tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31456620058548603952024-03-14T07:12:45.938-07:00Daily Fantasy Sports AdviceRandy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-52297239260755071142023-08-30T07:46:00.001-07:002023-08-30T07:46:12.332-07:00Auction Drafts<p>Historically, most fantasy draft analysts focus on snake drafts, as most drafts follow this format. But for a few of us, auction-or what they're calling "salary cap"-leagues, are where it's at. Personally, salary cap leagues have always intrigued me. The option to add multiple first round picks, or stack players in the way you want to is the way I like to build a team.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSSO-TPmXXazC6lUNG3sXR2Flnt7t04cMUxkBARP1rkhnxio31vsjQ_f5yRqqWdszG1etBUV42_JMYYrztjpyeKeBszQA0bCdWn8WTX_kfXCbQgm4JsPIlL3wx7DVvGPxilOGkZcD7SvS3pI4wWuf6MsLRouztdEr5o691x9pJjaaK5F5sLBBlt-QWibA" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSSO-TPmXXazC6lUNG3sXR2Flnt7t04cMUxkBARP1rkhnxio31vsjQ_f5yRqqWdszG1etBUV42_JMYYrztjpyeKeBszQA0bCdWn8WTX_kfXCbQgm4JsPIlL3wx7DVvGPxilOGkZcD7SvS3pI4wWuf6MsLRouztdEr5o691x9pJjaaK5F5sLBBlt-QWibA" width="105" /></a></div><br />With the right auction draft strategy, you can build the team you've always wanted. I'll be posting several of the teams I built this year using the salary cap league system. Not only can you pick up high value players and still build a team, in some cases you can double up on those first round talents and then go for depth and value later. You have far more control over your final roster using auction drafts than you do in snake drafts. So, let's go over some basic strategy stuff:<p></p><p>Number one-and this is the most important thing about auction drafts-you don't nominate players you want. Every dollar other teams waste before the players you want are nominated, is a step in the direction of you getting the team you want on a budget. I start off nominating injured stars, guys whose contract situations are a question mark, and then guys who I just don't believe in. If I'm hoping to build this team around one certain player, I'll nominate other players at that position. So for many teams this year I wanted Fields or Lawrence in my QB spot. So I'd nominate as many other QB's as I could prior to their nomination, hoping that other teams would fill up their QB spot and not want to spend on a second or third. This often works, especially with a QB or TE, as you really only want to roster 1-2 of them on each team, and you certainly don't want to spend a lot for a backup.</p><p>I like to go with a variation of the "two hero" strategy when building a salary cap league team. That is, I spend about half my budget on 2-3 studs, before saving the rest on value pickups later. Now, this team I've posted first isn't the best example of smart spending, as I ended the draft with $46 leftover-enough for one stud. While I clearly played the draft itself too conservatively, I still ended up with a team that I feel really good about, and has a couple of "studs" in Wilson and Mixon, as well as depth throughout.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6kwcLzNJkHvxoShvJbXvZVjreJmtDqiM4qaj3S5MzXOeu7MfKTEk4gvpMhTBBdDctJsMN_gJCMStTAsqMHfoBLw61eTmdNVmRBOr8sHw8XNZOWCNf8YvEufwZnho6NheOVn9jc6OhsDwPIC4Xb7BVqbAsMXJEwQNudj57j4XnRWTPA-8zIsk0fnjZ6D8" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6kwcLzNJkHvxoShvJbXvZVjreJmtDqiM4qaj3S5MzXOeu7MfKTEk4gvpMhTBBdDctJsMN_gJCMStTAsqMHfoBLw61eTmdNVmRBOr8sHw8XNZOWCNf8YvEufwZnho6NheOVn9jc6OhsDwPIC4Xb7BVqbAsMXJEwQNudj57j4XnRWTPA-8zIsk0fnjZ6D8" width="105" /></a></div><br />This next team, is a better example, with Mahomes/Kelce/Barkley all on the same team. This is what spending about half your budget on studs, and then waiting for value later looks like. Getting the Mahomes/Kelce stack (and adding Sky Moore later), as well as a stud running back in Saquon gives me three players I regularly see go in the first round of snake drafts. The rest of the team is rounded out with guys I got at a good value, got late when everyone was broke, or guys I think might have a good opportunity to outplay their draft position (or value, in this case) later on. Again, in an auction draft you're able to not only pick your starters, but the guys deep on your bench that you might have to count on one day.<p></p><p>So instead of calling this the auction "double hero" strategy, what we'll dub it is the "50/50" strategy, where you spend about 50% of your budget on studs, and 50% of your budget on depth. </p><p>Now, let's talk about "stacks". Stacks increase the value of your players because they essentially double output for your team. Say you have Trevor Lawrence and Calvin Ridley. Everything Lawrence throws to Ridley is scoring twice for your team: once for the QB, once for the receiver. This obviously works well for QBs and tight ends (like Lawrence and Engram, Mahomes and Kelce, or Lamar Jackson and Mark Andrews), or QB's and receiving backs (like Justin Herbert and Austin Ekeler). Stacking can also apply elsewhere however. For instance, defense and running back. If a team is winning a game, the defense is really locking down the offense, what do they tend to do? Run the ball to dominate the clock. So, taking a defense like the Patriots, and pairing it with their starting running back Rhamondre Stevenson, counts as a variation of a "stack".</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTut_bpMHTGp8Iq4OJG7JEmDXssoM6yf07EM_6RCx7lLIhdYGa-x69YppBbhWF5te2cyjitXYso6bbz-bfn6KhytGaa-SPhfqe--Uu-HguMLwRS9O6Q2TSwLj_y8osiXMCU9OiMdlqBTTGIptnQRuZuIv7wsoDWHxjVwohqRNLAt8UYxwkeaIaw9bP0GE" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTut_bpMHTGp8Iq4OJG7JEmDXssoM6yf07EM_6RCx7lLIhdYGa-x69YppBbhWF5te2cyjitXYso6bbz-bfn6KhytGaa-SPhfqe--Uu-HguMLwRS9O6Q2TSwLj_y8osiXMCU9OiMdlqBTTGIptnQRuZuIv7wsoDWHxjVwohqRNLAt8UYxwkeaIaw9bP0GE" width="105" /></a></div><br />You have to remember these things are going to work opposite as well. So for instance, you wouldn't pair Lamar Jackson and his running back JK Dobbins. Because chances are, if Lamar is running it a lot that game, Dobbins isn't, and vice versa. They take away from each other's production, and thus shouldn't be in your same lineup. You want to maximize good performances. So while Dobbins and the Baltimore defense would make a good pairing, Dobbins and Lamar, or Dobbins and Andrews wouldn't.<p></p><p>So, going into your draft you're going to make a plan. Who might you want to target to stack together, what stars do you like, these are the questions your plan will answer. But you'll need to be flexible. Sometimes when you go into an auction draft, someone else has a stronger desire than you. There are those years where other owners will spend way more than they should on certain players, and you just have to let go, and let them do that. I've seen players like Justin Jefferson, Christian McCaffrey, or Jamarr Chase go for high 60's or even more (of a $200 budget). That's fine, even if you wanted them. You just move on to the next plan, after letting one of the other owners waste their money.</p><p>That said, don't be afraid to spend. Sometimes you'll even need to spend a few dollars more than you plan to on a certain player. You'll make up the savings on the other end, so go for it. There's nothing worse than ending an auction draft with 30, 40, or 50 dollars left in your budget. You want to be conservative as an overall rule, but you don't want to be so conservative that you waste money by not spending it. </p><p>An auction draft is a test of patience, an opportunity to build the team you really want, and a true balancing act between conservatism and dropping big bucks to get the players you want. If you're able to target the right players with your money early on, then wait on the value plays later, you'll be able to build the team you want, from the QB spot to the final spot on your bench in a way that you simply can't with a snake draft. Auction drafts take time and skill, but ultimately they give you far more control over your roster than you'll ever have in a snake style draft.</p><p>Hopefully, this has given you some assistance in building your auction draft strategy. Good luck!</p>Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-24259504490871089212021-02-18T11:23:00.003-08:002021-02-18T11:23:40.552-08:00I'm Back!<p> I took several months off as I relocated, going from the east coast to the west coast, and I'm now writing to you from Reno, Nevada as I work to build a life here with my son. I hope you continue to enjoy my analysis. I'm currently talking with several sites about writing for their platform, so keep an eye out here for any updates on where to find my content. Until I work something out, I'll be publishing here, at least daily. I'll heavily focus on basketball, some daily betting, some dfs advice, and I'll also delve into some NFL draft stuff as well. Keep an eye out for my next piece, coming soon!</p>Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-11099844435665219372020-08-12T04:06:00.005-07:002020-08-12T04:06:57.949-07:00Fantasy Football Mock Draft Strategies-First Overall, Heavy RB<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we all know, mock drafting is really about creating a strategy to approach the draft with. This mock will show my preferred strategy, heavy RB. I've been preaching going RB-RB-RB for years, and the fantasy community has finally caught up after years, with most experts finally realizing the value of a top RB far exceeds that of a top WR regardless of format. I'll go through this pick by pick with my thoughts and reasoning as I picked:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started out with the obvious first overall pick: CMC. There's little reason to justify this pick, he's kind of the consensus #1 overall regardless of who you talk to, and for good reason: he's the ultimate dual threat RB in the league right now. While he's the consensus #1 overall regardless, in a PPR league he should be that much more valuable than guys like Derrick Henry, who aren't involved in the passing game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the 2nd/3rd round turn, I wanted to follow up on my CMC pick with two additional RB's, so I went with Chubb as my 2nd RB and Aaron Jones in my flex spot. While there are some questions regarding these players-how much work will Hunt take from Chubb, and will GB focus on Jones or go with more of a committee approach-the floor that CMC gives me at the RB position allows me to take these risks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the next "turn" of picks in the 4th and 5th, I needed to pick up some receivers, and both DJ Chark and Keenan Allen were there for me, a reasonably strong start to my receiver group considering this is my 4th and 5th pick. The Jacksonville offense may be a bit suspect, but Chark proved last season he can still be an impact fantasy player despite that. The questions with Keenan Allen have only ever been about his health in the past. Today, there are also questions about his QB, with Tyrod Taylor currently slated to start, and rookie Justin Herbert behind him. Regardless of those questions, Allen has the talent to justify his position as my second overall WR.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With my next turn picks (6th and 7th) I really wanted to make sure RB was the strength of my team regardless of off weeks, or anything that might happen, so I went with Hunt and Montgomery. While potentially providing his own individual value as a receiving threat in the Browns' offense, Hunt also works as a handcuff for Chubb, with most fantasy experts agreeing that if anything were to happen to Chubb throughout the season, Hunt could step into an automatic top 5 RB workload. Montgomery is a back who came into the year last year with a lot of hype, and let a lot of owners down. The coaching staff in Chicago is under pressure to use him more, and I think they'll do exactly that. While he won't provide a lot of work in the passing game-most of that will go to his backup Cohen-he has virtually no competition for the starting RB position, and should get plenty of touches out of the back field.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At this point in the draft, I've got 5 running backs: CMC, Chubb, Aaron Jones, Montgomery, and Kareem Hunt. I feel pretty good about my situation there. I've only got two WR's though, and while I'm pretty happy with the floor there, I could use a couple dart throws at guys with upside who could make that position even stronger. So with my next three picks (8th, 9th, and 10th rounds) I did exactly that, selecting Anthony Miller, Darius Slayton, and Jalen Reagor. All three have huge potential, a lot of talent, and could see an increased workload this year. There's been a lot of talk about Miller and his new approach to football overall this off-season, which many think despite the QB issues in Chicago that he could be a fantasy relevant option this year. Slayton, developed a clear connection with starter Daniel Jones last year, and while there are other targets on the offense, that connection with a QB often means more than anything else. Reagor's talent is impossible to ignore, and he's headed to a team that was drawing dead at WR last season, starting the likes of Greg Ward by the end of their year. Reagor could have plenty of opportunity, and has the talent to make the most of those chances.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With 5 RB's and 5 WR's on my roster at this point, a clear strength at RB, a solid floor at WR, and some potential there also, it was time to focus on QB, TE, and Defense, but I saw Pollard on the board there, and had to take him first. Here I'm just thinking, imagine Zeke goes down to something, Pollard steps into a workhorse role, and I have potentially 2-3 top 5ish RB's with CMC, Pollard, and Chubb/Hunt. NOW, I'm happy with my skill position players, and with no more bench spots, that's a good thing. With my final four picks, I'm aiming to fill out my roster. I go first with Cam Newton. Newton's health has been an issue in recent years, but he's now being coached by the GOAT coach in Belichick, and there's nobody better in the league than maximizing what you're good at, and avoiding what you're not good at. I think Cam could have a very productive year in New England, even top 10 QB production, and I'm very happy getting him at this point in the draft.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now I've gotta pick up a TE, and with Jonnu Smith on the board I've gotta go with him. He's undeniably talented, young, and is now the top option at the TE spot in Tennessee, and likely the second overall option in the passing game behind only AJ Brown. TE isn't a top priority in my drafting strategy, so at this point in the draft I'm just looking for a guy who will have some production. On the 44 targets Jonnu had last year, he had nearly an 80% catch percentage, and a 12.5 yards per reception average. If he can pick up the 30 targets vacated by Delanie Walker's absence, (which were only caught at a 67% clip for about 10 yards per reception), he could just about double his production from last season, which would put him over 800 yards and maybe 5-6 touchdowns. I'm happy with that out of my 13th round TE.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lastly, kicker and defense, and I went in this order for one real reason: I liked Butker being available. He'll be part of one of the highest scoring offenses in the league, which is often a recipe for a successful kicker. With no really good defenses available that got me excited, I figured Butker was the pick here. The Colts were just the best available of a bad group in the final round. While I'm not worried about them being a liability-they're a solid defense-they're also not a high scoring defense like the Bills, Steelers, 49ers, or Patriots were last season. Defenses are perhaps the least consequential part of our team though, so I'm happy with just getting one that will be a solid, top half of the league defense.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkleTUlUnbZpeci2OoLIbvGqEtHJmQ1yASD_Do7DMJwkuGWf0ApxvLBBa2cIM4c6xbJKBO9O3zujeO9yA-0rF9nqXv5ZIuQlEZb9ZTg2_qae2uN8ukVj8lZDzz-l0m9xU5IdDRU99HDs/s353/1st+overall+3+rb.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkleTUlUnbZpeci2OoLIbvGqEtHJmQ1yASD_Do7DMJwkuGWf0ApxvLBBa2cIM4c6xbJKBO9O3zujeO9yA-0rF9nqXv5ZIuQlEZb9ZTg2_qae2uN8ukVj8lZDzz-l0m9xU5IdDRU99HDs/s0/1st+overall+3+rb.PNG" /></a></div> So this is what the final product of a heavy RB, first overall pick draft strategy. I feel really good about this lineup, with both a high floor and a lot of potential. For me, this is the type of dream lineup I love to put my money behind in fantasy football. <p></p>Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-61416366439997158682020-08-12T03:04:00.001-07:002020-08-12T03:04:33.229-07:00Fantasy Football Mock Draft Strategies-ZERO RB<p> In preparation for the upcoming fantasy season, I've spent some time mock drafting various scenarios. I'm going to be posting the results, and explaining my thought process throughout the draft.</p><p>In this first post, I'm going "zero RB" to show what a team might look like if you went zero RB as a strategy. Now, for me "zero RB" defines as I filled both WR, the TE, the QB, and Flex with a WR before drafting any RB's. Here's how it went down:</p><p>I had to pick fourth, because it's the earliest position you can make any kind of reasonable argument for a wide receiver. I could have gone towards the end of the first round, but I thought it'd be more interesting to pass up a top 5 RB. With the fourth overall pick, I took Michael Thomas, projected by most to be the most productive receiver in the draft. No real explanation is needed, but my basic strategy going zero RB would I think be to aim to have the best at all the other spots while everyone else is going after RB's.</p><p>With my second round pick, Kelce was gone so I went with Kittle, again looking to have the best or a top 3 player at every other position and sacrifice RB. Kittle performs as a WR2, and will be a strong play no matter the match up. He shores up my TE position and makes it very productive.</p><p>In the third round I took Mahomes. Lamar had just gone off the clock, so I wanted the other consensus top 2 QB as part of my earlier stated strategy. Mahomes is high floor and high ceiling, and the difference between my top players at every other position and the opposing team's RB's over my potentially weaker RB's should be slim or perhaps in my favor.</p><p>With my fourth and fifth picks I began to fill out the rest of my receiver group, selecting DJ Chark and Terry McLaurin, both number one receivers on offenses with questionable at best quarterbacks. On the other hand, those options have few (if any) other options to throw to, so they should both have a high target share and if they get lucky with touchdowns could be top 10 overall WR's.</p><p><br /></p><p>So at this point in the draft my roster looks like:<br />QB Mahomes<br />RB empty<br />RB empty<br />WR M Thomas<br />WR DJ Chark<br />TE Kittle<br />FLEX T McLaurin<br />DST<br />K</p><p>And I'm finally free to take running backs! With my next two picks I do exactly that, selecting David Montgomery and Kareem Hunt. Montgomery is the lead back with little competition and coaches being pressured into using him more. Hunt is crazy talented, should get 8-10 targets per game, and if anything happens to Chubb would be a top 5 RB candidate every week immediately. Both have high floors, Hunt has a high ceiling as well.</p><p>Now here's the part of the draft people might disagree with: I went defense and kicker. Again, I want the best or second best at EVERY position other than RB to overcome the deficit I might be facing from those two spots every week. So I took Pittsburgh's defense, then turned around and took Harrison Butker as my kicker. Now the defense wasn't way too early-one went a few picks after I took Pitt-but kicker was probably a round or two too high. Butker will be on what we expect to be the highest scoring or among the highest scoring offenses in the league, which is a great situation for kickers. If he's a top 2-3 kicker, I'm happy with the pick. Also, I just didn't really like any WR's or RB's in this particular range.</p><p>So now I felt like I needed a couple dart throws at the RB spot. Guys who have potential if something goes wrong for the starter on their team. So I threw three darts with Latavius Murray, Antonio Gibson, and Darrynton Evans with my 10th, 11th, and 12th picks. Murray showed last year that if something happens to Kamara, he's ready to step in with top 5 RB production immediately. Gibson is something of an interesting player, taking meetings with the WR's and RB's in Washington. They don't have many offensive options, I just figured it was worth a flyer to see how it goes. Evans is playing behind Derrick Henry and won't get much play unless Henry skips a game for some reason, but if he does most people expect Evans to step into a three down role and produce.</p><p>Very often once my starters are filled out, I just want to take shots on guys that might pop. I also backed up the QB position as I thought Cam Newton fit the "guys who might pop" requirement. If he's healthy and plays 16 games in NE, he's playing for a coach that game plans for what you do best better than anybody in the history of the league. He'll be very productive, he'll score a lot, it'll be fun to watch. </p><p>I picked up Hockenson just because I didn't really love anyone on the board right then, and I think he has legitimate talent, and if Stafford is back and playing all year, I think he could really produce. Rookie tight ends rarely ever play in a fantasy relevant way, but in his second year he could very well make the leap production wise that gives you a top 5-10 fantasy tight end. I took Cobb with my last pick to round out my roster. Cobb had a very quiet 800+ receiving yards last season, and could be equally if not more productive in Houston. With Cook and Fuller both ahead of him on the roster and both frequently out due to health issues throughout their careers, he could see a lot of opportunity.</p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="" 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/></p><p><br /></p><p>So this is what the "zero RB" strategy looks like from the 4th overall pick slot. Personally, I dislike the team overall, and you can see the automatic rating system did also. This team is very weak at running back, depending upon opportunity for several of the players that simply doesn't exist yet. While there's certainly potential here, and there's certainly the possibility of having a top 3 player at every other position most weeks will help offset the lack of productivity from the RB position, it'll be a tough battle every week.</p>Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-48940469960554088802019-10-28T05:50:00.000-07:002019-10-28T05:50:44.465-07:00Seven "Plays"` In Honor of The Man Who Built The Celtics Dynasty<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">"Growing up in Boston in the 70's and 80's, we possessed three treasures that nobody else </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">had: Fenway, The Garden, and Red. He was our trump card. He had mystical powers. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">He made things happen. He fleeced other teams. He found diamonds in the rough. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">He intimidated officials. He stamped his winning imprint on everyone and everything. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">He WAS the Celtics. Sixteen championships in 30 years...and they all happened because </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While there may be no collection of words that better describes the impact Red had on Boston, or the appreciation Bostonians had for him and his immeasureable contribution to the Celtics dynasty-really, the creation of it-you don't have to have been alive for the 50's, 60's, 70's, or 80's to see the impact of his greatness. At every home game for the Celtics, 23 numbers hang above the floor, and while only one technically hangs in his name, it's not only the #2 that you can attribute to Red Auerbach, for whether it be as a coach, GM, or President of Basketball operations, he had a hand in the careers of every Celtic from his arrival in Boston in 1950, til his death in 2008. Today, October 28th, marks the 13th anniversary of his death, and in his honor I wanted to give you "7 plays", or 7 things every basketball fan-not just Celtic fan-should know about one of the greatest coaches, leaders, and men who ever lived.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) Seven Plays</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For those who don't understand the reference in the title, Red famously ran only 7 basic offensive plays throughout his coaching career. His coaching philosophy was built around the fast break, and he built his team around that philosophy. Upon his arrival in Boston, he had a point guard who could run the fast break in Bob Cousy, he just needed a big man who could rebound and outlet quickly enough that three players in transition could catch the defenders off-guard and score at will. He found that in Bill Russell, a dominant defender and rebounder out of San Francisco. He boldly traded a future hall of fame center in Ed Macauley, and rookie Cliff Hagan to the St. Louis Hawks for the pick that he would select Russell with. He'd pick K.C. Jones and Tom Heinsohn later in that same draft, and they along with Cousy would form the nucleus of the Celtics for what would be an all time great title run.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) Red broke the NBA's "color barrier"</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With three major moves, Red was single-handedly responsible for completely demolishing the NBA's "color barrier" in the 50's and 60's. In 1950, he drafted the first black player Chuck Cooper, a 6'5" swingman out of Duquesne. Chuck would play 4 years for the Celtics before being traded to the Milwaukee Hawks. Two years later, his playing career would come to an end due to injuries he sustained in a car crash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 1964, Auerbach would again push at the NBA's "color barrier", starting the first all black starting 5, when he sent out Bill Russell, Willie Naulls, K.C. Jones, Sam Jones, and Tom Sanders to tip off the game. That team would go 62-18 that year, winning their 8th title in 9 years under Auerbach.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then in 1966, Auerbach completed his demolition of the color barrier, stepping down as coach to focus on his GM duties, and making Bill Russell player/coach, and the first black coach in NBA history. Russell would stay on as player/coach of the Celtics for three seasons, compiling a 162-83 record and winning two championships.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) Prior coaching stints</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While Red's legacy was built with the Celtics, he actually spent four years coaching other professional basketball teams prior to coming to Boston. In fact, he had his single best season in terms of winning percentage with the Washington Capitols in their inaugural season, with a record of 49-11, for an .817 win percentage. While his time with the Capitols wouldn't produce any titles, his three year win percentage of .685 would be better than the 16 years he spent with the Celtics, during which his teams had a total win percentage of .667. Despite his success in the win/loss column, Red resigned after his third season following philosophical differences with team ownership.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Red was well known for swindling other teams in lop-sided deals. Perhaps his greatest off-season ever, was in the 1980 off-season, when he made an acquisition later referred to as "The Steal of the Century". The Celtics had recently drafted Larry Bird, a player who they had to wait a year to suit up as he finished his college career. During Bird's rookie year, the Celtics went from 29-53 the year before, to 61-21, losing in the Eastern Conference finals to the 76ers. Then, Cowens retired, leaving a huge void on the interior for the Celtics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The year before, Red had traded Bob McAdoo to the Pistons for their pick in the 1980 draft. The Pistons went on to have the worst record in the East, which lead to a coin flip between them and the worst record in the West for the first overall pick. Red won that coin flip, and armed with both the first overall pick and the knowledge that Warriors GM Al Attles coveted center Joe Barre Carroll in the draft, Red talked him into a deal for the first overall pick. Golden State would send young developing center Robert Parish and the third overall pick to Boston in exchange for the third overall pick from Golden State-which Red would then used to draft power forward Kevin McHale, out of Minnesota. Parish, McHale, and Bird would become the nucleus the Celtics would build their championship teams of the 1980's around, leading Boston to three titles in that decade.</span><br />
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<b>5) The 1982 Draft</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While Red made a lot of draft picks, and shrewd off-season moves throughout his career, perhaps none was more memorable than a late round pick in the 1982 draft. Red was good friends with then Indiana coach Bobby Knight, dating back to the 1960's, when Red drafted Knight's college teammate John Havlicek. Their friendship grew throughout the years, and after Knight and Indiana star Landon Turner lead Indiana to the NCAA championship in 1981, Turner suffered injuries in a horrifying car accident that left him paralyzed, and unable to ever play basketball again. During a conversation between the two great coaches, Bobby mentioned that it would mean a lot if the Celtics symbolically drafted Turner, which Red was happy to do in the tenth round of the 1982 draft. But he went a step further, flying Turner to Boston, and presenting him with a Celtics jersey of his own. According to Bobby Knight in the book "Let Me Tell You A Story", copyrighted in 2004, Turner still talked about it to that day, as the gesture meant the world to him.</span><br />
