The NBA season is creeping around the corner, and thusly, so is NBA fantasy league season. Lounge Certified is the name of the game this year. And yours truly has morphed last year's Majestic Mapp squad into today's Stop Snitchin' crew.
As of Monday morning, Lounge Certified consisted of a troubling five teams. But after some campaigning and a little gentle nudging, we were ten strong by the end of the work day. That's clutch. All that was left to do was draft...and wait for the NBA season to kick off. When am I going to start seeing some of those Ali G/TNT NBA promo spots? Anyway, the draft:
6:42 - I can't take it anymore. Tired of listening to Stephen A. Smith discuss the NFC East, Stop Snitchin' enters the Lounge Certified Yahoo! Fantasy NBA Live Draft
6:43 - Snitchin' holds the #9 spot in a 10 team snake draft. Interesting. Surprisingly, Brett's P-town Fribble doesn't hold the #1 spot. That goes to Phillip's Mullin's Margays squad. Which begs the question: what the heck is a margay?
6:45 - I make contact with Phillip, who is enjoying a turkey and cheese sandwich.
7:04 - Others begin rolling in.
7:14 - Not hearing from kurtrambis'pimpcup, I place a call to State College, reminding him of the draft. He's trying to log in.
7:15 - The draft begins! With the first pick of the 2005 Louge Certified draft, Phillip Mullin's Margays selects Kevin Gar - what the - LBJ! Nice website, LeBron!
7:16 - Travis FLOODgates snatches up Kevin Garnett.
7:17 - Brett P-town Fribble is stalling...no, he enters The Matrix.
7:17 - Brett and Ken Big Air Balls reporting draft trouble. This is not good. Close out and re-enter!
7:20 - Looks like I'll be shouting the "Keep shooting, Gilbert" mantra this season. Snitchin' snatches Arenas at the #9 spot.
7:22 - Ken Big Air Balls selects Lorenzen Wright in the second round. Looks like he is having serious draft troubles.
7:23 - Ken out?
7:28 - Casey kurtrambis'pimpcup selects The Big Aristotle. He later reveals that his first two picks (Dwayne Wade and AK-47) were made by the computer. The computer giveth, the computer taketh away.
7:31 - Is Brett now drafting for three teams? Someone get that guy a good samaritan award.
7:37 - The Amare watch is over. Matt The Game selects The Manchild to start the 5th round.
7:38 - Had to do it. Stop Snitchin' takes its namesake. Lean back, 'Melo!
7:45 - kurtrambis'pimpcup selects Ricky Davis. That makes three former Majestic Mapp members (Rip Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince being the others) occupying his squad. Brotherly ESP?
7:46 - 8:20 - Chirp, chirp, chirp (it's pretty quiet besides the picks being made).
8:21 - kurtrambis'pimp cup selection of the 'Cuse's Hakim Warrick gets positive reception from the peanut gallary.
8:22 - You know it's getting late. Teams are suggesting picks to each other.
8:23 - Phillip Mullin's Margays does the Golden State proud and selects Colgate alum Adonal Foyle to start the 13th round.
8:30 - Matt The Game selects Mr. Irrelevant...Antonio Daniels. Might want to update that website, Antonio.
8:31 - Sometime during the draft, Ken changes his team's name to "Did not draft." That's not a good sign.
8:40 - Snitchin' calls kurtrambis'pimpcup (boy, I'm glad I'm typing that for the last time) to decompress and talk about this weekend's Penn State v. Purdue clash. Both parties are reportedly pretty pleased with their squads and found the draft to be fun.
My squads that look particularly good on paper: P-town Fribble, kurtrambis'pimpcup, Upper Echelon and The Game. Darkhorse: Stop Snitchin' (obvs).
Rate the player websites! Personally, I think LBJ wins best website, hands down.
And there you have it. Thirteen rounds in approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. Even after all that drama, there are number of quality ballers still out there. And a whole fantasy draft blogging recap without mentioning the new NBA dress code. Clutch! Props to Brett for organizing the whole affair (again). Let the criticizing of trades begin!
2 comments:
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4) Kirilenko - for kind of busting on Americans and dissing Quincy Lewis on his nickname page
3) Daniels - maybe I can hook him up with a Wizzed out redesign
2) King James - not digging the Sci-Fi fonts, they're hard to read
1) Melo - cool clean look, plus I have 6 degrees of separation to this site: the About Melo page mentions the Melo Bar which was manufactured by York PA's Wolfgang Candy, whose site Travis and I used to work on (but has since been redesigned)
Upon further review...I agree with your assessment of 'Melo v. LBJ: the websites. Carmelo's is pretty sharp, and I didn't appreciate LeBron's boys calling out my work computer for not having the latest flash.
Get to work on Antonio's site. That boy has issues.
I think AK-47 is more just a confident-yet-dorky Euro that is still a bit out of his element in the USA more than a total insulting jerk. But I don't know the guy.
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