November 2008
Monthly Archive
Week #4 Recap (the week of 270!)
There were only two teams above 200 this week and the Average still almost broke 200 (193.6). That is very difficult to do. How does it happen? Simple. One team scores 270 points. Let’s read that again, one team scores 270 points. Wow. 36DD simply had a week to remember. His lowest scorer tallied 27 fantasy points. In contrast, Fore!’s highest scorer rang up 30 fantasy points (on the bench so it totaled 15). 36DD had 222.0 points from their starters. It helps to have two guys score > 50.
I do not have any official numbers, but this has to be an all-time high score. What might be the most amazing part about 36DD’s week is that he was missing his third, fifth and eighth round picks. Truly amazing. Royz Boyz, if you are going to lose, you may as well lose big (by almost 100 points). Congratuations 36DD, 270 is an impressive total.
The game of the week was between the Rokers and David Copperfield. David Copperfield spit his way to a win, with Zach Randolph getting traded and not playing this weekend, 184.5 – 178.0. The Rokers can blame this loss on Hot Carl-os Boozer who didn’t play on the Rokers bench. Brad Miller tried to fill in the starting lineup, but only scored 22 fantasy points. If Boozer plays and gets 13 (he averages > 36), the Rokers win. Tough loss.
The Fur also had some tough luck with Josh Howard playing dead with a “0.” The Fur lost by 26.1. He averages 31.55 fantasy points per game.
There are a few certainties in life and one of them is that He”don’t” Turkoglu cannot play on Friday nights. He scored 35 fantasy points in Week #1. The following fantasy weeks he scored 18, 20 and 10 fantasy points respectively. That means he is averaging 20.75 fantasy points on Friday night. In games that DON’T count, he is averaging 29.5 and has not scored less than 24.
As always, you can find all of the scores by clicking on Week 04 to the right, or clicking here.
Studs:
36DD – 270
Chris Bosh – 55
Vince Carter – 55
Dwayne Wade – 53
Dwight Howard – 48
Jose Calderon – 47
Duds:
Hot Carl-os Boozer – As many as a dead man
Zach Randolph – Dead
Josh Howard – Dead
He-don’t Turkoglu – 10 (you need to score 20 as a starter)
Richard Jefferson – 13
Allen Iverson – 15
Kevin Durant – 19
Week #3 Recap
DaLoot, DaLoot, DaLoot is on fire! We don’t need no water…..
DaLoot is on the board. The last team without a win has pulled one out! Also, the last team without a loss (36DD) took one on the chin vs. David Copperfield (thanks to LeBron’s 52). There are a few interesting notes as we look at the current standings here. First, every team in the league is either 2-1 or 1-2. We are starting to see some separation in points with David Copperfield the high point team at 626.5 and Fore the low point team with 538.5. More impressive, the Rokers are tied for first after three weeks of the season. That might the first time in the history of fantasy basketball that the Rokers have still been in the hunt after three weeks.
DaLoot played the Average this week and the Average had their best week of the season (surprise vs. DaLoot) with 198.8. Scores were up and there were a couple very big weeks for individuals. Congratulations to the Rokers who walked away with the high total for the week (219.0).
When Fore! submitted their lineup, the opening sentence read, “Well I have Parker out 4 weeks and Durant is a gametime decision tonight, so I can’t afford another no-show by a starter.” In the starting lineup was Deron Williams, who had played 33 minutes on Wednesday evening. What happened Friday night? He was a late scratch and didn’t play (that is the same number of fantasy points as a dead man). Fore! lost by 25 fantasy points. Out of the lineup completely (not starting or on the bench) was the typical starter Kevin Durant. Worth mentioning, Kevin Durant had 23-2-2-1-1 = 29 fantasy points Friday night. If KD starts instead of Deron Williams, Fore! wins. That is really a kick in the teeth.
The Utah Jazz did everything they could do hurt fantasy squads this week by having three guys in fantasy lineups not play (Deron Williams, Mehmet Okur and Andrei Kirilenko).
As always, you can view all of the scores by clicking Week 03 to the right or clicking here.