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<b>6) Red once coached the Washington Redskins</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the 1940's, the NFL wasn't the overly profitable league it is today, and as such players didn't make nearly as much. In the off-season, they needed additional forms of income, and the Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Giants had all formed basketball teams, that traveled around, playing each other during the off-season, to generate some off-season income. While Red was in the Navy, stationed at Bethesda Naval Hospital, he met then starting defensive tackle Fred Davis, for the Redskins, and they would often play one-on-one together. During one of these sessions, Davis suggested that Red coach their off-season team, given his coaching background at the high school level. Red agreed, and coached the team for the 1945 and 1946 off-season. It was here that he got his introduction to Mike Uline, who was part of a group of businessmen starting up a professional basketball league. Uline owned the arena the Redskins' basketball games were played in, and had seen Red coach. He offered him $5,000 to coach his new team; the Washington Capitols. This would be the start of Red's professional coaching career.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7) Red invented the concept of the "Sixth Man"</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In today's NBA, the Sixth Man is a common concept, a player who is one of your better players, that doesn't start, but often finishes games. He comes in fresh, when the other team's starters are beginning to tire a bit. In the 1940's, general winning philosophy was that you put your 5 best guys out there until they were too tired, then swapped in some subs until your best guys were ready to go back in. Red-innovator that he was-saw things differently. "When a game or a half starts, both teams get into a certain rhythm. After a little while, a little bit of fatigue sets in and everyone begins to lose just a little. My thought was, If I send one of my two or three best players into the game at that point and he's completely fresh, he's going to be able to take advantage of people. He'll probably make some plays right away because his legs are fresh. In turn, that gives my other guys a burst of energy and picks up the whole team."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Red began employing this concept in Washington, where Irv Torgoff served as sixth man. In Boston, players like Frank Ramsey, John Havlicek, Paul Silas, and Kevin McHale played the sixth man role. Three of those four players are now in the hall of fame, and all four were selected to all star teams. The concept of the sixth man was just one of many impactful ideas Red came up with, that we take for granted as just simply a part of the game today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There they are, seven things everyone should know about Celtics legend Red Auerbach, who in 1980 was voted as the greatest NBA coach ever, and even still today is recognized as one of the ten best coaches of all time. The man who single-handedly built the Celtics dynasty, and helped transform the NBA into the league we all know and love today. Rest in peace Red. </span>Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-2402717186067237782019-10-22T11:53:00.002-07:002019-10-22T12:16:40.558-07:00Vinsanity: The Only Word to Describe Such a Career<span id="docs-internal-guid-5c4e564f-7fff-cf65-a2e0-af480b96abe7"></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-5c4e564f-7fff-cf65-a2e0-af480b96abe7"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I woke up on the morning of June 24, 1998 and prepared for one of the final days of my junior year in high school, before my feet even hit the floor I had one thing on my mind: who would the Celtics draft that night? They had the tenth pick in the draft, and there were so many possibilities. In the minds of Celtics fans all over Massachusetts, we’d been robbed of Tim Duncan the year before, when the lottery didn’t go our way and the Celtics ended up with the 3rd and 6th picks instead of the 1st overall, taking Chauncey Billups and Ron Mercer. I turned on the radio and would hear a song from an up and coming new artist-Usher-as his new hit single “Nice and Slow” was rising up the charts, and had recently spent it’s first week atop the Billboard top 100. After it finished, the DJ’s came on, to talk about the news, sports, and weather.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-5c4e564f-7fff-cf65-a2e0-af480b96abe7"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The whole country was buzzing that year about the potential impeachment of president Bill Clinton, who had been caught with an intern. His impeachment would be complete by the end of that year. The biggest movie of perhaps my lifetime until that point, Titanic, was still in theaters and had just recently passed the billion dollar in sales mark. The European union was only a few years old, their central bank had just been established earlier that month, and the euro’s value would be established permanently later that year. In a few months, a muscle bound slugger named McGwire would break a decades old home run record, and a tech start up would be founded. Larry Page and Sergey Brin would call it “Google” and it would change the internet-and perhaps the world-as we know it. But for me, that morning, there was only one thing going on: the NBA draft. The DJ’s finally stopped talking news, and for a few short minutes I’d get to hear the latest speculation regarding the draft that night.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-5c4e564f-7fff-cf65-a2e0-af480b96abe7"><a href="https://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/469/975/320850_crop_340x234.jpg?1340407649" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for vince carter antawn jamison unc" border="0" src="https://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/article/media_slots/photos/000/469/975/320850_crop_340x234.jpg?1340407649" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A great deal of the pre-draft buzz had centered around an athletic scorer out of UNC; Antawn Jamison, who had won the NCAA Player of the Year award the prior season, averaging 22.2 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. During that season, he’d had one game where he dropped 35 points on Duke, despite touching the ball for just 53 seconds. He was known for his flashy dunks, often off alley oop passes from lesser known teammate Vince Carter, who had also declared for this draft, and was projected by most to end up in Sacramento.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As the radio finally got around to the sports reporter, he talked about the usual names that year. Bibby, Olowokandi, and Jamison all came up as expected top 5 picks. A player from Kansas widely considered the best all around prospect in the draft Paul Pierce was also mentioned, and there were rumblings about a talented European prospect Dirk Nowitzki, who nobody quite knew what to expect out of. I was excited about what would come that night, and as it turned out my excitement was justified, as the 1998 NBA draft would change the future for at least three NBA franchises.</span></div>
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<span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://thesportsfanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-3130376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for vince carter antawn jamison unc" border="0" src="http://thesportsfanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/GettyImages-3130376.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a>The draft finally came that night, and I watched excitedly as exactly what everyone expected began the draft, with Olowakandi and Bibby coming off the board first, to the Clippers and Vancouver Grizzlies, respectively. Kansas big man Raef LaFrentz went next, followed by the pair from UNC; Jamison and Carter, who went to Toronto and Golden State respectively, and were immediately traded for one another. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Looking back, trades really defined the pick that Vince Carter was selected with even for years before it was made, as the pick had been traded by the Warriors to the Magic (along with Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway), for Chris Webber in 1993, then traded by the Magic to the Washington Bullets in the summer of 1994 along with Scott Skiles for a second round pick (that would later become Randy Livingston) and their 1998 first round pick (which would become Keon Clark), then traded BACK to the Warriors with Tom Gugliotta and two other picks, for Chris Webber in November of that same year, meaning before he was even drafted, Vince Carter would be involved in TWO trades for Chris Webber, and end up back in Golden State where he wouldn’t play a minute because he’d be traded away from Golden State AGAIN for an All Star caliber forward, to begin his career in Toronto, alongside his cousin Tracy McGrady, who had been selected directly out of high school the year before by the young Raptors team with the 9th overall pick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carter’s first season with the Raptors wouldn’t begin until early in 1999, as the NBA lockout took it’s course, but on February 5th, 1999 10 days after his 22nd birthday, Carter and the Raptors would open the season in Boston with an 11 point win over the Celtics. Carter would start that day alongside Kevin Willis, who had been acquired via trade from the Rockets just over 2 weeks before Carter was drafted. The fact that Carter played his first two and a half seasons with Willis wouldn’t really seem significant until about 2 decades later, when their names would again appear together, just in a much more exclusive group of players.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carter ended his first season with the Raptors averaging 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 3.0 assists a game, en route to winning Rookie of the Year beating out Jason Williams of the Kings and Paul Pierce of the Celtics in decisive fashion. He’d even pick up a 5th place vote for MVP in the process. Carter would go on to play 6 full seasons with the Raptors before being traded to the Nets 20 games into the 04-05 season for Alonzo Mourning, Aaron Williams, Eric Williams, and 2 first round draft picks. Over the course of his time in Toronto he averaged 22.4 points, 5 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game, was selected to 5 All Star teams, lead his team to the playoffs twice-going as far as the second round in the 00-01 season. He would also really make a mark on NBA fans during his dunk contest win at All Star weekend in 2000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In New Jersey, Carter would team up with All Star point guard Jason Kidd and a young Richard Jefferson, and together the trio would lead the Nets to three consecutive playoff appearances. After nearly 5 full seasons with the Nets, Carter would again be traded, this time at the age of 32, to the Orlando Magic along with Ryan Anderson for Rafer Alston, Tony Battie, and Courtney Lee. During those years with the Nets Carter averaged 23.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game, and was selected as an All Star three times. His time in Orlando, would mark the next phase of his career, as he would never again be selected to another All Star team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the next 5 seasons, Vince Carter would play for the Magic, the Phoenix Suns, and the Dallas Mavericks, playing 25+ minutes per game in every season except his final season in Dallas when he would play 24.4 minutes per game, and begin to find his place in the league as a role player, coming off the bench for the Mavericks over his final 2 and a half seasons there. His field goal attempts would go from roughly 10 a game in Toronto and New Jersey to 4-5 a game, and he’d begin to take a higher percentage of three point shots, as they’d comprise roughly 30% of his attempts-or about double what they did during his first ten years in the league.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By the time his time in Dallas was over at the end of the 2013-14 season, Vince Carter would find himself something of a dinosaur in the league. At 37 years old he was already the oldest player in a league whose average age was something around 26, and the league, the country, really, the whole world, had changed drastically since the day he was drafted. He’d seen “Y2K”, 2 presidential administrations, and a huge number of fads, fashions, musicians, and trends come and go. The rise in popularity of the internet, smart phones, and social media, the downfall of business giants like Kodak and Blockbuster. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He’d played with and/or against the likes of Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and also seen hundreds, perhaps thousands of NBA players come and go. Stars, busts, and everything in between. He’d seen a whole new playing style take over the league, and adapted so his game better fit that mold. The wisdom he’d accumulated over his 16 seasons in the league was immeasurable. And so began the third phase of his memorable career, from Vince Carter the star, to Vince Carter the role player, to now, Vince Carter the mentor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The evolution of both his game and outlook on his place in the league is evident in both his statistics, and transaction log, as his volume and production dipped, but so did the activity in his transaction log. He stopped being traded from team to team, or waived like he was in Phoenix. He developed a new value to his teams over the years, mentoring younger players. Over the next 5 seasons he made stops in Memphis, Sacramento, and Atlanta, doing almost the opposite of ring chasing, popping up on youthful rosters and helping guide young players as they make the transition into the league that he’d seen so many make since he made his own, before many of these new teammates were born.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the greatest dunks of Carter's career took place<br />on Team USA, when he leapt over 7 footer Frederic<br />Weis, of the French national team.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In June he spoke with Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN in detail about his role as a mentor, and what he’d find himself speaking with young players about. This advice would cover topics like hygiene, partying, frustration with play time, financial advice, and how to ingratiate yourself to your teammates as a rookie just entering the league. The tips, the tricks, the little and big things. All the wisdom that one picks up on a journey through the league that will soon see him be the only player to ever lace up sneakers in four separate decades, and culminate in him being the only player to ever play in 22 seasons in the league, and just one of seven to have played over 20 seasons, joining ex-teammate Kevin Willis, Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Robert Parrish, Kevin Garnett, and another member of the 1998 draft class Dirk Nowitzki.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ve all seen other players stubbornly insist on playing “their game”, quickly and in some cases abruptly playing themselves right out of the league (Carmelo Anthony comes to mind as a glaring and recent example of this). We’ve seen players chase rings, in an effort to add meaningless jewelry and bolster their resume, or earn one elusive championship. These methods of ending a career are far more common than what we’ve seen Vince Carter do, which was to adapt both his game and personality on the fly to fit what his teams needed, and the results speak for themselves. In 2015-16, Carter won the Twyrman-Stokes “Teammate of the Year” award, and will begin his record breaking 22nd season this year as a rotation player and mentor for the Atlanta Hawks. His farewell tour will be-among many other things-well deserved as an epic career comes to an end when the final active player drafted in the 90’s rides off into </span></div>
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</span>Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-32155310809813831092017-07-10T14:49:00.001-07:002017-07-10T14:49:30.317-07:00NBA: Most Clutch NBA Players of the 2000's<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wade, Kobe, and Lebron are among the best to have played in<br />the NBA since the year 2000, but who is the most clutch to<br />have played over that time? Is it one of them, or another player?</td></tr>
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One of the hardest measurements in sports to pin down is what many refer to as the "clutch gene", which is probably why we talk about it all the time. Go to any facebook group, you'll see discussion about who is the most clutch, who do you want with the ball in their hands if your favorite team is down 1? What if they're down 2 and need a 3 to win? How does that change the equation?<br />
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Well, I thought I'd take a look at the data, as opposed to the opinions. We've all heard the opinions right? The data however-at some levels-has some real surprises in there. So I took to www.basketball-reference.com and started breaking it all down, using their "shot finder" tool there. Here are the parameters that I used, to define a "clutch shot". Yours may differ, feel free to let me know how they do, perhaps I'll run it a few other ways down the road. Here were my parameters:<br />
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B/R's shot finder tool only searches back through the 2000 season, and you have to go year by year as far as I could tell. I did so, compiling 17 years of last ten seconds shot data into one easy to understand chart, and then further broke those down, weeding out the irrelevant, grouping up the quick to cover, and pulling out the gems of random information you probably didn't know before but will feel smarter about knowing now (or at least I didn't and do, lol). Here goes:</div>
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In total, between the 2000-2001 NBA season, and the 2016-2017 NBA season, 790 players took at least one shot that qualified as "clutch" under my definition (see above). Of those players, 277 did not make a field goal that matched my definition of "clutch". <br />
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Of those 790 players, 277 did not make a field goal that matched my definition of "clutch", the most attempts taken by any one of those players were taken by Bob Sura. Sura's career started prior to 2000, so we don't have all the data available, but over the course of the final 7 seasons of his career it seems he took 11 shots in the final 10 seconds of the 4th quarter or overtime to tie or win the game, but didn't manage to make a single one! 8 of those shots were three point attempts, and the 11 shots took place over the course of 9 games (multiple attempts in the same game from time to time for some of these players), meaning basically that Bob Sura single-handedly lost 9 games for teams (split between the Warriors and Rockets) between 2000-2007. Which is pretty amazing really. What a legacy. And that's with 5 years of losing games in clutch moments that we don't have the data on yet!</div>
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<b>Active Players that CANNOT "Seal the Deal"</b></div>
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Several active players appeared high on the "'clutch attempts but no makes" list. The "top" players were:<br />
Jared Dudley, 9 attempts 0 makes.</div>
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Roy Hibbert, 8 attempts 0 makes.</div>
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Wilson Chandler, 7 attempts 0 makes.</div>
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Ish Smith, 7 attempts 0 makes.</div>
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Joel Embiid, 5 attempts 9 makes.</div>
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There are several interesting notes here of course:<br />
Dudley is considered by most to be a long distance threat. Clearly not in "clutch time" however. I've never heard that highlighted however.</div>
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Hibbert just can't do anything right can he?</div>
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Embiid catches the eye. With something like just 31 career games played thus far, it's amazing he's even had the opportunity to win the game on 5 occasions thus far. Those 5 attempts came in 3 games, so it's 10% of his career games played that he's had the opportunity to seal the deal. And unfortunately come up short every time.</div>
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Who wants to take the clutch shot the most? Over the past 17 years, one player stands out as having taken the most clutch shots, and it's not even close. Kobe Bryant has put up 137 shots in the last 10 seconds of games for the tie or win since the beginning of the 2000-2001 season. Now this doesn't cover his entire career obviously, as he was drafted prior to 2000. However, those first four years Shaq would have been more "the guy" down the stretch-or even Horry-as Kobe was kind of up and coming, so I'm not sure the numbers would balloon too much if I were able to track them back that far. I plan to look for ways to do just that in the future, as I'd love to see some of the 90's and 80's stars included in these measurements.</div>
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Behind Kobe, comes a list of mostly the exact names you'd expect. Here they are real quick, followed by the number of clutch attempts they've taken. For most of these guys, this chart WILL cover their entire careers, as it goes back 17 years. For some, it won't. I'll try to highlight those players. Here are the rest of the top ten in clutch FGA from 2000-2017:</div>
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101 attempts Lebron James</div>
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99 attempts Paul Pierce</div>
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85 attempts Carmelo Anthony</div>
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84 attempts Vince Carter</div>
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79 attempts Kevin Durant</div>
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78 attempts Joe Johnson</div>
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When it really comes down to it, volume+percentage of success may be the best measurement of "clutch gene", and so to properly measure this we should pretty much take the biggest volume guys, and look at their shot percentage. We'll do that given two scenarios: your team down by 1 and your team down by 2. Or 2pt fg's vs 3pt fg's.</div>
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<b>Volume Clutch Shooter Analysis</b></div>
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<b>Team Down by One Point</b><br />
If your team is down by one point, and you're choosing among the ten highest volume clutch shooters (Kobe, Lebron, Pierce, Melo, Vince, KD, Joe Johnson, Dirk, Wade, and Russ) over the 2000-2017 seasons, you're best served to give the ball to Dirk. Over that period of time, Dirk has influenced 68 games at clutch time, taking 77 shots-28 three point attempts and 49 two point attempts. Hitting 22 of those 49 two point attempts gives him the highest 2 point shot clutch percentage amongst the top ten volume clutch shooters, at 44.9%. Behind him come Melo (38.6% on 22-57 shooting) and Kobe (35.1% on 26-74 shooting). The last player from the top ten you want is going to surprise some people, as it's Kevin Durant. He's taken 36 two point shots to tie or win the game in the final ten seconds of the 4th or OT, but he's made just NINE of those shots, giving him a pretty surprisingly low clutch 2 point shooting percentage of just 25%! Along with him at 25% is-again a shocker-Paul Pierce, who went 15-60 in such scenarios. In fact all 7 other volume clutch shooters shot under 30% from 2 point range at "clutch time" under my definition. (Interestingly enough Dirk-who topped the high volume list from 2-comes in 32nd on this list.)</div>
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<b>Team Down by 2</b><br />
If you need a three to win the game, and you happen to have one of the ten highest volume clutch shooters on your roster, the guy you really want to give the ball to is Vince Carter. Over the past 17 years (and he had three before that, so he could have a few more) he's hit 18 of 45 three pointers at clutch time to put his team on top or tie things up. This is a rate of FORTY PERCENT! That makes him easily the leader of the volume clutch time shooters, coming in 15% higher than the next player on the list; Joe Johnson, who shot 7-27 for 25.95%. Coming in third would be Melo, shooting 7-28 for 25%. Only one other player shot better than 20% at clutch time from three; Kevin Durant, 10-43 for 23.26%. The rest came in under 20%, including Wade who shot a paltry 7.14%, making just 2 of 28 clutch three point attempts.</div>
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<b>Including other players</b></div>
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The clutch moment isn't just about the best players though. In some games, the ball can end up in just about anybody's hands, and everyone is expected to be able to do the right thing. There are some that can't, and there are some that will surprise all of us. Let me first explain my grouping real quick:</div>
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In speaking of the entire group in percentages, I'll include only those who had at least 5 clutch FGA's. The average # of attempts among the 790 players was 10, I figured half the average was a fair measurement. However, I also wanted to see the ranks at other levels, so I worked those up to.</div>
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<b>Overall Field Goals</b></div>
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369 players qualified for percentage measurements of the group, having attempted at least 5 field goals at "clutch time" between 2000-2017. Of those players, 21 belong to the "can't hit at clutch time" club, having hit 0 of their attempts. Another 17 have hit at least 50% of their clutch attempts, 12 of those players are still active). The top performer on the overall list would be one of the first big surprises of this analysis: Eddy Curry, shooting 5 for 6 in clutch moments. Only one of those shots was a 3, but he made it. Amir Johnson and David Lee round out the top three on the overall list, both having shot 4 for 6 in clutch moments, for a clutch shot percentage of 66.67%.</div>
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When I cranked the requirements up to 10 clutch FGA minimum, the numbers changed a bit as you'd expect. Eddy Curry obviously fell off the list, having taken just 6 attempts, as did Amir and David, both having taken just 6. So who moved into the top three spots? Three players most fans probably know well; Udonis Haslem (6 of 11 for 54.55%), Marc Gasol (8 of 16 for an even 50%), and Al Horford (7 of 15 for 46.67%). Just behind them comes in Anthony Davis, 6 for 13 for 46.15%), which gives us our top three active (Gasol-Horford-Davis).</div>
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For the next level of measurement, I've tripled the average (10) to set the floor at 30 FGA at clutch time. Using this parameter, Rudy Gay comes in as the best clutch shooter, going 20 for 55 for a 36.36%. Coming in 2nd and 3rd are Dirk (27 of 77) and Ray Allen (22 of 63) at 35.06 and 34.92% respectively. With Ray retired, Tony Parker would be the next active player to round out the top three active players with 25+ FGA at clutch time, going 13 of 38 for 34.21%. At this point, you can see some of these guys are going to start sticking around through the final top ten (Dirk here).</div>
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I raised the minimum one final time before the top ten, setting the floor at 50 FGA at clutch time-or about 5 times the average. Using this parameter-as I'm sure you can guess-we get the same initial top 3 of Gay, Dirk, and Ray (all had 50+ FGA). However, filling out the active three we get one change, as Melo takes the place of Parker, who only has 38 attempts in clutch time. Melo features a stat line of 39 for 85, for 34.12% at clutch time. He and Dirk will both be in the top ten, seen above, with Dirk coming in on top in overall fg% at clutch time, as well as 2 point %. Dirk comes in 5th of those top ten guys in 3 point % however, with a disappointing 17.86%, otherwise he'd be the clear lock for "most clutch player". Even at 5th in 3 point % however, he makes a pretty compelling statistical case thus far, </div>
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<b>Overall List, Down by 1 point (Need a 2 point basket)</b></div>
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Okay, so I've broken down the overall FGA at clutch time, but what I want to do is find out who the best is on the overall list when you need 2, and who the best is when you need 3. I'll give you the top 5 in both situations:<br />
Of the 790 players on the list, 127 hadn't attempted a 2 point shot in clutch time, so they were taken out immediately. That left 663 who had, with an average of 6.25 shot attempts per. I used 6 as the requirement for shot percentage to count. That left me with a list of 209 players who took at least 6 clutch shots from 2 point range between 2000-2017. Of those 209 players, 6 were unable to hit any of their clutch time shots (Hibbert's name has already been mentioned, but I'll highlight Kevin Love as being on this list here, going 0 for 6 at clutch time).</div>
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Some players however, rise to the occasion. The following players make up the top 5 active players who statistics over the past 17 seasons suggest you'd want most with the ball in their hands if your team was down 1 point and needed to win at clutch time:<br />
Nene Hilario has made 5 of 7 two pointers at clutch time, for a 71.43 clutch shot %<br />
Devin Booker and David Lee have made 4 of 6 two pointers, for a 66.67%<br />
Pau Gasol has made 12 of 19 clutch shots from two point range, for a 63.16%<br />
Kenneth Faried has made 5 of 8 shots at cluch time, for a 62.50 clutch shooting percentage.</div>
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Other active players in the top 20 of the past 17 seasons from 2 point range at clutch time include Brook Lopez, Al Horford, Jeff Green, and Jrue Holiday.</div>
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Of the 790 players on the list of clutch time shooters from 2000-2017, 194 have not taken a three pointer at clutch time. This leaves 596 who have, with an average of just under six 3pt FGA per shooter. Again, I'll use 6 3pt FGA as my requirement for the percentage list. This eliminates an even 400 players who have taken less than 6 three point field goal attempts at clutch time from 2000-2017, leaving 196. Thinking back to the top guys list, it's hard to believe many-if any-would top Vince Carter's clutch three point shooting percentage of 40%, however he comes in just 7th on the overall list, once the 6 FGA parameter has been input. The six players he comes in behind: Chris Bosh, Moochie Norris, Avery Bradley, David Wesley, Allan Houston, and Steve Blake, obviously just two of which (Bradley and Bosh-arguably) are active. Despite the fact that Avery has a higher 3pt percentage than Vince (4 of 8 for 50%) who comes in at 40% having gone 18 of 45, Vince may still make the better choice, given that he's had 5 times the experience taking those shots. Tied with Vince on the list, is Ray Allen, having gone 14 for 35 over his career, putting him at an even 40% clutch three point shooting as well.</div>
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<b>Conclusion?</b><br />
Well, one might look at these lists and conclude that with experience, comes clutch ability. The guys that top these lists aren't the guys that just make it over the low bar in attempts, they're quite often the guys you think of when you think of reliability from range. This list really ended up containing what you'd think of as the usual suspects for the most part, with some surprises thrown in from the 5-15 FGA range, but otherwise not really blowing anybody's hair back. When applied to recent events, it does also kind of serve to highlight a few things:<br />
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*Bradley's value to the Celtics might have been understated, as he's clearly a guy they both go to in the clutch, and has success there. Horford is another guy they have on their roster that can perform under pressure, and recent rumors have them pursing Marc Gasol, another name featured on this list. If they were able to land him, they'd replace that clutch ability they lost when trading away Bradley, although almost nobody would see a "replacement" of Bradley in Gasol, after having read this piece, you will.<br />
**Eddy Curry as a clutch winner...who'd have thunk it? This may be the biggest surprise on the list, as he's routinely thought of as a contender for biggest draft bust ever.</div>
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***Embiid's number had to catch more eyes than just mine. 0-5 in clutch moments over 3 games in just 31 career games played is wild. I mean, it's obviously not good-but it might not be all bad either. OR it might be ALL BAD in caps. It's really too early to say, but at the same time it's too high not to notice. Keep an eye on him at the end of games, see if he gets nervous.<br />
****Brook Lopez may end up being an underrated addition in the off-season. As LAL tries to get better, like any team trying to make that "next step" they'll need to find a way to win close games. Some teams can't do that, and it can be the difference between being a sub .500 team and being a playoff contender. Lopez having gone 9-18 in the clutch over his career, could very well be the guy they come to depend on down the stretch, and help them turn things around in LA faster than many expect.</div>
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Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-20442863231617929192017-06-23T15:49:00.000-07:002017-06-25T13:06:38.069-07:00Magic Johnson is Delivering on his Promise<div class="MsoNormal">
Magic Johnson is considered by most the best point guard in
NBA history. He has been involved in the
NBA in some capacity for 30 plus years.
