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Reflections on the 124th day (I’m so deep!)

27 April 2012, 10:54 am

And on the 124th day hecmanhoops rested, sort of. If I totally rested then I guess I wouldn’t be typing this post, eh? Anyway, what a season! It was such a great season that Robin exclaimed Holy Crap, Batman! and he never says crap because he’s Robin and superheros don’t curse. Everyone knows that. Next week we’ll start our year end awards, you know, best fantasy player, biggest bust, best free agent pick up, best sleeper, hottest coach, etc. Wait, what? Hottest coach? Just making sure you’re paying attention! Everyone knows Mike D’Antoni is the hottest coach with that moustache of his but he’s disqualified from the competition since he was launched early so we’ll pass on the hottest coach contest. Sorry to my one girl reader. By the way, if you’re a girl and actually read would you comment in the post or tweet at me so I feel good about myself. I have low self -esteem and it would make my weekend to know that I have at least one girl reader. Thanks in advance!

Anyway, part deux, where was I? Oh right, the year end fantasy awards thingy that I’ll be doing next week after I have time to digest things this weekend. There were so many injuries this year that I got indigestion but that’s a story for another day. After our, and when I say “our” I really mean “mine” because I’m the show here at hecmanhoops, it’s just me and my 10 skinny piano fingers doing all the typing. My mommy says I have piano fingers which is kind of funny because she never thought to give me piano lessons but whatever, I have no musical talent and I was more interested in playing whiffle ball in my back yard anyway. I would play with my best friend John Sugrue who was a huge Red Sox fan for some reason. These days he even has a Red Sox tattoo on his arm which is totally weird to me but it’s his arm and he could do whatever the hell he wants with it! Anyway, everyday after school and during the summer we’d go at it heads up in my backyard. I was the Yankees and he was the Red Sox and we’d have the lineup card all filled out and our scorebook at the ready. A typical Yankees lineup would be something like Mickey Rivers leading off followed by Thurman Munson, Lou Piniella (yes, Sweet Lou actually played in the major leagues, he didn’t just manage), Reggie Jackson, Craig Nettles, Chris Chambliss, Bucky Dent, etc. The Red Sox lineup would be something like Rick Burleson, Jerry Remy, Jim Rice, Carl Yastremski, Carlton Fisk, Fred Lynn, Butch Hobson, etc. The rule was that you had to emulate the exact batting stance of each player as they came to bat. I got so good at batting lefty that I switched to hitting lefty full time. These are stories for maybe a book someday but you just got a glance at what my fabulous childhood was like.

After we (I!) finish the year end awards, we’ll delve into the actual year end top 20 fantasy rankings at each position and compare the actual rankings with my pre-season rankings and projections. “That should be fun to see!”, said Ryan Anderson who was ranked like 165th overall by me. Glen Davis was ranked 110th. Oops. After that, in May we’ll get into the upcoming NBA Draft by looking at all the potential first round picks then in June we’ll do a mock NBA Draft just for shits and giggles. I’m not sure where the term shits and giggles came from but it’s awful, I promise never to use it again. For those of you who won your league(s) or came in the money, I salute you. For those of you who didn’t win your league, don’t fret, there’s always next year and, regardless of your result, I hope that you enjoyed your season and reading hecmanhoops for some insight, advice and entertainment. Thanks to everyone for the kind words and support this season and I hope to continue to grow this blog into the best fantasy basketball blog on the internet! I want you to win but you already knew that. We’ll see y’all next week with some fantasy basketball awards! Peace out!

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While my Magic 8 Ball gently weeps

26 April 2012, 3:48 pm

When I woke up this morning I heard weeping in the other room, it was so strange. So I decided to investigate and there in the living room was my Magic 8 Ball crying like a baby. I said, “Magic 8 Ball, why the tears, man? Don’t cry, dry your eye, or whatever that thing is where the water is coming from.” Then I shook him because my Magic 8 Ball doesn’t actually talk, he just responds like Magic 8 Balls do and it came up “The NBA season is over tonight …”. So I shook him some more and it continued “and I’m sad”. I said, “Magic 8 Ball don’t worry, we’ll be covering the NBA Draft soon, hey, we’ll cover every potential first round pick and how about this, how about we do our very own NBA Mock Draft here at hecmanhoops? Cheer up, man, we still gottalotta mo’ like Mr. T!” So I shook him again and it came up “Promise?” and I said, “Sure thing, lil’ brah, anything for you, I love you, man.” Then we both cried, it was a very gay moment. Anyway, no real need to cover last night’s games, today it’s all about trying to figure out the best streamer plays for tonight. There are 13 games tonight but it’s definitely a crap shoot as to who will perform but let’s take a look at the candidates, shall we?

