Blazin

So the T.Blazers have a 07-08 season leading 11 game streak and this is their upcoming schedule:

Fri, Dec 28	Minnesota	10:00 pm
Sun, Dec 30	Philadelphia	6:00 pm
Mon, Dec 31	at Utah	8:00 pm
Wed, Jan 2	at Minnesota	8:00 pm
Thu, Jan 3	at Chicago	8:00 pm

Considering they've had the mettle over Utah twice on their run to 11, it's entirely possible that the Portland team will notch up 16 straight. PORTLAND?!

When we talk ball

PinG^ says:
they should rename the team milwaukee deers..
PinG^ says:
wats diff between bucks and deers LS
!van - 忙死啊！ says:
bucks has the money connotation to it
PinG^ says:
eerrr
COLIN NATION says:
yeh and the verb connotation
PinG^ says:
ye right..
COLIN NATION says:
to buck someone
COLIN NATION says:
in the ass
PinG^ says:
YE RIGHT>...
!van - 忙死啊！ says:
hahaha
!van - 忙死啊！ says:
or to get buck naked
COLIN NATION says:
Hahahaha

Yi

This one's for Ivan. His main man Yi hit his first 12 shots today. Currently, he just missed his first shot of the game with a minute left in the 3rd quarter leaving his current shot stats at 12-13. I don't know what the record for most shots in a row is but he must've been well on his way to reaching it.

Another random observation, the Bulls only had 4 scorers on the board today against the Rockets up until Andre Nocioni's jump shot with 17 seconds left in the 3rd quarter. Yikes.

They Ball A Lot, We Ballot A Lot

Democracy is a broken system. You give stupid people a voice and the result is a slurring or stuttering garbled mess. You give stupid people a vote and the result is a slurring or stuttering garbled mess:



I think I make my point.

What does this have to do with NBA? Well the first returns of the All-Star ballot has been revealed and there are some interesting results. Notably, Yao Ming isn't leading the pack for the sixth straight year with a billion votes but instead, is falling behind Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony of all people. I don't know if David Stern implemented a gerrymander tactic where all votes in Denver are worth five times of those in Utah/Texas/China but somehow Melo is tallying more votes than genuine MVP candidates Nowitzki, Boozer and the aforementioned Yao.

Another travesty worth mentioning. With 101,878 votes, Eric Dampier is in front of:
- Marcus Camby (94,473)
- Pau Gasol (73,461)
- Chris Kaman (40,256)

And in the East, he's besting the likes of Wallace (of both varieties) and Jermaine O' Neal.

Eric Dampier has fans? Eric Dampier?

What in the Blazers?

After their W over Toronto today, the Trailblazers have notched up their 9th straight. And I ask; How in everything holy and right did this happen?!

On a related note, there's an article on Yahoo that spends way too much wordspace on a young player whose rise is more mediocre than meteoric.

Travis Outlaw article

Two questions:
1. Why is there even an article on this guy in the first place?
2. What kind of sad soul can write 1200 words on T-Outlaw?

susss

Zzzach Randolph

He's a monster on the glass but he's not no.1 on the Eddy Curry Line for no reason. Some food for thought on the guy, who just so happens to be on Ivan's roster.

Players who ... have more or as many blocks as Zach Randolph:

(Western conference)
Dan Dickau
Tony Parker
Antoine Walker
Earl Watson
Steve Blake
Beno Udrih
Mike James
Anthony Carter
Sasha Vujacic
Jason Terry

(Eastern conference)
Ray Allen
Brian Scalabrine
Dwight Howard(!)
Keyon Dooling
Smush Parker
Kyle Korver
Willie Green
Ben Gordon
Kirk Hinrich
Raymond Felton
Daniel "Boobie" Gibson
Eric Snow
Eddie Gill
Kareem Rush
Jermaine O'Neal
Jose Calderon
Stephon Marbury
Jamal Crawford

Eric Snow? Eddie Gill? Those guys average less than a quarter of basketball per game hahah. And Earl Watson is 6'1" on a good day. Zach, hands up in the air in defence ok?