Some people believe he was the best Laker ever. One of his biggest strengths as a player was
his basketball IQ and his intelligence.
None of these skills guarantee a transition to being a successful
decision maker for a franchise and making good personnel decisions. Michael Jordan famously failed at being the
man in charge for the Wizards, as he drafted one of the biggest busts in NBA
history in Kwame Brown. MJ never got the
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In his first move as President of Basketball Operations,
Magic executed a trade that immediately made the Lakers worse. In full rebuild mode as an exec you want to
secure the best possible pick, and this is usually accomplished by losing more
games. Lou Williams was Los Angeles’
best player last year and he was traded for a career role/bench player in Corey Brewer and LA received Houston’s 1 <sup>st</sup> round pick in the 2017 draft as
well. In summary, the Lakers got worse
which led to more losses and they got another pick in an extremely deep
draft. This was a great first move by
the new man in charge.</div>
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In his next major move, just before the NBA Draft, Johnson
executed a trade that significantly increases their chances to sign 2 free
agents to maximum contracts next summer.
They gave up an asset, in D’Angelo Russell and a player they
significantly overpaid for last off-season in Timofey Mozgov. In return, the Lakers received an all-star
Center, Brook Lopez, and another first round pick in the 2017 draft, which is
the 27<sup>th</sup> pick. Russell is
only 21 and has a bright future in the NBA.
Because of their pick at #2 in the draft, Lonzo Ball, the Lakers essentially
did a point guard and center swap. They
replaced Russell with Lonzo Ball and Mozgov was shipped out for a significant
upgrade in Brook Lopez. It’s true that
Russell has proven he can play in the league and at worst be a good role
player, but the Lakers brass decided Ball has a higher upside. Finally, the trade created almost $60 Million
in cap space for next off-season, which could be used to sign Paul George and
LeBron James. The Lakers will have
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The final verdict is hard to predict and we won’t be able to
accurately provide it for several years.
But, in the short term, Magic has made some excellent moves. Having that cap space is not a guarantee
stars will sign in LA, but with Johnson in the fold the chances of getting
stars increase. More time needs to pass
before we can place a final verdict, but so far Magic deserves an A+ for the
rebuild job he’s done thus far.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136385252912464293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-19115062939218755272017-06-18T21:42:00.001-07:002017-06-18T21:42:27.931-07:00Boston Celtics: Why Danny Did the Right Thing Trading Away Fultz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My apologies to my readers, a bit of a mini-vacation took me away from here for a few days. In that time, Danny Ainge announced to the world that-as I predicted in this very blog-the Celtics didn't want Markelle Fultz, trading away their first overall pick to Philadelphia in a top 3 pick swap that at very least honestly did not surprise me, as I believe prospect Josh Jackson is the player the Celtics have had their eye on the entire time, and should be able to get at third as well as they were at first. This trade was entirely for Philly, who would otherwise have likely seen LA take Fultz second, and been stuck with a decision on their hands between "the rest". Instead, they've ensured they're going to get the specific guy they want and need on that roster. Really, it's a great move for both teams, but let me look at it from a Celtic perspective first, as I'm a New England guy, it's more natural for me to do so:<br />
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The 60's Celtics, the 80's Lakers and Celtics, the 90's Bulls, the 90's-00's Spurs, the 10's Warriors (is "10's" correct? anyway...) these teams all have exactly two things in common to my knowledge: they were/are generational type dynasty teams, and they were all were built primarily through the draft. Sure, there were players added along the way here and there (Dennis Johnson, Bill Walton, for locals here. In the case of the Bulls; Dennis Rodman, you get the idea.) However, the core of each team was acquired through the draft.<br />
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This is the way great teams are built. They're built by drafting a superstar, then building around that superstar and his cheap contract (rookie scales being what they are) which allows you greater flexibility. Then, as the star ages, rules allow you to retain them-or at least be favored in doing so financially-which allows you to build said dynasty. You don't acquire your best player by mortgaging your future to add on high paid players in the prime or middle of their career, then trying to draft and build and acquire talent around that. Yes, we've seen "Big 3's" challenge those rules in the past, but by and large the better method of building long term dynastic type teams is to do so through the draft process.<br />
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I just wanted to write up something quick tonight, after getting back home. I'll put something together this week that breaks things down a bit more. And start putting together some more draft profiles and potential trade and/or draft scenarios for the top teams in the draft. I'll put together another mock draft tomorrow, that'll be my second overall and I'm only planning to put out three, so tune in for that!Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-67584895164930034142017-06-12T18:16:00.001-07:002017-06-12T18:16:35.949-07:002017 NBA Draft: Are the Celtics and Suns Talking Trade?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Suns' young nucleus gives them roster and draft flexibility<br />to move around, similar to that of the Celtics.</td></tr>
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Speculation in some places of the internet and sports coverage/reporting world have Danny Ainge passing on a younger player in favor of one with more experience. Of trying to compete now, instead of investing in a franchise built off three top 3 picks (Brown last year, this year's and next year's presumably). <div>
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While I'm not entirely sure this makes sense, Danny and I have certainly disagreed in the past (see the Perkins/Robinson for Krstic/Green trade of New England infamy), so I wanted to take a look over the next few days at some of the best veteran trade scenarios Danny could and should explore if the veteran route is the way he wants to go. His first call should probably go to Phoenix.<div>
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If you want a roster stocked with talented youth who have some experience playing in the NBA, look no farther than Phoenix. Really, they're a little bit like Celtics-West, just without the flash in the pan superstar of IT (although Celtics got him from them, so it's their own fault they weren't able to capitalize on his talents like Boston has been under head coach Brad Stevens).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Journeyman sharpshooter Jared Dudley could<br />make an interesting addition to Boston's roster.</td></tr>
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However, if you don't look at their records and just compared them piece by piece: <br /><ul>
<li>good future picks (Boston has better, but Phoenix has a couple nice ones). </li>
<li>Best player is their middle of his prime PG on both teams (Bledsoe/IT). Boston's is slightly better/</li>
<li>Both teams feature aging and overpaid centers (Tyson Chandler/Al Horford). Boston's again is slightly better.</li>
<li>Several other young talented pieces (Booker, Chriss, Warren, Len/Brown, Smart, Rozier, Young, Mickey) Here, the Suns win out again., primarily due to Booker.</li>
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They're a bit similar. It kind of makes you wonder just how far Boston would have made it in the Western Conference this year, but I digress.</div>
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While it makes for an interesting comparison between teams, it doesn't necessarily make for the best trade partners. Trade partners are usually better made between teams moving in opposite directions, trying to turn the other's mistakes into their own successes. With the Celtics and Suns being on roughly the same timeline and path in terms of roster building, like I said they just might not make the best pairing. But there are a few pieces I could see the Celtics wanting to target in at least a pick swap, if not an all out trade.</div>
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<b>Tyson Chandler</b><br />Despite definitely being on the downside of his career (he'll be turning 35 at the start of the season this year) Chandler is a guy who could potentially help the Celtics out immediately off the bench, giving them a defensive presence on the interior, and a rebounder (he averaged 11.5 last season). He could even potentially start, allowing Horford to slide down to his more natural position of the 4. I'm not sure that's a lineup the Celtics want out there a lot (the league is moving towards smaller, faster lineups, not bigger, older, slower lineups) but he helps solve a lot of their current issues. His contract ( 12.4 million) might make it difficult, but Amir Johnson is almost certainly leaving, and that frees up the cap room he used, which is roughly the same. While Chandler wouldn't be involved in a straight up player for pick trade, he could definitely be part of a pick swap perhaps?</div>
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Dudley is another target for a potential pick swap. At 6-7, the forward has reliable range and can help spread the floor. While the Celtics attempted the third most threes in the league last season, they only ranked 14th in 3 point percentage, and could use an upgrade on outside shooters if they plan to continue jacking them up. Dudley also has a big contract at about ten million, but the Celtics could move Zeller (about 8 million) and offset most of it.</div>
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<b>Devin Booker</b><br />Now here's the real prize on the Suns' roster. Can the Celtics pry him away? It might be worth trying. The Celtics not only have this year's number one, they have the Nets' pick next year which will likely be pretty good, and they have several picks in 2019 (LAC, MEM, their own at least right now) as well as a guy like Crowder, or Bradley who they could potentially throw in. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Booker is widely considered one of the league's top prospects<br />under 25. He had a career night against Boston last year, could<br />he line up FOR them sometime down the road?</td></tr>
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Booker had the best night of his life against the Celtics this past season, dropping 70 points on them, catching the attention of everyone in the league, not just the front office in Boston. At 6-6, and a guy that can hit an outside shoot, or get to the basket and create on his own, he's exactly what Boston (heck, what every roster in the league) needs. Lining him up between IT and Brown next year would be a very good 1-2-3 to build around. Add Horford in the front court, and you've just got to find yourself someone to clean the glass.</div>
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The Celtics could either offer the first straight up for Booker, or throw in additional picks later that weren't the 2018 Nets' pick. They could also potentially offer BOTH Nets' picks, plus Bradley and Crowder in what would amount to a pick swap this year, plus Booker, as they get both the third overall and the young shooting guard back.</div>
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I think that scenario works for both teams, giving Boston both a young roster and one that can compete now, while giving Phoenix not only the best player in this year's draft, but likely a top 3 pick in next year's draft as well, which they could potentially turn into a Luka Doncic, replacing Booker on their roster a year later. Bradley and Crowder would give them a starter for this year at the 2 (Bradley), and one of the most team friendly contracts attached to a hard working defensive minded forward that can hit the three in Crowder.</div>
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I think the end proposal for Booker would look something like:<br />Boston gives them:<br />Nets' 2017 (1st overall) and 2018 first round picks<br />2019 LA Clippers first round pick</div>
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Avery Bradley<br />Jae Crowder</div>
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This could work out for both teams, what do you think?</div>
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We have arrived at Game 5 in Oakland for the second
consecutive NBA Finals and the Warriors again have a chance to win a
championship on their home floor. How we
got here was slightly different, but Golden State leads the NBA Finals 3-1 once
again. There are some similarities on
how we arrived here and 2 major differences.
I’ll start with the similarities.
Kyrie Irving underperformed in Games 1 and 2 in this series, the team
from Oakland dominated the first 2 games at home, LeBron is playing heavy
minutes and showing no signs of slowing down after 7 consecutive NBA Finals
appearances, and Cleveland is getting very little from their bench. Draymond Green will play in tonight’s game,
after being suspended for Game 5 last year and the biggest difference is a
record breaking 73 win team increased their overall talent. Kevin Durant, by most considered the 2<sup>nd</sup>
best player in the NBA, joined them and represents a significant upgrade over
Harrison Barnes. There are a few roster
differences, for the Cavaliers Kyle Korver and Deron Williams, and besides KD,
Javale McGee and Zaza Pachulia are new additions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In this series thus far, as alluded to earlier, Golden State
had 2 comfortable victories at home. In
both games, their 3<sup>rd</sup> quarters were phenomenal and they extended
their lead significantly after halftime.
For stretches of play, including multiple full quarters, the Cavs played
them basically to a draw. At halftime of
each game, Cleveland was within striking distance, trailing by 3 and 8
points. The 3<sup>rd</sup> quarter
basically decided the game in both games.
The Cavs squandered a golden opportunity in Game 3, failing to score in
the final 3 minutes, and allowing GS to score the final 11 points. That win put the Warriors one win away from a
championship. Kyrie and LeBron were
spectacular in Game 3, but it was not enough for the Cavs to win the game. King James is averaging a triple double thus
far, but in the first 3 games, he had a total of 11 points in the 4<sup>th</sup>
quarters. That is unacceptable for him
and if Cleveland is going to complete another incredible comeback this series,
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There were a lot of things that happened in Game 4 that
probably won’t ever happen again, as it was a very odd game. Zaza Pachulia kicked and punched Iman
Shumpert in the groin, within a span of 10 seconds. Draymond Green was kicked out of the game, until
the officials realized a mistake, and he remained in the game. The Cavaliers set an NBA Finals record for
most points in a quarter (49), most points in a half (86) and most 3 pointers
made (24). They actually have the NBA
game record for most 3’s in a game with 25 in last year’s playoffs against the
Atlanta Hawks. 49 points in a quarter
will most likely never be duplicated again.
It was a very weird game, but Cleveland got the win it desperately
needed, to extend the series. Kyrie had
40 points and LeBron had another triple double.
It was a historic night for James, as he set the NBA Finals record for
most triple doubles (9 games) and passed Michael Jordan for most total points
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For tonight’s game I expect Kyrie to continue playing well
because he realizes the impact he makes on the game and for his team. Irving is also mentored by LeBron, which to
me cannot be underestimated. James will
not allow or accept another poor performance from him and Uncle Drew (Irving)
knows that his contributions are absolutely needed to take down this
juggernaut. James has the highest points
per game average (31.9) in NBA Playoff history in elimination games, which
obviously tonight is. There’s a lot of
work remaining to get there, but he also has the highest points per game in
Game 7’s out of anyone in NBA history.
There isn’t a doubt in my mind he will show up and perform at a high
level. No NBA player ever has averaged a
triple double in the entire NBA Finals series, which James currently is doing. JR Smith is a very streaky shooter, so he’s
either going to be very good or bad, because with him it seems there is no in
the middle. Kevin Love has played really
well this series, especially with rebounds, and I think he will continue to
play well. For the Cavs to win, they
need some contributions from their bench and I believe a total of 80 points or
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line. In his career thus far, Kevin
Durant has been criticized for his failures on the biggest stage and in the
most important games. He has been
exceptional in this series and is currently the front runner for NBA Finals
MVP. Another big game from him and a win
by the Warriors and he removes himself from his current title of best player in
the league to never win a title.
