Fantasy Basketball News and a New Favorite Bookmark (7/23/10)
Jul 23, 2010 Blog
Every once in awhile I run across a site offering something new in the world of fantasy sports. If you are playing daily fantasy games, check out RotoGrinders.com. Their site is a hub for daily fantasy players which includes fantasy player rankings and results from all the major daily sites, as well as some good strategy and discussion articles. It’s a site you will certainly want to bookmark on your favorites list. The site was created by the same guys who formed poker site PocketFives.com and applies some of the same ideas and concepts to the world of fantasy sports. Give them a look and definitely get signed up to get ranked.
Not much fantasy news in this NBA dead period, but here’s a few nuggets for the week:
Richard Jefferson – Re-signed with San Antonio, 4 years, $39 million. He’ll probably be just as bad next season as he was this season. He’s a late round roster filler.
Matt Barnes – Signed with LA Lakers, 2 years, $3.6 million. Good cheap pickup by the Lakers. Wesley Matthews gets 5years/$34 million and Barnes gets 2year/$3.6 million. Something is wrong here. Barnes probably killed his fantasy value with the move since he’ll almost certainly suffer a decrease in minutes and opportunity.
C.J. Watson – Signed with Chicago, 3 years, $10.2 million. Another great pickup by the Bulls. Watson is an offensive player and even had a 40 point game last season. He can bring instant offense off the bench as Derrick Rose’s backup. He’s good insurance/handcuff if you have Rose on you fantasy squad.
Marquis Daniels – Re-signed with Boston, 1 year, $2.5 million. He might get a few minutes, but those platoon minutes will likely come at the expense of Nate Robinson, making both players waiver wire material.
Kurt Thomas – Signed with the Bulls. He’ll take Brad Miller’s spot backing up Joakim Noah and can probably be found on the waiver wire if Noah gets hurt.
David Lee – Lee suffered a finger injury, but he should escape surgery and be ready to go in 4-6 weeks.
Yao Ming – Ming is sliding down my draft rankings a little. I keep reading articles that are questioning his health and the recovery from last season’s foot injury. Keep an eye on his health before determining his final draft ranking.
Jonny Flynn – Flynn is still dealing with last season’s hip injury and might slide down the PG rankings if he doesn’t make a full recovery. Luke Ridnour has been brought in to compete for the starting PG spot and Ramon Sessions is also still hanging around to steal minutes.
Carlos Arroyo – Signed with the Miami Heat. He will challenge Mario Chalmers for the PG spot. Keep an eye on this battle before drafting either player.
Miami Heat – Miami is going to be a train wreck this season – and the wreck is going to be televised. David Stern should appreciate the increased TV ratings. I’m not sure the Miami 3 are going to be able to deal with the media pressure and the meltdown could be spectacular.
Fantasy Reading:
*WeaksideHelp.com reviews the fantasy value for Chris Bosh in Miami.
*GiveMeTheRock.com with three different articles previewing the fantasy situations in Memphis, Philadelphia and Golden State.
*Dime Magazine’s Top 10 Greatest Basketball Books of All Time.
*HoopsDaily.com breaks down the fantasy value of several players changing teams.
*NBAPlaybook.com with a good fantasy article on Richard Jefferson.
*SBNation, Ranking the 30 NBA GM’s.
*Hornets247.com, The Culture of Stacking.
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