Looking Back At Your 1979-80 Fantasy Basketball Team
It’s Tuesday and in three weeks the 2009-10 NBA season will officially begin. Many of us are already gathering notes together for our basketball fantasy drafts. I know, right? You can hardly control your excitement. Well, Sidelines can’t control its excitement. So for the five weeks leading up to the season tip-off, we’re thumbing through our old fantasy notebooks, cringing at our past selections and revisiting our top 10 fantasy picks from each of the seasons that introduced us to a new decade. This week: the season that introduced us to the 80s. Houston’s Moses Malone was the reigning MVP, the Seattle Supersonics were league champions and two young rookies named Ervin and Larry would join pro teams on opposite ends of the country … and form a rivalry for the ages over the next two decades.
Enjoy and we’ll see you on October 27.
Looking Back At Your 1959-60 Fantasy Basketball Team
It’s Tuesday and in five weeks the 2009-10 NBA season will officially begin. Many of us are already gathering our notes together for our basketball fantasy drafts. I know, right? You can hardly control your excitement. Well, Sidelines can’t control its excitement. So for the next six weeks, we’re thumbing through our old fantasy rosters, cringing at our past selections and revisiting our top 10 fantasy picks from each of the seasons that introduced us to a new decade, starting with the season that introduced us to the 60s. The Celtics were World Champs and a kid named Wilt Chamberlain had just entered the league.
Enjoy and we’ll see you on October 27.
The Daily Affirmations of a Fantasy Football Commissioner
Being a fantasy football commissioner is a thankless job. The owners pester you, the rules can change in 1,000 ways, and you’re ultimately responsible for the survival of the league.
It’s too much for one person to handle. From the trade deadlines to the waivers, it’s not uncommon for commissioners to neglect their own team because of the stress. And when the owners are in uproar, some don’t know where to turn.
But there is help. At SportScape, we care about the mental health of all the fantasy football commissioners out there. So to fantasy commissioners from all walks of life, we present a daily affirmation for those who seek to perfect their league.
How the Draft Should Have Gone
The NBA Draft has come and gone, but the 14 lottery teams got it all wrong. They shouldn’t be going after the top prospects from here and abroad. The Clippers, Grizzlies and other bad NBA teams should have picked up the player that they really need. It might have been a robot, a mom or Kunte Kinte. But had they followed our advice, you can bet that one of these teams would be playing in the Finals one year from now.
