King James, Little Buddy Selig & A Few NFL Thoughts
The first game of the NBA season is going to tip off in a few hours and I'm counting the minutes. Four players from my fantasy team are in action this evening, headlined by King James. Also set to make his regular season debut is Bulls rookie point guard Derrick Rose. I may have mentioned this before, but I think DRose has a chance to be as good or better than Chris Paul and Deron Williams. He's going to have his ups and downs this season playing for a guy without any prior head coaching experience. However, if Vinny Del Negro sticks with the kid and plays him 30-35 minutes then he'll likely be rewarded with at least 14 points and 8 assists a game...
More than six decades ago, my grandpa used to take little Buddy Selig to baseball games in Milwaukee. After watching a few minutes of Bud's press conference last night, I'm wondering if he may have fallen out of the bleachers onto his head during one of those outings to the ballpark back in the day. Selig looked like a combination of Jim Ignatowski and Columbo trying to explain his decision to suspend Game 5 of the World Series...
A few random thoughts from Week 8...
**Update - I just read that Teddy C's ass was kicked to the curb so he won't get a chance to turn things around
Posted by San Diego Sports Guy at 10/28/2008 12:55 PM 
Categories: NFL, NBA, MLB, Drew's Daily Dot Dot Dot
Categories: NFL, NBA, MLB, Drew's Daily Dot Dot Dot
Hey SDSG-
In your expert opinion, could anyone justify taking P Gasol over D Howard n a fantasy draft? Free throw percentage notwithstanding, won't Howard lead the league in 2, possibly 3 categories?
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It's a valid question. In a fantasy league without free thow percentage, Howard is a top four pick...no doubt about it. However, in my particular league FT% counts the same as the other seven categories. Because of that fact he's the 20th to 25th best player in the league. When pick 21 came around, Howard was seriously considered (along with Yao Ming and Marcus Camby), but ultimately Pau Gasol was selected. Barring serious injury, you can can count on 16 points, 9 rebounds, 54% from the field, 78% from the line, 4+ assists, 1.5 blocks and 1 steal a game from Gasol. Those are statistics with Andrew Bynum in the lineup. If Bynum hurts his knee again and misses significant time, then the stats will be even better. It's that simple...
-SDSG
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I've got two money-making predictions this week:
1. Bet on NE at the Colts. The Colts are coming off a hard fought Monday night loss. They not only have a typical short week following a MNF game, but they played the exceedingly physical Titans. They will not recover from a physical standpoint quickly enough to beat the Patriots. Also, the Colts are worse than people think. Everyone assumes the Colts are better than their 3-4 record indicates because "they are the Colts". But if Sage Rosenfels didn't hand them a game a few weeks ago, the Colts are only 2-5. That's a lousy team. On the other hand, for all the talk about the Patriots having troubles without Brady, they have managed a 5-2 record in one of the better divisions in the NFL this season. Take NE in this game!
2. Go to Vegas and bet on the Chargers to win the AFC West. The firing of Ted Cotrell will lead to enough improvement for the Chargers to win the division. Ron Rivera will be auditioning for a permanent job. Teddy C had a “bend but don’t break” defense and lost his job. If Rivera does the same thing, the Bolts performance won’t change and Rivera gets no long term job. Rivera therefore must change defensive styles, which automatically means that the Chargers come back after the bye week with a more aggressive approach to defense. (it’s not possible to play less aggressively). The Chargers still have strong playoff chances due to a weak division. They are 1.5 games behind 1st place, but they play Denver at home. If they win that home game, they are effectively only ½ game back. Of the Chargers’ other 7 remaining games, three are against KC and Oakland. And when you look at Denver’s already weak defense, they just lost both of the Bailey Bros to injury. Denver is deteriorating on a weekly basis. Remember, the Broncos got blown out by KC! The Chargers aren’t going to get a home field bye, but they will win the division. You can write that down in permanent ink.
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I just saw that the Colts are favored by 5.5 over the Pats. A 3-4 team that should be 2-5 (Rosenfels game) is favored by 5.5 points over a 5-2 team that plays in one of the better divisions in football. Homefield advantage for the Colts isn't worth that many points, especially with the Colts having the short MNF week! This is a perception vs. reality problem about which team people "think" is better, despite having seven games of evidence to the contrary. Take the points and bet the farm. There is no way the Colts win by 6+ points. NO WAY!
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OK Rosey...I'm taking your advice and the farm is now on the line! If I lose, you better have a room ready for the SDSG, BATWOTSDSG and our kids...
-SDSG
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