WEEK 7 WRAP-UP

I always find the best part of the fantasy football playoffs lately to be that I get to just coast and finally give all of my attention to the NBA season.  Joey touched on this in the dynasty football league that we are a part of, but fantasy football is a fucking crapshoot. It's so bloody random. And he's 100% correct. 

Basketball has no such problems. Sure, guys can have bad nights, but you generally know what you're getting with each game, the avg fppg statistic actually means something. Having a full 7 nights also gives you chance after chance after chance to pull out a win, and not just lose because your best player decided to shit a brick one night. 

Basketball is more of a time investment than football, but that investment actually pays dividends most of the time. The research you do, the numbers you run, they all mean something. There is no world that exists where your #1 draft pick in fantasy basketball doesn't finish around the same position you drafted him in barring sweeping changes to their situation. The only player that I could really label a complete bomb relative to their draft position is LaMarcus Aldridge. But in football? your lucky if your 1st pick finishes in the top 10 at their position let alone overall. Case in point? For my work league, which is 12-team PPR, the 2nd pick of our draft? Todd Gurley. Sad life for that guy. But for the NBA? If we go back to our draft from last year, the top 10 is virtually the same as it would be this year, were we to redraft, the only difference would be the ascension of Whiteside and Giannis knocking Dame, CP3, or Kawhi to the 2nd round.

TL;DR: Fantasy Basketball is so much better than football. 

Now that I've gotten that out of the way, let's talk shop. This week pretty much kept the status quo. The only upset was the Celtics eeking one out against the Raptors. Could this be the start of a turn around? Just remember:

Without further ado, on with the show! It's Garbage Time bayyyyybeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

BLOWOUT OF THE WEEK

Logan did to Kris, what Sam Dekkar did to Enes Kanter. He straight embarrassed him.  If you need visual representation, here's exhibit A.

You wouldn't know it by the end result, but Kris actually won two nights. But he also neglected to set his lineup multiple nights as well, leading to a complete humiliation to the tune of 500 points. This makes three losses in a row for the Bulls, and two wins in a row for the Hornets. The Bulls face a Raptors squad reeling from a Celtics loss this week, while the Hornets will try to increase their lead in Eastern Conference against a top-ranked Kings squad that have won their last three contests.

GAME OF THE WEEK

If the past two weeks have taught me anything, it's that I now believe that Sam and his Celtics actually do give a shit and are committed to this league and to turning around their team. The Celtics desperately needed this win, and they got it. And from the looks of it, the Rockets, Blazers, and Heat could take some notes, because this could mark the beginning of a winning streak for the C's and fantasy player of the week LeBron James, who's looking like the winning side of that blockbuster deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Boston took the week four nights to three including a 300 burger night one over the Raptors who have now lost in back to back weeks. The Raptors will fight to move up the standings while hoping the Bulls forget to set their lineups again in week eight. While Boston draws a very winnable match-up against the still floundering Miami Heat who are now 1-6 after a blowout loss to the Spurs in week seven.

NIGHT OF THE WEEK

The C's were the only squad to post a 300+ point night this week.  They hit 313.5 on night one on the back of Klay Thompson's absurd 60-real point night in 29 minutes against the Indiana Pacers.

That will do it for this week's Garbage Time. Next week will see the results of two potential upsets with the Trail Blazers taking on the Timberwolves, and the Rockets taking on the Spurs.  Meanwhile, a game of the week candidate in the making with Charlotte vs. Sacramento. Until next time!

Week 5&6 Wrap Up

After the Holiday weekend and getting a little much needed R&R, it's time to get back to the grind. But seeing as I have two weeks to cover, I thought I'd shake it up a bit, so instead of two of each award, one for each week, I'm going to add some awards and stretch them to cover both weeks. So without further ado, welcome to this week's special 2-week edition of Garbage Time!

A Contender falls...

