Day 1 -- Fantasy Gods, Idiots, & Sleepers

Day 1 -- Fantasy Gods, Idiots, & Sleepers

Only eight teams hit the hardwood last night, but close to 100 players filled up the boxscores with stats. These stats are what fantasy basketball players concern themselves with and pay more attention to their "guys" instead of the final score. There are three types of performances to describe players from last night, they are "Godlike", "Damn You [<font size=""1"">Insert Curse Word</font>] Idiot", and "Yes My Sleeper Came Through, I Told You So".

[imgl]http://www.justbball.org/data/5/7/7/b/c/302//god.jpg[/imgl]Godlike - Are players who, provided you the best stats across the various statistical categories used in fantasy basketball leagues. These are players who put up stats worthy of being a Top 25 selection.

[imgl]http://www.justbball.org/data/5/7/7/b/c/302//idiot.jpg[/imgl]Damn You [<font size=""1"">Insert Curse Word</font>] Idiot - Are players you thought were "Godlike", but stunk it up instead and had you cursing at your poor judgement in selecting that letdown player too, early in your draft.

[imgl]http://www.justbball.org/data/5/7/7/b/c/302//itoldyouso.jpg[/imgl]Yes My Sleeper Came Through, I Told You So - These are players you drafted in the later rounds and typed out in all caps "HE'S MY SLEEPER THIS YEAR!" or "HE'S A STEAL THIS LATE IN THE DRAFT!" Basically these players exceeded everyone's expectations except your own.

These categories include, Points, Assists, Rebounds, Field Goal %, Free Throw %, 3 Pointers, Blocks, Steals, & Turnovers.

<u>Godlike</u>

<font color=""RoyalBlue""><font size=""1"">Allen Iverson - 35 Pts :: 9 Asts :: 2 Rebs :: 39.3 FG% :: 73.3 FT% :: 3 Pointers (2) ::0 Blks :: 3 Stls :: 1 TOs
Chris Webber - 32 Pts :: 5 Asts :: 14 Rebs :: 50.0 FG% :: 100.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (0) :: 2 Blks :: 1 Stls :: 3 TOs
Tim Duncan - 19 Pts :: 6 Asts :: 10 Rebs :: 47.1 FG% :: 75.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (0) :: 4 Blks :: 1 Stls :: 2 TOs
Carmelo Anthony - 23 Pts :: 4 Asts :: 8 Rebs :: 58.8 FG% :: 60.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (0) :: 1 Blks :: 0 Stls :: 3 TOs
Dirk Nowitzki - 28 Pts :: 3 Asts :: 15 Rebs :: 47.6 FG% :: 80.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (4) :: 2 Blks :: 1 Stls :: 5 TOs
Shawn Marion - 13 Pts :: 7 Asts :: 16 Rebs :: 33.3 FG% :: 60.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (0) :: 2 Blks :: 3 Stls :: 2 TOs
Steve Nash - 30 Pts :: 9 Asts :: 8 Rebs :: 44.0 FG% :: 100.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (2) :: 0 Blks :: 1 Stls :: 6 TOs

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<u>Damn You [<font size=""1"">Insert Curse Word</font>] Idiot </u>

<font color=""Red""><font size=""1"">Kyle Korver - 6 Pts :: 2 Asts :: 2 Rebs :: 28.6 FG% :: 0.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (2) :: 2 Blks :: 0 Stls :: 1 TOs
Brad Miller - 4 Pts :: 2 Asts :: 3 Rebs :: 40.0 FG% :: 0.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (0) :: 1 Blks :: 1 Stls :: 3 TOs
Mike Bibby - 8 Pts :: 4 Asts :: 4 Rebs :: 27.3 FG% :: 100.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (1) :: 0 Blks :: 1 Stls :: 2 TOs
Manu Ginobili - 10 Pts :: 2 Asts :: 4 Rebs :: 22.2 FG% :: 75.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (0) :: 0 Blks :: 1 Stls :: 3 TOs
Amare Stoudemire - Injured Did Not Play
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<u>Yes My Sleeper Came Through, I Told You So</u>

<font color=""Green""><font size=""1"">TJ Ford - 16 Pts :: 14 Asts :: 9 Rebs :: 40.0 FG% :: 88.9 FT% :: 3 Pointers (0) :: 0 Blks :: 0 Stls :: 5 TOs
PJ Brown - 20 Pts :: 2 Asts :: 10 Rebs :: 75.0 FG% :: 100.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (0) :: 0 Blks :: 0 Stls :: 2 TOs
Michael Finley - 16 Pts :: 1 Asts :: 5 Rebs :: 70.0 FG% :: 50.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (1) :: 0 Blks :: 0 Stls :: 2 TOs
Raja Bell - 18 Pts :: 0 Asts :: 3 Rebs :: 63.6 FG% :: 75.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (1) :: 0 Blks :: 0 Stls :: 0 TOs
James Jones - 13 Pts :: 2 Asts :: 3 Rebs :: 33.3 FG% :: 66.6 FT% :: 3 Pointers (3) :: 0 Blks :: 2 Stls :: 0 TOs
Marquis Daniels - 13 Pts :: 0 Asts :: 5 Rebs :: 50.0 FG% :: 100.0 FT% :: 3 Pointers (1) :: 0 Blks :: 4 Stls :: 3 TOs

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<div class="quote_poster">Quoting odde23:</div><div class="quote_post">Will you be doing this all season. I dig it. How about "Shapecity's 'Gods, Angels, and Idiots'". It would be the first thread I read every day. Do it. I'll send you a dollar.</div>

Yeah my goal is to have this done daily while I'm drinking my cup of joe.

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting 44thrilla:</div><div class="quote_post">Surprised not to see Desmond Mason on the "Damn You" list, especially after the amount of bragging Voodoo Child did after the Magliore trade.</div>

I was considering him, but he wasn't drafted high in most leagues and he's probably still on the waiver wire for many others.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Purple Fever:</div><div class="quote_post">Whomever thought Kyle Korver was gon be a top 25 selection is smoking some really good stuff.

*Counts down untill VC comes here trolling about how much of a "steal" Webber was!"</div>
Yahoo had Kyle Korver ranked #15. ESPN rankings had him fairly high as well. He's the type of player who doesn't really hurt you in any category and gives you an advantage in 3point shooting and FT%.

Simmons was definitely a sleeper last year, but he's in the middle of the pack this season.