1st. Glass:
One of the newbie owners came out full throttle and hasn't taken his foot off the gas in the first half of the season. Glass took over first place in Week 10. He's on pace to shatter the charged transaction record in a season. Not that we ever had a record, but with 17 transacations to date Glass is already $25 in the hole. All of the transactions have been to turn over the bottom 1/3 of the roster as 8 of 12 drafted players still remain and are contributing nicely. Suprisingly, none of the 17 transactions have produced a significant rotation player.
However, Glass netted the biggest steal of the draft in Draymond Green who was drafted in the 11th round (#126). Green is currently 31st in production, a 3rd round value.
2nd. Cali Mark:
Mark landed the coveted #1 Pick in Anthony Davis, and "Da Brow" has not disappointed. Davis leads the league in Slam rating at 55, six points better than his closest competitor DeMarcus Cousins (Team Glass). Mark held 1st place for most of the first 10 weeks of the season. Recent struggles at the SG and SF have caused a recent slide to 2nd. Mark had a solid draft as he still holds 10 of 12 draftees. Only 4 burned transactions leaves him plenty of flexibility in the 2nd half of the season to strenghten his roster.
3rd. A-Team:
Aaron has the proverbial 3-headed monster of Lebron James, Russell Westbrook and Pau Gasol to lead him into the 2nd half of the season. Each guy is currently in the overall top 10 in production. Westbrook was an obvious steal in the 5th round. He's currently 4th overall and is running neck and neck with Chris Paul for best point guard production. Lebron has climbed to 5th with his recent surge. Pau Gasol has been a monster all season and is currently 9th overall.
However the rest of the roster and rotation is in flux. A-Team has used its 12 free transactions, so they will dig into the pocket book for their next pickup. And outside of a few plug and play situations, neither of the 12 signings has really made a dent in the rotation. 8 of the 12 draftees remain. The one glaring omission is 4th round pick Larry Sanders who has been suspended by the NBA for substance abuse and subsequently waived by
A-Team.
4th. Knicks Junky
Eddie's team is quite interesting. It's almost single handedly being carried by fantasy and NBA M.V.P. candidate James Harden right now. Harden is currently 3rd in the league in slam rating, only behind Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins. With the exception of Joakim Noah, Knicks Junky has had minimal injuries to deal with. Thus Junky hasn't used any transactions, and all 12 drafted players remain on the roster. Its been an easy ride to the 4th spot for now.
5th. Mo City:
Mo City started off the season hot, posting 40 points performances in 2 of the first 4 weeks. Its been a steady slide since then with top picks Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant being in and out of the lineup (its still funny that they're on the same team). Mo City has burned up the transaction wire as well with 15 moves (3 above the max). But he still has 10 of 12 drafted players.
Ole Man River, Tim Duncan, continues to carry the load on this team as the 38-year old is currently 13th in the league in slam rating.
6th. GBockers
Gil rounds out top half of the league through the midway point. The Andre Drummond trade has worked out well for Gil, even though he had to give up Jimmy Butler in return. Drummond has a slam rating of 45+ since arriving on December 14th. Tyreke Evans who also came along in the deal is a 34+ since the trade. Meanwhile Butler and Marcin Gortat have a slam of 43+ and 27+ since leaving. Consider it a positive deal for GBockers at this point.
M.V.P. candidate Stephen Curry leads the team with a 47 slam and is 6th overall in the league. Big Al Holford has been coming on strong, averaging just under a 40 slam since the Drummond trade. #Fantasy Coincidence
Gil has only used 5 transactions thus far. 7 of his 12 draft picks remain.
Part II coming soon.
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