Basketball (NBA, College, etc.)

I finished my draft earlier. :tired:
This is my first time participating in a live draft.
I was a bit nervous and probably made a couple of mistakes. I hope my late round picks are just fine cuz I'm not 100% familiar with some players I drafted.

speed.sheep wrote:I finished my draft earlier. :tired:
This is my first time participating in a live draft.
I was a bit nervous and probably made a couple of mistakes. I hope my late round picks are just fine cuz I'm not 100% familiar with some players I drafted.

you can draft this early? when is th earliest you can draft your players? i thought it was the date that the fantasy league set..i guess it depends eh?...i haven't picked them yet.....first time for me too.....gonna rely mostly on luck.... :sweat: :sweat:

qilver wrote:

you can draft this early? when is th earliest you can draft your players? i thought it was the date that the fantasy league set..i guess it depends eh?...i haven't picked them yet.....first time for me too.....gonna rely mostly on luck.... :sweat: :sweat:

There're typically 2 types of draft on Yahoo, live draft and autopick draft. The draft time is set by the league commissioner. (except the public leagues)

In a Live Online Draft, each manager have to select a squad in real time with other managers. For autopick draft league, however, the computers select a team for managers and managers should pre-rank their players before the draft. (or your players will be drafted based on the default rankings)

speed.sheep wrote:I finished my draft earlier. :tired:
This is my first time participating in a live draft.
I was a bit nervous and probably made a couple of mistakes. I hope my late round picks are just fine cuz I'm not 100% familiar with some players I drafted.

I think the biggest mistake that you did is participating in a league that conducted a draft this early. :beaten: The most advisable is to do a draft atleast 2 weeks before the NBA season starts (that should be the earliest to conduct a draft). Not only will it give you more time to scout but could also do some "wait and see" on things that could happen in the NBA (trades, injuries, etc.) to avoid regretting your picks. Some players (or managers as we call it) who joined in a league that conducted a draft as early as september and picked Pau Gasol regretted doing so because it was only announced this october that Gasol will be out due to injury until Valentine's day. Now we who would do the draft a little bit later will avoid Gasol.

By the way, could you pm me your team roster?......if you don't mind. :sweat: :bonk:

Preseason starts: Lakers-Sonics right now... At the Honda Center (formerly The Pond)...

bmwracer wrote:Preseason starts: Lakers-Sonics right now... At the Honda Center (formerly The Pond)...

can't wait for the NBA season to start up... :woot:

but atleast we have the pre-season going on now... :applaud:

qilver wrote:but atleast we have the pre-season going on now... :applaud:

Lakers eke out a win against the Sonics, 104-101... Kobe, Chris, and Sasha are on the sidelines recuperating from off-season surgeries/injuries...

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Prosecutors in suburban Detroit said Friday they may request jail time for Indiana Pacers guard Stephen Jackson if he is found to have violated probation by firing a gun outside an Indianapolis strip club. Hope nobody took Stephen Jackson in their fantasy league [/list:u]

bmwracer wrote:
Lakers eke out a win against the Sonics, 104-101... Kobe, Chris, and Sasha are on the sidelines recuperating from off-season surgeries/injuries...

not sure who the Sonics have.....Ray Allen still with them? just shows how bad the Sonics are...but maybe they were resting their starters too....:headscratch:

gaijin mark wrote: Hope nobody took Stephen Jackson in their fantasy league [/list:u]

Another reason not to participate in leagues that conduct early drafts :beaten: :hehe:

qilver wrote:not sure who the Sonics have.....Ray Allen still with them? just shows how bad the Sonics are...but maybe they were resting their starters too.... :headscratch:

The Sonics have players like Rashard Lewis who is a consistent gunner just like Ray Allen and a point guard named Luke Ridnour who is said to be the next Jason Kidd. ;) They aren't a contender right now, but these guys are young (well, except for Allen) and when the time comes that they reach their prime, then they will definitely become a threat. :sweat:

qilver wrote:not sure who the Sonics have.....Ray Allen still with them? just shows how bad the Sonics are...but maybe they were resting their starters too....:headscratch:

The Sonics led most of the way until both teams played their second teams in the fourth quarter... The Lakes took the lead, then almost choked the game away: a seven point lead with one minute to go, ended up being a three point win.