Men-Children

Man-Children

A short one today fantastic dellers, the humorous side of Dwighteth Howard. More videos will be coming soon...


Burita

The Man-Child

Part two of my ode to Dwight. Tuning in on today's game against the Suns on livechannel, Carlos Arroyo has fed Dwight the ball for a dunk at least 4 times; 3 of them alley-oops. It must be a thrilling to know anywhere you slot the ball, that 8 foot wingspan and 12 foot vertical reach will be able to corral it somehow. Here's some other incredible stats.

- Turns 22 in a week
- Believes he's only playing at 10% of his potential
- In the game against the Sonics, 9 of 12 baskets were dunks
- Currently leads the NBA with 74 dunks this season, more than the totals of all but five teams!

Yep. Sure would like to be in Carlos Arroyo's shoes right now.

Yikes

It's not often a game of bball reflects comprehensively, the state of the league. But that just happened today.

Boston 104
New York 59

The best team in the league.
The worst team in the league.

Dwight

One of the main reasons we decided to start this blog was our admiration of Dwight Howard, commonly known as The Man Child. Other monikers include, "Beast" or the New Shaq. In fact, I was almost tempted to name this blog, For the Love of Dwight. Ivan's fascination blossomed when he watched Dwight's humourous side (I'll let him elaborate). My recollection of Dwight was 3 years ago in my first fantasy season when Ray had him on his team and racked all the rebound stats. He eventually lead the NBA that season in double-doubles I think, something he is replicating this season.

Well, today the Man Child exploded. career-high 39 points, 16 rebounds and 5 swats. Reports say that at one stage, the D-Man was being quadruple teamed by the Supersonics. And still to no avail. Man I love this guy.



Anyway, Ivan and my fascination of Dwight translated into a promoted draft pick in this year's fantasy draft. His default draft was at an underestimated 48! Experts look down on his FT% and high TO rate. Despite this, I elevated him to no.10 in my draft. I figure, I can sacrafice my TO stats every week for unlimited potential in rebounds, blocks and FG%. I think Ivan grabbed Dwight in the 3rd or 4th pick. Either way, he and I are laughing all the way to the bank now.

More on Dwight later.

The New Big 3?

The Beantown Express currently continues its relentless dismissal of all the stops it makes along its way to the playoffs - and why not. The Big 3, the Holy Trinity: Garnett, Pierce and Allen, are all in the top 20 for scoring and all averaging over 20ppg. Of course good things are happening in Boston but the only downside is that anything less than a ring on the finger at the end of the season will be considered a failure. Still, Doc Rivers' saliva glands probably haven't stopped leaking uncontrollably since the pre-season.

Anyway, it's without a doubt that Boston hold the big 3 in the NBA. Previously, I believe the title went to Iverson, Melo and JR Smith but only on the grounds that they were the top scoring trio in the NBA - making defensive stops and not hogging the ball is another matter. Jason Kidd brings about vintage form for another season for New Jersey but they can consider themselves unlucky as a reinvigorated R-Jeff snaps two-years in the injury wilderness to get himself close to the top 5 scorers in the league only to have Carter fall victim to his own body in his place. Likewise, legitimate contenders for the Big 3 title in Washington has seen Arenas sidelined for 3 months with knee surgery and Butler and Jamison needing to carry much of the slack. (Not without a fill in role from Blatche though, see below!)

However, focusing on the Rockets game today, it seems like a new Big 3 could be emerging. After a limp start to the season, which saw this player become the highest dropped draft after week 1 only to be the highest pickup the following week, Luis Scola might just be filling in his pre-season promise. His stats today: 10-16 shooting for 20 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists against the Heat, which is impressive support for what is highly regarded as the best 2-man tandem in the NBA. This after shooting 10-11 against the Spurs in the absence of T-mac.

Is it possible that a Rocket is gaining speed on the Boston Big 3 in the NBA?

Andray Blatche

Who?!, you might ask.

