Whatsup fantasy!

Wow it has been a while. Being busy stinks but hey, I guess its better than to have nothing to do.

I have been falling down fast in my league and I have no idea what I am doing wrong. Duncan is going strong, Ray allen as well (a trade capture, giving Jermaine oneal away). Billups was providing some good things for a while and Artest as well. Troy Murphy has been nice but I need more scoring, fast along with assists.

A lot of stuff has happened since the last post but there is no way to play catchup so I wont try.

A lot of injuries as well, a number of rookies playing really well. Hot pickups?

Send me some through comments.

Fantasy preview for day 2

Most of the teams are playing and things I will be looking out for are the following.

How are Larry Hughes and D. Marshall going to fit in with the Cavs and how many minutes are going to D. Jones vs E. Snow for guard duties.

Will Washington become the next hell hole of the fantasy world with their solid bench players taking up too many minutes thus hurting the value of their stars? If they do then maybe you should try to sell some of those stars before the others realise whats going on.

Is Bosh going to play center for Toronto (thus forcing yahoo to make him a FC), how many minutes will go to Villaneuva, will it be enough to make him worthy of a roster spot on your team?

Is Tinsley going to play for the pacers today, how are Jermaine and Artest going to play together and is Jermaine going to play center with Artest taking over the PF position?

Orlando is without Hill and someone needs to pick up those shot attempts and convert them to points and fantasy value. My guess is that Francis will be taking a huge number of shots, D. Howard will also step up. Who will be in the starting lineup is a big question. Jameer Nelson and D. stephenson are both possible starters, Turkoglu should start at the 3.

Day 1.

Great games and great performances by many players.

Webber had a great start along with Iverson (even though they fell short and lost, more on that later). Both players had over 30 points with lots of other goodies to go along with it.

Milwaukee rocked with Redd, Simmons showing why they were signed to some nice contracts but also TJ Ford close to a triple double and Bogut almost a double double with 3 blocks as well. Great start and a victory in overtime. Magloire was perhaps the only lame duck in his first game for the Bucks but we will forgive him since he just arrived and must be a little confused.

New Orleans Oklahoma kicked butt bigtime and made Sacramento look HORRIBLE. What about the perfomance of guys such as Bonzi Wells (6pts 6reb 2-11 shooting) B. Miller (4pts/3reb) and Bibby with 8-4-4. Yep, the fantasy managers of those guys are not happy this morning along with Sacramento fans who like most other fans had high hopes for the season. No one stood out for the Hornets, a solid team effort. JR Smith and PJ Brown though were a little better than the others so they get some probs. Chris Paul outplayed Bibby so that is something he probably will enjoy for a long time. Oh and Mason didn't start and he struggled but you know, give the guy a couple of weeks to show what he can do.

Dallas/Phoenix, double overtime so the stats bare witness to that. Nash is going to carry the scoring load that Amare leaves behind, Dirk and Marion had great games.

Thats it.

The season starts tonight!

Finally, after months of waiting and reading endless traderumors, power rankings, gossip and analysis the start of the NBA season 05/06 has FINALLY dawned upon us. I have my NBATV subscription active today and will be focused on updating this blog often. Final bits before the first jumpball.

Don't play your rookies too soon. It's a fact that they will get limited minutes at the start. The same goes for some players that just switched teams such as Stro Swift who will not be in the starting lineup. Be careful though not to wait too long in picking up those guys (if availble) or trading for them if a disgruntled fantasy owner is losing his patience.

I dropped R. Butler since the trade of Magloire for Mason is going to effect him in a big way. It already looks likely that there is going to be a logjam at the GF positions for the Hornets and the value of all of those nice sleepers is going to be reduced due to that fact. I play in a Roto league and I am already planning to fill out the team for thursday with some FA pickups. I got Mourning to cover the C alongside my 3 indiana studs (tinsley, artest and Jermaine) so that leaves me a hole in the SG position. I picked up Eddie House just for fun I guess but I would love to have someone who will make more of an impact.