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after snagging rodney stuckey, monta ellis and carlos boozer from the waiver wire, i thought i earned myself a trip to the playoffs. lo and behold, i'm still on the outside looking in. there are several things which add up to dash my hope for another run at a fantasy basketball championship this season. 1. chris paul's injury- i couldn't believe i benched chris paul for a week. well, not technically a week as it was the time before the all-star break. his production was sorely missed. i'm sure a lot of chris paul owners also had this problem. 2. letting wilson chandler go- a slump in one week made me prematurely decide that it was safe to dump chandler. after that, he got snagged immediately and he got back to his usual productive self. grrr. 3. jose calderon's hammy problems- without those frustrating hamstring problems to calderon, i think my team would have won more earlier in the season. to think i got him with my second pick. i'm a noob! 4. ...

chris paul has been out for three games already after going down with that groin strain...and it looks like he won't be back until after the all-star weekend. no word yet on whether chris paul will be back by monday against the grizzlies. and that makes me think that chris paul might not even play a game this week. for people who play fantasy basketball (at least those with paul on their team), i think setting the lineup for week 16 is kind of a big problem. i own chris paul in our league and it's proving to be quite a task to set the lineup. do i start him and risk having a zero for a week? or do i start someone over him which could at best score only 30 fantasy points? the deadline for setting the lineup is getting nearer so i have to make a decision. i'm benching chris paul. :( good thing i got ramon sessions on the bench (yeah, the guy who just dropped 44 on the pistons) the way i see it, byron scott would not force chris paul to suit up if cp3 is not yet healed a...

just a post to share my lineup: starting at the four guards spots are jose calderon , chris paul , john salmons , and rodney stuckey . my four forwards are luol deng , al thornton , kenyon martin , and marvin williams . starting at center is shaquille o'neal and at the flex position is monta ellis . on the bench are carlos boozer , ramon sessions , and brad miller . as you can see, only two among the thirteen will be in the all-star game, shaq and cp3. thornton will be there too but only in the rookie-sophomore game. no matter, i'd still be rooting for shaq, paul, and thornton at the weekend games.

wow, that's quite a jump ain't it? from week 1 to week 14 but hey, i'm not perfect (unlike jose calderon who is yet to miss a free throw this season). my lineup has changed drastically from the start of the season which shows i have been busy with it. in fact, i spend too much time researching all things that could impact my team that "teh gf" is complianing already. but i have my needs right? anyway, i still got chris paul in the lineup and starting. if you have chris paul and you are not starting him, you are hopeless in fantasy basketball. the guy's a stud. another starting guard for my team is jose calderon. i missed his productions for two weeks as i had to bench him following his injuries. but now he's back and is looking healthy. if only jose would score more, i think he can be a legit no. 1 fantasy option as he racks up a lot of assists. my third guard is rodney stuckey. surprisingly, he went undrafted. luckily for me, i added stuckey b...

nope, i did not misspell that. i do mean foints and not points. i read somewhere that it's what they call fantasy points nowadays, so there. after weeks and weeks being lazy and not posting anything here (not that anyone cares), i suddenly found the urge to write and since i'm a crazed chris paul fan, here goes: charis paul just racked up his fifth triple-double in the season to lead all nba players. his latest triple-double came at the expense of the philadelphia 76ers when cp3 dropped 27 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished out 15 helpers. he also stole the ball 7 times and swatted a shot while turning the ball over 4 times. so using my league's scoring system, where every assist is worth 2 points, cp3 got: 27 points = 27 15 assists = 30 10 rebounds = 10 7 steals = 7 1 block = 1 4 turnovers = -4 27+30+10+7+1-4= 71 fantasy points as a result of that "little" explosion from cp3, i'm enjoying quite a cushion over my opponent this week (more on that late...

two days into the nba season and my fingers are already itching to post some of my thoughts about my fantasy basketball lineup. from the previous post, you can see my picks and this time, i'm gonna try to squeeze something out of my head to rate how well my players did on their first game/s. to start it off, chris paul had a good game in their season opener against the warriors. he racked up 21 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals., and a block but he committed 3 turnovers. so in cbs' head-to-head format, he got 49 points for his first game. not bad really as he has the most fantasy points of all players in the league. if you have chris paul in your lineup, don't trade him and always put him in the starting lineup. moving on to jose calderon. people are expecting this year to be the "real" breakout season for this guy as he does not have to compete with t.j. ford for playing time. his first game though is not that good although not too shabby either. ...

for people who want to know what it's like to be an nba team owner, a fantasy league is the closest answer. and with me following nba news so much, i once again signed up for a new team over at CBS Sports.draft day came and this is what i got for the 2008-09 nba fantasy basketball season: 1. chris paul (g)- i could have picked lebron over cp3 since i had the first pick in the draft. but, since it's a head-to-head league where assists are worth two points, i assumed that chris paul's mad passing skills would overcome james' rebounding numbers. plus, chris paul is the main reason why i won the championship in our league last year so i want an encore. hehe 2. jose calderon (g)- last year, i picked up calderon from the waivers and his assists numbers was so impressive that i just had to take him back, even if it means grabbing him while tim duncan, chris bosh, chris kaman, and rudy gay are still on the board. i just hope that calderon's ankle would heal properl...

it's official , with the help of chris paul and kobe bryant, my fantasy basketball team went on to win the championship in our league. of course, chris paul with his assists and points made it possible for the team to even get to the playoffs. kobe bryant's great plays this season with improvement in the assists department is also much appreciated. but, my mvp would still be chris paul. hehehe... the great thing about joining a fantasy league is that you get to act like a multimillionaire trading players worth millions of dollars. also, it gives the mind some exercise since you have to be always up to date with what's going on in the nba. for example, when tj ford went down with that scary injury in the early part of the season, jose calderon proved to be a great fantasy stud as he dishes out assists like they were bead necklaces during mardi gras. also, when the kings started out without martin, artest and bibby; beno udrih and john salmons gave a lot of fantasy teams ...

the last week of the nba regular season means teams are jockeying for playoff spots. this is also the time of the year when fantasy basketball team "owners" get ready for the playoffs. luckily for me, i managed to get to the finals. it started about four months ago since our league started late. my first pick in the draft was chris paul who by the way is my bet for this season's mvp. after a week or two, i received a trade offer for jamal tinsley and jeff green for kb24. after consulting a friend (a kobe fanatic) of mine regarding the trade, i agreed to the trade. that trade made my team's appearance in the playoffs possible. with kobe and cp3 in my lineup, my team finished in the top four and eventually beat another team in the semis. today, i'm behind by three points. am pinning my hope on mikki moore to pickup his performance as he only has three points in his last outing. the latest game between the lakers and the clippers also proved to be disastrous f...