As David Copperfield said, “Only in Fantasy Basketball can you lose with 224 (Fore!) and win with 175 (Captain Mo).” 

Congrats to Royz Boyz for high score of the week with 249.5.  That is a very impressive total.  Royz Boyz did not have a starter under 31 fantasy points.  He also had two starters with 53+ (Dirk Diggler with 60!). 

The game of the week was The Average squeaking by Dirty Sanchez 198.7 – 197.  I guess Dirty Sanchez can thank Royz Boyz, Fore! and David Copperfield, who all scored 224 or more.

Notes:

·        Stephen Jackson says his wrist is hurt.  The Golden State trainers say it’s fine.  Me So Crazy said he’ll have to figure it out on his own because the trainers don’t know what they are doing.  As AT said, he is either truly hurt or missing shots on purpose.  He averaged 21+ ppg shooting 40% in October and November.  In December Me So Crazy is shooting 32% and scoring 13 ppg. 

·        Derrick Rose is fun to watch.  He can get to the rim against anyone.

·        The Celtics are good.  24-2 is impressive.  Cleveland and the LA Lakers are good too. 

·        The Wolves, Clippers, Wizards and Thunder are really bad. 

·        Devin Harris is 6th in the NBA in scoring.  Danny Granger is 5th. 

·        Kevin Durant is shooting 48% from three.  Matt Bonner is shooting 47%.

·        Chris Paul leads the league in double-doubles – that is impressive considering they are point/assist double-doubles.

·        On ESPN you can sort stats by positions, rookies, internationals, etc.  I just figured out that Ben Gordon was from England. 

·        OJ Mayo is averaging 20.8ppg, 4.2rpg, 2.7apg and 1.16spg.  Kevin Love and Mike Miller combined are averaging 19.4ppg, 14.1rpg, 5apg and 0.6spg.

Personal vent for Week #7…

Shaquille O’Neal became the first player this season to log a “DNP – Dead relative.”  The worst part is that I knew there was a chance.  But his grandma died on Monday.  He missed Wednesday’s game because of it.  I’m assuming Shaq has access to transportation to get him where he needs to go.  Tuesday Shaq had 47 fantasy points.  Friday he gets the “DNP – Dead relative.”  He came back this past Monday to get 39 fantasy points.  The worst part is that when I submitted my lineup I mentioned that I felt like I should play Murphy instead of Shaq.  Murphy ended up with 25 fantasy points (enough for me to beat Captain Mo).  Vince Carter had 33 fantasy points on Wednesday night and followed that up with an 0-13 shooting night on his way to 10 fantasy points when it counted on Friday night.  In typical Vincerod fashion he rebounded on Saturday evening with 51 fantasy points.  Vincerod shot 48% in November and is shooting 38% in December.  I can’t complain too much about Mrs. Carmela Anthony’s 45 fantasy points on Friday, except to say he did have 62 fantasy points in the previous game.  Manu Ginobli had 36 fantasy points on Wednesday night…20 when it counted on Friday.  Hedon’t Turkoglu?  31 fantasy points Wednesday night…24 on Friday.  Luol Deng?  29 on Wednesday, 24 on Friday.  – All of this said, I was given a gift by having Corey Maggette play like a dead man.  I didn’t deserve to win.

As always, you can view all of the scores by clicking Week 07 on the right or clicking here.

Studs:

Dirk Nowitzki – 60

Danny Grainger – 55 (dud last week / stud this week)

Brandon Roy – 53

Zach Randolph – 52

LeBron James – 46

Mrs. Carmela Anthony – 45

Al Jefferson – 45

Al Harrington – 44

Kobe Bryant – 43

Chris Paul – 43

David West – 41

 

Duds:

Kevin Martin, Corey Maggette, Shaq –  As many as Shaq’s grandma

Jamal Crawford – 8 (you need to score 20 as a starter)

Vincerod Carter – 10

Stephen Jackson – 18

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