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To Fade or Not to Fade: That Was One Ugly Slate
Last night's 4-game slate did not produce high scores for Joe or anyone else for that matter. Joe goes through his thoughts and how his recent results are deciding which contests he enters. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Sticking to the Process, Not the Results
Joe went back to what was bringing him success. However, he may have gone overboard making lineups last night. Did he hit that illustrious 300 team points? Read on to find out Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: The Ups and Downs of DFS
Joe was soaring high after All Star break. 9 out of 12 lineups were reaching the 300 point total. The last two slates have been an entirely different story. Is it time to blow up the process? Joe reflects on some possible reasons for his recent results. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: The Last Minute Injury Switch
Joe had to fight against the clock when Kelly Oubre went out with an injury. How did he do with the time crunch? Read on to find out! Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Numbers Don't Tell the Whole Story
Joe takes you through some of his "projections" and how he decides on his selections. As he will show you, sometimes the numbers don't tell the whole story. Read more to find out! Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Avoiding the Bad Heat
Joe looks over his process from last night and what made him get off Hassan Whiteside. He reviews his game selection and perhaps making a change. Read ahead to find out Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Is the Process Working?
Without the time to play the Wednesday slate, Joe took the time to review on his play after 1 week. Has all the reading, blogging, and change in thought process showing results? Better yet...is the process going well? Read more to find out. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Reviewing the Process
Joe breaks down his process from the last 3 slates and how bias has creeped its ugly head in. Read more to find out! Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Too Much Tinkering at the End
All week, Joe has been discussing reflecting on the process and not the results. Joe walks you through a day's worth of building that culminates in his final lineup. He points out where he made his mistakes and where he accepts variance. Come along for the ride and read more! Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: How to Change Our Mindset to Become Better Players For the 2nd Half of the NBA Season
Joe just finished an interesting book about decision making that could help us in DFS. He provides some of the key concepts from the book and provides an experiment in bias. Read ahead to find out! Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Channeling My Inner Nature Boy and Spreadsheets
What do the Nature Boy Ric Flair and Joe have in common? How in the world does that relate to using spreadsheets?!? Read Joe's latest edition of To Fade or Not to Fade to find out. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Reflecting on Last Night's 2 Game Slate
Joe reflects on last night 2 game slate using different lenses and discusses a recent tweet from a well known RotoGrinder. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: How to Spend Your NBA Break
The NBA All Star break is upon us. How are you going to spend your break? Joe plans to spend his break reflecting on his play and provides some questions to help guide your reflection. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Hi, I'm Joe and I am a Cash Player
Being a cash player is not a bad thing. Joe goes into why he believes he is a cash game player and some traps he has fallen into over the last few weeks. Can you relate? Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Do I Fade Russell Westbrook on a 4 Game Slate
Is fading Russell Westbrook a good idea? What type of roster construction can you pull of on this 4 game slate? Joe looks at the different ideas for roster construction to see what would work best. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: How Did My Narrative Turn Out?
Joe's narrative was set: wedding in a year and the possibility to pay for it all in the $444 Epic Monster. Did this Cinderella story have a happy ending or did the clock strike midnight on this narrative? Read on to find out. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Feeling Like Matt Damon in Rounders
It's been a while but Joe is back talking basketball. He has a wedding in one year and is playing in his biggest tournament to date in his DFS career. Could there be a narrative in place tonight? Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Surveying the Land Week 7
As Joe continues to work on trusting his process, he provides his plays for this week. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Do I Trust My Process?
Joe questions why he doesn't stick to his process and the players he chooses. He breaks down his lineup and where he could have made changes. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Surveying the Land Week 6
Joe looks at some plays for the upcoming week 6. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Where Did It Go Wrong in Week 5?
Joe breaks down his process and where he could have gone differently in Week 5. Does he "trust the process" or is it time to rework some things? Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Surveying the Land First Quarter of the NFL Season
Joe takes a look back at some of his bold claims from Week 1 before delving into his Week 5 picks. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Surveying the Land Week 4
Joe takes a look at some plays for week 4 and how he's going to construct his three FanDuel million dollar lineups. Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: The Jay Ajayi Bust of a Lineup
Joe is back to review week 3. Who knew the Jets were bad at tanking a season? A bunch of twist and turns this week and learning lessons. Take a look inside! Read More
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To Fade or Not to Fade: Hits and Misses from Week 2
Joe reviews his choices from Week 2 and curses the name of Jimmy Graham. Read all inside! Read More
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