55 min
Fantasy Basketball Adds/Drops, the James Harden Trade, & Guess That Player (FSFP #027) Flashy Stats Fantasy Podcast
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Welcome back to the Flashy Stats Fantasy Podcast, where apparently we now talk about Luke Kennard in every episode. This week, we are coming at you with three different segments for discussion and debate. As promised, please find timestamps below for each of these:
(2:26) We start out with our recurring Guess That Player segment, one of our personal favorites and probably the funniest part of the episode. Each of us gives 5 hints about an NBA player that we are thinking of, mostly rooted in fantasy basketball stats and other interesting tidbits about the person, and the other three guys get 3 official guesses to determine who the player is. I won’t spoil who any of the players are here, but suffice to say that in the course of the first 15 minutes of this episode, we will both surprise you with our random knowledge and baffle you with our lack of common knowledge of NBA team rosters.
(19:07) After Guess That Player, we dive into the fantasy basketball winners and losers of the blockbuster trade that sent James Harden from the Houston Rockets to the Brooklyn Nets. Again, I won’t spoil who the winners and losers are here (except the most obvious winner – any strip club within 50 miles of the Barclays Center), but the players and teams that we talked about for this segment are:
The impact on Kevin Durant – James Harden – Kyrie Irving – Deandre Jordan – Joe Harris on the Brooklyn Nets
Caris Levert -> Indiana Pacers
Victor Oladipo -> Houston Rockets
Jarrett Allen (and, in turn, Andre Drummond) -> Cleveland Cavaliers
Everyone on the Rockets, mostly Christian Wood and John Wall, where about 20 shots a game just opened up
And in classic FSFP form, we got off track multiple times, including a point where we were debating whether the Pistons should pick up Kevin Porter Jr. after he set a franchise record for the Cavs, previously set by J.R. Smith, for biggest tantrum thrown during practice. We talked about players that you should trade, trade for, buy low, sell high, etc. as a result of this trade.
And lastly, we finished off the episode with 5 players to add (38:35) and 5 players to drop (47:31) at this point in the fantasy basketball season. And, for some bonus content, Vince found a way to connect all of our droppable players' struggles to our newest apparent punching bag, Luke Douglas Kennard.
Oh, as mentioned in the last episode, this recording happened about a week before our publishing date (hence why we discussed the Harden trade as if it just happened), so if you notice that a couple of these takes are outdated, we apologize for that and promise that it will be resolved soon!
Five players to add:
Deandre Jordan – Brooklyn Nets
Enes Kanter – Portland Trail Blazers (if still available)
Wendell Carter Jr. – Chicago Bulls (once he returns from injury)
Cedi Osman – Cleveland Cavaliers
Cam Reddish – Atlanta Hawks
Drop:
Anthony Edwards – Minnesota Timberwolves
Obi Toppin – New York Knicks
Austin Rivers – New York Knicks
Darius Bazley – Oklahoma City Thunder
Lou Williams aka Lemon Pepper Lou – Los Angeles Clippers
If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to subscribe to the podcast below to be notified for future episodes. If you want to send us constructive criticism, episode ideas, or just chat, you can reach us on Twitter @FlashyStatsPod, on Instagram @flashystatsfantasysports, and on email at flashystatspod@gmail.com.
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Welcome back to the Flashy Stats Fantasy Podcast, where apparently we now talk about Luke Kennard in every episode. This week, we are coming at you with three different segments for discussion and debate. As promised, please find timestamps below for each of these:
(2:26) We start out with our recurring Guess That Player segment, one of our personal favorites and probably the funniest part of the episode. Each of us gives 5 hints about an NBA player that we are thinking of, mostly rooted in fantasy basketball stats and other interesting tidbits about the person, and the other three guys get 3 official guesses to determine who the player is. I won’t spoil who any of the players are here, but suffice to say that in the course of the first 15 minutes of this episode, we will both surprise you with our random knowledge and baffle you with our lack of common knowledge of NBA team rosters.
(19:07) After Guess That Player, we dive into the fantasy basketball winners and losers of the blockbuster trade that sent James Harden from the Houston Rockets to the Brooklyn Nets. Again, I won’t spoil who the winners and losers are here (except the most obvious winner – any strip club within 50 miles of the Barclays Center), but the players and teams that we talked about for this segment are:
The impact on Kevin Durant – James Harden – Kyrie Irving – Deandre Jordan – Joe Harris on the Brooklyn Nets
Caris Levert -> Indiana Pacers
Victor Oladipo -> Houston Rockets
Jarrett Allen (and, in turn, Andre Drummond) -> Cleveland Cavaliers
Everyone on the Rockets, mostly Christian Wood and John Wall, where about 20 shots a game just opened up
And in classic FSFP form, we got off track multiple times, including a point where we were debating whether the Pistons should pick up Kevin Porter Jr. after he set a franchise record for the Cavs, previously set by J.R. Smith, for biggest tantrum thrown during practice. We talked about players that you should trade, trade for, buy low, sell high, etc. as a result of this trade.
And lastly, we finished off the episode with 5 players to add (38:35) and 5 players to drop (47:31) at this point in the fantasy basketball season. And, for some bonus content, Vince found a way to connect all of our droppable players' struggles to our newest apparent punching bag, Luke Douglas Kennard.
Oh, as mentioned in the last episode, this recording happened about a week before our publishing date (hence why we discussed the Harden trade as if it just happened), so if you notice that a couple of these takes are outdated, we apologize for that and promise that it will be resolved soon!
Five players to add:
Deandre Jordan – Brooklyn Nets
Enes Kanter – Portland Trail Blazers (if still available)
Wendell Carter Jr. – Chicago Bulls (once he returns from injury)
Cedi Osman – Cleveland Cavaliers
Cam Reddish – Atlanta Hawks
Drop:
Anthony Edwards – Minnesota Timberwolves
Obi Toppin – New York Knicks
Austin Rivers – New York Knicks
Darius Bazley – Oklahoma City Thunder
Lou Williams aka Lemon Pepper Lou – Los Angeles Clippers
If you enjoyed this episode, please make sure to subscribe to the podcast below to be notified for future episodes. If you want to send us constructive criticism, episode ideas, or just chat, you can reach us on Twitter @FlashyStatsPod, on Instagram @flashystatsfantasysports, and on email at flashystatspod@gmail.com.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flashystatspod/support
55 min