potters and i appreciated them, but they're not THAT good. That might be a minority opinion, but it's mine.
Tonight is a big game for Brad Miller. His Kings face the Houston Rockets. I just need him to get rebounds, play some defense against Yao, don't get blocked, don't throw bad passes, shoot a few open 16-footers, and call it a night.
Brett Favre got injured in Thursday night's game against Dallas. That almost made me forget to write that the packers lost. Tommorrow, Giants-bears. My friend justin is inviting a bunch of us for "one last turkey," watchin the game at 3:15PM. That's a bold move on his part cuz he'll be rootin for the G-men in a room full of bears fans.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
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