Guys who won’t play:

Elton Brand, Andre Iguodala, Thaddeus Young, Lou Williams (likely out), Carlos Delfino, Drew Gooden (unconfirmed), Monta Ellis (unconfirmed), Ekpe Udoh (unconfirmed), Kyrie Irving, Ray Allen, Greg Stiemsma (unconfirmed), Lebron James, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Eric Gordon, Trevor Ariza, Marcus Thornton, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler (both unconfirmed), Baron Davis (unconfirmed), Kobe Bryant, Paul Gasol, Andrew Bynum, Matt Barnes, Ramon Sessions,  Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, Deron Williams, Shelden Williams, Jason Kidd,  Al Harrington (unconfirmed), Chandler Parson, Marcus Camby, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobilli, Luke Ridnour, Trevor Booker

A host of others also may not play including Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, Jameer Nelson, etc. You’ll have to keep your ear to the grindstone leading right up to game time today, that means stay on top of your Twitter feed for instant updates.

Guys to consider streaming:

Lavoy Allen – “Why isn’t the V capitalized?”, asked JaVale’s mother.

Evan Turner – Just because.

Jodie Meeks – After tonight he’ll go back to having a girl’s name.

Tyrus Thomas – Eh.

Beno Udrih – Oh, Beno, you disappointed me this year, why did you make me so sad? After tonight you’ll be just somebody that I used to know.

Larry Sanders – I prefer Larry Sanders of the Larry Sanders Show but he was picked up already.

Jon Leuer

Tobias Harris -Finally gonna get his chance in the final two games. I’m so excited but I can hide it because, actually, I’m not that excited.

Shaun Livingston – Assuming Monta Ellis doesn’t play.

Mike Dunleavy 

Kyle Korver

D.J. Kennedy – or DJK as he called himself when he ran for the President of his Freshman class in high school.

Donald Sloan

Dexter Pittman

Gustavo Ayon – Stream if Jason Smith or Chris Kaman sit.

Marco Belinelli

Al-Farouq Aminu

Travis Outlaw

Devin Ebanks

Delonte West

Rodrigue Beabouis

Shane Battier

Norris Cole -

James Jones

Steve Novak

Iman Shumpert

Gerald Green

Anthony Morrow

Jordan Williams

Jordan Hill – Staying on the them of bad fantasy players named Jordan.

Josh McRoberts – McBob could be a sneaky source of cheap assists assuming his teammates can make a field goal.

Earl Clark – Filled in well for Glen Davis around a couple of weeks ago.

Daniel Orten – Choosing your weapon between Clark and Orten is like choosing between a broken water gun and a slingshot without the sling.

Hedu Turkoglu

Patrick Patterson

Chase Budinger-

Tiago Splitter

DeJuan Blair

Patty Mills

That’s most of them boys and girl. Remember, tonight is like a box of chocolates, you never know exactly what you’re going to get but the guys listed above hopefully can do some damage for you if you grab them. In the non-sexual way, of course.

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Me gusta Gustavo!

25 April 2012, 11:51 am

Two more nights until the end of the NBA regular season. It’s sad but it had to end sometime. Today’s post is my usual daily player notes post but when the season ends I’ll be doing a roundup of the top 20 fantasy players at each position according to ESPN’s player rater compared to my pre-season projections. ESPN’s player rater being the most objective end of season rankings to compare my projections to. Hey, I gots to put my money where my mouth is now and take some responsibility for my rankings. I think they ended up aaiigghtt for the most part. I’ll admit I missed badly on Ryan Anderson but you can’t get ‘em all right. I was sure Glen Davis would cut into his time but that just never came to fruition. Speaking of fruition, I don’t think Big Baby eats any. Here’s what I saw in fantasy basketball last night:

Gustavo Ayon – 13/7/4 with 4 blocks in 29 minutes. Could do worse on Thursday for a center.

Kyrie Irving – Mr. Mister’s favorite player is doubtful for tonight so go ahead and stream Donald Sloan.

Chris Paul – Playing it out to the end. Yeah baby!

Nick Young – Limping home. Drop if you haven’t for a streamer assuming Chris Paul plays tonight which he should because the Paper Clips needs to win for seeding purposes.

Randy Foye – See Nick Young.

Eric Gordon – Done for the year. Finally! What an f’n saga this year. Ugh.

Travis Outlaw – With Marcus Thornton screwing his owners one final screw (and not the good kind!), TO started last night and dropped 20/7/1 with 4 steals and a 2 threes in 33 minutes. MT will probably sit out again so go ahead and grab Travis. Just keep it realz on his expected production.

Daequan Cook – 19/5/1 with 4 threes. On Monday I told you  to stream him with James Harden out. Oh, yes I did, mmm-hmmm.

