Tip-In Points: Glossary of Terms
I never belonged to a fraternity, but if I did, I imagine that I’d spend most of my time hooking up with drunk blondes and making up douche-y nicknames for my frat brothers. Since I never got to do that, I started this here fantasy basketball blog and made up douche-y nicknames and acronyms for common people and events in the world of fantasy hoops. Oh, and my editor Hank is a blonde drunk, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed in hopes of making my total frat experience come true.
We’ll be updating this as often as possible, so if you’ve got some glossary suggestions to drop on us, go ahead and leave it in the comments below.
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Benchslapped – A player’s been hurt or under-performing, so you bench him until he turns around, then drops a 30/10 double-double the next game out. So you put him back in your lineup and he shoots 3-for-19. This will happen if you own anyone from the Pistons.
IYACYOC – If You Ain’t Cookin’, You Oughta Clean. In other words, if you’re not scoring the basketball, you’d better earn your keep by grabbing rebounds. I’m lookin’ at you, Drew Gooden.
Jrue Story – Fantasy Basketball version of “true story.” “Ray Allen shot the ball only three times in 34 minutes (the fewest attempts in 30+ minutes in his entire career) and none of them went through the hoop. He said after the game that he wasn’t happy with the ball movement last night. Mostly because the ball never moved anywhere near him. Jrue story.”
Rejectsplosion – A team with three or more players that all play roughly the same position, all put together solid fantasy lines for a week, only to get shifted around for one another throughout the course of the season. See: Philly’s Louis Williams, Allen Iverson and Jrue Holiday rejectsplosion from 2010, also known as Kablooey Louis and the Boos.
Rocket Sauce – What an unheralded player slathers all over his body before making a name for himself. Named as such for Houston’s Carl Landry and Aaron Brooks making a huge splash in 2010.
Ronsacked – When a normally reliable player has a horrific night offensively because of the player defending him. The term comes from Ron Artest’s nasty ability to make all-stars wilt like lilies in the desert on nights where he’s guarding them.
Three-Jerk Reaction – When a normally excellent outside shooter keeps shooting threes in a game despite being in a horrible slump. “Kyle Korver went 0-for-5 from the arc in the first half and because of his three-jerk reaction, refused to stop and finished the game 1-for-11.”
Threechange – A seachange is a transformation that occurs gradually over time and when the transformation is complete, the form may look the same, but the substance is different. In basketball, this transformation often manifests fully in a player’s third year – a threechange, if you will (you will). Many players who go on to be superstars hit their stride in their third season.
Coin a term for an experienced player who loses playing time to an incoming rookie.
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