Saito_Hajime wrote:

The Sonics have players like Rashard Lewis who is a consistent gunner just like Ray Allen and a point guard named Luke Ridnour who is said to be the next Jason Kidd. ;) They aren't a contender right now, but these guys are young (well, except for Allen) and when the time comes that they reach their prime, then they will definitely become a threat. :sweat:

ok, completed my first live draft-fantasy basketball...
let me know what you think of my team....
some of it was guessing, some of the players i knew about, and watched during the season and playoffs...

qilver wrote:

ok, completed my first live draft-fantasy basketball...
let me know what you think of my team....
some of it was guessing, some of the players i knew about, and watched during the season and playoffs...

See my post in the "what are you guys doing" thread, I posted my opinion about your team. I have some players that are risky as well. Marko Jaric for one isn't the one I have in mind :bonk:

Saito_Hajime wrote:

See my post in the "what are you guys doing" thread, I posted my opinion about your team. I have some players that are risky as well. Marko Jaric for one isn't the one I have in mind :bonk:

ok, i will check it out....

Marko, yeah, a bit of a risk....not sure what to think of him...but maybe you can trade for him, or that you can keep him in your team, hopefully he does well this season.

at the point, i have J. Terry, and Smush...(a risk right there....)
then i have R. Bell, and C. Maggette(happy with this pick), all in all, i think i have a decent team, not great, but i hope to get ranked....atleast not last place... :sweat:

qilver wrote:

ok, i will check it out....

Marko, yeah, a bit of a risk....not sure what to think of him...but maybe you can trade for him, or that you can keep him in your team, hopefully he does well this season.

at the point, i have J. Terry, and Smush...(a risk right there....)
then i have R. Bell, and C. Maggette(happy with this pick), all in all, i think i have a decent team, not great, but i hope to get ranked....atleast not last place... :sweat:

I have no choice but to take the risk because I ran out of good point guards in later rounds. :banghead: But aside from Jaric, I am quite satisfied with my picks, should be competitive enough. :)

Jason Terry isn't a risk my friend, he will provide you solid numbers, definitely a good pick. ;)

Saito_Hajime wrote:

I have no choice but to take the risk because I ran out of good point guards in later rounds. :banghead: But aside from Jaric, I am quite satisfied with my picks, should be competitive enough. :)

Jason Terry isn't a risk my friend, he will provide you solid numbers, definitely a good pick. ;)

I think if you have a good overall team, it will offset the risk you made with Jaric.... :victory:
yeah, i figured he will provide some good numbers this year...Jason Terry
some safe choices i made...
but risky choices I made were: Dampier, Jarrett Jack, Smush Parker, Joe Smith.... :sweat:

Saito_Hajime wrote:See my post in the "what are you guys doing" thread, I posted my opinion about your team. I have some players that are risky as well. Marko Jaric for one isn't the one I have in mind :bonk:

Uh, you should try to keep the NBA conversation in this thread... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Uh, you should try to keep the NBA conversation in this thread... :sweat:

understandable...
i tried to keep it to a minimium and limit my NBA talk...i will keep it NBA focus here. :bonk:

qilver wrote:

I think if you have a good overall team, it will offset the risk you made with Jaric.... :victory:
yeah, i figured he will provide some good numbers this year...Jason Terry
some safe choices i made...
but risky choices I made were: Dampier, Jarrett Jack, Smush Parker, Joe Smith.... :sweat:

Jack and Joe Smith is kinda risky in my opinion. We still have 2 more weeks to go before the games starts, try to watch some of the pre-season games and look how these 2 will do in those games. Of course, I'll also do my scoutings as well. :)

bmwracer wrote:Uh, you should try to keep the NBA conversation in this thread... :sweat:

Will do. :mrgreen:

Saito_Hajime wrote:

Jack and Joe Smith is kinda risky in my opinion. We still have 2 more weeks to go before the games starts, try to watch some of the pre-season games and look how these 2 will do in those games. Of course, I'll also do my scoutings as well.

I'll try to keep a watch on these players, now i have more reason to watch NBA and keep focused on my players. ganbatte ne... :applaud: