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      Manu Ginobili hits game-winner against the Bucks [video]

      December 16, 2010 /

      My beloved Bucks, coming off of a surprising win in Dallas to snap the Mavs’ 12-game winning streak, gave the Spurs one hell of a run before Manu Ginobili hit this game winner at the buzzer.

      The Bucks had a chance to take the lead, but failed to get a good look at the hoop. It’s a situation where Brandon Jennings has to create his own shot, but he ended up picking up his dribble and giving the ball to Luc Mbah a Moute, who tried to draw the foul on an airborne player.

      Ginobili had 26 points, six rebounds and four assists in the win. Chris Douglas-Roberts (21 points) and Drew Gooden (20 points) led the Bucks in scoring, but it was Andrew Bogut (15 points, seven rebounds, four assists and SEVEN BLOCKS) who was the player of the game for Milwaukee. I sure hope he gets a long, hard look for the All-Star team, but Al Horford, Shaquille O’Neal, Roy Hibbert and Brook Lopez might have something to say about that. None of those players are the defensive presence that Bogut is, however.

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      2010 Fantasy Football: Week 15 Rankings

      December 15, 2010 /

      I’m pleased to report that I finished #1 overall in Week 14 in the FantasyPros accuracy contest, so I extended my lead and am still ranked #1 on the season.

      Congratulations to John Paulsen (The Scores Report) for taking home the honor as the most accurate expert in week 14. As the #1 expert in our competition for several months running, it’s fitting that he would step up his game as the playoffs arrived. As Bill Parcells once famously said, “Big players make big plays in big games” and it certainly seems like this quote can be adapted to describe Paulsen’s performance. In typical fashion, he delivered a solid set of advice across several key positions: WR (#2 rank), RB (#5 rank) and TE (#9 rank). For his WR picks, Paulsen rode the success of many of week 14’s top studs including DeSean Jackson (PHI), Deion Branch (NE) and Marques Colston (NO). Perhaps even more impressively, he also anticipated several of the week’s biggest underachievers. For instance, he had Dwayne Bowe (KC) slotted lower than most experts (WR #23) and Bowe’s disappearing act (just .3 points) helped solidify his high accuracy rating.

      With his 1st place finish in week 14, it should come as no surprise that John Paulsen (The Scores Report) remains in the top position in the YTD standings. For those keeping score at home, this now makes it 10 weeks in a row that Paulsen has occupied the #1 overall spot. That’s a very impressive feat given the quality of competition that’s involved in the contest. Most importantly for Paulsen, he has now extended his lead in the competition and must only stay ahead of the pack for two more weeks in order to claim the crown as 2010’s Most Accurate Fantasy Football Expert.

      Two weeks to go! Feet don’t fail me now!

      Below you’ll find my first stab at the Week 15 rankings. Be sure to check back as they’ll certainly change as the news trickles in.

      If you can’t see the rankings, it’s due to the heavy traffic at the FantasyPros site. I’ll have a set of text rankings up Sunday morning. If you are wondering specifically about Vincent Jackson with Malcom Floyd out. I have him at #13, so he’s a very good WR2 start this week.

      Text rankings below…

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      Ref gets attacked by high schooler [video]

      December 15, 2010 /

      From the YouTube description:

      The game ended in forfeit after the player from Desoto High School in Arcadia, FL attacked the referee after being issued a technical foul and was ejected from the game. The player has been banned from all extracurricular school activites according to the coach, suspended till January 10th as of now, and a police report has been filed. However, the official involved chose not to press charges at this time.

      Skip ahead to the 1:20 mark and watch the player in the white jersey inbound the ball. His defender bodies him up and the player responds.

      I didn’t think the player deserved to get tossed until the second shove on his defender. Obviously, his reaction to the play was completely inappropriate.

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      Strength of Schedule (SOS): Week 15

      December 14, 2010 /

      What am I looking at?

      Below you’ll see a table for each position with a list of team names on the left. If a square is pink, it means that the matchup is tough. If it’s green, it means it’s a favorable matchup. On the far right, the column “R16” shows the average SOS for the remaining weeks.

      It’s important to note that this is NOT straight fantasy points allowed. I removed the bias of schedule by looking at the opponents of each defense and how they fared in their other games. For example, if a particular defense faced a series of great QBs, then that is taken into account in these tables.

      How do I use these tables?

      Generally speaking, I use strength of schedule as a tiebraker between two similarly ranked players. Let’s say I’m trying to decide between starting BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Ronnie Brown. All else being equal, these two players are very close in my mind. But if BGE has a great matchup and Brown has a bad matchup, the choice is clear. In fact, if BGE just has a mediocre matchup while Brown has a bad matchup, I’d probably go with the Law Firm.

      Be careful not to read too much into these tables. You aren’t going to bench Chris Johnson in a bad matchup unless you somehow have Arian Foster waiting in the wings.

      Note: I apologize for the size of the text, but there really is no other way for me to present this data, at least not at this point.

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