Dear
@NBA
,
I have a simple solution to your tanking problem.
Give teams outside the playoffs with the best record, instead of the worst record, the larger lottery odds.
I’m convinced people veto trades most of the time, not because they are unfair, but because they are pissed they missed out on trading for whoever is the best player in the deal.
Patty Mills has a week off and instead of resting and preparing for the second half of the season he travels halfway around the world to donate goods & support communities devastated by the bushfires.
A brilliant individual who represents our country as well as anyone.
Over a billion animals are estimated dead and many more injured and affected in Australia. It’s hard to comprehend this staggering figure and harder to put into words how heavy a loss this is to our country.
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I finished top in an industry 16 team H2H league, 10 games clear of second. I played the 8th ranked team this week and lost the week by 0.006FT with Mitch Rob shooting 0-6 today. Season over. The joys of H2H leagues.
Every season I play in ‘industry’ leagues and every season there are fantasy analysts who don’t play the league out.
If you write, talk and promote the game, the least you could do, the very least you could do, is be active for the whole season.
Players who did enough in preseason to be rostered in standard leagues currently (then we’ll wait and see what happens in the first few games):
B Coulibaly
Ausar Thompson
C White
J Kuminga
Jalen Johnson
T Horton-Tucker
D Daniels
S Sharpe
J Sochan
J Suggs
B Mathurin
The Spurs have confirmed Jeremy Sochan will start the season at point guard. Make sure his isn’t available in your league.
It hurts Tre Jones value, but I wouldn’t drop him yet. He can still have assists & steals value in a backup role.
A lot of hype around the start Jalen Duren had and rightly so, but Mark Williams has taken over since.
Averaging 20 points & 11 rebounds on 74% from the field over the last four.
Rule
#26
when drafting: Do not mention the names of players who have yet to be drafted i.e “Wow I can’t believe [insert players name] is still available.”
Kyrie Irving has only played over 70 games three times in his 9 seasons (inc this season). I think we need to stop thinking of him as a top 15-20 draft selection. The durability is a major issue & he’s not worth the risk that early.
Aron Baynes has made more three-pointers this season than:
D’Angelo Russell
Eric Gordon
Gary Harris
Kristaps Porzingis
LeBron
Lauri Markkanen
Kawhi
Donovan Mitchell
Jrue Holiday
A guy in one of my H2H leagues started talking smack and claiming victory far too early this week. The next day his Luka got injured and he ended up losing the week 5-3 - including losing points, threes & FT% despite having Lillard.
You do not mess with the Fantasy Gods.
How pissed would you be logging in to see Tristan Thompson putting up 35 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal & 3 blocks on 15-20 shooting against your team.
Jordan Poole has been the bust of the season, but Mikal Bridges isn’t far behind. Many drafted him for his efficiency, but his FG has dropped from 47.5 to 43.8 and FT from 89 to 81. Subsequently, PPG down from 26 to 21.
A second round selection fallen to outside the top 80.
Here are the first 10 picks from the rookie draft in my dynasty league, if anyone is interested:
1 Cunningham
2 Mobley
3 Suggs
4 Green
5 Giddey
6 Sengun
7 Barnes
8 Wagner
9 Kuminga
10 Moody
Not enough has been made about how good Dejounte Murray has been.
He’s averaging career-highs in points (18.8), rebounds (8.4), assists (8.4), steals (2), blocks (0.4) & threes (1.4). Somehow his FT% has dropped from 79% to 69%, but Murray’s a top 15 player this season.
The league needs to do something about these super-teams. How the Pistons can attract free agents like Jerami Grant, Mason Plumlee and Josh Jackson is just unfair.
Luka Doncic
- on an injured ankle
- without Porzingis
- drops 43 points, 17 rebounds & 13 assists
- hits step back three game winner
That’ll go down as one of the all-time great performances