November 2009
Monthly Archive
Week #2 Recap
- “This would be okay if we were playing fantasy tennis.”
Early candidate for email / quote of the year was made when submitting their lineup for Week #2. Captain Mo added the following, “I just looked at my roster – YUCK…Half of my line-up is white, which would be okay if this were fantasy tennis.”
This was a week of high scores. The kick in the ding ding this week goes to The Rokers and Fore! Both teams lose with over 219 points….and that’s very unfortunate (unless you are DaLoot or Dr. Copperfield).
Fore! continued to look wise with his Brandon Jennings selection, but it wasn’t enough to beat Dwayne Wade and Dr. Copperfield. The ultimate blame probably belongs to Vincerod because he’s Vincerod and can’t be counted on (40 fantasy points) and Corey MEgette, who only had 19 fantasy points.
FINAL: Fore! 219.5 – Dr. Copperfield 225.5
The Fur knocked off Lebron James (58) and Royz Boyz. The Fur was fueled by Monta Ellis (52) and Carmela Anthony (49). Rajon Rondo didn’t exactly live up to a sixth round selection with only 19 fantasy points. It was a fairly close game with Royz Boyz cursing out Josh Smith (24) and Joakim Noah (21). The Fur also recorded his first high score of the week.
FINAL: The Fur 227.5 – Royz Boyz 208.0
Captain Mo’s seven healthy bodies (three white) and one dead man (also white) were not enough for 36DD’s six healthy (non-white) players. 36DD has been battling the injury bug for two straight weeks, but found a way to persevere in Week #2. 183.5 fantasy points won’t set the world on fire, but it was enough for a win. 36DD was led by Rudy Gay’s 48.
FINAL: 36DD 183.5 – Captain Mo 164.0
Those two ugly scores were not enough to get the average below 200.0 points. Dirty Sanchez had a decent week scoring 200 fantasy points. But three starters in the 20’s was enough to allow the average, with a stellar 210.0 fantasy points, to win. Poor D-Howard. He is starting to realize why everyone HATES Vince Carter. Vincerod has to be stealing touches from Superman. Howard only had 28 fantasy points in Week #2.
FINAL: Average 210.0 – Dirty Sanchez 200.0
Amazing end to Rokers vs. DaLoot. This is one reason I like having the NBA Ticket…The Rokers and DaLoot both had decent weeks. DaLoot clearly started the wrong guys since two of his bench players had more than 40 fantasy points. It was a fairly close matchup heading into Saturday evening’s games. San Antonio blew out Washington so Timmy Duncan only played 27 minutes (scoring 33 fantasy points). Richard Jefferson had 21 fantasy in the same game in 30 minutes. The next game of the night was Utah (DaLoot has Deron Williams) vs. Detroit (Rokers has Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon). No one plays well in the first half. Villanueva somehow racks up a few buckets/rebounds/blocks in the second half and Ben Gordon starts to heat up. DaLoot is going to win a close one in Week #2 until….The Detroit vs. Utah game was close and in the last two minutes Deron Williams gets called for fouls TWICE against Ben Gordon shooting. Neither was a foul. We head to OT. Deron Williams has five fouls. Villanueva gets a couple rebounds in OT before fouling out.
The Utah vs. Detroit game was tied with one and a half minutes left. The Rokers vs. DaLoot is also tied with 1:34 remaining in OT. Deron Williams has back-to-back assists on jumpshots by Boozer and AK47 and the Jazz have a three point lead with seven seconds left. Worth mentioning, DaLoot now has a two point lead over Rokers at this time as well. Detroit needs a three to tie, Ben Gordon (Rokers) is Detroit’s best three point shooter. Again, DaLoot has a two point lead. Ben Gordon throws the ball inbounds and comes off a pick to get the ball….fires a three (if this goes in we go to double OT and Rokers has the lead)….Nope, wide left. DaLoot wins by two.
FINAL: DaLoot 221.5 – Rokers 219.5
STUDS:
LeBron James – 58
Monta Ellis – 52
Kevin Durant – 51
DUDS:
Andris Biedrins, Rip Hamilton, Mehmet Okur – As many as a dead man
Chauncey Billups – 16
Rajon Rondo – 19
Week #1 Recap
65 Fantasy points
During the draft there was a collective “wow” after Fore! drafted Brandon Jennings with the 20th overall 
pick. After Week #1, Fore! appears to have been the owner “in the know” on draft day. Brandon Jennings went off for 65 fantasy points. Fore!’s starters would have beat four other teams totals in Week #1. Not surprisingly, Fore! had the high total of the week with 242.0 points. DaLoot, on the other hand, started Deron Williams, who had as many fantasy points as a dead man. DaLoot definitely did not go into Week #1 hoping Deron Williams would score 30 points less than Brook Lopez on their way to losing by 21.5 points. I doubt DW would have score 15-5-2. I hate fantasy sports.
The game of the week belonged to two of the three lowest scores of the week. Rokers fought out a win vs. Captain Mo 156.5 to 149.0. The Rokers had Shaq and Captain Mo had Troy Murphy equal Ben Wallace’s dead brother’s fantasy total of ZERO.
36DD struggled to find healthy bodies only recording totals for only six players. His five starters totaled only 110 points. It is especially surprising when you consider his starters are Derrick Rose, Zach Randolph, Rudy Gay, LaMarcus Aldridge and Emeka Okafur. Those are not bad players. With any luck, they all had their bad weeks during the same weekend.
Guard Luol Deng had 33 fantasy points in Week #1.
Studs:
Brandon Jennings – 65
Duds:
Deron Williams, Shaq O’Neal, Troy Murphy, Andris Biedrins, Michael Redd – Dead
Richard Jefferson – 12
Zach Randolph – 17
LaMarcus Aldridge – 18
Manu Ginobli, Chauncey Billups – 19
Week #1 is Underway
The first games that count begin on 11/14/2009. Scores will be published very soon. There have been some very nice games that have counted (Brandon Jennings 65 fantasy points) and some not-so-great games (Deron Williams and Shaq as many fantasy points as a dead man).
Updates will be posted soon! The site has been updated including transactions, rosters, schedule, etc.
Draft is Complete
Thanks to Dr. Copperfield for hosting the 2009-2010 draft. Good times had by all except the Iowa football fans (including Nile). Thanks to our out of town teams for making the trip to draft a squad in person. There were two big collective “wows!” during the draft. The first was Fore! having Brandon Jennings rated #18 on the big board. Fore! apparently knows more than most because Jennings went off for 65 fantasy points (55-5-5-0-0) in his first game that counts. The other “wow” was when The Fur drafted Luol Deng as a guard. Very strange, but a guard he will be for this season.
