There’s a long list of players that have the reputation – usually earned – of being injury-prone. Marcus Camby. Jermaine O’Neal. Yao Ming. T.J. Ford. Some of the guys in my home league call ‘em “lepers.” (Not me, of course. That would be inappropriate and wrong.) The number one guy on the list is almost [...]
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Ordinarily, I’m not to keen on rookies as fantasy options. Too often, players come into the NBA needing to learn new positions. Or put on some bulk. Or how to succeed when they can’t get by on size or athleticism alone. That’s especially true of high lottery picks – who often need to adjust to [...]
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In fantasy baseball, there are always a couple of players who have a chance of qualifying at an alternate position and increasing their value tenfold. There’s a chance, however slight, that Brandon Inge will get in enough games to slot in at catcher… The fantasy basketball equivalent: anyone on the Golden State roster. Our latest [...]
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As the playoff picture becomes more concrete, more teams will be looking to take an extended look at younger players or get the veterans healthy for the postseason. A quick look at the standings may offer hints on where to look for help on the waiver wire. On the top end of the standings, the [...]
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Last week in this space, I wrote about injuries as the main source of useful fantasy players at this point of the season. This week, we’ll put that theory to the test. The Injury: Dirk Nowitzki suffered the dreaded “high ankle” sprain as well as a sprained knee during Sunday’s game. The prognosis: The ankle [...]
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The news of Yao Ming’s season-ending injury broke last week as I was writing this column, so I spent a little time in that piece discussing how the absence of an all-world center would impact the production of Houston’s waiver-available players. Now that we have a few games’ worth of stats to review, let’s take [...]
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The Rockets’ perfect February has suddenly developed some very deep flaws, with the news that Yao Ming will miss the remainder of the season and playoffs due to a stress fracture in his foot. Fantasy owners will want to act quickly and put in a claim on Luis Scola. Scola was a decent pick even [...]
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