Draymond Green certainly has motivation because of his suspension last
year and he has a chance to redeem himself with a big game in the series
clinching game. Curry has a chance to be
one of the best point guards ever, and championships won certainly factor into
that conversation. He’s still got plenty
of work to do in order to get himself in that conversation, but just on pure
talent and his numbers, he could certainly get there.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally, we make our way to a prediction on tonight’s
game. I do expect the Cavaliers to show
up and play well, I don’t think we will see a repeat of the first 2 games. I believe we will get a competitive and close
game tonight. Cleveland has virtually no
pressure going into tonight’s game. On
the flip side, basically all of the pressure is on Golden State to close it
out. The Warriors were the clear
favorites going into the series and it is expected they will win the
series. I am not saying this will determine
tonight’s game or play a heavy role in the outcome, but it could play a small
role. The Cavs are playing with “house
money,” and can go into tonight’s game confident, loose, and playing free. I do think the Warriors will win tonight and
clinch the championship. One final
nugget: If Cleveland completes an
incredible comeback and wins this series, they would hold the 2 best comebacks
in NBA history. They would be the only
team win a series after trailing 3-1, and only team to win after trailing
3-0. Both of those titles would include
2 road elimination wins, including Game 7’s.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136385252912464293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-8968328544519298432017-06-10T16:24:00.003-07:002017-06-10T16:24:59.050-07:00Could the Celtics and Kings Be Close to a Blockbuster Trade?<b>The Topic</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is Fultz the motivation behind what could be a blockbuster<br />draft day trade involving the first overall pick and one of<br />the league's most storied franchises?</td></tr>
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There's been a great deal of chatter over the past few days, generated by an alleged scheduled workout for consensus #1 NBA draft prospect Markelle Fultz with the Sacramento Kings, who currently not only don't have the top pick, but don't have a top three pick (and thus don't have a chance of drafting Fultz without trading up). If the workout WAS scheduled, and does happen, that's an important thing. Because there's no reason for Fultz to schedule a workout unless even he thinks it's a real scenario, and I'm sure his agent would be tapped into things at least a bit. And for the Celtics, there would be no reason to showcase him ahead of playing him if they intended to draft him and hold onto him definitely. So I wanted to go over what it might take to make this trade happen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crowder seems dissatisfied with Boston at times, and with his<br />team friendly contract (about $7 mil/yr for next 3 yrs) could<br />be a good veteran for Sacramento to target in this trade.</td></tr>
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The Kings got fleeced this past winter in the Cousins trade, and this off-season just might be Vlade Divac's only chance to make up for that. To do so, he likely feels a great deal of pressure to land a superstar player the team can build around. Currently, the team has only Langston Galloway at the point guard position locked in for next season, and with just 50 games started over four years of playing on some of the worst teams this league has to offer, it's safe to say Galloway just isn't a starter in this league. Enter Fultz, who would give them a point guard who some think could be a Russell Westbrook type in terms of being a triple double threat and scoring machine at the next level.<br />
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<b>Why would the Celtics say yes?</b><br />
For the Celtics part, Ainge couldn't be in a more opposite position than Divac, feeling almost no pressure at all. With his team just having played in the Eastern Conference Finals despite sporting only one all star on the roster and no MVP candidates, and sitting on the number one pick in the draft with a good deal of other future assets many consider and project to be valuable, he's in the perfect position to wheel and deal. For Divac, it's like going shopping when you're hungry. For Ainge, it's like going with your fitness instructor.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boston could use an interior defensive presence<br />like Cauley-Stein would bring. With him and<br />the two picks they get from Sacramento, they<br />could completely rebuild their front court<br />behind starter Al Horford.</td></tr>
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Ainge doesn't have to look far from the Celtics' front office to see a draft strategy that works and produces superstars, in Foxboro, about 30 minutes from where Ainge punches the clock, sits another New England GM who has written the book on smart drafting, and that involves trading back, and taking multiple bites at the proverbial apple. What better way to do it not only with two top ten picks, but in what many consider to be the deepest draft in at least a decade? Ainge could greatly benefit from a trade scenario with the Kings. Beyond that, it takes the pressure off of him to draft a point guard and further clog up an already crowded back court, full of players Ainge and the rest of the front office really like, and have heavily invested in.<br />
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<b>What would they trade?</b><br />
I think that the Celtics walk in with an absolute bottom line of the Kings' 5th and 10th overall picks in this year's draft, and a player throw in-with their eyes on Willie Cauley-Stein, who would solve a lot of size and interior defensive issues for them. The 5th and 10th picks would allow them to target players that fill other needs as well, such as perhaps Malik Monk, or Justin Jackson as defensive minded wing players with range to eventually replace Bradley and/or Crowder, or bigger forwards like Jonathan Isaac, Jayson Tatum, Lauri Markkanen, or even their original top target Josh Jackson, depending on how the top 4 shakes out after the trade at the top.<br />
<br />The Kings should ask for the first overall pick of course, but I think they should also try to score some role players, from an organization with many. I think Crowder is a player that could be picked up. Perhaps even by throwing in their 2018 first round pick (conditionally I'd assume). If they could somehow go after one of the Celtics' many guards as well, that'd be a huge score, maybe by making that draft pick unconditional? After all, it's not like Fultz-Crowder-Zeller or whatever is getting out of the West anytime soon anyway. Gay will be gone next season most likely, and they'll need someone to start at the 3. He's got a great contract, and landing him would be considered a score that might help save Divac's job if he's on the hot seat at all, which some would assume he is. <br /><br />Additionally, I think Sacramento should ask for Tyler Zeller in return. He'd give them a serviceable big in place of Cauley-Stein at a reasonable contract rate of $8 million next season. <br />
While the Kings like youngster Skal Labissierre, and also have veteran Kosta Koufos on the roster, Zeller would give them an additional rotational big man, and an extra insurance policy in the front court should anything go wrong. The Celtics should be okay with losing him, and might even want to, in order to spend the money bringing back Kelly Olynyk or even on other players elsewhere. $8 million is a solid chunk of money to take off your books, Especially when it's spent on a player who has played 10 mpg the last two seasons and missed over 40 games in that same span.<br />
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This could be anything from a smokescreen rumor, to a simple pick swap, to a huge, impactful trade for both teams. These are the important pieces however. Who would you like to see be involved in this trade, and who do you think would win these scenarios above?Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-26458490698213044202017-06-09T12:16:00.000-07:002017-06-09T22:23:27.917-07:00NBA 2017 Mock Draft 1.0<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's my NBA mock draft. There seem to be a few "consensus" type picks amongst fans out there, but you'll quickly see that I don't buy it. I lead off with a surprise, and draft prospects only start falling from there. Read on and find out who I have your favorite team drafting and why, then tell me what YOU think:<br />
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<li>Boston Celtics - Josh Jackson F, Kansas<br />And right off the bat, a lot of people are going to say I'm going off the rails. But personally, I think adding a fourth point guard to the Boston roster would be going off the rails! Boston's front office LOVES Marcus Smart, their backup point guard, and they really like Rozier also. They spent a 6th and 15th pick on these guys respectively, they don't want to let them go. And they've got IT at a GREAT rate next season, giving Smart and Rozier both another year to continue to develop. I think the Celtics' front office is very comfortable with those two running the point after next season, and IT handling it next year. They have no need for a point guard.<br />While some might argue other players are better fits, or that Jackson is too similar to Brown, Jackson is the guy the Celtics' front office likes. Look around the league, it's become more and more positionless by the year. 6-8 forwards with range that can defend, rebound, get to the hoop, you just can't have too many of them. I think Brown and Jackson could play next to each other and be VERY effective. In fact I think things set up very well for the Celtics long term right now, if they draft a forward here, then hope to draft Luka Doncic next year to replace a departing Bradley, they could easily stay in contention for the top of the East, while building for a great long term future as well. Meanwhile drafting another point guard just gives them headaches.</li>
<li>LA Lakers - Markelle Fultz G, Washington<br />The Celtics passing on Fultz in favor of Jackson sets the Lakers up for the best excuse they could hope for to get out of drafting Ball, and bringing the Ball family circus-now vindicated by having had their demands of the NBA satisfied by being a Laker-to the Staples Center. That kind of sideshow is better suited for a franchise like Sacramento, or Orlando.<br />The Lakers bring in Fultz who starts alongside Russell and immediately upgrades their backcourt, providing a significant scoring punch. With Ingram and Randle continuing to develop in the front court, they'll have a core to build around.</li>
<li>Philadelphia 76ers - DeAaron Fox G, Kentucky<br />While this isn't my first controversial pick, some might see it as my most controversial pick. What I really think happens here, is that Sacramento trades up to draft Lonzo Ball. However, if they don't I think the 76ers take Fox. Ball is essentially a smaller version of Simmons, and they intend to put the ball in his hands a lot as a distributor next season. Fox would make more sense for them, as a hound dog defensive point guard that can lock down elite offensive threats, and hit open shots. He outplayed Ball the last time we saw Ball on the court in March anyway, so there's really no justification needed for this pick.</li>
<li>Phoenix Suns - Jayson Tatum F, Duke<br />I think Phoenix would prefer Jackson, but with him off the board they grab Tatum, who will provide a scorer with solid moves all over the court that can play and defend either forward position. He's got some growing to do-both physically and figuratively-to really compete at the next level, but he'll add depth and talent to a Phoenix front line that already features exciting young prospects like Marquese Chriss and last year's fourth overall pick Dragan Bender.</li>
<li>Sacramento Kings - Lonzo Ball G, UCLA<br />Lavar and Lonzo Ball have been dreaming of the perfect fit in a Lakers uniform for the past 2 decades or so, but ironically I think they land in what's the perfect fit for them right now in Sacramento. Los Angeles is an old school type of organization. They might say outwardly that Lavar doesn't bother them, but it's hard for me to believe that. I think they skip to the podium when Fultz is left for them, realizing they dodge a bullet in the Ball family circus.<br />Sacramento however, is the type of organization that would embrace a circus like that. This is a team that has pondered the ridiculous as part of a thought process to drive ticket sales, to create excitement, and to grow their fan base overall. I think they look at the Ball family circus and embrace it, salivate at it even. I think they enable it-they're used to crazy with Cousins, at least Lonzo isn't going to be scary and threatening reporters crazy, just nutty crazy. Ball falls, but not past 5.</li>
<li>Orlando Magic - Jonathan Isaac F, Florida State<br />At the start of last season, we saw the Magic <a href="http://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/2017/2/6/14458918/how-the-aaron-gordon-experiment-succeeded-failed-small-forward-power-forward" target="_blank">fail at trying to move Aaron Gordon to the 3</a>, and while he tried to embrace the role, by the all star break in February, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiEo-um3K_UAhVm1oMKHTrzBxMQFgg0MAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orlandosentinel.com%2Fsports%2Forlando-magic%2Fos-sp-orlando-magic-small-ball-0227-story.html&usg=AFQjCNFLc6qESNMdw7FFd76JaT4HyTdm_A&sig2=9twAIPeGz7hK_WlzqDWl-A" target="_blank">even head coach Frank Vogel had to admit</a> that the experiment had failed, and that Gordon was better suited to play the power forward position. Enter Jonathan Isaac, an intriguing young prospect who went to college just a few hours north of Orlando, at Florida State.<br />Isaac is a player with the height of a PF or C (6-10), but the foot speed that enables him to defend quicker perimeter players, something he showed off regularly in college. This could make him just the player that the Magic have been looking for, to play the small forward position. </li>
<li>Minnesota Timberwolves - Malik Monk G, Kentucky<br />Coach Thibodeau loves defense, and Monk is the best perimeter defender in this draft class, still sitting on the board in a deep guard draft. Thibodeau would love him, and the Timberwolves might need him, as both Wiggins and Lavine will come up for max deals after the 2018-2019 season. With both players on the same financial clock, the Timberwolves would be wise to look down the road and set themselves up with depth to either trade one or lose one to free agency.</li>
<li>New York Knicks - Frank Ntilikina G, International<br />After his antics this past season, and given his <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/despite-the-knicks-drama-derrick-rose-will-reportedly-seek-a-max-contract-this-summer/" target="_blank">reported desire</a> for a huge deal from <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2017/1/11/14242878/derrick-rose-max-contract-knicks" target="_blank">multiple </a><a href="http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news/derrick-rose-awol-knicks-seeking-150-million-max-contract-nba/jplo5q0th4j71nye740p5c33g" target="_blank">outlets</a>, I just don't see Rose returning to start at the point for the Knicks next year. Frank Ntilikina makes an interesting prospect to fill Rose's shoes. At 6-5 he's both tall and long, and sees the floor extremely well. <br />He's a very willing passer, who looks to make those around him better. That would make him a great fit alongside Kristaps Porzingis and Carmelo Anthony-who despite public comments from Phil Jackson a few months ago, isn't going anywhere until he waives his no trade clause, and hasn't shown any indication or desire to do that. While some think his reported changed status with his wife may influence his desire to leave New York, I'm not so sure. He may just dig his heels in just to spite Phil, just because he can. Ironically it could work out for everyone involved, if Ntilikina can play in the NBA. A distributor at the helm of the offense is just what Melo and KP need to succeed.</li>
<li>Dallas Mavericks - Dennis Smith G, NC State<br />At first, I had Dallas looking at Markkanen, out of Arizon with this pick, as a potential Dirk replacement. Dirk's time in the league is obviously coming to an end sooner rather than later, and they'll have to think about that at some point in time, but right now they need to think about a starting point guard, as their starts at that position last year were pretty much split between Yogi Ferrell and Seth Curry.<br />Smith makes a nice potential prospect for them at the point, as a guy who filled up the stat sheet in college, averaging over 18 points, 6 assists, and 4 rebounds per game. during his time at North Carolina State. He may not be ready to start right away, and he's a bit of a gamble, but he could pay off big time, and owner Mark Cuban does seem to love a good gamble-and have great luck, given his status in life. Smith could very well come off the board here, and start his career in Dallas. </li>
<li>Sacramento Kings - Zach Collins C, Gonzaga<br />Collins has been surging up draft boards, and probably with good reason. The 7 footer not only can score inside and rebound with the best of them in college, but also showed range, shooting 10-21 from three point distance during his one year at Gonzaga. While he has range, he also seems to have good shot selection, taking 70% of his shots from inside. Sacramento could use him at either the 4 or the 5, and would do well to draft him here.</li>
<li>Charlotte Hornets - Harry Giles F/C, Duke<br />I wanted to put former Tarheel Justin Jackson here, given Jordan's close relationship with the championship team ("the ceiling is the roof") but for Jackson, the ceiling might be the 12th pick in the draft, because I think MJ and his front office take Harry Giles here.<br />Giles just seems like such a Jordan pick to me. He battled injuries through college, and was never able to show off as the highly touted prospect he came into Duke rated to be. As such, he's fallen off a bit for many. However, word is that Giles has impressed in workouts, looking "better than he ever looked at Duke", leading some to speculate about whether or not he falls and how far if he does. Healthy, he could be a top 5 of a draft talent, but if injury issues nag him, the pick could be a bust.<br />As far as skill set, Giles fits in Charlotte alongside Kaminsky in the front court, who brings range, while Giles brings an interior game. If Jordan picks him, it might doom him though. OR it could vindicate MJ as an owner/front office type someday down the road. That's the nature of gambles, and well, we all know how MJ feels about gambling don't we? He's the type who always wants to have one up on everyone else, and always thinks he does. He's also brought in several Duke players over the last 24 months, leading me to believe Giles would be a natural fit culture wise. Only time will tell, but I wouldn't be shocked at all to see Giles come off the board here and play at least his first few years in North Carolina.</li>
<li>Detroit Pistons - Lauri Markkanen F, Arizona<br />Drummond is the type of player that dominates the interior of the basketball court, while Markkanen is the best stretch four in this draft. The Pistons really get lucky with him falling to them here, and SVG shouldn't waste any time getting to the podium to make the announcement. Markkanen would be a perfect fit on the roster, would help open up the floor, and could potentially start right away, or at least play significant minutes right away.</li>
<li>Denver Nuggets - Justin Jackson G/F, North Carolina<br />Denver's one biggest need is to improve it's defense-they ranked 27th in the league in ppg allowed last year, and 29th in opponent field goal percentage allowed. Justin Jackson is a "3 and D" guy who can play the 2 or the 3, and could maybe even guard a few 4's in the NBA. He's a strong defender on the perimeter, who brings championship pedigree, coming fresh off North Carolina's championship team. This sort of thing can help bring a winning attitude to a team, can help change the atmosphere, and thus, the confidence of a team, which impacts results on the floor. Look for Jackson to go by here if not before, and make an impact on his team, even if he's not scoring 20 a game.</li>
<li>Miami Heat - T.J. Leaf F, UCLA<br />Miami is finally able to release Chris Bosh, and they haven't found a real good stretch four since he left. Leaf could potentially fill those shoes. He almost reminds me of Kevin Love, both coming out of UCLA, and both good three point shooters who can rebound the ball. He might not be as good as Love-but he also might be better someday. Or anything in between. The Heat could use him right away, and fill a need by drafting him here.</li>
<li>Portland Trailblazers - John Collins F/C, Wake Forest<br />Slated to foot the bill of the league's highest payroll next season at this point in time, with $137 million committed to their current roster, and with three picks in the first round but 15th being the highest, the Blazers are really limited on the movements they can make this off-season, making this pick their best opportunity to improve their team in the short term. Collins does this, giving them a guy who can immediately contribute offensively and on the boards, after averaging essentially 28 and 15 in college.</li>
<li>Chicago Bulls - Jawun Evans G, Oklahoma State<br />The Bulls found the value of a true point guard when Rondo went down in the playoffs. At this point in the draft, despite it's depth at the position, 5 point guards have already been drafted, leaving Evans as the best on the board. Chicago can grab him up and put him in the mix in their back court.<br />**I think Chicago is best suited at this point, to trade Butler, preferably for a high pick in this draft. I could see a team like Philly approaching Chicago with an offer of the third overall, Okafor, and maybe even the Lakers' pick next year as well, and Chicago biting on the offer. I don't like projecting trades into mock drafts, but I thought this was worth mentioning here.**</li>
<li>Milwaukee Bucks - Jarrett Allen C, Texas<br />Giannis, Thon Maker, the Bucks as of late have shown an interest in taking young project type players, who have shown the potential to dominate down the line. Allen would fit that mold, and if Thon doesn't work out, maybe Allen does. Or maybe they both do and you trade one down the line. The Bucks seem to be interested in development, and Allen is one of the most interesting young prospects in this class, with what some consider to be perhaps the highest ceiling.</li>
<li>Indiana Pacers - Justin Patton F/C, Creighton<br />Patton grew up near Creighton (in Nebraska) and has always been a small town type of guy, I think Indiana is a team that likes that in their picks, meaning they're more likely to stick around down the line. Patton is a legit 7 footer that can really get up and down the court. He's an offensive threat who pops well on the pick and roll, and makes a high percentage of the shots he takes. He doesn't take bad shots, but also lacks aggression around the rim and has shown some hesitation in shooting from deeper range. His rebounding is also suspect, but he could still potentially grow into a great young big man alongside Myles Turner, and give the Pacers two good young players to rebuild around if Paul George leaves.<br /><br />**Again, note. I think the most likely thing that happens with this pick, is that the Pacers trade it. The latest reports have them trying to go all in to show Paul George that they want to and are serious about becoming contenders around him down the road. Therefore, they need players that will produce next year, not down the road, like a draft pick would. <br />One place I might look is Detroit, where they could target Reggie Jackson, a player SVG is on the outs with. The Pistons could use the pick to rebuild, and want to get rid of Jackson, and the Pacers might want to add the talent to the roster. <br />Another candidate might be Portland, who will likely be looking to shed salary as much as possible. If it were Portland that the Pacers called, I'd target Miles Leonard. He's a good stretch four type player on a reasonable contract for the next several seasons. He'd fit well alongside Drummond, and would be expendable to the Trailblazers at this point based upon this mock draft scenario.**</li>
<li>Atlanta Hawks - Luke Kennard G/F, Duke<br />I see in Luke Kennard something of a shorter Kyle Korver-a player the Hawks traded away last year much to the dismay of their fan base and the players on their roster. Kennard would give them a player with range almost to match Korver's, and also much like Korver, good height for the shooting guard position, and suspect defensive abilities. I think he'd be a natural fit in Atlanta, and if he's still there when they pick they'd be wise to select him.</li>
<li>Portland Trailblazers - Tyler Lydon F/C, Syracue<br />The Blazers only real option to add to their team this year is through the draft, and they'll be committed to do so with at least their first two picks. Lydon gives them a fairly well developed player who can play either forward position, has very reliable range, converting 40% of his three point attempts in college, and has the size to guard bigger power forwards even, standing at about 6 foot 10.</li>
<li>Oklahoma City Thunder - O.G. Anunoby F, Indiana<br />Anunoby falls in this mock draft for two reasons, with the most obvious being the injury late last season. The second being that he doesn't quite measure up as tall as some thought he was, measuring 6 foot 6, while some analysts had him at 6-8 before this. That can often chip away at your draft stock quietly.<br />In Anunoby-provided he remains healthy-the Thunder get a lockdown defender who can guard the other team's scoring wing player, potentially taking some pressure off a guy like Westbrook on that side of the court. The big question will be whether or not Anunoby has reliable NBA three point range (37% in college) and whether or not his jump shot can be reliable overall. If it can (and given the small sample at the college level it's honestly hard to predict at this point) then he'll earn a lot of minutes and be successful. If not, he still may stick around in the league-defensive guys tend to do that sometimes-but he'll have a tough time staying on the court for extended periods of time if he's not an offensive threat.</li>
<li>Brooklyn Nets - Caleb Swanigan F, Purdue<br />With a center like Brook Lopez, that often likes to play from the perimeter, and isn't exactly known as a tenacious rebounder, the Nets need a power forward that can clean the glass. Insert Swanigan, who averaged 15 boards per forty minutes in college, and while he stands about 6-9, possesses a 7-4 wingspan and has a standing reach of 9-1. He could be a perfect fit alongside Lopez, cleaning up the glass and threatening the defense with his interior scoring.</li>
<li>Toronto Raptors - Isaiah Hartenstein F/C, Germany<br />Fans might look at Hartenstein and understandably draw comparisons to Kristaps Porzingis, but they'd be way off the mark. While both are tall thin white guys from roughly the same geographical region in the world, Hartenstein's game differes from that of Porzingis about as much as it could. Hartenstein prefers operating in the paint, and doesn't seem to possess a real outside shot. He's a good rebounder (14 per 40 minutes) and a tough player, who can contribute in the league and should go in the first round.</li>
<li>Utah Jazz - Ivan Rabb F/C, California<br />Around this time last year, Rabb was being talked about as a likely lottery pick if he stayed in the draft. This year, the Jazz will snatch him up at 24 and be happy with the fallen talent, whose stock suffered seriously from a down year at Cal. </li>
<li>Orlando Magic - Terrance Ferguson G/F, Australia<br />Ferguson made the rare decision to forego the NCAA and spend his year after high school playing professional basketball in Australia, where he's been unimpressive to say the least. As a result, a player who was once thought of as a lottery talent, falls to the Magic at 25.</li>
<li>Portland Trailblazers - Rodions Kurucs F, Barcelona<br />At this point in the draft, the Blazers have drafted at least 2 rookies already and aren't trying to fill spots on this year's roster any longer. Kurucs is a stash overseas pick, who will continue to develop in Spain while they work to open up a roster spot for him, or wait to develop a need.</li>
<li>Brooklyn Nets - Anzejs Pasecniks F/C, Latvia<br />In Pasecniks, some draft analysts see a shadow of Kristaps Porzingis, which probably comes partially from Pasecniks' experience playing alongside the budding NBA star during their days in Europe. Both received similar attention and interest from scouts several years ago when they first caught the eye of the NBA, but Porzingis has developed more along the way than Anzejs. The Nets may see their opportunity to build their own Porzingis across town from the original, and perhaps even a friendly in city/country of origin rivalry long term? Who knows, but Pasecniks makes a lot of sense here, especially if they plan on trading starting center Brook Lopez, something many around the league have speculated might be in their plans.</li>
<li>LA Lakers - Ike Anigbogu C, UCLA<br />This is a long term, down the road kind of pick. Anigbogu has great size (6-10, 250) and enough athleticism to excite NBA GM's and coaches alike. It'll take a few years for this 18 year old to develop, but he could be a force in the league for many years to come with the right tutelage.</li>
<li>San Antonio Spurs - Josh Hart G, Villanova<br />Josh Hart was a four year player at Villanova under head coach Jay Wright. He's a system guy, he fully buys in, he dedicates himself, and he succeeds. That's the kind of guy a coach like Pop likes. The kind that wants to be a cog in the system, that's the kind he can work with also. I think Hart makes a great fit in San Antonio.</li>
<li>Utah Jazz - Frank Jackson G, Duke<br />Jackson is "Mr Utah" to the point that his father is Utah state senator Al Jackson. He's also a solid scorer from Duke, who could fit into the Utah system, and provide them with scoring off the bench at the 2 and 3.</li>
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I ranked the top 40 running backs according to my
projections and expectations in my most recent post, and this one ranks the top
40 wide receivers. These rankings are
based on a PPR format, and may change as the off-season continues, and more and
more news comes out, injuries happen or heal, and so forth. Stay tuned for updates, and I hope this helps
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Last season, the combination of Thomas and former teammate Brandin Cooks saw a
combined 239 targets that resulted in 170 receptions for 2,310 yards and 17
touchdowns. Cooks was traded to New
England, but no real receiving options were
brought in to replace him. Those
targets/opportunities are going to have to go somewhere, and I’m guessing
Thomas gets a good chunk of them. If he
gets targeted like Evans did last year (around 175 times) for the same reason
(no other real options on the team) then 120 receptions for 1400 yards isn’t
out of reach. I think this season
instead of putting two receivers in the top ten of fantasy production, the
Saints put one on top.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nelson returned from injury last year and rocked, not letting up, putting up
games of 100+ receiving yards 3 times over the course of 4 weeks late in the
season, and grabbing 5 touchdowns over that same stretch. The Packers threw a lot last year, which
resulted in them putting two wide receivers in the top ten fantasy production
rankings. They did so because they had
no running backs. Strangely enough, they
didn’t do anything to add any real help at the RB position during the
off-season, so I expect more of the same next year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Brown struggled through his worst year as a pro last season, but his worst year
is still a pretty great year by almost any standard, as he put up 1284 yards on
106 catches with 12 touchdowns. The Steelers’ offense has a lot of options,
so it can be hard to pick any one option to lead their respective category or
position, but Brown has been the most reliable of those options, with Big Ben
struggling with injuries last season at times, and Bell struggling with
injuries and off the field issues. Look
for Brown to have another dominant year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While some believe QB Andrew Luck to be something of a bust due to his record,
the fact of the matter is that he’s a top 5 fantasy production QB, and also
that the bulk of his throws go towards Hilton, a 5-9 shifty receiver who caught
for over 1,400 yards last season on nearly 100 catches. At some point, the Colts are going to be able
to keep Andrew Luck upright, and that’ll help the production of his receivers. I expect Luck’s focus to continue to be on
Hilton however, and him to be a top 5 fantasy receiver as a result.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Julio Jones rounds out my top 5 receivers as perhaps the most <br />
physically gifted
receiver in the league. Last year, he
struggled with injuries that resulted in him missing two games, and putting up
just single digits in fantasy points in 5 others. Jones reminds me in many ways of Calvin
Johnson, former superstar receiver of the Lions, who called his career quits
after 9 seasons, about 5 years early at least by most estimates). I worry that some receivers look at a guy
like Johnson and think about taking the same path. I think/hope the Falcons ease up a bit on the
load they expect him to carry in the passing game, and possibly elongate his
career in the process.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Odell Beckham, the uber talented, flamboyant, outspoken, and sometimes slightly
foolish wide receiver for the New York Giants.
The Giants signed veteran Brandon Marshall in the off-season, a
professional who has been around a while at this point. I think they must have done that in part to
have someone that can try to reel Odell in when he’s getting emotional. I think part of that, will be legitimizing
Marshall in the offense-throwing his way a bunch. Part of that comes out of Odell’s share I think. Take him down a bit, boost Brandon up a bit,
don’t lose any production in your passing game, but get your young receiver’s
head on straighter, better for the long run.
Not better for fantasy owners this year though.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->A.J. Green, Cincinatti Bengals<br />
Green went down to injury last year, but still managed to put up 964 receiving
yards and 4 touchdowns in the 10 games that he did play. That’s basically 100 yards per game, and I
don’t see any reason to believe that rate will slow down. If he can stay healthy this year, he could
easily put up 1500 yards and double digits in touchdowns, which would probably
put him top 5 fantasy production from the receiver position. I think it’s reasonable to expect him to end
up somewhere between 5<sup>th</sup> and 10<sup>th</sup> by the time everything
is said and done.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Amari Cooper, Oakland Raiders<br />
Cooper is considered to be one of the most talented receivers in the league,
and he’s got the good fortune to be paired
up with one of the more talented young quarterbacks also, in Derek Carr. The two are on a good timeline to develop
together, and dominate the AFC for years.
Last season, Carr suffered an injury in week 16, cutting his season
short and potentially the Raiders’ postseason run as well. Despite that injury, he still managed to throw
for nearly 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns (28), with over 1,100 of those yards
and 4 touchdowns going Cooper’s way.
Look for this type of production to continue and even increase as they
both grow even more comfortable with both the offense, the league itself, and
each other of course.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br />
Last season, Evans ended the year atop
the fantasy production rankings for receivers by way of being targeted more
than anybody in the league. This was a
function of QB Jameis Winston having few options to throw to that he seemed to
like, and struggling to find a reliable target, even in Evans himself, who
managed to convert just 58.46% of his targets into catches, the low catch rate
among all receivers in the top 20 of fantasy production last season except
Kelvin Benjamin, who came in 20<sup>th</sup> on the fantasy point production
list. I don’t think that’s a good sign
for Evans’ production this season. Tampa
Bay brought in several new options for Winston in DeSean Jackson and OJ Howard,
and I think Winston starts looking places other than Evans for someone who can
catch a little bit better. Look for
Evans’ targets to drop from the 175 he had last year to lead the league to
about 150, maybe even less. That would
bring his production down to about 75 catches for 1000 yards or so. Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised to see him
fall out of the top ten entirely. Draft
with caution.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->DeAndre Hopkins, Houston Texans<br />
DeAndre Hopkins owners suffered as much as anybody last year, drafting him at
or near the top of the draft and expecting loads of fantasy points as he gelled
with new highly paid QB Brock Osweiler.
However, Osweiler was downright terrible, and the season from the QB
spot from the Texans was terrible throughout the entire year, eventually relying
upon rookie Tom Savage to man the helm down the streth. This year, I have Deshaun Watson starting
from day one, and I think he’ll look to fellow Clemson alum Hopkins and his
great hands to help him settle into the league.
