Rise & Grind: February 14th, 2014
Welcome to the RotoGrinders cup o’morning joe. Start your day off right here with yesterday’s happenings and take a peek at the the upcoming DFS day.
Grab your first cup of coffee and catch up on the latest news!
In Case You Missed It
- Podcast Interview with Danny Hamlin – If you missed out on Dan and Al’s interview last Sunday with NASCAR driver Danny Hamlin, DB is replaying it on today’s edition of the Daily Fantasy Fix podcast. Be sure to check it out and hear from the first name celebrity to come out as a DFS player.
- FanDuel Pulls Out of Washington State – Earlier this week news surfaced that FanDuel would no longer be allowing players from the state of Washington. Washington has always had shaky legal ground in terms of internet gaming, dating back to the online poker days. Many questions have been raised in the forums and Nigel from FanDuel dropped in to give some clarification on the decision by the company. Read the discussion over here in the forums: FanDuel Restricts Players in Washington State
- Fade Kevin Durant? LOLz – Kevin Durant keeps doing #DurantThings every night. Last night he scored 19 of his 43 points in the fourth quarter last night to go along with his 12 rebounds, 3 steals and 7 assitesses. KD has led the Thunder to the best record in the NBA through the All-Star Break and has to be considered the front-runner for the MVP. He has done most of it without Russell Westbrook. Can the Thunder continue their run through the 2nd half of the season and playoffs?
Today’s Events
- All-Star Weekend – Tonight is the always fun NBA Celebrity All-Star game and the Rising Stars Challenge. Tomorrow night is the Shooting Stars, the Skills Challenge, 3-point Shoot-out and Slam Dunk Contest. Since there’s no DFS this weekend, Steviepfl is running an All-Star Weekend T-shirt contest in the forums. Check it out here: All-Star Weekend T-shirt Contest
- $10K DS All Star Freeroll + Grinders-Only Bonuses – We’re adding Grinders-Only prizes to the $10,000 DraftStreet NBA All Star Game Freeroll this Sunday. The top three Grinders will win a Grinders tee, and the Grinder with the highest scoring UNIQUE Lineup wins a $200 bonus! Check this thread for details
On the Grinders Schedule
Articles
- #1) The Effect of Corsi/Fenwick on DFS NHL – Jmbwngfn takes a look at some advanced hockey stats and their effect on DFS in the NHL here: Advanced Stats and Their Effect on NHL DFS
- #2) NHL Recap with Boggs Lite – #3 Overall NHL Grinder BoggsLite gives a recap of his NHL team from this past weekend. An in-depth breakdown of his team and insight into one of the best minds in NHL DFS. Check it out here: Boggs Lite NHL Recap
GrindersLive
- UPDATED 7:30pm: College Basektball After-Dark – It’s Valentine’s Day. Somehow Emac and STLCardinals have convinced their wives that they should be doing a Grinders Live for all of you instead of dinner with said wives. I’m not sure how they did it. They are wizards.
Is there something else you’d like to see in this column? Questions or comments? Leave them below and we’d be happy to consider them. See you Tomorrow!