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Adding, dropping in fantasy hoop playoffs

Eric Karabell

I've managed to reach the finals in each of my ESPN head-to-head fantasy basketball leagues, and at this point my main goal has been to accumulate gam...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2008

Welcoming H2H hoop playoffs, free agents

Eric Karabell

For those who casually check their ESPN fantasy basketball head-to-head teams, check a little closer this week. The playoffs are here! To quote Jim Mo...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 2008

Camby, indispensable fantasy options

Eric Karabell

...case of Yao Ming, there was no choice. Broken legs don't get played on in the NBA. Yao isn't Jack Youngblood, the Rams defensive end who once played an NFC title game and...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 11, 2008

Fantasy sleepers on bad East teams

Eric Karabell

...and Pistons certainly seem to be on a collision course for the right to go to the NBA Finals. Good, that's the way it should be. Pit the best against the best. The East...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 06, 2008

Watching turnovers in fantasy hoops

Eric Karabell

...assist-to-turnover ratio. I still pay attention to it, however, because it's important in real NBA life. Jose Calderon isn't just piling on the assists, you know, he doesn't turn the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 04, 2008

Old men Cassell, Magloire finding work

Eric Karabell

...Bryant and Yao Ming -- well, only the first two of those guys now -- are undroppables. In the NBA itself, nobody is really an undroppable. Of course, teams don't cut their best players, but in...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 28, 2008

Gasol remains first-round fantasy bust

Eric Karabell

Yeah, yeah, Wednesday was the big night of debuts for recently traded NBA players, as Shaquille O'Neal looked big and slow in a loss to the Lakers, Jason Kidd...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 21, 2008

Manu's great, but a manu to trade

Eric Karabell

...the performance of a lifetime already. It was from Magic Johnson in Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals. I was a young lad in Philly, wondering if this was the year the 76ers would...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 13, 2008

R-Jeff, surprising stat-by-stat numbers

Eric Karabell

As we approach the All-Star break in the Association, fantasy owners can pretty much guarantee that the numbers your players are putting up aren't goi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 11, 2008

Some 25 centers to keep over Shaq

Eric Karabell

...round pick who scored, rebounded, blocked and made his field goals. And he won titles for his NBA teams and fantasy owners. Those days are over, however. The trade that sent O'Neal from one...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 07, 2008

It's really Miller time in Sactown

Eric Karabell

After the way Brad Miller treated fantasy owners in 2006-07, his status for this season was more of the sleeper variety. He was someone you'd take a c...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2008

Parker out, Stoudamire to Spurs?

Eric Karabell

I understand how the Grizzlies didn't want Damon Stoudamire around anymore, in part because he's not a great player, but also because he was taking mi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 31, 2008

Webber, Andersen seek fantasy returns

Eric Karabell

Two players who haven't stepped on the court for an NBA game once this season are on my mind this fine Monday. In one corner, we've got...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 27, 2008

Arenas, other fantasy hoop busts

Eric Karabell

I'm always amused when fantasy owners find reasons for why their teams stink, then try to justify them. I had a bad draft, some like to say. Injuries ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 24, 2008

Fantasy hoops All-Star starting lineups

Eric Karabell

Well, if everyone else is taking a look at the potential NBA All-Star teams, why not in fantasy hoops, too? The thing is, fantasy is much different than...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | January 20, 2008