No, he's not my nomination for Player with the Weirdest Name in the NBA (actually that's a pretty good idea for a post, my nomination goes to Kaleeza Azubuike). Andray Blatche is a third-year second-round pick playing for Washington whose career averages 3.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists.

So why am I blogging about this unremarkable guy? Cos the dude just went off in the past 3 games.

It started with a fairly innocuous recommendation from Matt Buser who cited his '20 minutes in five straight games, averaging 7.2 points, 5.2 boards, 1 steal, and 2.4 blocks' worthy for attention. Since then though, the SF, PF eligible has posted a career night shooting 12-14 for 26 points coupled with 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

I decided to add him and he followed up with a credible line of 12 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks. It gets better as Brenden Haywood limped off the court and Gilbert Arenas recently announcing a 3 month recovery, Blatche's role now becomes more than cursory support for Jamison and Butler; he represents legitimate value for the Wizards.

I'm putting it out there that if he maintains these sort of numbers; you're looking at this year's MIP.

Dumbest Nba Play Ever

Dumbest NBA Play/Player goes to the washington wizard idiot (Michael Ruffin) who decided to throw the ball up in the air. Watch as the tale unfolds:




Had he held the ball instead of throwing it up like an idiot, maybe they could've won the game.. just maybe. Watch as his team mates look at him with disgust while he clenches his head in shame. For your information, the wiz's ended up losing the game in overtime

Dorkiest Players of the previous era

4) Greg Kite



3) Horace Grant




2) John Stockton




1) Jeff Hornacek

Precedent

Michael Redd attempts the first ever levitate-from-halfway dunk today against the Cavaliers.



























Other captions for this pic
And the recipient of the 'Least masculine defensive stance in the NBA' goes to...

"AWW CRAP I TOTALLY MISJUDGED THAT... BY 20 METERS"

Most Dorky

Saw an image of Steve Blake and thought, damn this guy looks white. I made him my nomination for most out of place player (based on looks) in the NBA. Would you like to nominate someone Ivan?

Welcome

Welcome Y'all,
This is my first post on the fantastic dell's fantasy site.
My lineup is as follows:

1.	(9)	Yao Ming	C
2.	(16)	Carlos Boozer	PF,C
3.	(33)	Allen Iverson	PG,SG
4.	(40)	Dwight Howard	C
5.	(57)	Zach Randolph	PF
6.	(64)	Nenad Krstic	PF,C
7.	(81)	Rajon Rondo	PG,SG
8.	(88)	Quentin Richardson	SG,SF
9.	(105)	Chris Wilcox	PF,C
10.	(112)	Luis Scola	SF,PF
11.	(129)	Drew Gooden	PF
12.	(136)	James Posey	SG,SF
13.	(153)	Bruce Bowen	SF
14.	(160)	Jason Williams	PG
15.	(177)	Jeff Foster	PF,C
16.	(184)	Alonzo Mourning	C
17.	(201)	Rudy Fernandez	PG,SG

Note the Players in Red have been dropped from my squad.
Obviously I didn't pay very good attention to my pre-draft rankings.
Rondo is a bust and only performs when I bench him.
What's the deal?



Burita

Jermaine

should really grow his hair back.






Damn, that's a huge noggin!

First blog

First blog of Fantastic Dell's Fantasy Island blog. This is a blog for Colin and Ivan's yahoo fantasy basketball teams. Below are their respective teams.

Colin's Fungus Dells:

1.	(11)	Jason Kidd	PG
2.	(14)	Dwight Howard	C
3.	(35)	Joe Johnson	PG,SG
4.	(38)	Michael Redd	SG,SF
5.	(59)	Peja Stojakovic	SG,SF
6.	(62)	Kirk Hinrich	PG,SG
7.	(83)	Samuel Dalembert	C
8.	(86)	Richard Jefferson	SF
9.	(107)	Jamal Crawford	SG
10.	(110)	Andrew Bynum	C

11.(FA) Daniel Gibson PG,SG
12.(FA) John Salmons SG,SF
13.(FA) Tyrus Thomas SF,PF