Look for Hopkins to rebound this season in a big way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Julian Edelman, New England Patriots<br />
Last season Edelman was the feature receiver for Brady’s “Gronk You” tour, and
as the main option in the championship offense, he found himself targeted 158
times-third most in the league, turning that into 98 receptions for just under
1100 yards. There are two main concerns
regarding Edelman: his health-he missed 9 games over the course of the 2014 and
2015 seasons, and the arrival of Brandin Cooks, Brady’s newest target.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Brandin Cooks, New England Patriots<br />
Last season Cooks was a top 10 fantasy receiver in a pass happy offense in New
Orleans lead by Drew Brees. This season, he finds himself the second option to
yet another Canton bound QB with Brady in New England. I don’t see Brady allowing Cooks to leap over
Edelman in terms of opportunities in the offense, and both turn targets into
catches at roughly the same rate, so I’ve got to rank them both next to each
other here, just outside the top ten.
Offenses (including that New Orleans offense) have put two receivers in
the top ten before however, so I wouldn’t be all that shocked if Brady does the
same thing with Cooks and Edelman this season.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Dez Bryant, Dallas Cowboys<br />
It seems to me that every year we have huge expectations for Dez, and every
year he lets us down for one reason or another.
Last season, he played in 13 games, but managed just 796 yards on 50
receptions and 97 targets. That’s about
a 50% catch rate and was only good for 26<sup>th</sup> in the league in fantasy
production amongst wide receivers. His
per catch average is solid, ranking him 13<sup>th</sup> in the league. If he can just turn more of those targets
into catches, his production could easily go up. But I’m simply not willing to bank on it. As a result, you’ll see him inside a lot of
top ten projections, but not mine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Devante Adams, Green Bay Packers<br />
Last season, Devante Adams found his way to the 7<sup>th</sup> rank position in
fantasy production, surprising many and outperforming most projections, which
had him in the bottom ¼ of the top 20 coming into 2016-right about where I have
him now. Green Bay featured a dominant
passing game last year, in the absence of any kind of running game
whatsoever. During the off-season they
made no real effort to shore up that running game, and as such just might put
two receivers in the top ten again. For
now though, I’ve got Adams finishing here, just outside of it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Doug Baldwin, Seattle Seahawks<br />
Last season, Baldwin posted the 7<sup>th</sup> best catch rate among receivers
in the league, turnins 126 targets into 94 catches for just over 1,100
yards. He added 7 receiving touchdowns
to that, to turn in his first top ten fantasy receiving year-and perhaps the
first of many. With fellow Seahawks WR
Tyler Lockett returning from a tough injury suffered late last season, Baldwin
may be relied upon more in the early weeks of the year, making him a good
receiver and someone folks get excited about early.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Golden Tate, Detroit Lions<br />
Tate turned in a strong season last year of nearly 100 (91) catches for nearly
1,100 yards (1,077). The year was
highlighted by three big performances of over 120 yards vs the Giants, Saints,
and then Rams, with a touchdown in two of them.
As fellow receiver Marvin Jones started to fall off in production over
the second half of the year after being a top 5 receiver for the first half,
Tate began reaping the rewards, seeing his target rate turn up considerably as
he was targeted 10, 11, 13, 6, And 10 times over the final 5 weeks of the
season, making up 50 of his 135 targets throughout the season. During that span, Tate rewarded Stafford’s
faith in him, converting 34 of those targets into catches and scoring two of
his four touchdowns. His real change in
impact came in yards however, as he cranked his per catch average up from 10.82
over the first 11 games of the season, to 13.52 yards per reception down the
stretch. If he continues that rate of
production into this year, It could be a really good year for Golden Tate
owners.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Keenan Allen, San Diego Chargers<br />
Over the past two seasons, Allen has played in just 9 games for the Chargers,
playing in just one last year. He’s a
big, young, talented receiver with a good quarterback whose worst enemy is his
own inability to stay healthy. Allen has
posted some videos in an effort to show his progress after ACL reconstructive
surgery, but the Chargers have made moves that look like they’ll refocus a bit
on the running game, and added a new receiver with a top ten pick in the draft,
meaning he’ll be eating up a lot of targets.
Given these factors, I had a hard time ranking Allen even in the top 20,
but out of respect for his skill set and not wishing to wish injury upon
anyone, I thought 17<sup>th</sup> was reasonable.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Terrelle Pryor Sr, Washington Redskins<br />
Last year Pryor made what seemed to be an almost seamless transition to the
wide receiver position, putting up 1,007 yards on 77 catches in what was
essentially his rookie position at the position. Pryor has always been athletic, but played QB
in college, and in his first couple seasons in the league struggled to find a
position. He wanted to play QB at first,
but seemed to many to be best suited as something of a running back/offensive
weapon. Some even projected him as a
wildcat changeup option when he first entered the draft. He seems to have found his home as a receiver
however, and last year found himself ending the season ranked at 18<sup>th</sup>-just
inside the top 20, and where I’ve got him here in this projection. Despite moving to Washington, look for him to
repeat that production, with Kirk Cousins throwing to him in what seems to be a
never ending contract year for the QB.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Allen Robinson, Jacksonville Jaguars<br />
The Jaguars’ offense struggled as a whole last season, with an offensive line
unable to block for either QB or running back, and the receivers hurting their
fantasy owners as a result. Robinson
ended the season 29<sup>th</sup> overall in fantasy production among receivers
for standard leagues, a far cry from the back half of the top ten, where most
fantasy analysts had him projected, thinking Bortles and co. would take the
“next step” instead of regressing the way they did. I think the Jaguars’ offense tries to refocus
on the running game in the upcoming season, and through the threat of that,
Robinson is able to resurrect some of his former production and expectations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Alshon Jeffrey, Philadelphia Eagles<br />
Last year, Jeffrey turned in a somewhat disappointing season, grabbing just 52
catches for 821 yards and two scores. In
fact, h is entire career he’s struggled against injuries, playing a full 16 game
season in just 2 of his 5 years in the league, and missing a total of 17 games
over the course of those other three years, four of them last season. This lack of reliability lead the Bears to
not resign him, and tempered interest in his services around the league,
leading to a one year “prove it” deal with the Eagles, where he’ll try to prove
his continued worth to passing offenses around the league. Look for Jeffrey to be extra motivated, play
16 games, and return to being the guy that puts up between 1100 and 1400 yards
with 8-10 touchdowns. Unless he gets
hurt and plays half the year. At this
point, it’s a coin flip.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Emannuelle Sanders, Denver Broncos<br />
Sanders and Broncos teammate Demaryius Thomas have fallen down this list
primarily due to the quarterback situation in Denver. We don’t really know who will throw to them,
although at this point Siemien seems to be the only real option with any
quarterbacking experience in this league.
Sanders edges out Thomas in my rankings because he plays more of a short
yardage, possession type receiver, the type of receiver that young and
developing quarterbacks with lousy offensive lines often have an easier time
finding. Look for both to fall outside
the top 20 in receiver’s fantasy production this season due to the above
factors.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Demaryius Thomas, Denver Broncos<br />
Thomas and Sanders, as mentioned above, both suffer due to poor expected QB
play, but Thomas suffers a bit more as he’s something of a deep threat, and
Broncos’ QB’s have a hard time staying upright long enough for him to get
downfield due to a porous offensive line.
The Broncos’ front office made an effort to address their protection
issues in drafting top offensive tackle Garrett Bowles in the draft, but draft
experts didn’t seem overly excited about Bowles’ prospects in the NFL, so I’m
just not sure he’s the piece that will solve their offensive line woes, which
means Thomas just might continue to see his production fall off through no
fault of his own.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Sammy Watkins, Buffalo Bills<br />
Last season Watkins turned in the second straight year plagued by injuries,
having missed 11 games over that time.
He came into the league with a lot of fanfare, partially as a result of
the Bills’ decision to trade up to draft him.
His first year he satisfied some of that hype, with close to 1,000 yards
and 6 touchdowns. In his second year
despite missing 3 games, he continued to develop, going over 1,000 yards and
adding 9 scores. Last year however, his
overall production fell off due to missing half the season, and many are
worried that’s just a sign of things to come, that he’ll continue to fall apart
more and more with each passing day. I
don’t like predicting injuries, but I also believe availability is the greatest
ability, and Watkins just hasn’t had that.
He falls outside my top 20 here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Michael Crabtree, Oakland Raiders<br />
Crabtree turned in a very productive season last year, finishing 12<sup>th</sup>
among wideouts in fantasy production in ESPN standard leagues. His career thus far had been slightly
disappointing, with just one prior 1,000 yard receiving season for the former
top 10 draft pick. Since his arrival in
Oakland however, he’s turned in two seasons above or around 1,000 yards
receiving, and 17 total touchdowns as he grew alongside QB Derek Carr and
fellow wide receiver Amari Cooper. Look
for that consistent production to continue, perhaps vaulting him back into the
top 15-20 receivers in fantasy football.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jarvis Landry, Miami Dolphins<br />
For his entire three years in the league, Landry has been considered one of the
up and coming talents at the wide receiver position, and he’s performed as
such, averaging over 1,000 yards per season along the way . Where he’s disappointed a bit however, is in
his touchdown production, with just 12 scores over those same three years. A headline, top 10-20 type receiver simply
has to cross the end line more often than he does, and until he’s able to do
that, he’ll continue to find himself projected outside the top 20.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Brandon Marshall, New York Giants<br />
As he enters his 12<sup>th</sup> season and 5<sup>th</sup> team in the league,
it has to strike you that Brandon Marshall has been around the league a LONG
time. Over those years he’s only missed
a total of 9 games, and turned in two seasons under 1,000 yards receiving, one
of which was last year, the result of incredibly poor quarterback play on the
New York Jets. With the Bears and with
the Jets-his last two stops-his first year was his most productive by far, and
I expect he continues to remember how to make a first impression, and puts up
between 1100 and 1400 yards receiving, paired with 5-10 touchdowns in this
first year with the Giants. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->DeSean Jackson, Tampa Bay Bucanneers<br />
Jackson found a new home in Tampa Bay and will provide a much needed deep
threat to a Bucs team that’s looking to make the “next step” in their
collective development. If Jackson can
stay healthy, he can be an impactful player on the field, and on your fantasy
team.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals<br />
Fitzgerald proved that the thoughts of his fantasy demise were wildly
exaggerated last season when he turned in the 17<sup>th</sup> best fantasy
performance from a wide receiver. Both
he and Palmer continue to be on the wrong side of 30, but both also continue to
produce, and I hesitate to bet against that sort of longevity and consistency,
until they’re ready to call it quits.
That time hasn’t come y et, so Fitzgerald still cracks my top 30. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Stefon Diggs, Minnesota Vikings<br />
Diggs is a deep threat who has emerged as the top target on the Minnesota
Vikings over the past two years. While
the team seems to be recommitting to the run this year, they still have to
throw it sometimes to keep the defense on it.
When they do, it’ll likely be to Stefon Diggs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Willie Snead, New Orleans Saints<br />
Last year the Saints had two wide receivers in the top ten of fantasy
production amongst WR’s, with Cooks and Thomas.
This year, Cooks has been traded to New England, and somebody has to be
the beneficiary of all those targets that used to go his way. I think Thomas will pick up a good deal of
them, but Snead stands to pick up the bulk of the rest, as he’s proven himself
over the past couple seasons to be a productive and reliable target for Brees.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With the impending exit of WR Eric Decker, someone will have to step up, and
Enunwa is best poised to be that guy. We
don’t know who he’ll be catching passes from yet, but we do know that last year
in spite of perhaps the worst quarterback play in the league last season he
managed to catch for over 800 yards and 4 touchdowns. His catch rate has hovered around 50% in both
years he’s played thus far, and he’ll have to do something about that to become
anything at all in this league, but he’ll have plenty of opportunity this
season and his average of over 14 yards per reception both seasons shows reason
for optimism.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Martavis Bryant, Pittsburgh Steelers<br />
This young athletic receiver’s main opposition so far has been himself, whether
via off-the-field issues or injury, availability has been his biggest
challenge. If he can stay available,
he’ll be productive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Donte Moncrief, Indianapolis Colts<br />
Moncrief benefits a lot from the expectations many have for Luck, and as a
result has found himself even as high as top 20-25 in some people’s
projections! I see him about 30-40<sup>th</sup>. 33<sup>rd</sup> feels about right.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Kelvin Benjamin, Carolina Panthers<br />
Rumors have been flying around about the shape Benjamin showed up to camp in,
and how productive he might or might not be as a result. He’s faced some injury issues in the past,
and the Panthers’ offense struggled last year.
I’m not sure it’s realistic to hope he cracks the top 30 by the end of
this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Corey Davis, Tennessee Titans<br />
Davis is a talented young rookie coming into an offense that needs
options. While Mariota isn’t a guy that
throws it 300 yards every game, and splitting time with Mathews may limit his
opportunities especially in his rookie season, Davis should also be able to be
a productive receiver in this league.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Rishard Mathews, Tennessee Titans<br />
Mathews nearly broke the 1,000 yard receiving mark last year for the first time
in his 6 year career. If Davis doesn’t
steal too much of the workload away, he may be able to break it this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Kenny Britt, Cleveland Browns<br />
Britt has been a productive receiver when on the field, and has grown up in the
NFL. At the age of 28, he’s already in his
ninth season, and can be the reliable pro, and big target with good hands that
whichever young QB chosen to play under center for the Browns will need.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Cameron Meredith, Chicago Bears<br />
Mike Glennon is going to be looking to throw to somebody, to cement his place
as the quarterback of the Bears, with Trubisky nipping at his heels. Meredith may make a good target.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Tyreek Hill, Kansas City Chiefs<br />
Hill exploded onto the scene last year as a multi-talented playmaker who can
receive, rush, and return, and is dangerous in all those roles, capable of
scoring and breaking huge plays from anywhere.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Tyrell Williams, LA Chargers<br />
Williams began to come on last season, after Keenan Allen went down for the
year. Look for his development to
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Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-56015372147122817242017-06-07T14:30:00.004-07:002017-06-09T16:57:42.559-07:00NFL Fantasy Football 2017-18 Top 20 Tight Ends<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My list of top tight ends goes 20 deep, as tight ends are
not a real popular fantasy player, and are even not required in many leagues at
all. You’ll find a few differences in my
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</span><!--[endif]-->Greg Olsen<br />
By now, you should know many of my projections, values, and rankings are going
to be based in large part off opportunity.
That’s just how it goes in fantasy.
The more targets, rushes, or attempts one has, the better chance they
have to succeed. Olsen will have more of
those chances than any other tight end, given the complete and utter lack of
options Cam Newton has in Carolina. Look
for him to top the TE ranks this season.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Travis Kelce<br />
Kelce is another player whose ranking benefits from a lack of any other options
around him. Sure the Chiefs have Tyreek
Hill, who is exciting, but after cutting Jeremy Maclin this past week, other
than Kelce there just really isn’t anyone that QB Alex Smith can rely on. He’s a “dink and dunk” type of QB anyway, and
talented TE’s are often a great option for that type of player. Smith will be looking to keep his job, or
bolster his resume for the next stop, feeling the pressure of Pat Mahomes no
doubt. Look for Kelce and Kelce fantasy
owners to be the beneficiary of that.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jordan Reed<br />
Yet again, opportunity rules the day.
The Redskins allowed both DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon to walk away
in free agency, opting to replace them with only Terrelle Pryor; a QB turned
receiver in his first year, who put up 1,000 yards in a limited offense in
Cleveland, but not exactly a reliable superstar you can bank on for 10 targets,
6-7 catchces, and 100 yards every week, right?
Reed could be “that” guy.
Everyone knows Cousins wants a long term deal, yet he’s struggled to
prove himself as a starter to Redskins management. His rise over the last two seasons has come
at the same time as Reed’s availability to the team has increased, and Reed’s
catch rate of over 75% makes him the 5<sup>th</sup> best TE in the league last
season. Look for Cousins to go back to
the Reed well time and time again in a third effort to prove to his team’s
management and the front offices around the league that he’s a legit starter in
this league.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Kyle Rudolph<br />
Last season, Rudolph was the best tight end option in the league in the red
zone, with 24 of his league tight end leading 132 targets coming within the
20. He converted 14 of those targets
into catches, and 5 into touchdowns, making him the best tight end in the
league inside the 20. Not only that, but
those 24 targets represented over 32% of the team’s total targets within the
red zone, making Rudolph the second most used PLAYER in the league inside the
red zone, trailing only Odell Beckham Jr in that usage stat, and indicating a
high likelihood for a productive season for Rudolph, considering the fact the
Vikings didn’t do anything this off-season to bolster their receiving corp or
otherwise think that Rudolph would lose targets.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Rob Gronkowski<br />
I won’t be able to leave my house after these rankings come out, as I’m located
deep in the middle of Patriots fan territory.
In fact, I often worry that instead of being a “homer” I tend to be far
too critical and/or pessimistic about New England based players in an effort to
ensure I’m not identified as a “homer”.
I’m not sure, and I’ll have to do some self reflecting, but regardless I
have a hard time putting Gronkowski higher than this for one reason:
availability.<br />
Gronk has only played one complete season his entire career, and missed half of
it last year, playing in only 8 games, starting just 6 of them, and grabbing
just 25 catches for 540 yards in those games.
While that average is ridiculous for a tight end (21.6 yards per
reception) I’m just not sure the Pats are going to ride him hard this
year. It’s a contract year for him, the
Pats hate paying people, and probably also don’t want to see him walk
right? What better way to help that
negotiation than a down season? Don’t
target him as much-you won’t need to with 1309571398513525234 other options on
the field for Brady-and definitely don’t push him if he has ANY kind of injury
whatsoever. I think the equation ends
with him having a bit of a down year. I
couldn’t push him out of my top 5, but I considered it, so that should tell you
most of what you need to know regarding my confidence in the superstar tight
end.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jimmy Graham<br />
While initially many were worried that Graham just wasn’t working out in
Seattle, he seems to have settled in a bit more last season. While he didn’t quite have a season like any
of the years he had in New Orleans (and who would expect him to, given the
differences between the two offenses?), he approached 1,000 yards (923) and
snagged 6 touchdowns as well. During his
years in NO he regularly went over 1,000 and posted double digits in touchdowns
by comparison, so there’s definitely room to grow his role in Seattle.<br />
If you’ve read my other rankings, you know I’m projecting Seattle for much more
focus on the running game this year, but often that sort of game helps the
production at the tight end position, so I don’t expect his production to fall
off too much. Regardless of his growing
comfort level with QB Russell Wilson, as a 30 year old tight end, gone are the
days of 1,000+ yards a season and 10+ touchdowns, but I think you can probably
rely on Graham for 800-1000 yards and 5-8 touchdowns, making him a fringe top 5
tight end for fantasy owners.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Martellus Bennett<br />
Last season, Bennett was the 7<sup>th</sup> ranked fantasy tight end despite
spending at least 6 full games in an offense with Rob Gronkowski, who was
averaging over 20 yards per catch and piled up over 500 yards receiving in
about a third of the year. Bennet put up
some solid numbers himself, with more than 700 yards receiving and 7
touchdowns. This season as he moves from
one future HOF QB to the next, Bennett should find himself a bit more involved
in the offense than he did last year.
Those 7 touchdowns were despite
being targeted third most on the team (behind Edelman and Malcolm Mitchell) in
the red zone. With just those ten
targets inside the red zone, Bennett caught 8 passes and 5 touchdowns. Those ten targets gave him the second lowest
usage rate (13.9% of the team’s red zone targets) of the 25 players at any
position who caught 5 touchdowns inside the red zone last season, and indicates
that with increased opportunity-which he should see now that he’s not sharing
the field with Gronk-he’ll produce.<br />
Another indicator, is that the leading player inside the red zone last year in
terms of targets, was Green Bay receiver Jordy Nelson. Nelson is a great player, who turned those
league leading 29 red zone targets into a league leading 11 receiving
touchdowns, and had a great catch rate, but he turned 32 a few days ago and
receivers don’t typically get better with time.
He’s about 4 inches smaller than Bennett, who will make a huge target
for QB Aaron Rodgers. Look for Nelson’s
usage to get turned way down, and Bennett’s to almost double from where it was
last year in New England for what should be a great season for him.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Delanie Walker<br />
Last season, Walker ranked 5<sup>th</sup> overall in fantasy point production
among NFL tight ends on the strength of a 800 yard, 7 touchdown season. Over the past three seasons, Walker has
remained heavily involved in the Tennessee offense, being the target of about
22% of the passes thrown, and piling up over 2,700 yards and 17 touchdowns over
that span of time. The only problem with
Walker, is that unlike many other tight ends, his target share doesn’t pick up
in the red zone, where he stays at roughly 20-25% of team targets, about the
same as running back DeMarco Murray, limiting his potential for touchdowns and
fantasy points for would be and actual fantasy owners.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Hunter Henry<br />
I’ve heard it reported that last season, the Chargers were making a concerted
effort to get tight end Antonio Gates the ball, as he was pushing for the
all-time NFL record for receiving touchdowns by a tight end (he ended up tying
the record when he caught his 111<sup>th</sup>), and that Henry could have had
a much better season than he did.
Force-feeding Gates, and Henry coming on lead to the Chargers being the
only team in the league to put two tight ends into the top 15 fantasy point
scorers at the tight end position (and nearly putting both in the top ten, as
they came in 10<sup>th</sup> and 11<sup>th</sup>). <br />
This force-feeding of Gates is really one of the only things that can explain
last year’s targeting numbers, as Gates was targeted 93 times despite a 57%
catch rate, while Henry was targeted just 53 times with a much better catch
rate of 67.9%. I’m looking for those
targeting numbers to be flipped this season, with Henry being the player to get
80-100 of them. If he’s able to produce
at about the same rates as he was last year, I’m projecting him for about 800
yards and 10 touchdowns, which could be enough to push him into the top 5. Grab him if you can late, he’ll be a great
value. <br />
Definitely pick him up in keeper leagues.
Over his 14 year career, Gates has been targeted roughly 100 times per
season, meaning Rivers is comfortable looking to the tight end. Henry has the talent to replace Gates’
production from that position for the foreseeable future.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Eric Ebron<br />
Despite missing 3 games in the middle of the season, Ebron put up his best year
thus far as a pro last season, with more than 700 yards on 61 receptions and a
catch rate of nearly 72%-roughly a 5 point improvement on the prior year, and
nearly as many yards in that one season as the prior two combined. The one wild card with Ebron is the
touchdowns. Does he score 5, or does he
score 1? Thus far those have been the
two options for his season totals. <br />
While his final touchdown total might not be one of those numbers precisely, it
does highlight how hit or miss it can be for Ebron and transitively for his
fantasy owners. Over his first three
seasons, his target share within the red zone-prime scoring territory for most
tight ends-hasn’t really changed, which is an issue because he’s barely present
in the offense when it comes to target share in the red zone, being targeted 5,
8, and 6 times respectively within the 20 over those three years. The puzzling part is turning 5 of those 8
targets into touchdowns during his second season, while only converting 1 in
each of the seasons surrounding it.
Which will it be this year?
Several touchdowns, or almost never?
That’s the decision you have to make when deciding whether or not to
draft Ebron this season.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jack Doyle<br />
I think Jack Doyle is going to sneak up on some people. He’s currently (as of 6-6-17) being drafted
as the 18<sup>th</sup> overall TE in ESPN leagues, roughly 129<sup>th</sup>
overall. That’s about the eleventh round
in 12 team leagues. CBS and Fantasy
Football Calculator show similar ADP rankings.
Yet last year, Doyle was the 13<sup>th</sup> overall TE by the end of
the season, and that was with Dwayne Allen-the 19<sup>th</sup> overall fantasy
producing tight end-sharing targets, taking away as many as 4 a game. This year, Doyle’s backup is Erik Swope, a
third year ex collegiate basketball player who had never played football prior
to being signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by Indianapolis. <br />
This could go one of two ways for Doyle; <br />
a) he gets most of the tight end targets as Swope is inexperienced and Luck might
prefer Doyle’s experience.<br />
b) Swope can catch really well, is very athletic, but lacking football
experience doesn’t block well if at all.
Thus, Doyle as the more experienced player and better blocker, is given
more blocking assignments and Swope eats up a lot of targets.<br />
It’s hard to predict, but I prefer the known quantity over the unknown, and
have Doyle projected as basically a first team tight end here. That could take a hit though, so keep an eye
on Swope in pre-season, and what his role is in two tight end sets, how he’s
blocking, and if he’s able to take hits.
