Early Season Pick Ups

Aside from some really interesting pick ups for the week, like Bismack Biyombo, Bobby Portis (Jae Crowder injury) and perhaps Marjon Beauchamp, here are some additional players you might want to take a closer look at this week: Four Players rostered in less than 50% of Yahoo’s leagues:- Skylar Mays (42%) - The window of …

Deeper League thoughts

What am I watching this season? Maybe it's me, but I see less potential 'break out' candidates than I've seen in previous years. The NBA is stacked with talent, and I wouldn't mind seeing two new expansion teams. As long as one of them lands in Seattle, though. I can see the most likely outcome …

Ten players to target for FT, rostered in less than 50% of Yahoo’s leagues:

When aiming to shore up your Free Throw shooting, you'll need to take into volume and percentage. Depending on what type of league you play in, you'd say you'll have to aim for a 81% - 82% average for your time to at least make in into the top three for that category. In my …

Prince among Thieves – securing your steals: 2023-2024

Man, blocks and steals are harder and harder to find, meaning you'll likely have to pay up a fair amount if you're looking to obtain them through trades or early on in drafts. As always, let's take a look at some numbers from the past, and see how they compare to the current day NBA. …

Key Take-aways for Day 7 of Summer League

With almost a week of games remaining, more and more players are rumored to sit out most of the remaining games. I probably won't publish much, if anything, on the last few games. Quick notes. MEM-CLE Somehow the Grizz' coaching staff decided it would be a fun idea to have the team shoot 43 threes …

Key Take-aways for Day 6 of Summer League

Apologies for the shorter notes, as I'm away from home for a few days and I'm zooming a bit more in on new/relevant findings. Most players are who they are, and who they were in the previous games, so little of note there. Some (most) of these games aren't getting prettier, either. TOR- CLE I'm …

Key Take-aways for Day 5 of Summer League

MIA-BOS Nikola Jovic left the game with a sore foot, so I'm expecting his SL to be over. Still had a good showing, and was better than what the stats showed. Despite being one of the youngest players on the court, he really stands out. If anything, his stamina (and to be fair, his defense) …

Key Take-aways for Day 2 of Summer League

California Classic GSW-CHA I liked that we saw the proper Kendric Davis in this game. I'm gonna blame early nerves for his dud in game 1, but his scoring ability, and some of his play making ability was on display today. We knew he could score with the best of them, but the decision making …

Key Take-aways for Day 1 of Summer League

California Classic MIA-LAL Nikola Jovic grew a few additional inches, and now probably is close to 6'11". Also gained some muscle, but still is very fast for a player his size. He looks like he will be really hard to stop on drives, which bodes well for a player with his physique and outside game. …

Week 14 Pick Ups

Painful week for those rostering Bulls and Pistons players, as both only play a single game this week (…in Paris. And thus I'm not propping up Caruso or Noel). Magic and Spurs play twice, and the Raps play five (%!) games this week. Choose wisely. Players rostered in less than 50% of Yahoo’s leagues:- TJ …

Week 13 Pick Ups

Suddenly it seems like there is a rush of (semi serious) injuries. KD, Bam went down. JA missing games, too. Obviously, KAT has been gone for a while now. The Bucks core four haven't even played a handful of games together this season. I just hope for the best new on KD and Bam, but …

Week 12 Pick Ups

Happy New Year! Seeing Stanley Johnson play with the Spurs reminded me of the heated discussions we saw back before he was drafted: Should a team pick him or Winslow if they had the chance to? Seeing both of their developments, neither really has panned out much. Such a shame. At least they're not Wesley …

Week 11 Pick Ups

Happy Holidays to you all. I hope you'll be able to relax a bit and spend good times with your loved ones. And catch a few good games, too. Blazers only have two games this week, so be wary of that. As far as playing guys, make sure you have your players active for any …

Week 10 pick ups

Been quite busy painting the office, but had to do a new edition of the weekly pick up overview. Also very proud of the paint job I did. Walls are whiter than a Charlotte Hornets center. Avoid this week: Nets, Pacers, Clippers, Heat, as they only play two games. Players rostered in less than 50% …

Week 9 pick ups

Only one team to avoid for those playing in weeklies/H2H/etc: Sixers only play twice, while the majority of teams have 3 games this week. Celtics, Cavs, Mavs, Warriors, Pacers, Clips, Wolves, Heat, OKC, Blazers and Wiz play four times. It's hard setting rosters for the entire week right now, as players are increasingly sitting out …

Week 8 Pick Ups

Weew we had some rollercoaster rides this week. Seemed as if every other player had a FG% stinker over the past seven days. Whatever Keldon Johnson contracted might be contagious. Anyhow, let's take a look at some interesting names for the week ahead in which the Blazers and Spurs only play twice, so be wary …

Week 7 Sleeper picks

Rough week, with a lot of players stinking it up in their first games after Thanksgiving. Must be the Stuffing and gravy. But those FG%'s looked horrible. Zubac clearly didn't celebrate. What a game. During this week ahead, you might want to avoid anything Miami Heat related, as they only play two games this week …

Week 6 Sleeper picks.

Week 6 Sleeper picks.  Lots of injuries this week. There's probably a big in OKC who'll do well one of these games where they're without Bazley and Poku, but I'm not trying to burn a game on any of them. I like Jalen Williams, but you know him by now. Players rostered in less than …

Week 5 Sleeper picks.

Week 5 Sleeper picks.  Players owned in less than 50% of Yahoo's leagues:Malik Beasley (44%) - Double figures in 5 straight, 4+ threes in last four with good FG% and decent stealsSeth Curry (38%) - Took his sweet time, but now scored 20+ pts in two straight games with 5 threes on avgKillian Hayes (34%) …

Week 4 Sleeper picks.

Week 4 Sleeper picks. Another quickie - no review, sorry. Live from... somewhere in France using the shabbiest of shabby wifi connections (why do these train companies always flex their 'NEW WIFI' when the sh*t never works?). Speaking of traveling, spotted this one in London a week ago - although 44 is too small for …