Fantasy Lesson #1

Last night, I learned Fantasy Lesson #1 – the hard way.

I played nine NBA pools – three in the Main, Express, and Late Night groupings. To do so, I put together three lineups, but all three lineups contained five players in common:

Tyreke Evans
Brandon Knight
J. J. Redick
Kevin Durant
Jon Leuer

I checked the status of all my players around four p.m. and they were all listed as being in the lineup. Here’s where Fantasy Lesson #1 kicks in – check your lineups as close to tipoff as possible.

I didn’t check – and never saw this tidbit of vital information:

It seems that Jon Leuer sprained his ankle the night before – but didn’t report it. So I played all nine NBA pools one player short. Believe it or not, I still won one of those pools – finishing 22 of 56 in the Late Night grouping with 281.7 points.

But I lost the other eight because I didn’t perform a last-minute check. In my opinion, I would’ve won all nine pools if I’d replaced Jon Leuer with a player who was actually playing.

Lesson Learned. That won’t happen again.

NHL

I entered the world of Fantasy Hockey last night by playing two NHL pools. And I’m happy to report that I won both.

Finished 2 of 50 in the Late grouping with 43.9 points.
Finished 6 of 50 in the After Hours grouping with 29.2 points.

BACK AT IT

I’ll be back at it today – New Year’s Day – in both the NBA and NHL. I’m putting my lineups together right now and you better believe I’ll be performing last-minute checks.

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