Could dictate Doyle’s fantasy success this upcoming season.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Tyler Eifert<br />
Health has always been the issue with Eifert, not talent or opportunity. If he could stay on the field, the Bengals
would throw it to him, they’ve shown that over the past two seasons. Despite missing 11 regular season games
entirely and not starting in 7 others over those two years, he’s remained a top
target, gathering 18 touchdowns and over 1,000 yards. <br />
It’s hard to be any kind of confident in his health-he’s never played a full 16
game season, and going back four years has missed a total of 27 games including
one season (his second) when he played in just one. If he were to remain healthy and play a full
16 game season, I could see him posting 1,000 yards and double digit touchdowns
every year. <br />
That’s a big “if” though, so here he lands at 12<sup>th</sup> on the tight end
list.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Zach Ertz<br />
I feel like Ertz is being a bit overdrafted right now, going 13<sup>th</sup>
overall amongst tight ends in ESPN leagues, and higher in CBS (7<sup>th</sup>)
and Fantasy Football Calculator (11<sup>th</sup>) current ADP’s. Sure he ranked 8<sup>th</sup> amongst tight
ends in fantasy points last year, but he did so off the strength of 106
targets, making him the 5<sup>th</sup> most targeted tight end in the league,
despite playing in just 14 games. I
don’t believe this trend will continue this season, as Philly brought in pass
catchers Alshon Jeffrey and Torrey Smith in to improve their receiving corps. I think the targets get spread out a bit more
this season, and Ertz’s production falls off a bit as a result, bumping him
just outside the “first team” tight ends, landing him at 13<sup>th</sup>
overall.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jason Witten<br />
Entering his 15<sup>th</sup> season in the league, Witten is still going
strong, having not missed a game since 2003.
He’s been the most reliable Cowboy in recent memory, and although his
production has fallen off a bit in recent years, he’s still out there every
game, and reliability can be important in fantasy. At this point in our rankings we’re talking
about backups, so if I’m going to hold a backup tight end, it’s going to be one
I’m pretty sure will be available if I need him.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->CJ Fiedorowicz<br />
Fiedorowicz has picked up his production every year since being drafted in the
third round by Houston in 2014. This was
capped last season by his production at least tripling, from targets to
touchdowns across the board. This was
due to a renewed focus on the tight end position by the team as a whole,
jumping from the rear of the league to second in tight end targets. I would expect this trend to continue, as the
Texans work to break in a young quarterback.<br />
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Clay has been a top 20 tight end in each of the past four seasons, and I see no
reason he falls out of the top 20 this year.
While he’s struggled to produce consistently, his talent is undeniable
and he continues to get targets, ranking 12<sup>th</sup> among tight ends in
the league there last season. Tyrod
Taylor and LeSean McCoy have recently been making noise about their desire to
win, and with offense killer Rex Ryan having been shipped out of town, their
offensive game could pick up quickly.
With or without the potential addition of Maclin, Clay would be prime to
be a beneficiary of that, given Watkins’ inconsistent availability throughout his
career and rookie Zay Jones already struggling with injuries. Keep an eye on him to potentially crack the
first team tight end rankings by the end of the season.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Austin Hooper<br />
Jacob Tamme not being brought back by the Falcons could potentially open up a
few targets a game for Hooper, who should see anywhere from 3-5 targets a game,
and turn that around into 600+ yards with a few touchdowns in his sophomore
season. There are still too many
talented options around him to see him picking up too much of an overall share
of the Falcons’ targets, Hooper isn’t a guy I’d build my offense around.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Coby Fleener<br />
For his first four years in Indianapolis, many of us expected production from
Fleener, who was drafted alongside his college roommate, talented young QB
Andrew Luck to be what most of us thought would be his most reliable
target. Instead, through his first three
seasons Fleener consistently posted sub 60% catch rates. Despite that, he secured a high dollar, long
term deal from New Orleans last season, and renewed those expectations from
analysts across the league. By the end
of the season however, he’d once again whiffed on meeting those expectations
and justifying that contract, picking up just over 600 yards through the air
and snagging just 3 touchdowns throughout the season.<br />
In the pass happy offense of New Orleans, those numbers represent just about a
10-12% participation/usage rate in the passing game, and that was before the
Saints signed a guy named Adrian Peterson, a player who will certainly demand
his share of touches in every game.
While the Saints ultimately have 36 million reasons to try to make it
work with Fleener, I’m just not sold that he has the tools to reciprocate, and
wouldn’t be shocked to see him fall out of the top 20 entirely by the end of
the season.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Cameron Brate<br />
I have such a hard time projecting Brate this low, given the fact he finished
the 6<sup>th</sup> overall tight end last year.
If OJ Howard hadn’t fallen into their laps at 19<sup>th</sup> overall
and been the most no-brainer pick of the draft-outside of the Redskins picking
up Jonathan Allen perhaps-Brate’s projection would almost certainly have been
top 10, perhaps even close to top 5. Instead, we find him here at 19<sup>th</sup>. If this list went past 20, Howard would be
found somewhere in the low 20’s, 21<sup>st</sup> or 22<sup>nd</sup>
perhaps. There are just too many targets
in Tampa now, and I think that Brate will probably suffer the greatest fall off
in production as a result of the off-season addition of not only Howard, but
also wide receiver DeSean Jackson. <br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Julius Thomas<br />
Thomas has been a disappointment since exciting many in the 2013 and 2014
seasons with the Broncos, under now new head coach, then offensive coordinator
Adam Gase. Gase has been working to turn
the Dolphins around, and the type of excitement Thomas generated by posting
back to back double digit touchdown seasons in Denver under Gase is just the
sort of thing you can kind of build an offense outwards around. Look for him to be heavily featured in the Dolphins’
passing game, and provided he can remain healthy, outperform this projection
and that of many others. Keep an eye on
him.<o:p></o:p></div>
Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-14125747704068739362017-06-07T14:18:00.000-07:002017-06-09T16:57:53.407-07:0017-18 NFL Fantasy Football Top 40 Running Backs<div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who tops my list of running backs going into the 2017-2018 NFL season?<br />
Read on to find out!</td></tr>
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With QB rankings posted last, RB rankings are up next. I’ll be ranking these backs based upon a PPR
format. Later on, I’ll come out with
non-PPR rankings as well. I’ll be doing
a top 40 here, as most owners find use for at least 3 running backs on their
roster, and a 12 owner league is quite common, that makes at least 40 relevant
running backs worth knowing about. Here
they are:<br />
<br />
<br />
*UPDATE* This list turned into a top 42, as it evolved after Marshawn Lynch came out of retirement and then later again when LaGarrette Blount was signed by the Eagles**<o:p></o:p><br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->David Johnson, Arizona Cardinals<br />
Johnson is not only a very effective runner, but also more involved in the
passing game than most backs are, catching 5 balls a game last year for 879
total receiving yards. Any running back
that is almost a 1,000 yard rusher AND receiver has to top the charts.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys<br />
Elliot is one of the most talented young backs in the league who benefits from
having perhaps the most talented offensive line in the league in front of
him. Last year he was second among all
running backs in ESPN standard leagues and I expect similar production this
year, perhaps even greater, as he enters his second season and learns NFL
defenses better.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Le’veon Bell, Pittsburgh Steelers<br />
“The greatest ability, is availability”, a saying that Bell proves out
regularly unfortunately. As a result, I
just can’t count on him as reliably as I can the other two superstar running
backs in front of him on this list, resulting in his 3<sup>rd</sup> place
finish despite being arguably the most talented running back in the
league. I hope he proves me wrong, but until
he completes a season without injury or suspension, I just can’t bet on it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jordan Howard, Chicago Bears<br />
Howard is a running back who finishes top 5 almost by default. Which is to say, his usage will be through
the roof due to lack of talent in the passing game on his team, not necessarily
just due to incredible talent of his own.
Last season he did however, average the 7<sup>th</sup> most yards per
rush attempt in the league, and added nearly 300 yards receiving to that. If he’s going to continue to get the volume,
we should expect top 5 production, and given the state of the Bears’ passing
game I expect he continues to get the volume.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jay
Ajayi, Miami Dolphins<br />
Miami’s big move to help the offense in the off-season was to resign WR Kenny
Stills. Which is great, particularly
given the contract they signed him to, but doesn’t drastically improve-or
improve at all-their receiving corps, which lead their team to the 26<sup>th</sup>
ranked passing offense in the league last year.
They’ll have little choice but to continue riding Ajayi as far as he can
take them. I’m not sure how many more
200 yard games he has in him-if any at all-but I’m willing to bet he can put up
some fantasy points for owners this upcoming season.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Melvin Gordon, LA Chargers<br />
Gordon showed flashes last year, and ended the year with JUST under 1,000 yards
rushing (997) despite missing essentially the last four games. The concern about Gordon is that he doesn’t
catch well (40<sup>th</sup> in the league amongst RB in rec/tgt percentage) but
when he does, he creates with it (8<sup>th</sup> in the league last year in
yards per reception). With Danny
Woodhead leaving to Baltimore this spring, Gordon’s volume should go up in the
passing game. If he can pull a few more
in, he could really crank up his production this year. He also needs to stay healthy obviously. The Chargers picked up Forrest Lamp in the
draft, who many compare favorably to Dallas’ Zach Martin, one of the best young
guards in the game. Lamp should help
shore up an offensive line in LA that’s been full of holes in recent years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->LeSean McCoy, Buffalo Bills<br />
The Bills ran the ball for the most yards and yards per attempt in the league
last year, running 492 total times, second only to Dallas (499). McCoy ran for 234 of those attempts. He had health problems in three games last
year however, and he’ll be 29 when the season begins. I think that the Bills are going to start
easing back his usage overall, probably by cutting back his involvement in the
passing game, which would hurt his value in PPR leagues mostly. I expect him to still get between 225-275
touches in the run game, providing his health holds up, but I don’t think he’ll
catch another 50 balls this year. The
Bills traded up to pick up receiver Zay Jones, who specializes in short passes
around the line of scrimmage. With him
as a new dump off option, it’ll cut into McCoy’s catches and production in the
receiving game. His value suffers a bit
as a result.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Lamar Miller, Houston Texans<br />
Miller is yet another running back who benefits from having no known quarterback
or passing game on the team. I
personally project Deshaun Watson as their day one starter, but I’m not sure
that hurts Miller’s value. Watson won’t
be asked to throw the ball a lot I don’t think, and Miller will benefit from
that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Carlos Hyde, San Francisco 49ers<br />
Running back value is all about opportunity, the same as receiver value really,
but running back value is more driven by what a team has at the quarterback
spot, and at the risk of sounding like a broken record already at just rank 9,
the 49ers don’t really have any viable options there. Their passing game as a whole lacks talent,
and Hyde may be expected to bear the weight of the offensive load this
season. If he remains healthy, he has
the skill set to do just that and become a top ten fantasy running back.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Todd Gurley, LA Rams<br />
Call me gullible if you like, but I’m trying to stay on the Gurley bandwagon
despite the disappointing turnout last season.
His last season’s production truly was terrible, averaging 3.18 yards
per carry for just 885 total rushing yards despite carrying the ball nearly 300
times. The line in front of him wasn’t
good, and the Rams’ QB situation has been a joke, allowing teams to stack the
box against Gurley and shut him down.
I’m hoping a new coaching staff can help fix these problems, and turn
Gurley into a productive fantasy back again.
I promise now however, this will be the last time I fall for the Gurley
bandwagon if he flops this season again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Leonard Fournette, Jacksonville Jaguars<br />
The Jaguars have made clear their desire to run the ball more as an effort to
combat their terrible quarterback who they just can’t seem to say good-bye to
yet. The offensive line in Jacksonville
has continued to be a problem, particularly in the form of injuries. The inconsistency along the line has hurt the
production offensively, and could serve to limit Fournette’s production as
well, outweighing his undeniable talent.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->DeMarco Murray, Tennessee Titans<br />
Murray settled into his new home in Tennessee pretty nicely last season,
splitting carries 3 to 1 with backup Derrick Henry, with both averaging just
about 4.4 yards per carry. Murray does
the bulk of the Titan’s RB work in the passing game however, boosting his value
and landing him here just outside the top 10.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Devontae Freeman, Atlanta Falcons<br />
Freeman took the league by storm two years ago, becoming the most productive
back in fantasy, then just as unexpectedly by most fell off a bit last season,
finishing outside the top 5 running backs in the league in overall fantasy point
production. While 6<sup>th</sup> best
running back isn’t terrible, a lot of people were drafting this guy in the
first half of the first round last year, and he simply didn’t live up to the
billing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Marshawn Lynch, Oakland Raiders<br />
Lynch makes his return to the NFL this fall for
his hometown (for now) Raiders.
With their decision to move to Vegas, but not for two years, the Raiders
are in a somewhat interesting PR nightmare when it comes to selling
tickets. Many Oakland fans feel betrayed
and don’t want to support the team any longer, and the new fan base is several
hours away. Enter hometown hero
superstar offensive player. The Raiders
signed Lynch for two years-the remainder of their stay in the bay area. I think they intend to ride Lynch to good
sales, and you can only do that by handing him the ball. I expect him to get the ball at least 10-15
times per game in the run game, probably 15-20 if he proves to be
productive. Murray ran for 4 yards per
carry behind this line, I think Lynch should be able to do the same. Murray put up 12 touchdowns, the conservative
in me will project Lynch for 10. If you
can grab him around here, do so, I think it’s all reward and not much risk.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Bilal Powell, NY Jets<br />
While Powell ran for single digit attempts each week the first 12 weeks of the
season last year, in the final quarter he ran for 29, 16, 15, and 22 attempts
respectively, shouldering the bulk of the rushing load and fueling speculation
amongst fantasy experts that he will top the depth chart in New York in the upcoming
season. Powell catches the ball well,
and with Marshall moving to the other NY team, there will be a lot of offensive
production to make up. Powell should
cash in on some of that, as perhaps the only decent player on the offense other
than Decker.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Spencer Ware, Kansas City Chiefs<br />
Last year Ware shouldered the rushing load for the Chiefs, piling up more
attemps than the rest of the team combined, and 921 rushing yards in the
process. Limiting his value a bit, is
the fact that he found the end zone just 3 times over the course of the
season. His average of 4.3 yards per
carry is reasonable, but he simply needs to find the end zone more often in
order to really produce fantasy points for owners this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Isaiah Crowell, Cleveland Browns<br />
For a while last season, the Browns lead the league in rushing, and with a
quarterback group that currently features Cody Kessler, Deshon Kizer, and Brock
Osweiler, their reluctance on the running game is not likely to change much
this season. Owners of Crowell can be the
beneficiaries of the front office’s inability to find NFL caliber talent to
play the QB position.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Eddie Lacy, Seattle Seahawks<br />
I think the Seahawks’ off-season moves give away their intention to refocus on
a power running game. Lacy will be given
the first opportunity to produce in the starter’s role, and I believe it may
just be his last chance in the league overall.
His contract is about half made up of incentives, centering around a
somewhat infamous weight bonus, requiring him to stay at a certain (unknown to
the public) weight. If Lacy can manage
to stay in shape, this could be the back the Seahawks have been looking for to
fill Lynch’s shoes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Joe Mixon, Cincinatti Bengals<br />
There is only one way to battle bad PR in pro sports; production on the field/court/whatever. The Bengals knew exactly what they were
getting into when they drafted the troubled young back, and as the team in the
NFL with possibly the most experienced dealing with troubled young players, they
know handing him the ball is the best way to keep his head in the game. Cincinatti needs to take the pressure off
star receiver AJ Green and TE Tyler Eifert, who both suffered injuries last
year and physically may need the break, and neither Jeremy Hill nor Giovani
Bernard have ever truly claimed the starter role in the past. I think they intend to make Mixon their
feature back as a result of all these factors.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Dalvin Cook, Minnesota Vikings<br />
Going into the draft, the Vikings had Latavius Murray atop their depth chart at
running back, but coming out of it most project Cook to be their new starter in
that position. Their line didn’t get
much better however, and if Adrian Peterson can’t perform behind it, I’m not
sure I’m willing to bet a rookie running back with fumbling issues and a
slightly smaller frame can, but opportunity so often equals productivity in
this league that he’ll be worth a pick later in the draft.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Danny Woodhead, Baltimore Ravens<br />
Woodhead’s value is entirely based off of one question: who else does Flacco
have to throw the ball to? Mike Wallace
tops his list of receivers, followed by Michael Campanaro (who?) and Breshard
Perriman, a fast but fragile receiver who caught just 33 balls in 16 games last
year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Christian McCaffrey, Carolina Panthers<br />
While many experts have McCaffrey projected higher than this, I’m just not
certain. It’s not that I doubt
McCaffrey’s skill set-quite the opposite, I think he’s very talented-it’s just
that it’s not in QB Cam Newton’s nature to dump the ball off. He’d almost always rather go head up with a
defender and trust his legs, over someone else’s hands. I worry Newton holds onto the ball too much
for McCaffrey’s value to match his expectations, at least in their first year
together.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Ty Montgomery, Green Bay Packers<br />
Montgomery is an interesting player who was either a WR or RB last season, and
put up about 400 yards both receiving and rushing despite not really playing
during the first quarter of the season.
However, 400 yards rushing isn’t really anything to get excited over,
and given the fact the Packers drafted several running backs I don’t think that
changes very much. His value in standard
scoring leagues will be even lower than this.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->LaGarrette Blount, Philadelphia Eagles<br />
Last season, Blount lead the league in touchdowns, as one of just 7 running
backs to run double digit touchdowns in.
He played on a team who ran it third most in the league, as one of the
best offensive juggernauts in the league.
He played with a hall of fame bound QB and for a hall of fame bound
coach. He played in a system that he was
playing in for his fourth season (not consecutively) and for an offensive
coordinator he knows. Despite all of
that, he finished just 7<sup>th</sup> in standard leagues for fantasy scoring
from the RB position, and even lower in PPR formats. This year, I’m projecting him for about 2/3
the attempts, limiting his production to between 700-800 yards and 10-12
touchdowns in my opinion. He’s almost
completely uninvolved in the passing game throughout his whole career, so that
would put him between 130-152 fantasy points on the year. About 16 running backs will pick up at least
40 points in receptions alone in PPR leagues, then adding in another 50 or so
from their yards receiving and rushing, and you’re looking at basically 16
players whose floors are about 140.
Blount’s ceiling is about 170, with a likely point total of about
140-their floor. I’ve got him falling
outside the top 20 here, in what I think will be the final year of his career.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->CJ Anderson, Denver Broncos<br />
I know many fantasy experts have Anderson projected higher, and I’ll be the
first to admit it if I turn out to be wrong, but I’m just not a believer in
Anderson. It’s not even Anderson. I’m not a believer in Denver’s offensive
line, or offensive unit as a whole. With
basically nobody at QB, teams can stack the box a bit against Anderson, who
averaged just 4 yards per carry last season, managing to put up just 437 yards
total. Granted he was hurt for a large
portion of the year, but I just don’t see how much has changed. Their line is still terrible, and their QB
position unsure. There’s certainly some
talent there, but nobody can do it by themselves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Mark Ingram, New Orleans Saints<br />
I expect Peterson to cut into Ingram’s carries and production if he remains
healthy, pushing Ingram down to 24<sup>th</sup> in my rankings.
I just haven’t ever gotten the feeling that Payton really likes Ingram,
he doesn’t seem to want to use him as a feature type back, and it hurts his
value for fantasy owners every season.
This season with a hall of famer as an option behind him, I don’t think
will be the year that pattern stops.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Frank Gore, Indianapolis Colts<br />
There’s not a lot of excitement-and understandably so-over the aging running
back, but Gore has put up more than 1,000 yards in 9 of his 12 seasons, and
played in all 16 games all of the last 6 years.
Consistency, availability, reliability, and experience combine to make
him a fringe RB2 option in my eyes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Theo Reddick, Detroit Lions<br />
Reddick tops teammate and projected starter Ameer Abdullah only because this is
a PPR listing. The Lions’ running game
primarily features Reddick CATCHING the ball, as they use short dumps and
screen passes in place of hand offs, generating points for fantasy owners in
PPR leagues as an unintended consequence.
Last season, Reddick only rushed for 350 yards, but he caught 53 balls
despite only appearing in 10 games. This
was highlighted by an 8 catch, 77 yard performance against one of the league’s
best defenses, the Texans.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Telvin Coleman, Atlanta Falcons<br />
The Coleman-Freeman split in Atlanta has favored Freeman for the past two
seasons at least in part due to Coleman’s struggles with staying healthy. If can stay healthy this season, he just
might pick up a few more carries and/or catches, enabling him to climb up a bit
on this list.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jonathan Stewart, Carolina Panthers<br />
Stewart is on the back end of his career, and could be in line to lose his
starting job to rookie Christian McCaffrey this year. If the Panthers struggle to incorporate
McCaffrey into the short passing game like they intend to, Stewart may be
relied upon a bit more to produce on the ground, but Stewart has been
underwhelming recently, and I have no reason to think that will change
drastically.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jeremy Hill, Cincinatti Bengals<br />
If Mixon leap frogs Hill and Bernard on the depth chart, they’ll be lucky to
find themselves in the top 40 running backs when we look back on the year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Dion Lewis, New England Patriots<br />
There are simply too many running backs in New England to project either who
will carry the biggest load or what that biggest load might look like. Lewis would seem to be the best of the group,
but if the work load is spread about evenly, it’ll be hard for any running back
on the team to crack the top 30.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Latavius Murray, Minnesota Vikings<br />
A month ago, Murray topped the Vikings’ depth chart at the RB position. Today, most analysts have him projected as
the third option behind the rookie Dalvin Cook and second year running back
Jerick McKinnon. While it’s hard to
imagine the Vikings signing him and not really using him, it’s also hard to
imagine them drafting a young talent like Cook and not playing him. Don’t overdraft Murray this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Giovani Bernard, Cincinatti Bengals<br />
Bernard and Hill have been kind of six in one hand, half dozen in the other for
years now, in the Cincinatti backfield.
They both have the occasional big game, but they’re impossible to
project, and wildly inconsistent.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Ameer Abdullah, Detroit Lions<br />
As mentiond above, the Lions simply don’t run the ball very much. Their running game primarily is made up of
short, quick passes. This boosts
Stafford’s value and the PPR value of Reddick, but hurts Abdullah’s potential
production.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->CJ Prosise, Seattle Seahawks<br />
Prosise is a talented young back who can catch the ball, make tacklers miss,
and produce yards. He’s currently
projected as second on the depth chart in Seattle, and should take up the work
on passing downs from starter Eddie Lacy.