Studs:
LeBron James – 52 (not vs. DaLoot – first time the this season the top scorer for the week didn’t go against DaLoot)
Shaquille O’Neal – 50 (on the bench for DaLoot)
Zach Randolph – 49 (on the bench for David Copperfield)
Joe Johnson – 48
Kobe Bryant – 45
Duds:
Deron Williams, Mehmet Okur, Andrei Kirilenko – Same total as a dead man
Caron Butler – 14 (you need more than 20 for a starter)
Al Thorton – 16 (starter)
TJ Ford – Averaging 24.6 in games that count and averaging 31 in games that don’t count
Recap – Week #2
DaLoot 13 Nov 2008 | : Uncategorized
Another week is in the books. Congratulations to David Copperfield with a new league high of 224.0. There were some very close games in Week #2.
David Copperfield beat Dirty Sanchez 224 - 211. Dirty Sanchez had Elton Brand left needing 38 to tie (Brand got 25). Royz Boyz had a lead on the average, but fell apart when the Sixers and Lakers played. The Average beat Royz boyz 190.3 – 188.5. I’m sure Royz Boyz is happy with Steve Nash’s 11 and Gerald Wallace’s 22, especially when they went for 31 and 51 respectively in Week #1 (vs. DaLoot by the way).
There were some HUGE games last Wednesday evening. Amare Stoudemire had 73 fantasy points (followed up with 39 fantasy points that counted) and Tony Parker who had 72 fantasy points (followed up by 4 fantasy points that counted – he got hurt). I guess that means Tony Parker is averaging 38 fantasy points in his last two games.
I suppose this happens to everyone at some point during the year, but in DaLoot’s 8.5 point loss to 36DD, he had TJ Ford go for 22 fantasy points on Friday night and 32 fantasy points on Saturday night. Troy Murphy went for 18 fantasy points Friday night and 29 fantasy points Saturday night. Hedo Turkoglu had 34 fantasy points Thursday night and 18 fantasy points Saturday night. –> Such is life in fantasy sports.
Studs:
Dwaye Wade – 55 (vs. DaLoot)
Dwight Howard – 53
Duds:
Michael Redd and Corey Maggette – As many as a dead man
Tony Parker – 4 (see below)
Josh Smith – 6
Steve Nash – 11
Actual email sent on Friday (before any games were played) about Stoudemire and Parker’s big games earlier in the week:
“Neither of these guys will average 70 for the year. Nor will they average 10. But they both could average 35-40. You know what that means? They are due for an injury two minutes into the game finishing with 4 fantasy points. 72+4 = 76…. 76/2=38″
Tony Parker’s line 10 minutes, 4 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks.
If Wednesdays were Fridays
There were some big nights this evening and the games for the night aren’t done.
Chris Paul had 30-7-13-2-0 for 52. Dwayne Wade had 36-6-8-2-3 for 55. Chris Bosh had 30-12-2-1-1 for 46. And then there was Dwight Howard with 19-10-3-0 for 32….oh yeah, and 30 points for a total of 62 fantasy points. 30 points, 19 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 steals and 10 blocks. Yes, 10 blocks. A triple double for Dwight Howard tonight! Big night. Good player.
Switched Hosting Companies
DaLoot 09 Nov 2008 | : Stories
I went through the pain of switching hosting companies for www.pitchadeuce.com (and a few other websites). It isn’t terribly difficult, but it does take some time. The new hosting site claims to have 99.9% uptime. That is significantly better than the free site that was hosting www.pitchadeuce.com which was batting about 13% uptime it seemed.
As backwards as it sounds, you can get a better deal from the hosting company when you call their customer service vs. just signing up online. They were very friendly and helpful through the process. However, there was one semi-complication.
