I am back to whine some more for your entertainment - for the past 6 or 7 weeks any star on the injury report on a Monday listed as questionable with a bruise, strain, contusion, blister or "soreness" has not played that night and in seemingly 50% of cases did not play the rest of the week (I am looking at you Keyonte George). This brings me to Evan Mobley. Shirley since he was in this category AND the Cavs are up 8 games or whatever it is he will most definitely miss a minimum of two games and likely three or four. Oh and of course he is the last game of Tues pm with no official word early (because why would a team do that). Can't risk a zero for the week so I call an audible at 6:55pm and pull Mobley for Jeff Green .. a bad player but he gets 30 minutes every night, never sits and generally has servicable(ish) lines and a four game week starting tonight. Give me 20 a night and I'm feeling OK.
Of course it turns out the only way it could: with Green playing his fewest minutes in months and barely outscoring me. And of course Evan Mobley was just cleared to play so queue up a 150 point week on my bench.
Speaking of cleared, Sabonis was and started and now appears done for at least the week as my record-shattering streak of Monday casualties continue.
Good 🤬 times!!
The lesson here, as always, is I am an idiot.
But at least I am a happy idiot this am. Moving on....
Bro. Your gonna be in the playoffs. U have the top 2 points scored in the league. Without being the division winner
OK just one more ...up 188 for last spot with 4 guys going vs seven. Should be gold 🥇right? Oh wait...it seems there is an extremely high likelihood that exactly ZERO of my guys go and ALL seven of my opponents are GTG. Doszer, I want to go to Vegas with you! Must be livin' right (I am clearly not 🤣😖😭).....
Back for one final WHINE ...went into this week with a 300+ point cushion for final spot and here I am about to have on of the greatest teams I have ever drafted miss the playoffs. While my adversary Dozsers looks to have missed maybe a single player game all week (I mean, how is that even possible with half the NBA hurt, "hurt" or resting?), I had 1) Bilal C go down for good early in first game 2) Added that stiff Nick Richards just to get me some points in his four games and HE gets hurt in his first game as is done for week and the real gut punch: 3) Beal and George both out Monday following a Sunday game. Brittle Beal with a calf or George who has played just about every game with a sore heel. I mean, who ya gonna leave in your lineup right? Of course not!! 🤬 Gonna be Worst. Beat. Ever.
Yeah, thanks and for sure just about every team gets hit but definitely puts higher teams at a disadvantage when rando injuries strike. Even worse for me all these guys MAY be back (as of now at least) so can't really cut them so risking not moving on if I don't do it. Quite the conundrum !
Funny...I am in same boat (but not quite in 14 leagues 😬) have a 14-2 fully healthy team in $50 league. But of course the injuries strike my team in my highest $ league.
Oh well, comes with the territory I suppose. We shalt see how it plays out....
You had a great team. I’ve lost a few guys too and it sucks that every single week I can’t get a good free agent because I’m last in waivers. I hate non FAAB leagues. I’m in 14 leagues and it looks like I’ll make the playoffs in 12 so I can’t complain. This is my most expensive so hopefully it works out
Now you can add LeBron and Amen to the list with Sabonis and JJ. You can't make this sh🤬t up.
Very good draft and 12-6 with two weeks to go in a quite competitive league...so OF COURSE I lose two of my top four guys (Sabonis and JJ (first quarter of the week of four games - again, OF COURSE) to the dreaded "week-to-week NBA BS" which means 90% not back next four weeks but can't drop them jic. As an added bonus Iron Man Bradley Beal decides this is the week to go down.
Congrats and good luck to whichever team replaces me in the playoffs. And please pass the 🧀for my 🍷. I hate fantasy...........but see ya next season as apparently I am glutton for punishment.
Last week at this time fragile Bradley Beal was benched. The Suns were fully healthy. Five games this week with two back-to-backs. I would have bet my house it would have been a three game week for Beal. No way I could start him right? And what happens?!?! He not only plays ALL FIVE but he has his best week in years. Cash money the week I next start him he pulls a hammy the first quarter of a Monday game and goes on the shelf for a week. Book it. But I'm sure my opponent who started Nurkic has no sympathy!
