Top 20 Finish

Hopefully all of you took some of my advice for last Friday's Freeroll.  Besides Hambone being out and changing that, my squad came in 15th place.  Not bad, I guess.  We were three places from being in the money but there is nothing to do on that.  Anyways we will be tuning in again next week to try and capture the cash.  Good luck all and Happy Fathers Day!

Friday Freeroll 6/16

This weeks Freeroll is a little different than usual.  If you have no clue about baseball, this is for you.  you literally need to know nothing about baseball to win.  This is a "Pick-em" league.  This league has 8 slots to pick from and for each slot there are 6-8 choices of players.  So theoretically you can pick with your eyes closed and have a decent chance of doing well.  The first tier usually has the best players including pitchers and top notch ballers, and then it decreases all the way to tier 8.  Since there is not a lot of skill in this, I will just leave you with my team to look at.  I am coming in first this week, take my word for it.

A New Era of NBA Basketball

What's not to like about this NBA Finals matchup? Perhaps the beauty of basketball is that players play both offense and defense. In the NFL, the key "match-ups" between players like Brady and Manning never truly occur as they do not line up across from each other. However, in basketball we get the two best players in the world, at the same position, defending each other for the world championship. It doesn't get much better than that.

People have high expectations for this series, and so far it has delivered. As we await Game 2 tonight, everyone anticipates the performance we will get from Lebron James. People wonder if it is his "time" to finally win a championship after years of disappointments. I'd like you to read and consider this thought that crossed my mind: throughout its history the NBA has come in eras. The 80s belonged to Magic and Bird (and for sake of argument, Isiah Thomas). They dominated the NBA throughout that era - no one else came close. Even the great  Michael Jordan, who broke into the league in 1984, had to wait his turn. He earned his first MVP (and Defensive Player of the Year award) in the 1987/1988 season however starting with that year, his Bulls lost three straight years to the Detroit Pistons, led by Isiah Thomas. It wasn't until the end of the 80s era that his Bulls would begin their run of dominance highlighted by a 3-peat from 1990-1993 and yet another from 1995-1998.

If this sounds similar to you, it should. Much like Jordan had to wait for Magic, Bird, and Thomas' era to end, Lebron has, in my mind, been waiting for another era to end. The era of the 2000s, following Jordan we saw the rise of Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, and Tim Duncan. These men dominated the NBA for the last 10-12 seasons. This year we saw perhaps the last chance for that era to win one more end when Tim Duncan and the Spurs fell to the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals.

The NBA is moving into its next era - one that will be dominated by names like Lebron and Durant. This will certainly not be the last time this decade that we see these two go head to head in the Finals - or at least we should all hope not. They no longer need to wait their turn. The 2000s' era has ended. Now has begun their time to win, their time to dominate. Now all we have to do is sit back and watch the tremendous drama and entertainment unfold.

Tonights Starting Team

Welcome to another Friday Free-roll.  This is our third week running it and hopefully we can crack the scoreboard.  Our past two weeks have been decent but nothing to brag about.  So here are my picks for this weeks Free-roll.

Sorry if this is poorly written.  To be frank with you, I have been up for a while and been dealing with my crying niece.  I wanted to post this just incase my team throws down 90 points.  So I can tell you I told you so.

Friday's Freeroll

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I know it is very early, but I am giving you a 3 day cushion to create your team.  I am doing this early because I am usually very busy on Fridays.  Here is the Link to enter this weeks contest.  I will post my picks by Thursday to help you all out.  Even though the picks I make usually don't show up to play, I still like to think I know what I am talking about.

Final Team

Okay this is my final team.

BEST OF LUCK

My DraftStreet Team

This is my team for tonights freeroll.  I have work until 11 so I will not be able to catch any game action.  I have also added and changed a player.  Pagan is now in for Braun, and Ortiz made the lineup.  Braun has been suffering tightness in his achilles and is day-to-day.  So why risk him?  Ortiz has been straight fire and has been avoiding the K as much as possible, only positive points for him.  Hopefully this lineup can crack 70 points tonight.  I will keep you posted.