I was talking to “Chris, from Seattle” at the hosting company. He said it would be much easier if he registered the domains I wanted to migrate whilst we were on the phone vs. me setting them up online. That sounded like a good idea as I told him I wanted to setup mcinerney.biz. It got a little more difficult as I told him I also wanted sfrc.biz setup. And then I was stuck. There were two more domains to move and I didn’t want to say either one. “And the third?” Chris asked. “The third is PI…TC…HA….DE…UC….E dot com.” Chris tried to spell it back to me and had it incorrect (probably because I was laughing through have of it). Again I said, “PI…TC…HA….DE…UC….E dot com.” Chris tried to repeat it phonetically, “p-p-piiiittch-a-deuce.com.” Then Chris started laughing, “pitach-a-deuce.com…..that’s unique. And funny.”
After the laughing stopped, he asked for the fourth domain. Again I answered, “LA….RG….EC….AN…OES dot com.” And again Chris started laughing. Such is life registerig domain names I guess.
On a positive note, we should have a more stable website.
Update
tommcinerney 09 Nov 2008 | : Uncategorized
www.pitchadeuce.com has been successfully migrated to a new hosting company. They claim to have 99.9% availability which is significantly higher than the 24% availability the old hosting service was delivering. For what it’s worth, this migration will get its own post as it was quite entertaining.
The transaction wire has been busy and all rosters and transactions have been updated as of 11/9/08 at 7pm.
Week # 2 is not final yet as a few teams are yet to play. The current scores are posted on the Week #2 link to the right, or by clicking HERE. The standings will be updated when the week becomes final.
Adds / Drops
DaLoot 04 Nov 2008 | : Uncategorized
You know you are bad when you get cut from DaLoot’s squad. Peace out Jeff Green. The transaction season has officially begun. Royz Boyz dropped Jameer Nelson and picked up JR Smith (hmm how can I turn the AI trade into a positive). DaLoot dropped Jeff Green and picked up Troy Murphy. DaLoot also put Manu Ginobli on the IR list and picked up Spencer Hawes.
Your team is not good when Troy Murphy and Spencer Hawes are upgrades.
Week #1 in the Books
There really isn’t anything more deflating than losing in Week #1 and reading not only did you lose, but you were one of the worst teams in the league. Such is life for DaLoot right now. It doesn’t help that his first round pick (Mrs. Carmela Anthony) was suspended and his fifth round pick is out. As soon as I passed on Jason Kidd I knew it would be a mistake. To make me feel better, I hope he retires around Thanksgiving. Another draft day mistake by DaLoot was taking Vincerod (Carter) over Kevin Durant. So far this season, in games that count, VC had 29 fantasy points, KD had 37 fantasy points.
Congratulations to Royz Boyz starting where they left off last year with Week #1′s high total for the week (221.5).
If the Rokers could field a squad (two DNPs on their bench in Week #1), they most likely would have won.
High bench total for the week belonged to 36DD and Fore! with 48.5.
LeBron James, averaged 30ppg last year, had 15 points on Friday night for David Copperfield. However, that may not be the most difficult thing for David Copperfield to stomach in their loss to Captain Mo 192.5 – 187.5. From an email received last night….
“I’m a total nerd but this was my Saturday night: I was on call, so really couldn’t do much and spent the night watching the Texas-Texas Tech game (best game of the year so far, by the way). As I was watching the game, I had my laptop and was watching my fantasy scores. It turned out that Kobe Bryant was the only guy left to play for [Captain] Mo. He needed 12 fantasy points in the last 6:50 of the game to beat me. Well, Kobe got those 12 fantasy points in 5 minutes and ended up getting 17 fantasy points (14 regular points) in the last 6:50. That equates to 119 fantasy points over 48 minutes. There is no player better than Kobe when he wants to be very selfish.”
You can see all of the scores by clicking the “Week 01″ link on the right, or click here.
Studs:
Gerald Wallace – 51
Joe Johnson – 44
Elton Brand – 43
Chris Paul – 43
Chris Bosh – 43
Kobe Bryant – 42
Duds:
Kevin Martin (starter) – 11
Baron Davis – 12
Jamal Crawford (starter) – 17
Luol Deng (starter) – 18
Josh Howard (starter) – 19
Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojakovic (bench) – Same total as Ben Wallace’s 68 year old dead brother