Thadeus Young – Apparently he too isn’t going to play the Sixers’ final two games so lose him quick, quick. Evan Turner, Jodie Meeks and Lou Williams should be productive so give them a look-gander. They’ll get minutes anyway.

Derrick Rose – Allegedly he’ll play limited minutes tonight. It’s so damn hard to sit him though because he can still go 20/4/5 or something like that in just 25 minutes of burn. I don’t know, sit him if you only have real options getting 35 minutes of run.

Sasha Pavlovic – You’re a Boston Celtics season ticket holder and the season schedule said MIAMI last week of the season! Wowza, that’s gonna be a dandy, can’t wait, maybe I’ll sell my tickets for hundreds of dollars! Yeah, nah that didn’t happen. Consider streaming Sasha in deeeep leagues on Thursday if everyone sits again.

Norris Cole – See Sasha Pavlovic 1/4 inch above.

Jeremy Tyler – Played 40 minutes last night and dropped 13/8/2 with a steal. 40 minutes!!

Channing Frye – Done. Lose him quick quick.

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Iggy goes pop!

24 April 2012, 2:35 pm

In what could be a significant blow to the hopes and dreams of fantasy owners, Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand will not play the final two games of the season. Elton will be rested and Iggy because he’s banged up but mostly because he needs the rest, as well. I was DM’ing on Twitter the other day with a reader and the issue of when to end H2H playoffs came up. Simply put, I compare it to why most Fantasy Football leagues have their Super Bowl in week 16. The final week of an NBA season is, for intents and purposes, garbage time and it’s a shame that a H2H championship has to be decidedon who grabbed Lavoy Allen or a schmoe like Shane Battier (Batty-er, if you’re from the U.K.!) first for the final two games of the season. My advice if you’re currently an angry man playing in your H2H Finals is to have your commish end the finals on the last Sunday of the season. That’s what I does, I give advice and insight in case you haven’t noticed. Anyway, here’s what else I saw in fantasy basketball last night:

Spencer Hawes – May be rested in one or both of the Sixers’ final two games so consider grabbing Nikola Vucevic or Lavoy Allen. I wouldn’t drop Hawes just yet but keep an eye on Allen who dropped 9/4/1 in 20 minutes last night. Vucevic played 2 minutes. And 2+2 =??. I’ll let you do the math.

Lou Williams – May pick up some extra minutes along with Thadeus Young in Andre Igoudala’s stead. That’s the order I’d go if both were available. Evan Turner is also worth a look-gander, too! Oh, wow, I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it!

Zach Randolph -  3/5/1 in 19 minutes. I don’t know, I think Z-Bo may have one more good game left in him before the money games start. Just a hunch.

Lester Hudson – 9 points in 12 minutes off the bench against his old team, the 5 Non-Lebrons. That was weird. Consider streaming Thursday if you’re desperate, I guess. Maybe he’ll see more minutes in the finale, I assume he might but I’m not expecting much unless Mike Conley sits.

Darren Collison – Returned and dropped 4/3/4 with 6 tovs in 31 minutes on 1-8 FG. Thank you for the final kick in the ass, said his fantasy owner. George Hill is expected back on Wednesday and will start.

Danny Granger – DNP Knee bone. Danny 3 Ball will miss Wednesday’s game too but should be ok for the playoffs. Paul George should be the biggest beneficiary as last night’s line attests, or detests if you went against George in your H2H Finals. Leandro Barbosa is also worth streaming if going Brazilian is your thing. Don’t be shy, girls go Brazilian all the time.

Manny Harris – 11/3/2 with 3 steals and a three. Worth streaming with 2 games left, I guess.

Carlos Delfino – I told you to drop him last Friday and now he’s gone for the rest of the year so if you didn’t listen to me on Friday go ahead and drop him now, you hardheaded person you!

Drew Gooden – Played limited minutes, I’m not going to list the line but trust me, you don’t want to see it anyway. Ekpe Udoh is your huckleberry, followed by Larry Sanders followed by the ball boy who is 5’4.

Armon Johnson – 10/2/2 in 23 minutes and scored the last two points in New Jersey Nets history. No word if the Nets cut down the nets after the game. Give Armon a look-gander if you’re  desperate for a guard on Thursday.

Jameer Nelson – Didn’t practice on Tuesday (today!) but plans to return Wednesday night. We’ll see, man, we’ll see.

Shane Battier – Worth grabbing in a non-perverted way if Lebron James and Dwyane Wade both sit which may happen. They gots to rest up for the playoffs. Mickey said, “You got a bum eye, you can’t win, Rock!”. Mickey from Rocky, not the Heat owner. Miami doesn’t even have a guy named Rocky.