It's been a rough couple weeks for Kris and the Bulls. Kid can't catch a break. The Bulls went into last week as one of four teams with a 3-1 record, faces my Kings, I go off on a short week, posting three 300 point games, then proceeds to get blown out by the 'self-proclaimed worst team' Portland Trailblazers. #feelsbadman. The Bulls managed to go from a .750 win percentage to .500 in two weeks is rough, and his road to redemption isn't getting any easier in week seven.  

Meanwhile, in other league news, Joey traded LeBron to the Celtics, whom Sam subsequently tried to give away for peanuts. Oh, and Miami finally won a game! It's still amazing to me that I'm just now saying that in week seven, when before the season started, the Heat were viewed as a contender, but instead their seasons kind of mirroring the Carolina Panthers. 

Now that we've caught up a bit, let's get down to it. Who's been the best? Who's been the worst? Who's posted point totals that would shame their mothers? It's that time again, it's Garbage Time!

TEAM OF THE WEEK

Numbers don't lie.  My Kings are looking pretty good lately. Boogie's balling out with a broken finger on his shooting hand, thus making him the only player in the NBA currently capable of playing through an injury. And while he may not put up Russell Westbrook numbers, he did ample in delivering me, not only to first place in total points scored overall, but the top total score in both week five and six, and contributed to four 300 point nights, putting the Chicago Bulls on a 2-game skid, and spoiling the Rocket's first 300 point night of the season in a week Joey and I both thought we were both destined to lose. But turns out Destiny is a fickle bitch and we both spoke too soon.

DUMPSTER FIRE OF THE WEEK

The Celtics continued their year of continued all-around awfulness posting the lowest overall 2-week total, in route to two losses to take their overall record to 1-5. It wasn't for a lack of trying though, as Sam made the first blockbuster trade of the season, moving DeMar DeRozan, and acquiring LeBron James from the Minnesota Timberwolves. I mean it's two seasons in a row, and Joey has made two trades involving LeBron James in which both teams that weren't the Timberwolves began horrible losing streaks. Not saying there's a connection, but you know, just sayin'.

MATCH OF THE WEEK

This was a tough one to decide, My first instinct told me to pick the week five match between the Spurs and Hornets. Good game, between two contenders, that came down to a last-ditch effort by the Hornets falling short. Great story, I had even written up an entire paragraph already, but as I poured over the numbers to look for drama, what I saw wasn't the back-and-forth slobber-knocker the end result represented. Instead, I saw a week where the Hornets never actually had a lead, had unused acquisitions, and where the Spurs had actually used 0 acquisitions, so he essentially won with no effort.  So here is the actual MotW winner.

This game was ridiculous, the runner-up for this was Minnesota vs. Miami, but there was one subtle difference. The number of lead changes.  While Minnesota, ironically, also took over control of the game on 12/2 with a 300 point night as the Kings did. The Kings started the week with the lead before ceding nights two and three and landing in a 117 point deficit on the back of Beau's first 300 point night. Things looked bleak until December 2nd when I posted my own 300 point night and seized the lead for the 2nd time and denied Beau's wish to hold a win over my head for the rest of time. So all I have to say is, SUCK IT BEAU, I WIN!

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COMEBACK OF THE WEEK

The Heat's quest for a 2nd win seemed all but assured through the first four nights of the week until Joey decided to show he was actually Dwight Howard playing basketball with a child all along and do this.

A 302 point night five ripped victory from the jaws of defeat and pushed the Timberwolves to 5-1 through six weeks.

NIGHT OF THE WEEK

Remember, remember the (twenty)fifth of November. Or at least, that's what I would be saying if Logan wasn't an absolute madman and decided to go off for 337 points on November 30th.  Only two, TWO, of his players had LESS THAN 40! Completely ridiculous. Well played, sir.

HOT GARBAGE OF THE WEEK

No one's getting this award, but instead Thanksgiving itself is. Because there was no basketball, and when there is no basketball, it is a sad day.

That's all folks! Week seven has a chance to cause a lot of upsets, so we shall see what's in store. I can't wait