Whether or not that turns into consistent fantasy production-even in PPR
leagues-remains to be seen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Matt Forte, NY Jets<br />
Forte’s production fell off a cliff in the latter part of last season, as the
31 year old running back may have hit his age limit. Many running backs fall completely off the
cliff around the same age Forte is now (31, 32 in December), and while he
occupies a spot on the depth chart, I just don’t see a major role for him this
year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Adrian Peterson, New Orleans Saints<br />
While I am loathe to bet against Adrian Peterson, I’m also aware he’s had
increasing health issues over the past couple of seasons, and will be the
backup on a team that MUCH prefers the pass to the run. It’ll be interesting to see how he fits in,
but I don’t foresee top 20 or even top 30 running back fantasy production.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Mike Gilleslee, New England Patriots<br />
Gilleslee is talented, but suffers along with the rest of the Patriots’ running
backs from a horrible fantasy sickness known as “too many cooks in the kitchen”
syndrome. No Patriot running back is
listed in the top 30 currently, and I don’t see that changing barring injuries
throughout the season.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Robert Kelly, Washington Redskins<br />
Washington ran 27<sup>th</sup> most often, but 9<sup>th</sup> most
effectively. Samaje Perine may unseat
Kelley from week one however, and be the beneficiary of increased usage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Darren Sproles, Philadelphia Eagles<br />
Sproles rushed for just over 400 yards last season, but he piled on another 400
yards receiving on 50 receptions, making him a decent option in PPR leagues.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Samaje Perine, Washington Redskins<br />
As mentioned above, Perine may be poised to take the starter’s role in
Washington from day one. The team rushed
very effectively last season, a top ten team rushing per attempt, and if that
continues next season, Perine should be the surprise of the season for casual
viewers.<o:p></o:p></div>
Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-76999800142073735122017-06-07T13:56:00.003-07:002017-06-09T16:58:22.670-07:00NBA: 5 Trade Targets for the Boston Celtics Not Named Jimmy or Paul...<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I've been hearing trade rumors swirling around the Boston Celtics for what seems like years, and 99% of them seem to center around the same two names; Paul George and Jimmy Butler. This past weekend, I started seeing posts circulate asking Celtics fans about targeting Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans as a trade target, which was recently a suggestion of A. Sherrod Blakely, of CSNNE, now the proud owner of not only what is certainly the douchiest name in Boston sports coverage, but now perhaps also the most ridiculous trade suggestion in recent local sports memory. Given this desperate attempt at generating views for himself out of Blakely, I figured I'd give Celtics fans 5 more realistic potential trade targets for the C's this summer NOT named Paul George or Jimmy Butler. Here you go:<br />
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1) Klay Thompson G/F, Golden State Warriors<br />
If the Warriors win a second ring this June, there are some who think Klay might want to be the star of his own team, instead of the fourth option in Golden State again, and why not? Instead of moving up in the pecking order, with the acquisition of Kevin Durant he's actually moved down, and despite the success on the court it's got to be frustrating. Most professional athletes feel they're just as good as anybody else, and it's got to bother Klay that he's not the first or second option, and some nights not even the third.<br />
In Boston, he'd be the first option. He'd put up 25 points per night, he'd lead a big city team deep into the playoffs every year, he'd have epic battles against one of the best players ever in the conference finals every year and eventually he'd likely be the one to knock Lebron off the top of the mountain, or he'd at least have a great chance to be. He'd be complimented by great young talent around him, and a solid organization that knows how to build a team, how to treat their players, and how to find championship success. <br />
If I were Danny Ainge, he would be my first target. I'd give up as much as Crowder, Bradley, and next year's Nets pick if I could get him for that. It would make sense for Golden State also, as they're going to need to start saving some money fast on payroll if they don't want to start setting records there-and what owner does? Crowder has one of the most team friendly contracts in the league, and Bradley is under contract at a reasonable rate for one more year, which would get them through to potentially drafting Luka Doncic in next year's top three. It'd be an offer worth consideration at very least for both sides.<br />
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2) Andre Drummond C, Detroit Pistons<br />
Until I started really thinking about the possibility of getting Thompson, Drummond was my preferred target for the C's. He solves all of their immediate problems: lack of rebounding, lack of interior presence, and desire for youth that you know can succeed in the NBA. He can. He might not be a great free throw shooter, but he would average almost 20 boards a game in Boston, and at 6-11, 260 is 40 pounds heavier than any big man the Celtics currently have on the roster, giving them a bigger body at the rim to stop the charging freight train that is Lebron James during those late playoff battles in the years to come between the two franchises.<br />
I've heard Drummond and SVG are on the outs, and SVG has had issues in the past, connecting to young big men. I think he could be had, and since it's not often that 23 year old big men who you KNOW can be great in the NBA are on the market for lower than what their market value should be, you pull that trigger if you can. I think Detroit would have to throw in the #12 overall pick this year, but then I think you start with offering the 2018 Nets pick along with maybe a 2019 pick (I'm thinking Clippers') and maybe toss in a player for right now like Zeller. Then use that 12th pick to go grab a stretch four in the draft, there are a few decent ones that should be on the board like Lauri Markkanen, Ivan Rabb, or one of the Collins big men. In this scenario you either keep this year's Brooklyn pick or next, so either way Boston is stocked with young talent. OR they keep the ammunition to pursue another trade. You'll notice that they could conceivably trade for both Klay AND Drummond if the offers I outlined here worked out, with a Nets pick going to both teams, and players going to Golden State for Klay. Imagine a Boston starting lineup next season of IT-Klay-Brown-Horford-Drummond with Smart, maybe Green, maybe Amir if you can bring him back cheap, and a few other guys coming off the bench. I think Celtic fans could get excited about it.<br />
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3) DeAndre Jordan C, Los Angeles Lakers<br />
Jordan is another guy who like Drummond, solves all the Celtics' current basketball problems. I'm not even sure you'd have to include a Nets' pick with the offer, maybe you could get by with the Celtics' pick next season, one or both of the Memphis and LA Clippers' 2019 picks, and say Zeller for him at this point? Maybe the Clippers throw in some more of their own and get a Nets pick back? They need to blow things up over there, they just need someone to give them a reason to. Getting that Fultz pick would be HUGE in that it would allow them to let CP3 walk, they'd trade away DJ, and have more than enough cap space to resign Blake and bring in a few other pieces around him and Fultz to stay contending.<br />
From the Celtics' side, it makes sense if you can get Jordan on the relative cheap. I really don't want to see a Nets pick go for Jordan. The difference between he and Drummond being about 5 years age difference, you just have more potential life in Drummond's career. Plus the Pistons have the 12th overall to throw in, the Clippers don't have any valuable trade assets really. It's actually almost kind of sad looking for something they could throw into the deal. For that reason, I don't think this one happens, but I think Jordan is a guy you at least call about, maybe a third team can help make things work?<br />
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4) DeMar DeRozan SG, Toronto Raptors<br />
I know DeRozan has said he loves Toronto, wants to stay there, takes pride in what they've built, etc. I just wonder if that all changes if Lowry leaves and he starts looking around and feeling very lonely? On foreign soil, surrounded by foreign players, with his backcourt partner of the past 5 seasons gone and the team potentially moving in the wrong direction, does he start seeing greener pastures elsewhere really fast? Even before returning to Toronto? The Celtics could dangle that 2018 Nets' pick for DeRozan and feel relatively good about what they'd get back. A top tier two guard at the beginning of his prime, with room for growth who wants to win. He's got the size (6-7, 221), and the skills to lead a team deep into the playoffs, and could be a great scorer alongside IT in the backcourt in Boston. I'm not sure this could happen, but it's an interesting thought, and would depend heavily on what happens with Kyle Lowry.<br />
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5) LaMarcus Aldridge PF, San Antonio Spurs<br />
It's become something of the worst kept secret in the league that the Spurs would love to be rid of their biggest mistake in recent memory. Since signing with San Antonio, Aldridge's career has languished. He's been a poor fit overall, with his ppg dipping below 20 for the first time since 2010, and his rebounds per game falling below double digits when he'd posted numbers of 11.1 and 10.2 in his final two years with the Trailblazers.<br />
Part of the poor fit is Kawhi Leonard's unexpected explosive development as a superstar, forcing the Spurs to center the offense more around him and his developing game-which fits better into where the league is going than a faceup 4 like Aldridge does-and move away from an offensive gameplan centered around Aldridge. Aldridge would fit well alongside Horford, giving the Celtics two players who can score, see the floor well, and are a threat with the ball in their hands. And his cost would have to be relatively cheap, the Spurs would likely love to dump him off to anyone that would take him at whatever they could get back at this point, and it would really open them up for their rumored pursuit of Chris Paul this summer, who most would assume would love to go ring chase under Pop's system.<br />
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There are a great many options for the Celtics this upcoming summer, and the roster WILL look VERY different on opening day next season if they're successful in this off-season. I'm not going to beg for your "clicks" and views by making ridiculous suggestions like the Celtics could end up with Anthony Davis next season, but I will bring you realistic, logical potential trade targets that the team should at least think about, and that fans might want to marinate on, just in case any of these scenarios come to fruition, and we see any of the above players in green next year.<br />
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Stay tuned as I'll be posting my NBA Mock Draft in the next few days!Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-48890709531666559992017-05-24T19:51:00.000-07:002017-06-09T16:58:58.371-07:00Tampa Bay: Fantasy Football Fool's Gold?There's been a great deal of excitement building up around the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this off-season, and for many good reasons. They've got a young, talented QB who was picked first overall, a big, young star wide receiver entering the prime of his career, and they made several moves in the off-season that should arm that young QB with talented weapons all over the field in the passing game, from Evans mentioned above to young tight end Cameron Brate, and including newcomers DeSean Jackson and OJ Howard. That being said, I think there might be a bit too much excitement about these guys when it comes to fantasy production, and I'll tell you all why.<br />
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Jameis Winston has to be who I talk about first, as the QB of this team. Last season, he ranked 15th overall at the QB position, down from 13th overall in his rookie season. While his fans will point to throwing for more than 4,000 yards for the second season in a row, and his 28 to 19 TD/INT split overall on the year, what worries me is the final six weeks. Over that time, the Bucs faced New Orleans twice (Last ranked pass defense in 2016), Carolina (29th ranked pass def), Dallas (26th ranked pass def), Seattle (8th ranked), and San Diego (now LA Chargers, who were 20th in pass def last season). That's only one top ten pass defense and the rest somewhere south of 20, if not dead last. Two games against the worst pass defense. Over that time, Winston threw 117/189 (61.9%, good for 19th in the league) for 8 touchdowns, 8 interceptions, and 1,410 yards (good for 7.46 per attempt, 13th in the league). And this was against again some of the worst passing defenses in the league. In one of those games (Carolina) he had a QBR in the 40's. It was a terrible stretch, and it's hard to forget for someone who owned him last season.<br />
Mike Evans is who I have to target next. He's a big target, and with the Bucs' struggling to find other players to produce on offense, Winston targeted him often. MOST often in the league, with 175 targets over the year. Evans was only able to convert 54% of those targets into catches however, making him the worst catch rate receiver amongst those targeted at least 100 times. And it wasn't just last season, every year he's hovered around 52-55% catch rate. I expect his target count to go down to something more like 125 over the course of the year. With his averages, that should turn into something like 60 catches for 800 yards. 1,000 yards would be a rosy projection in my opinion.<br />
The running back position was a mess of injuries and general instability last season. While the running backs often produced some fantasy value, it was hit or miss as to whether or not they'd play that week. Between Jackson, Brate, and Howard, as well as Evans, I expect Winston to throw it 35 times per game or so, splitting those targets reasonably evenly/appropriately. 75-125 targets for each, based on how he settles in with them. It's hard to tell how comfortable he'll feel with DeSean right now, or if Howard will produce fantasy points in the NFL. I really feel like I need to see it to trust it.<br />
That's my take on the Bucs. I know the excitement around them is rising now, and I also know that with hard knocks it'll only increase, but I'm having a tough time buying in on them, and will be generally leaving them alone in fantasy drafts this season.Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-72974195776448786662017-05-24T19:30:00.000-07:002017-06-09T16:59:46.287-07:00Could the Lakers Pass on Lonzo Ball?<div class="MsoNormal">
With the Ball family circus haven taken center stage when it
comes to NBA draft talk over the past few months, everyone seems resigned to
the idea that Lonzo Ball will in fact be a Laker next year, because Lavar says
he will. Well, simply put; I’m not so
sure. I’ve put together a list of 5
scenarios under which Lonzo Ball does not become a Laker this summer (or
perhaps ever) regardless of his father’s wishes. Here they are:<o:p></o:p></div>
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doesn’t draft Fultz</b><br />
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The most likely scenario under which LA doesn’t draft Lonzo Ball in my opinion,
is that the Celtics don’t draft Fultz.
Boston doesn’t need a point guard, what they do need is a versatile
forward/wing player who can defend, has range, and can contribute elsewhere
such as rebounding, etc. Josh Jackson
would give them all of that. This writer
for one, doesn’t see Fultz as any kind of lock as the number one pick. I think Jackson makes A LOT more sense for
them. This creates scenario one in which
Ball falls past the Lakers: because they draft Fultz, who many see as a young
Westbrook type player.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>The
Lakers trade their pick for an established player</b><br />
Los Angeles has never been a team that really believed in building through the
draft. Magic being the one exception,
they’ve typically traded for established players, sometimes trading those very
picks away in the process. This summer,
many believe Paul George of the Pacers, and Jimmy Butler of the Bulls to be on
the trade market, and it may just be too much for new President of Basketball
Operations Magic Johnson and GM Rob Pilenka to resist, they just might have to
pull the trigger on one of those trades.
That would eliminate them from the Lonzo Ball sweepstakes, as they’d no
longer have a lottery pick.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>The
Lakers like Fox better<br />
</b>Most consider<b> </b>Ball and Fultz to
be the top two picks in the draft, and the best two players, but I’m not sure
I’d call it a consensus. It’s a well
known fact that De’Aaron Fox outplayed Lonzo Ball in the NCAA tournament this
past March, and is considered a better defender than Ball overall. The Lakers may just decide to go with the
better defensive, proven clutch performer in Fox over Ball, who some view to
have collapsed a bit when the pressure was on in March. So option three, the Lakers pick someone who
isn’t Ball OR Fultz.<b><br />
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>The
Lakers draft a forward<br />
</b>The Lakers are another team like Boston, that despite the desire to mock a
point guard to them, and despite the obvious talent at the position in this
particular draft class, they kind of don’t need a point guard. Let’s not forget, they spent the second
overall pick on DeAngelo Russell two years ago.
Back then, everyone thought they needed a big man and would take Okafor,
they threw us all for a loop and took Russell.
This time, maybe they do the opposite, and surprise us all by taking a
forward to play alongside Julius Randle in the front court, a scorer like
Jayson Tatum, or even Josh Jackson, who I mentioned earlier as a versatile wing
with range and good defense.<b><br />
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</span><!--[endif]--><b>The
Lakers trade back for depth<br />
</b>Finally, the least likely option I see for a scenario under which Lonzo
Ball does not become a Laker: they trade back in the draft for depth. Again, I don’t see this as a likely
option. However, a team that lost as
many games as the Lakers do, and is losing their first round pick to Philly
next year, could always use two top ten draft picks in a deep draft couldn’t
they? Many might consider that the smart
move in fact. The Kings have the 5<sup>th</sup>
and 10<sup>th</sup> picks, and perhaps they could be persuaded to deal for the
2<sup>nd</sup> overall pick. I think
their owner could be one who buys into the Ball family circus hook, line, and
sinker, he just strikes me as the type.
And Magic and Vlade obviously have some history/know each other. I’m sure they could work together. In such a scenario, the Lakers could then
pick up two lottery picks in what many consider to be the best draft in years. That’d be a pretty good way to start off the
Magic Johnson era. And almost everyone
knows when it comes to drafting, taking multiple bites at the apple is the
tried and true method. Not usually
taking the first overall pick.
Basketball can be different, but in a draft class like this…the depth is
pretty tempting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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These rankings are not a “who is the best QB”
necessarily. They are not even a “who is
the best team” listing, or necessarily a combination of those two things. What they are, is a list of who I believe
will be the highest scoring quarterbacks in fantasy football in the upcoming
NFL season, from 1-30. I may believe
certain QB’s to be ranked higher talent wise than they appear on the list
below, but this list reflects in part their opportunity, how many times they’ll
throw, and the targets they have to throw to.
The best quarterback in the world doesn’t make a difference if his
receivers can’t catch, his line doesn’t keep him upright, or the defense can
drop 6 into coverage every play because there’s no run game to speak of. Those QB’s won’t get you fantasy points.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One last note; while I looked at lists of the experts on
various major sports sites after comprising my own list, I did not alter my
list based upon theirs, only used those lists to compare where I have mine, to
overall consensus projections or popular projections around the net.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Tom Brady, NE Patriots<br />
Brady is simply the best quarterback in the history of the league, with a full
arsenal of talented weapons at his disposal.
I expect this season to rival the 2007 season with Moss and Welker as
his top targets. For him anyway, I
expect production at the receiver spot in New England to be a bit more spread
out than it was in that year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Drew Brees, NO Saints<br />
Brees has put up 5,000 passing yards and
37+ passing touchdowns in 4 of the last 6 seasons, and I expect more of the
same this year. While he did lose one of
his main weapons this off-season when Cooks was traded to New England, the
Saints’ have always thrown the ball a lot, and Drew Brees fantasy owners have
been the beneficiary of all that throwing for many years now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Aaron Rodgers, GB Packers<br />
Many have Rodgers atop their lists, and rank him the best QB in the league
currently. From my perspective, Brady is
the best, and has more weapons. Brees
has a better system for generating passing production, so those two rank ahead
of Rodgers on my list. But Rodgers will
put up his numbers, as he has every year since he began starting. The return of Jordy Nelson meant a lot to his
game last year, he’ll continue to produce this season however, with little
running game to fall back on still.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons<br />
Ryan took the league by surprise last year, finally taking that “next step”
that we’ve all been waiting for since he was drafted first overall in
2008. While there is some worry for me
that Kyle Shanahan was finally the key to unlocking that next level, and now
that he’s gone Ryan will regress, I’m not going to take such a pessimistic
outlook until I see things start to fall apart on the field. However that possibility remains in the back
of my mind, must be mentioned, and keeps Ryan out of the top 3 on my list.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Andrew Luck, Indy Colts<br />
While some fans still view Luck as a “bust” or failure, and he hasn’t lead his
team to many wins yet, his fantasy production has been solid, and was very good
last year. He throws to one of the most
productive wideouts in the league, in T.Y. Hilton, and has guys with great
hands like Donte Moncrief and Phillip Dorsett behind him. The team around him isn’t getting much better
year to year that I’ve seen, but I expect his individual development to
continue, keeping him in the top 5 of QB production this season, although I
wouldn’t be shocked to see guys like Cam or even Wilson go in drafts before
him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Eli Manning, NY Giants<br />
It’s been a while since Eli has found his way into a preseason top ten I put
together, in fact he may never have, but with the upgrading of his weapons by
bringing in Brandon Marshall, and the continued presence of Odell Beckham Jr on
the roster, I have a hard time seeing him fall outside the top ten in fantasy
production. The Giants weren’t great
with the running game last year, and didn’t really upgrade it this off-season,
so I expect them to throw a lot, producing a great deal of points for his
fantasy owners. He’ll go later than guys
below him on this list, which will give you the edge over other owners in your
league.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions<br />
Stafford continues to produce fantasy points via tons of passing yards and
touchdowns. While his protection remains
shaky, and his weapons are basically the same, he benefits over other QB’s as
the Lions basically use the short passing game as their running game, allowing
Stafford to pile up yards and points when other QB’s are simply handing the
ball off to their lead back. Look for
Stafford to be a solid “QB One” this upcoming season.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<br />
I’m higher on Winston than most experts whose rankings I’ve seen, but I really
think he’s perfectly positioned for that third year leap. His coaching has been stable for that time
essentially under Koetter (first as OC, then as HC) the whole time and into
this third season, and his weapons have been added to, as the Bucs brought in a
speedy big play threat in DeSean Jackson and drafted top tight end prospect OJ
Howard with their first pick in the draft.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Tyrod Taylor, Buffalo Bills<br />
To me, Taylor is a QB that flies under the radar. A high floor due to rushing, and Rex Ryan
getting out of his way (he ruins offensive players, look at his history), Taylor
has the tools to repeat as a top ten range QB in fantasy production.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Kirk Cousins, Washington Redskins<br />
Do you like that ranking Kirk Cousins owners?
A solid QB 1, Cousins should turn in another top ten performance in what
feels like his 30<sup>th</sup> essential “contract year” under the franchise
tag. He’s lost a couple weapons with
Garcon going to San Fran and Jackson headed to Tampa Bay, but the Redskins
brought in Pryor to play the receiver spot, and that should give him a talented
target with whom he can link up for quite a few catches and yards.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks<br />
To me, it looks like the Seahawks are poised to recommit to the run game this
season. With few tackle options
available either in free agency or the draft, they were unable to really help a
line that struggled to pass protect last season. Instead, the drafted two interior linemen and
signed a hefty bruising running back in free agency, bringing in Eddie Lacy on
a contract whose worth will be roughly 50% determined by his production and
ability to maintain a healthy playing weight.
I think the whole formula results in a lot less passing-and thus
scrambling for rushing yards also-from Wilson, and obviously an ensuing drop in
his fantasy valu<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers<br />
Big Ben sits at the helm of what many consider to be the most potent offense in
the NFL next season, complete with arguably the best receiver in the game and
inarguably the best running back in the league when healthy and available to
play. The Steelers have been having
trouble staying on the field over the past few seasons, and Ben is getting
older these days, so much so that he spoke about the potential for retirement
at the end of last season, although he obviously did come back at the end of
the day. If this offensive unit can stay
mostly healthy-including Ben himself-they could really generate a lot of
fantasy points and make me look foolish for projecting him this low, but Ben
has missed 6 games over the past two seasons and only played 16 games three times
in his career, so chances are he misses at least a couple games, hurting his
overall fantasy value a bit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Derek Carr, Oakland Raiders<br />
Carr excited a lot of fans last season, and looks to lead the Raiders out of
Oakland and into the promised land in the near future. Or at least into Vegas. Maybe the playoffs again…and again over the
coming years? Carr is certainly equipped
with talented receivers in Crabtree and Cooper to catch his passes, but the
team looks to be transitioning to a more run heavy game over the next two
seasons at least after signing hometown running back stud Marshawn Lynch to
play out their time in Oakland. Riding
Lynch heavily works for the organization on many levels, but cuts into
potential fantasy production for Carr’s owners.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Phillip Rivers, LA Chargers<br />
Rivers can often be a bit of a forgotten quarterback in fantasy rankings, but
fantasy owners would be wise to remember that over the past four seasons he’s
consistently put up 4300-4700 passing yards and 29-33 passing touchdowns per
season, reliably putting up fantasy points despite a constantly changing
receiving corps due to injury and a line that couldn’t pass block to save their
lives in front of him. He’s been sacked
142 times over that same four seasons-up significantly from his first four
years as a starter with the Chargers, when he was sacked just 99 total
times. LA did add a young receiver in
this year’s draft, picking up Mike Williams, a 6-4 receiver out of Clemson
Rivers can target in the passing game.
They also added this year’s top interior offensive lineman in Forrest
Lamp, so they may be able to shore up <i>some </i>of those pass protection issues.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys<br />
Prescott took the league by storm last season, putting up one of the best-if
not <i>the</i> best rookie season we’ve ever
seen from the quarterback position. He
benefits from perhaps the best offensive line in the league, with 4 of 5
starters returning and a fully established receiving corps. He also has a superstar running back in
Ezekiel Elliot alongside him, taking a great deal of pressure off Prescott’s
arm. While that’s good for his overall
development, it doesn’t help those owners that will overdraft him this year
based off last year’s excitement. Don’t
be that owner. I’ve got him ranked as a
QB 2 this season.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Sam Bradford, Minnesota Vikings<br />
Last season Bradford was able to step in for an injured Teddy Bridgewater and
have a much better season than most expected out of him in Philadelphia OR in
Minnesota. But he was able to play well,
and I expect that to only continue this season, as he benefits from a full
off-season and a second year in the same offense. Adding rookie offensive weapon Dalvin Cook in
the draft will help the offense as a whole, which will in turn help
Bradford. He could very well out perform
this spot, but due to his limited options in the passing game being basically
Stefon Diggs on a flier every now and then, Kyle Rudolph or Dalvin Cook on a
short dump, it’s hard to see how his production explodes at all.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers<br />
Newton had a tough year last season, seeing a dip in production across the
board statistically, disappointing many a fantasy owner. For those willing to take a chance on him
again, I’ve got him ranked as a mid 1
next season. I think McCaffrey helps
open up the offense’s options a bit, but I also think there might be some
growing pains there just in terms of what Newton has always done and how
quickly he grows comfortable dumping the ball off instead of scrambling
himself. If he’s able to grow comfortable
doing that, and Kelvin Benjamin is able to stay in playing shape and healthy,
his production through the air should increase and he could see his fantasy
value increase. Until then, I have a
hard time ranking him any higher than this.<br />
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</span><!--[endif]-->Carson Palmer, Arizona Cardinals<br />
Palmer is a QB definitely on the downside of his career. Many saw the Cardinals as the perfect landing
spot for many of the rookie QB’s drafted in this year’s draft, but Arizona
stood pat at the QB position, instead adding some playmakers in the back 7 on
defense and some depth throughout the offensive unit. Palmer may have one more year left in him,
although the Cardinals will undoubtedly ride David Johnson heavily, as he’s
turned out to be quite the running back.
