About this NBA season at the start:
1.) Marcus Camby was gonna be healthy all year. Wow, that woulda made a difference. To give him credit, this guy has gutted it out all year despite my ( and other experts') consistent pleas to sell high on him, and when he's healthy he's real, real good. Plus he's a C, which u need in many leagues. Looks like he'll play 79 games this season................79 games of sick production: I mean, you just don't get guys who put up 13 + rebs a game and 3.6 blks a game very often. For 79 games.
2.) The Chicago Bulls were gonna be terrible. This is not that fantasy relevant cuz since I have always tended to stay away from them due to their teamwork and lack of a truly dominant player, but it woulda been nice to know just as a fan. They were truly lackluster this year, no other way to describe it. They'd always spool out a bit of hope beating golden state or cleveland multiple times, but nothing spectacular at all about this team. And not gonna make the playoffs in east = ew.
3.) Mike Dunleavy's breakout season has arrived. Yup, he's good! ( this is an obscure reference from the most popular Time cover of all time, ellen degeneres's, "Yup, I'm gay!") But yea, great stats from Jr. this year, especially the 18.8 pts and 2.0 3's a game. He could always shoot and be a tall guy (6-9), but now we know given the opportunity, he can play a bit, too.
4.) Yao Ming and Dwayne Wade would have season-ending injuries. Every year there are season-enders that cut off people's fantasy seasons: High profile cases like Yao and Wade happened this year, never good when ur first-rounders are out. This includes gilbert arenas, although he wasn't technically out for the season as he came back recently, but for all intents and purposes, he did the same.
*Sidenote: Also, Elton Brand was already injured before the season started, but he'd also be clumped in this category if you drafted him thinking he was healthy.
5.) The trio of Pierce, Allen, and Garnett wouldn't cut too bad into any one of their fantasy seasons. Despite Garnett going down slightly in production ( he sank below LBJ, paul, and marion but not much farther than that), these 3 found enough synergy to make up for the limitations of one ball and were able to put up great fantasy numbers and stay healthy all season and produce at least what owners were expecting, so anybody who resisted the hype of them stealing from each other got rewarded.
6.) High-powered offenses would still generate high-powered fantasy players. What immediately comes to mind are the Phoenix suns and golden state warriors. Not much surprise that they were able to maintain great stats for their members, but i thought there might be a drop-off, for the warriors especially. However, monta ellis got better, baron davis stayed healthy, andris biedrins still was the only big guy, and everybody fed off runnin up and down the court.
7.) The Denver Nuggets would be the easiest team to put fantasy #'s on. This was a result of the nuggets not only playing very little defense, but playing a frantic pace up and down, allowing for more possessions for both teams to do whatever. Consistently 120+ scores either for or against the nuggets this season. Thanks. George Karl.
8.) All the mid-season trades that were rumored to happen did actually happen. That woulda allowed me to get an early jump on getting excited about the season. Now I'm REALLY excited about the postseason. WHOO! ( Let's get it started, in here, Let's get it started........)
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