KC's Commentary: Top 5 NBA Happenings
Weekly Review and High Performance Grinders
About the Writer: Kevin “kcearnal” Cearnal lives and works in the most dangerous city in the country, St. Louis, Missouri. He has obtained the nickname ‘KC’ throughout the daily fantasy community due to the confusing nature of his aforementioned screen name and his overall ‘hoodness’. He has no sport of expertise and has the distinction of being the most recognizable loser in the industry. ‘KC’ works as Communication Coordinator for a not-for-profit foundation and the sports teams which he most enjoys include the St. Louis Cardinal and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
KC’s Commentary: A Man of Change
I’m a man of change. A man of great depth. A man who is transitioning from NFL to bigger, brighter, and more circular things. By this I mean basketball. I must clarify to you all that I am by no means an expert on the NBA. In fact, I am quite the opposite. But the qualities that I do possess, awesomeness and charisma mainly, allow me to write on the topic without much concern for my level of expertise or the quality of the facts and commentary that I divulge to all of you. There are many people that are far less knowledgeable than me that provide ‘expert’ analysis of sporting events (see Pat Summerall and the NHL Tonight anchors). Therefore I am going to tell you all what I think, and tell you all beforehand to take it for what it is worth. Absolutely Nothing.
This brilliant commentary will take the form of a top 3, 5 or 10 list depending on the amount of time I spend exposing you all to my genius for that given week. Please enjoy!
Top 5 NBA Happenings
1. Wednesday NBA SLAM Analysis – ‘The ORDER’ takes over!
| Pos | User | Score | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohmsy | 317 | $800 |
| 2 | primetime420 | 316 | $550 |
| 3 | Headchopper | 315 | $400 |
| 4 | leachman90 | 313 | $275 |
| 5 | Hatorade | 311 | $180 |
| 6 | rudzia555 | 308 | $130 |
| 7 | sclem21 | 306 | $90 |
| 7 | rudzia555 | 306 | $90 |
| 9 | spikezz7 | 305 | $80 |
| 10 | spikezz7 | 303 | $60 |
For those of you who don’t know…Ohmsy & Rudzia are calling themselves ‘The ORDER.’ As far as I know, this is the first club/clique/posse in the history of the Fantasy Sports Industry. In addition to this distinction, these two also share the honor of being the most talked about players in the industry. On most days they have identical lineups in all sports, except for the big tournaments. This led to a huge debate over the morality of this collusion, not to mention the effect on the Grinder community. There was even a time when the majority of players thought that it was the same person…Crazy huh? Reminds me of this one movie…maybe you guys have seen it…FIGHT CLUB.
“The First Rule of Grinding is that you do not talk about your Daily Fantasy Lineup.”
2. Friday NBA DUNK Analysis – There’s a Chemical in Weed that’s called Winner!
| Pos | User | Score | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | primetime420 | 349 | 750 |
| 2 | recordfinder | 340 | 450 |
| 3 | handsomeblackmale | 333 | 275 |
| 3 | gruhlks18 | 333 | 275 |
| 5 | twinboys23 | 332 | 200 |
| 6 | ortonsdrinkingbuddy | 331 | 175 |
| 7 | a_boozers_picks | 328 | 150 |
| 8 | recordfinder | 326 | 125 |
| 9 | boomboom | 324 | 33.33 |
| 9 | tonycpros911 | 324 | 33.33 |
| 63 | kcearnal | 291 | 0 |
Primetime420 follows up a stellar 2nd place finished in Wednesday’s SLAM with a victory in the inaugural DUNK competition on FanDuel Friday Night. This is a particularly stellar accomplishment considering he bested some of the best players in the industry twice in one week to bank more than $1,500.
I think I’m going to lock my lineups between 4:19 and 4:21 for this coming week. Can’t hurt right. Maybe crank a little Bob Marley? Everybody Sing it… Don’t Worry, Win Money Now…
3. Weekly Heroes
Corey Maggette – He was once a steady contributor in fantasy, he disappeared for a LONG time, but he has remerged lately to become relevant once again. He followed up a 32-point fantasy point Wednesday with a 26-point outing Friday. This is not spectacular but lets consider the fact that both the SLAM and DUNK winners had him on their respective rosters. Not a bad pick in the low 5K range on FanDuel.
Ramon Sessions – 35-point Wednesday. 30-point Friday. With Mo Williams slated to miss a few more games, grinders should feel confident running this guy out there. Especially with his reasonable price tag and the fact that he is being forced into the roll of primary ball-handler on that team.
4. Weekly Zeroes
Wednesday Flop – Vince Carter – 19 fantasy points. He’d been on a roll lately and many grinders rolled him out there expecting the big numbers again from him and the Suns high scoring offense. They didn’t come. And with Grant Hill stepping up his offensive game in the past few days I advise caution on the use of Vinsanity moving forward. He may have his occasional big game, but predicting when it will come may be as difficult as determining Cam’s sexual orientation.
Friday Flop – J.J. Hickson – 6 fantasy points. That’s not a misprint. 6 points. He had been running out consistent double/double type numbers over the past week and with his low price tag he was an enticing option entering the inaugural SLAM on Friday. He suckered me as well as many others into picking him, in the process ruining our chances at glory. The Bucks defense did an excellent job bottling him up, but with that being said he is probably still worth a look over the coming days and months.
5. Looking Forward
Everybody check out Sportsgeek in the next few days. They have launched their first NBA fantasy contests. Should be a new, fun and exciting challenge.
Also, the pricing on FanDuel has drastically changed. The post-injury pricing bug has been worked out and players are now much more appropriately priced. This should give an advantage to the dedicated and educated grinders. Everybody keep workin’ hard to make some money and I’ll talk to you all again next week.