My second draft was on Friday for my boyfriend's roommate's league, "Fantasy 09'-10'." Unfortunately I had to miss the live draft due to going out to dinner for my brother's birthday so I had to rely solely on my lack of pre-ranking skills. My biggest fear was that I was going to have a plethora of guards and not enough big men to hold down my boards and blocks. Lucky for me, I got first pick. Unlucky for me was that my fear came to life. Below is what happens when you are on auto-draft with the #1 pick:
- Chris Paul
- Jose Calderon
- Devin Harris - like I said...plethora of guards. At least I know I'll win in dimes.
- Josh Smith
- Jason Richardson
- Marcus Camby - never in a million years would I ever draft him. UGH.
- Anthony Randolph
- Eric Gordon
- Zach Randolph
- Wilson Chandler
- Andrei Kirilenko
- Francisco Garcia - WTF.
- Michael Beasley
My third draft was on Sunday for my boyfriend's friend's league "NO BITCH@SSNESS ALLOWED" (boys are so original). This is by far the deepest league I've ever played in with 18 managers and by the second round, I was already having a hard time. My fantasy-addicted cousin Kevin always tells me that the only fun leagues are deep leagues though so I am excited to see how this pans out. I'm definitely on a roll this season because I was graced with the #2 pick.
- Dwayne Wade - Undeniably ecstatic to have him. I have all the faith in the world in him.
- Mehmet Okur
- Kevin Martin - This pick resulted in an argument between me and boyfriend as we were sitting next to each other and he had 7th pick. I glanced at his computer really just to see what people were saying in the chat since my own computer screen is too small to see anything and accidentally saw who he had on his queue which inspired me to pick him up. Needless to say, I was called a cheater all night long.
- Jeff Green
- Lamar Odom - STUPID STUPID STUPID DECISION
- Jermaine O'Neal - I'm actually excited to have him.
- Aaron Brooks
- DJ Augustin - Raja Bell, don't come back!
- Al Thorton
- Danilo Gallinari - Picked him with a heavy heart. I'm hoping that since he's healthy and since D'Antoni loves him so much, he'll actually be useful.
- Nick Collison
- Vladimir Radmanovic
- Michael Finley - At least he starts.
4th and final draft for me is tonight. The people in this league are the folks I've solely been playing with for the past 2 seasons. They saw me first know nothing, having drafted 3 Warriors and come in super dead last and then saw me the second season as the girl who talked way too much shit, but for good reason. I made it to the playoffs and would have gone further than 5th if it wasn't for my opponent having Jose Calderon go off with 19 assists on the last day. This season is payback time.
Here's to a good season, gentlemen (and ladies). Trades, anyone?
