From: Charlie Zegers
Date: November 4, 2009 10:10:55 PM EST
To: Justin Phan
Subject: Give and Go – Silver Linings
You’re a Warriors fan. I’m a Knicks fan. So over the last few years, between us, we’ve seen an awful lot of awful basketball.
It seems reasonable to expect more of the same this season – and not just from our hometown teams. There are too many teams that are playing out the string, waiting for next year’s free agent class, or waiting for the economy to turn around, or some combination of the two. I don’t think we’ll see any teams approach 1972-73 Sixers levels of badness … but the Kings and Bucks and T-Wolves and Nets and Grizzlies, and probably three or four other teams, may have a hard time hitting the 20-win plateau.
Meanwhile teams like the Lakers and Spurs and Magic and Celtics seem even more loaded than in years past.
Generally, I’m a little bit wary of big-name fantasy players on obvious contenders. Guys like Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, Ray Allen and Manu Ginobili – their primary focus is the games in May and June, and they’ll sacrifice individual statistics and playing time towards that larger goal. But I can’t help wondering – is there a flip side to that approach?
via Give and Go: Looking in the cellar – Fantasy – Yahoo! Sports.