Palmers production will drop off in response to Johnson’s increased
usage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Marcus Mariota, Tennessee Titans<br />
Mariota is one of the exciting young prospects in the league, and also a QB
considered to have something of a high floor due to his ability to run when
necessary. He’s got two of the best
young bookend tackles in the league in Lewan and Conklin, and decent targets in
Mathews and Walker, but I’m not sure those two are really the tools he needs to
make that next jump in productivity. In
years to come, Mariota will be a top fantasy producer I believe, but it just
won’t be this year, he’s a low end QB 2 for me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Andy Dalton, Cincinnati Bengals<br />
There have been times when Dalton lead the entire league in fantasy production,
but I don’t think we’ll see another one of those times in the 17-18
season. While he still has supserstar
talent AJ Green to throw to, the Bengals have struggled since seeing their
other top targets move on last off-season.
While they added a receiver in the draft, he’s had health issues in the
past and I’m a bit concerned about his durability at the next level. I worry he might be another Kevin White, and
just want to see him take a few NFL hits before I count on him for regular
production, or use him as a reason for boosting Dalton’s stock reciprocally. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Carson Wentz, Philadelphia Eagles<br />
Wentz made a bit of a splash last season, then faded back to average rookie
status in the second half of the year.
The Eagles added Alshon Jeffrey on a one year “prove it” type of deal,
but he’s also had health issues in the past and he’s a hard guy to rely on as a
result. I kind of hope Wentz out
performs this prediction, but I don’t think that he will.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Alex Smith, Kansas City Chiefs<br />
Smith is nothing if he’s not reliable. A
middle of the pack, reliable, not dazzling quarterback, and it shows in his
numbers , where he puts up around 3300 passing yards and 18-20 passing
touchdowns each season for the past four years.
I expect roughly the same output this year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Ryan Tannehill, Miami Dolphins<br />
The Dolphins turned it around a bit last season under their new head coach, and
may continue down that path in 2017.
However, they turned it around primarily behind a dominating running
game-not the passing game-and I don’t see any real reasons to be too exicted
about Tannehill’s potential for fantasy impact in 2017.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Blake Bortles, Jacksonville Jaguars<br />
The Jaguars have all but announced that they will run the ball A LOT more this
season, and doing so will cut significantly into Bortles’ production for fantasy
owners. I expect the Jags to try to give
Bortles a chance to slow things down and develop a bit behind a strong running
game before deciding whether they want him long term or not next off-season. Look for his attempts to drop off
drastically, and his yardage total as well probably. His completion percentage should rise though.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Joe Flacco<br />
Flacco has all the arm talent in the world.
Unfortunately, he also has basically all the cap space on the Ravens,
and ever since signing his massive deal hasn’t been surrounded with any kind of
real talent on offense. That continues
to be the case heading into the 2017 season.
Flacco will have a hard time finding any receivers to throw to, and due
to that, will also have a hard time putting up fantasy points, leaving him 25<sup>th</sup>
in my rankings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Mike Glennon<br />
Glennon was signed as the Bears’ starter, then they threw us all for a loop and
sunk a ton of draft capital into drafting QB Mitchell Trubisky second overall
in the draft. Glennon must be having
flashbacks to the drafting of Winston, but the reports are still that Glennon
will be the starter and Trubisky is there to learn basically, so going with
that, Glennon wins the right to lead a mediocre to terrible offense in Chicago
to his 2 6<sup>th</sup> overall spot on this list.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->Jared Goff<br />
Goff struggled when he was able to play last year, and I expect that to
continue this year. His line and
receivers haven’t been significantly upgraded, and he’ll be learning under a
new head coach in Sean McVay, the youngest in NFL modern history. It will be a struggle for Goff to even reach
27<sup>th</sup> best I’d think.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think that Watson earns the starter spot by week 1 for the Texans. It’s a great position for him, with reliable
receivers he should be familiar with like Hopkins, a talented running back like
Miller, and a very strong defense that will keep the overall pressure off the
offense, lead by ends Clowney and Watt, he should be able to slowly work his
way into the league. Good news for his
development, but not the best news for his immediate return for fantasy
owners. Great keeper league draft, not a
good pick for a one year league however.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While we don’t yet know who will play QB
for the Broncos, whoever does has two solid receivers in Sanders and Thomas to
throw to, as well as a decent run game and the best rookie tackle available in
the draft to protect him. He’ll be well
positioned for success, and we may find that there needs to be some adjustment
to this positioning when the starter is finally revealed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have no idea who will start here, but what I do know is they will take over a
lousy team pretty devoid of offensive talent.
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Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-57629911171455921212017-05-21T17:09:00.003-07:002017-05-21T17:09:44.830-07:00Returning to sports writingI've taken a hiatus from this site for nearly the past 18 months as I had a project/client in real life that ate up a great deal of my time and I needed to prioritize. I'll be returning now as I take the summer off of full time work. I'll spend that time doing fantasy analysis, mock drafts, projections, etc. I've already written up several lists that have been published in part on DraftUtopia.com. I intend to cross publish things here as well. I may at some point find somewhere to publish exclusively, but until someone opens up the wallet or otherwise entices me to do so, I'll keep publishing my pieces here as well.<br />
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Stay tuned, I'll be uploading pieces tonight and tomorrow.Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-46225745844742624602016-01-21T07:38:00.002-08:002016-01-21T07:38:48.866-08:00Daily Fantasy Basketball: January 21<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">
Today brings us a slate of 5 games in the NBA daily fantasy game, featuring 10 teams. As always, I'll sift through the 80-90 players that will play, and give you the ones set up the best for success, to get the most bang for your fantasy buck. As with all my pieces, prices and scoring revolve around the Draft Kings fantasy basketball site. I'll use terms like "DKFP" standing for "Draft Kings fantasy points", which represents not how many points a player will score, but how many fantasy points his performance will score based on his production across all relevant statistical categories.</div>
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<strong>Clippers @ Cavaliers 8 pm</strong></div>
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The Clippers and Cavs will tip off the first game of the night in Cleveland at 8pm, and should be an interesting game for fantasy owners. The Clippers will <a data-mce-href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2359175-blake-griffin-injury-updates-on-clippers-stars-quad-and-return" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2359175-blake-griffin-injury-updates-on-clippers-stars-quad-and-return" target="_blank">still be missing All-Star forward Blake Griffin</a>, who has been sitting for 11 games now, over which time shooting guard JJ Reddick has picked up a lot of the scoring duties, putting in 50% from behind the three point line and scoring 20+ points per game over these last 11 games. His price hasn't risen quite as quickly as his production on the floor however, and that's with good reason: all he does is score. Sure he scores from deep, so if he goes 9-12 from behind the arc like he did last game vs. Houston he'll have a productive fantasy night (48.25 pts on a $5,400 price tag) but generally he'll score more like he did the previous 8 games, averaging something in the 20-25 DKFP range, with 30 being his likely ceiling. Add in the fact that the Cavs play the 2 fairly well, excelling particularly at limiting three pointers from that position, by allowing just 1.9 per game (4th best in the league) and I'm not sure I'd be banking on Reddick being the key to victory tonight. Let other folks make that mistake.</div>
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I'd also stay away from Kevin Love, as the Clippers have done a good job limiting production from the power forward position this season, and that hasn't fallen off at all with the absence of Blake Griffin in these past 11 games. The one player I might target in this game would be Lebron James, who average 27-7-8 against the Clippers last season, and is coming off a game in Brooklyn where he sat the entire fourth quarter. He'll be more rested than normal, and after the pounding the Warriors gave them earlier in the week, perhaps more motivated than usual as well.</div>
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<strong>Pistons @ Pelicans</strong><br />The other early game of the evening features the Pistons heading to New Orleans to take on Anthony Davis and the Pelicans. This game provides fantasy owners some very enticing options, namely in the forms of Pistons point guard Reggie Jackson ($7,300) and Pistons center Andre Drummond ($8,800). While Jackson's production has dropped off a bit in the new year (by about 2 mpg, 2 shot attempts per game, and correspondingly 5 points per game), his price has also, falling several hundred over the past ten games or so. This could justify picking him up particularly in a match up against a team like the Pelicans, who have ranked near the bottom of the league against opposing point guards DKFP production all season, giving up over 50 DKFP to them each game.</div>
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As for the other side of the match up, Anthony Davis could be a good buy, but I'm staying away from him tonight in favor of another power forward who I'll cover later. Just a better match up, Detroit ranks top 5 in the league against the power forward position, and with few other threats to worry about, they can afford to focus on the Pelicans' young star and limit his production.</div>
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<strong>Grizzlies @ Nuggets</strong><br />The third game of the night will feature the Grizzlies traveling to Denver to take on the Nuggets. The best fantasy prospect brought to us by this game, is Mike Conley. He's been out for several weeks with an Achilles injury, but <a data-mce-href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/sports/grizzlies/grizzlies-beat-pelicans-as-conley-returns-29a2a7c6-63a6-770b-e053-0100007ff9d8-365687881.html" href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/sports/grizzlies/grizzlies-beat-pelicans-as-conley-returns-29a2a7c6-63a6-770b-e053-0100007ff9d8-365687881.html" target="_blank">returned last game</a> and played 27 minutes in his first game back, putting up 15 points and 10 assists for 34.25 DKFP on a $6,200 salary. His salary will remain at $6,200, but he'll be playing Denver, who defends the point guard position very poorly, ranking 25th in the league at limiting their fantasy production. However very often in fantasy when one guy's stock goes up, another's must go down. That down guy in this is Mario Chalmers, who has moved back to his 20-25 mpg bench role with the return of Conley, but his price hasn't dropped back yet, still sitting at $6,100, just $100 below the guy he's backing up.</div>
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On the Nuggets' side of the ball, I may look to PF Kenneth Faried for relatively cheap production. With his price tag of $5,900 and going up against a Memphis front court that is certainly the weaker component of the team defensively, this highly active rebounder should be able to produce DKFP, at least enough to justify his purchase. While he's not my favorite PF on the night, he's my favorite mid range cost PF and worth a look for fantasy owners.</div>
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DeMarcus Cousins headlines my list of suggested buys tonight. He's one of the most talented players in the league, and playing against the small front court of the Hawks, that ranks near the bottom of the league against the power forward position. Cousins bears the highest price tag of the night at $10,600, but is a guy who regularly puts up 30 points and 10-15 rebounds, and should do at least the same against the smaller defenders of the Hawks.</div>
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On the other side of the ball, I kinda like Jeff Teague here. While Rondo has been playing better offensively this season and <a data-mce-href="http://www.nba.com/2016/news/features/david_aldridge/01/11/morning-tip-sacramento-kings-try-to-turn-corner-with-demarcus-cousins-rajon-rondo-leading-way-whats-next-for-brooklyn-nets-mikhail-prokhorov-john-calipari-qa-with-jamychal-green--kj-mcdaniels/" href="http://www.nba.com/2016/news/features/david_aldridge/01/11/morning-tip-sacramento-kings-try-to-turn-corner-with-demarcus-cousins-rajon-rondo-leading-way-whats-next-for-brooklyn-nets-mikhail-prokhorov-john-calipari-qa-with-jamychal-green--kj-mcdaniels/" target="_blank">has the Kings thinking playoffs</a>, the Kings' overall defense of the point guard position has been lacking to say the least, as they're currently third worst in the league, allowing over 52 DKFP per game to opposing point guards. Teague's minutes have taken a bit of a dip recently, below 30 to about 26, but he's still been able to produce about a DKFP per minute of play. Coming off two games in the low 20's of minutes, he may just be set up for a 30 minute game.</div>
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Looking a bit deeper, if I'm looking to fill a position for near minimum I'd pick up Tim Hardaway Jr. Korver has been limited to 21 minutes in each of his last two games, which has resulted in increased opportunity for Hardaway Jr. He's translated that into about 30 DKFP in his last two games combined, which isn't <em>great</em>, but it's decent. And for just $3,100, 15 DKFP as a floor is pretty solid. And if he happens to drop a few extra shots and give you 20-25 DKFP, even better.</div>
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The last game of the night features the Spurs heading to Phoenix where they'll face the reeling Suns. The Suns are coming off a tough game against the Pacers, and have struggled since guard Eric Bledsoe <a data-mce-href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2603424-eric-bledsoe-injury-update-suns-star-out-for-season-after-knee-surgery" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2603424-eric-bledsoe-injury-update-suns-star-out-for-season-after-knee-surgery" target="_blank">went down to injury</a>. While Brandon Knights minutes (+3), shot attempts (+4), and points per game (+4) have all picked up slightly, his other numbers have largely remained the same, or in the case of defensive production, dropped off slightly (from 1.3 steals per game to .6). Still, he's the only real option the Suns have, and he'll be going up against the Spurs' backup at the point guard position, so I'm looking for him to have a decent DKFP game, at least justifying his $7,200 price tag.</div>
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Injuries often open up opportunity, and typically under priced opportunity as price tags don't adjust quickly enough for the anticipated uptick in production. This will be the case with Patty Mills on Thursday night, as he's scheduled to start with Tony Parker <a data-mce-href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2440287-tony-parker-injury-updates-on-spurs-stars-hip-and-return" href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2440287-tony-parker-injury-updates-on-spurs-stars-hip-and-return" target="_blank">sidelined for the evening</a>. Mills has started 2 previous games this season, putting up about 20 DKFP per game, with 10 points and 5 assists in his last start. He'll face a Suns team that will put up very little resistance to the Spurs however, and I think he can do better than that. I see this as a game with the potential for blowout, so the Spurs stars could find themselves sitting early and often, while bench players go out and put up a few numbers. Look for Mills to lead that charge.</div>
Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-80430616718360351602015-11-05T04:52:00.003-08:002015-11-05T04:52:51.600-08:00Daily Fantasy Adviser Strategy Sessions: GPP playsThe subject of this brief strategy session guide will be GPP plays. I've noticed that sites like Fan Duel and Draft Kings often talk about playing your one secret lineup. They even encourage this, making it easy to enter a lineup in multiple contests after entering it in the first. You can quickly enter one lineup in multiple contests with the click of the mouse for each contest, making it easy to try your chances in multiple games.<br />
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On the surface to some, this seems like a great idea, right? I mean, if you try your chances in one contest, and then in another as well, you're doubling your chances...right?<br />
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<b>WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG</b><br />
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At first it may seem like that, but then you have to realize: you're still playing the same lineup, and so are other people, percentage wise. Devonta Freeman is still going to be owned in like 40% of this league and the next, or whatever it is. The point is, that you've still got the same chances of winning, what you're doubling is your payout IF you win. Maybe if the second tournament is a smaller tournament, then sure, THEN you're improving your chances of winning. If you actually want to improve your chances of winning tournaments, here's what you want to do:<br />
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Play many lineups.<br />
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But you don't want to just throw random lineups out there, right? What you want to do, is target a group of players. Find the players you think are going to be good, and build several lineups out of them. Play ten slightly different lineups in the same GPP, THEN you've improved your chances by ten times of winning that tournament. I mean just think, how many times have you <i>almost</i> won, but been off just one guy or two? And how many of those times had you been thinking about playing another guy that ended up going off, and it cost you the win? I mean maybe you're tossing up Martellus Bennett and Gary Barnidge at the TE spot at a comparable price, and go with Bennett, but Barnidge goes off and you slip out of paying spots because you just didn't cash in on the TE position. <br />
How FRUSTRATING is that? You kick yourself asking "why didn't I just pick Barnidge instead of Bennett?" Meanwhile however, I'm over here wondering why you didn't pick both of them. Wouldn't THAT have given you the better chance, instead of agonizing over who might play better? GPP plays are buying lottery tickets, the more you buy, the better your chance of winning. Play as many as you can, and then rake in as much as you can!<br />
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<b>Dion Lewis, New England Patriots</b></div>
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Lewis leads the pack, primarily due to 7.5 targets per game, that he turns into over 58 yards a game. He's got 4 receiving touchdowns, and 2 rushing touchdowns as well, for almost 1 per game. His 7.5 carries a game added in, give him 15 opportunities per game to produce, and he's been doing a lot with those opportunities, averaging 6.32 yards per. That's pretty impressive. With Tom Brady throwing the ball, and Draft Kings being PPR leagues, there's no reason to think he won't continue being one of the most valuable backs in the league this year.</div>
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<b>Todd Gurley, St. Louis Rams</b></div>
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Gurley and his ridiculous 6 yards per rush average this season bring him to second on this list almost on their own without targets. Which is good, because he's almost completely uninvolved in the passing game, getting just 8 targets (of which he's caught 7) all season. The only weak part of his game thus far has been the touchdown output, which has been just 2 overall (both rushing) so far. Look for him to add to that this weekend, against the Browns' defense.</div>
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<b>Lamar Miller, Miami Dolphins</b></div>
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Prior to last night's debacle against the Patriots, in which he rushed just 9 times, for only 15 yards and a touchdown, I'm sure Miller's numbers were a lot better, but this morning he's bringing an average of 5.5 yards per rush to the table, adding in just over 3 targets per game, and coming in third with an overall of 5.94 yards per opportunity-and he's getting A LOT more opportunities as of late. Granted, he didn't produce against the Patriots, but that defense is underrated. Pick him up in future weeks, depending on the matchup.</div>
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While Williams is currently a bit broken, and the Bills are on a bye week so he won't help you much this week, he still belongs on this list, according to the production he's put up thus far. He's averaging just over 5.5 yards per opportunity, and getting almost 12 opportunities per game-mostly on the ground. When he comes back from concussion, he should continue that trend.</div>
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<b>Doug Martin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers</b></div>
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The muscle hamster has made a comeback this season, and he's rounding out the 5th place on the effective touch list this week, averaging 5.45 yards per opportunity, and headlining that production with 18 rushes per game for just about 90 yards a game. He'll be a great play this weekend against a weak Falcons' rush defense.</div>
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<b>Devonta Freeman, Atlanta Falcons</b></div>
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The real surprise about Freeman's inclusion on this list is his placement outside the top 5, but the numbers don't lie right? He's currently putting up 5.32 yards per opportunity, and 5.64 yards per touch. He gets a few more opportunities in the passing game than some of the guys on this list, giving him about 25 opportunities per game. The combination of workload and capitalization of that opportunity probably makes him the most valuable back on this list, if not the most productive per opportunity, by the numbers.</div>
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<b>Chris Johnson, Arizona Cardinals</b></div>
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Chris Johnson has shocked the league, making a bit of a stunning comeback at age 30, after disappointing for several years after his 2,000 yard rushing season. His 5.24 yards per opportunity show that his numbers are legit, and his 22 opportunities per game show the coaches' confidence in him. Keep him playing, and keep winning that money!</div>
Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145662005854860395.post-6956006852393973072015-10-30T06:17:00.001-07:002015-10-30T06:17:13.335-07:00NFL Week 8 High Value TargetsSorry this week's "High Value Targets" piece is coming out a bit late. My son had surgery yesterday, so I took the day off and spent a lot of time the day before prepping. Thanks for your understanding, I hope this information still helps you win in your leagues this weekend! So without further ado...my high value targets for week 8!<br />
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<b>WR Stefon Diggs, Minnesota Vikings</b><br />
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Stefon Diggs makes a big jump from "<a href="http://www.dailyfantasysportsadvice.info/2015/10/potential-nfl-dfs-value-picks-for-week-7.html" target="_blank">high value pick</a>" to leading receiver in my high value picks after just 3 games due to his off the charts production over that time. Over the course of those 3 games, he's been targeted 27 times, and he's caught 19 of them for a 70.3% catch rate. He's turned those catches into 324 yards, for an average of 17.1 per catch and a staggering 12 per target, almost a full yard per target ahead of the second receiver on this list. While he has only managed to convert one of those 19 catches into a touchdown, a .05 TD rate per reception is still higher than guys like Jeremy Maclin or Antonio Brown, and right on par with a guy like Keenan Allen, who has been tearing up fantasy leagues this year. Look for Diggs to add some more touchdowns as he continues to get settled into the offense in Minnesota this week against Chicago, one of the worst defenses in the league.<br />
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<b>WR John Brown, Arizona Cardinals</b><br />
Over 11 yards per target is what earned John Brown second on this list. He's being targeted more than 7 times a game, and reeling in at least 5 of them for what amount to over 80 yards per game. Basically, every time he's being targeted he's earning you 1.8 points. That's a pretty good floor. And he's been doing it all season, for 7 games and 5 of them as a listed starter. While he's listed as questionable this week, he may just be worth the risk to some of you out there due to his production being off the charts.<br />
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<b>WR AJ Green, Cincinnati Bengals</b><br />
Green is a name that shouldn't surprise anyone being on this list. In fact, it surprised me he wasn't on it <a href="http://www.dailyfantasysportsadvice.info/2015/10/nfl-dfs-week-7-high-value-targets.html" target="_blank">last week</a>. He's one of the 5 best receivers in the league in my opinion, and should be a lock for this list every week. Through 6 games right now, he's being targeted more than 8 times per game, and catching almost 6 of those balls each game, for a 71.4% catch rate. The 531 yards he's turned all those catches into give him an average of 10.8 yards per target, for third in the league among players being targeted a minimum of 5 times per game. He's only turned 3 catches into touchdowns so far, but I expect him to add to that total at a slightly faster clip, perhaps 8 touchdowns in the final 10 games. Use him with confidence each and every week, especially those when he faces an easy match up, like this weekend in Pittsburgh.<br />
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<b>WR Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Cardinals</b><br />
"Father Time is undefeated". You've heard the saying many times. I'd very much like the person who coined that phrase to explain both Tim Duncan, and Larry Fitzgerald to me. Maybe Tom Brady also. These three guys are beating down Father Time. Fitzgerald here has the best catch rate and touchdown rate of any receiver on this list at 77.9% and 13% respectively. He's averaging 13.5 yards per reception, for a 10.54 per target average, and pulling in 6.5 catches a game on about 8 and a half targets a game. On top of that 88 yards per game, he's averaging a touchdown a game. So basically when you draft Fitzgerald to your DFS team, you're drafting 6 catches, 89 yards, and a touchdown. That's 21 points. That's a RIDICULOUS floor. Draft him with confidence each and every week.<br />
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<b>WR Amari Cooper, Oakland Raiders</b><br />
Rookie Amari Cooper was projected to hit the ground running in the NFL, and he's done just that, racking up 519 yards through the air in his first 6 games, and doing it against some tough competition at times, most notably Jason Varrett of the Chargers last Sunday. This week he faces Darrelle Revis, and while I'm not sure I'd bet the house on him putting up a 100 yard game, I'm not sure I'd bet against him either. He's being targeted more than 8 times a game, and while he has the lowest catch rate of any wideout on this list with just 66%, the catches he's making are going for distance, with an average of 15.7 yards per reception. He's not yet a match-up proof guy, but he's getting there.<br />
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<b>TE Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots</b><br />
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Rob Gronkowski-not surprisingly-occupies the top tight end spot on this list, pulling in almost 6 catches a game for a jaw dropping 92 yards per game, a staggering amount for a tight end. He's averaging a touchdown per game, with 7 in 7 games, and doesn't appear to be slowing up any. He's nearly an unstoppable force in the league, and playing with perhaps the best quarterback to ever play in the league. I don't see any reason to not build entire lineups around Gronk every week, he's totally match up proof and should be started with confidence anytime.<br />
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<b>RB Danny Woodhead, San Diego Chargers</b><br />
As I mentioned in my value plays article this week, Woodhead leads the league in receptions for a running back, so it shouldn't surprise anyone to see his name on this list as the top back. QB Phillip Rivers is targeting him almost 7 times a game, and he's pulling in more than 5 of those balls, averaging more than 58 yards per game through the air. That's 11 yards a reception, 8 yards a target, and a 78% catch rate. Pretty good numbers for a running back priced in the mid 4000's every week, in ppr style (draft king) leagues. That's 10.8 points you're starting each game with, before you talk about any running he might throw in, any big plays, or any touchdowns. Not a bad way to live as a fantasy owner.Randy Lutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253437906073853972noreply@blogger.com0