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Kim,

Seriously, are you sure I told you not to take Nash????

OMG, you took Nash in Novice and Darth took Nash in Advanced this year! Unreal. Oh, the irony.

Still, I learned what I know at you guys' feet. Last year the student knew better than the teachers re Nash. This year.....only the matchups will tell.

I picked Nash 6th which is right in line...if I went 2nd or 3rd, I'd go MArion or Dirk or even KG is the opportunity presented itself. DARTH is the guy you need to smack.

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Yeah yeah. Something about Dirk being more multi-category. Rebounds and blocks. Something like that. I don't remember EXACTLY but it made sense at the time. LOL. I was just trying to be silly with my story. I'm not really MAD at you guys, but it is ironic that you both have "little Stevie" (as Bill Walton calls him) this season in fantasy bball.

Oh, I know you were kidding.

I dunno, last year I had first pick and took stupid Lebron instead of the player I really wanted (Arenas...although I was able to get him later in trade).

This year I wasn't going to do it.

As Novice League Commisioner, I would like to wish you all success this year with your fantasy teams. It promises to be an enjoyable season with so many quality GM's in the league.

As General Manager of the Mad Ants I would like to take this opportunity to introduce my team. In the frontcourt, our franchise player is Shaun "The Matrix" Marion. Night in and night out, this cool cat will bring you 20 points, 10+ rebounds, several blocks, force a few turnovers, shoot a very high % and make nearly 80% of his free throws. Word out of Phoenix is that Shaun feels a bit overshadowed by Amare and Steve, so I expect him to play with a real chip on his shoulder this season. In fact, when I talked to him on the phone earlier, he said "Linwood, you haven't seen nothing yet. This year, I'm going to be league MVP. People are going to say 'Steve Who?'"

Assisting Shaun down low will be a trio of bigs. Carlos Boozer brings a double double every night and shoots well from the line. Zach Randolph also brings double digit scoring and rebounding while shooting a very high %. With these two taking care of the glass, former Piston Baby Fats should be free to shoot threes and spread the defense.

Our shooting guard position is led by the venerable Ray Allen, perhaps the best pure shooter in the NBA. With teams forced to concentrate on KG down low and Paul Pierce creating havoc with his midrange shot, I believe Ray should make about 12 3 pointers a night. Now that's what I call Hibachi!

Backing up Ray is former Piston Grant Hill. Fully recovered from knee surgery, Grant will be starting for Phoenix this year, and I think we will all remember why we were so sad to see him leave Detroit.

At the point, the Mad Ants bring young, exciting players. Rookie of the Year Brandon Roy will be our main offensive threat in the starting lineup, with T.J. Ford providing assists and scoring.

The Mad Ants round out the roster with a few question marks, but we see tremendous potential in Stephen Jackson, Monta Ellis, and Matt Barnes.

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"Eastern Conference regular-season champs, baby," said Chauncey Billups. "This is what we set out for when we started the season in training camp. We did it and we're happy." (2003)

Thats a good team there, commish! I look forward to throwing you all under a bus!

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Throw me under the bus? That doesn't sound very sportsmanlike. Your team's already a bunch of sore losers, and we haven't even played the first game.

Have a nice day.

I’m a little surprised we’re even going ahead with this charade of a competitive league. Surely you’ve all had a chance by now to check out the mighty Sprockets’ lineup. Surely you realize just how hopeless it is to challenge us.

We have got veteran leadership in spades with Kidd, Duncan, and BigBen Wallace bringing it every night. Add in Andre Iguodala, who can score from anywhere in the building and several places in the parking lot, and the combination of Tayshaun Prince and David Lee, neither of whom ever saw a stat category they couldn’t contribute to (assuming Isiah gets his head out of his butt and plays the kid). Then just to change things up we bring in Hinrich and Mike Miller who will rain so many threes your DirecTV signal will flake out.

And the guys at the end of the bench are all solid starters in the league – Bogut and Kristic rebound, shoot well, and don’t turn the ball over, and Randy Foye is going to see a whole new world this season in Minny.

Even Sprocket the kitten can see that this one is over. (She just yawned, stopped eating the USB cable, and nodded in agreement.)

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"But first, are you experienced? Or have you you ever been experienced? Well, I have."
Jimi