by Charlie on April 8, 2008
Dirk Nowitzki‘s return from injury has been nothing short of amazing. When the diagnosis “high ankle sprain” was announced, most observers assumed Nowitzki would be – at the very least – hobbled for the rest of the regular season. The “two week” estimate for his return was viewed with skepticism – if not outright mockery. [...]
Tagged as: Barometer, Dirk Nowitzki
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by Charlie on March 25, 2008
Before you read the rest of this column, go put in a waiver claim on Brandon Bass. Hurry. I’ll wait. All set? Good. Now then… unless you’ve been in deep seclusion due to the fact that you had Duke, Georgetown and Pittsburgh in the Final Four, you know that Dirk Nowitzki suffered a “lower leg” [...]
Tagged as: Barometer, Brandon Bass, Dirk Nowitzki
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by Charlie on March 18, 2008
The Rockets were so dissatisfied with their point guard position this offseason, it seemed they were very close to bringing guys in off the street for tryouts. Rafer Alston was the most unpopular incumbent this side of George Dubya Bush. Mike James, Steve Francis, rookie Aaron Brooks, Luther Head, and John Lucas III were all [...]
Tagged as: Barometer, Rafer Alston
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by Charlie on February 25, 2008
As much as we love the trade deadline, it’s sort of refreshing to stop dealing in conjecture and start dealing in facts. That said, let’s take a look at some of the early returns on last week’s flurry of trades. Cleveland: The Cavaliers wasted no time getting new arrivals Ben Wallace, Delonte West, Joe Smith [...]
Tagged as: Barometer, Ben Wallace, Delonte West, Joe Smith, Wally Szczerbiak
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by Charlie on November 29, 2007
(Originally published on RotoWire.com) The NBA lost one of its most entertaining players – and one of fantasy hoops’ superstars – when Gilbert Arenas suffered another knee injury last week. Arenas’ progress in rehab will be one of the most interesting hoops stories of the next three months or so. Reading between the lines of [...]
Tagged as: Andray Blatche, Antawn Jamison, Antonio Daniels, Barometer, Brendan Haywood, Caron Butler, Gilbert Arenas
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by Charlie on November 14, 2007
There’s any number of reasons to avoid having certain players on your fantasy team, ranging from “He’ll kill my free throw percentage” to “I’m afraid he’ll wind up in jail after taking an AK-47 to a nightclub” to “I really don’t think he’s any good.” Here’s a new one for you. “That team is just [...]
Tagged as: Barometer, Tim Duncan
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by Charlie on November 7, 2007
The good news… my weekly upgrades and downgrades column, the NBA Barometer, is now available on Fox Sports. The bad… Fox doesn’t have a fantasy basketball page, so the only way to find the article is to hit the main Fox Sports Fantasy page and check the “Headlines” and “Featured Analysis” sections. Or, you can [...]
Tagged as: Barometer, Fox Sports
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