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Harden went flacid and the Lakers have no Peace

23 April 2012, 1:36 pm

At this point in the season it’s basically every man for himself in fantasy hoops. As NBA teams ramp up for the playoffs they are sitting their regulars or playing them limited minutes. Other teams out of the playoffs have guys on 10 day contracts who are getting looks. In essence, fantasy basketball these days is like a box of chocolates, you never know exactly what you’re going to get. So says Forrest Gump! Anyway, most teams have two games left, some have three and others just one lonesome game remains. The number of remaining games for each team is listed at the bottom of today’s post for your viewing pleasure. Or scowling displeasure if you own say, oh, I don’t know, let’s say Dirk Nowitzki, for example. Here’s what I saw in fantasy basketball this weekend:

James Harden – Concussed! Someone else recently was concussed, what’s his name, I can’t remember, he’s big, white and shoots threes. He’s also known to rebound the basketball a little bit. Anyway, that guy is out for the year so what do you think Jimmy Beard’s chances are of playing in any of the final two? Let’s keep it realz, boys and girl, start making alternative plans. Pronto!

Thabo Sefolsha – 6/10/1 with 3 steals and a three in 41 minutes. Give Daequan Cook a look also in deep leagues if you need cheap threes. Two games left of OKC.

Metta World Peace – Instantly became fantasy fodder once Kobe Bryant returned so his pending suspension is kind of moot, or mute if you like confusing words.

Steve Blake – 13/5/3 with 2 steals and 3 threes in 36 minutes. Could see useful minutes Thursday night with MWP suspended, assuming he gets suspended which is a reasonable assumption. I’m reasonable like that.

Jordan Hill – 14/15/0 with a steal and 3 blocks. Monitor to see if Andrew Bynum or Pau Gasol will sit and pounce like a kitten if either do. Just remember, he’s still Jordan Hill!

Linas Kleiza – 12/3/2 with a steal and two threes in 23 minutes. Two more games for the Raptors so give him a look gander if you’re in need.

Baron Davis – 13/1/10 with 2 steals and 3 steals in 31 minutes. Knicks have two more games. I can’t see Boom Dizzle posting another line like this. I’m willing to bet him a Big Mac on it. Wait, nevermind, that would be incentive for him to win the bet!

Marvin Williams – 29/11/0 with a steal and 3 blocks in 39 minutes. On Friday I had him as an Add with the caveat that I didn’t love him but whatevs since he’s getting burn. Feel free to get excited about this line but remember Atlanta was playing a Knicks team that was without Tyson Chandler and went small. Splash! That’s me throwing water all over your excitement. Sorry.

Ivan Johnson – 1/4/0 with 3 steals in 13 minutes. Still worth rolling with as long as the Hawks aren’t playing the Knicks without Tyson Chandler in the lineup.

Chris Duhon – 3/2/3 with a steal and a three after Jameer Nelson went down for the count two minutes in. Basically Duhon is terrible. Relatively speaking, of course. Stream at your own risk if Jameer is to miss any games.

Nikola Pekovic – 19/16/2 in 37 minutes. Last week reports came out that he was in a lot of pain and was a solid candidate to be shut down. Since then he’s had a couple of big games. Shrug. Damn you, fantasy basketball!!!

Kevin Love – Done. As I said Friday I would have been surprised if he tried to come back. That would have been about as smart as a stoner complaining to the police that his dealer ripped him off.

Dorrell Wright – DNP-Ankle on Saturday and Sunday. He just had to do it, he just had to twist the knife in his owner’s back that one last time, didn’t he? Ugh. Stream Brandon Rush if he’s still out there.

Al Harrington – Continuing with the walking wounded, Al will probably sit one or both of the Nuggets’ last two games to rest up for the playoffs.  Just your friendly FYI. That’s what I does, I give FYIs and what not.

JaVale McGee – I had him as a drop on Friday then he went out and proved useful and proved my drop recommendation to be a buffoon of a recommendation. Go ahead and take a whirl if he was dropped by his frustrated owner.

Lance Thomas – 10/6/2 in 25 minutes. This is what it’s come down to, blurbing about Lance Thomas as a possible streamer. Take a look-gander if that’s your thing.

Shane Battier/James Jones/Mike Miller – All candidates for minutes if Lebron James sits one or both of Miami’s final games. Go get ‘em!

Here you go on each team’s games remaining:

3 games – Cle, Mil, Phi, Was, Cha, SA

2 games – Por, Den, Ind, NY, Mem, Chi, GS,  LAC, Tor, Orl, NO, Sac, Det, Phx, Uta, NJ, Bos, Mia, OKC

1 game – Dal, Hou, Min, LAL

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