2008-2009 Fantasy Basketball Rotoworld Experts draft results

I just completed a 12-team standard 8-category roto draft. We start 2 C, 4 F, and 4 G each week. I think I did fairly well, though with a one-minute time limit, I missed out on some of my targeted picks. I need to bigger stars next to their names on my cheat sheet next time!

Round	Team	Player	Pos	Team	Pick Time
R1 P1	Eric Karabell	James, LeBron	F	CLE	2m 18s
R1 P2	Matt Stroup	Paul, Chris	G	NO	10s
R1 P3	Dave Gawron	Bryant, Kobe	G	LAL	20s
R1 P4	Emry Downinghall	Stoudemire, Amare	C	PHO	41s
R1 P5	Sergio Gonzalez	Howard, Dwight	C	ORL	6s
R1 P6	Scott Morrow	Butler, Caron	F	WAS	14s
R1 P7	Ryan Knaus	Marion, Shawn	F	MIA	9s
R1 P8	Geoffrey Stein	Nowitzki, Dirk	F	DAL	15s
R1 P9	Steve Alexander	Garnett, Kevin	F	BOS	17s
R1 P10	David Klyce	Wade, Dwyane	G	MIA	16s
R1 P11	Matt Buser	Brand, Elton	F	PHI	20s
R1 P12	Brian McKitish	Nash, Steve	G	PHO	6s

Kobe was a no-brainer here. Not any huge surprises in this round.

R2 P1	Brian McKitish	Smith, Josh	F	ATL	16s
R2 P2	Matt Buser	Davis, Baron	G	LAC	40s
R2 P3	David Klyce	Williams, Deron	G	UTA	25s
R2 P4	Steve Alexander	Camby, Marcus	C	LAC	9s
R2 P5	Geoffrey Stein	Granger, Danny	F	IND	30s
R2 P6	Ryan Knaus	Jefferson, Al	F	MIN	24s
R2 P7	Scott Morrow	Pierce, Paul	F	BOS	13s
R2 P8	Sergio Gonzalez	Iverson, Allen	G	DEN	29s
R2 P9	Emry Downinghall	Bosh, Chris	F	TOR	59s
R2 P10	Dave Gawron	Boozer, Carlos	F	UTA	1m 9s
R2 P11	Matt Stroup	Gay, Rudy	F	MEM	6s
R2 P12	Eric Karabell	Duncan, Tim	F	SAN	11s

I should've taken Duncn here for the blocks or maybe gay for the all-around talent. I definitely wanted solid points and rebounds here though, and Boozer and Deron are working like Malone and Stockton used to. We'll see if Baron, Camby, Jefferson, and Bosh can make it through the season healthy.

R3 P1	Eric Karabell	Johnson, Joe	G	ATL	7s
R3 P2	Matt Stroup	Iguodala, Andre	G	PHI	41s
R3 P3	Dave Gawron	Gasol, Pau	C	LAL	1m 8s
R3 P4	Emry Downinghall	Ginobili, Manu	G	SAN	29s
R3 P5	Sergio Gonzalez	Anthony, Carmelo	F	DEN	56s
R3 P6	Scott Morrow	Lewis, Rashard	F	ORL	7s
R3 P7	Ryan Knaus	Calderon, Jose	G	TOR	21s
	Comment	Calderon with the 37th pick...even in a no-TO league, that`s pretty sweet.
R3 P8	Geoffrey Stein	Martin, Kevin	G	SAC	7s
R3 P9	Steve Alexander	Billups, Chauncey	G	DET	1m 27s
R3 P10	David Klyce	Ming, Yao	C	HOU	22s
R3 P11	Matt Buser	Artest, Ron	F	SAC	32s
R3 P12	Brian McKitish	Carter, Vince	G	NJ	9s

Manu and Yao are the big injury risks here, and this could be the year Vinsanity totally mails it in. Gasol's C/F eligibility is really nice, though he gives me two Lakers in my first three picks.

R4 P1	Brian McKitish	West, David	F	NO	5s
R4 P2	Matt Buser	Richardson, Jason	G	CHR	34s
R4 P3	David Klyce	Wallace, Gerald	F	CHR	21s
R4 P4	Steve Alexander	Kidd, Jason	G	DAL	17s
R4 P5	Geoffrey Stein	Jamison, Antawn	F	WAS	9s
R4 P6	Ryan Knaus	Howard, Josh	F	DAL	20s
R4 P7	Scott Morrow	Aldridge, LaMarcus	C	POR	1m 25s
R4 P8	Sergio Gonzalez	Roy, Brandon	G	POR	48s
R4 P9	Emry Downinghall	Jefferson, Richard	F	MIL	4m 11s
R4 P10	Dave Gawron	McGrady, Tracy	G	HOU
R4 P11	Matt Stroup	Durant, Kevin	G	SEA	12s
R4 P12	Eric Karabell	Parker, Tony	G	SAN	10s

Yeah. This was one of my mistakes. I should've taken Durant. I was actually hoping for Roy, in the first place. Maybe T-Mac will stay healthy with Artest around and less pressure to do it all himself.

R5 P1	Eric Karabell	Williams, Mo	G	MIL	3s
R5 P2	Matt Stroup	Bynum, Andrew	C	LAL	1m 13s
R5 P3	Dave Gawron	Bogut, Andrew	C	MIL	1m 10s
R5 P4	Emry Downinghall	Biedrins, Andris	C	GS	38s
R5 P5	Sergio Gonzalez	Chandler, Tyson	C	NO	52s
R5 P6	Scott Morrow	Redd, Michael	G	MIL	57s
R5 P7	Ryan Knaus	Kaman, Chris	C	LAC	34s
R5 P8	Geoffrey Stein	Wallace, Rasheed	C	DET	13s
R5 P9	Steve Alexander	Dalembert, Samuel	C	PHI	26s
R5 P10	David Klyce	Turkoglu, Hedo	F	ORL	47s
R5 P11	Matt Buser	Dunleavy, Mike	G	IND	38s
R5 P12	Brian McKitish	Okafor, Emeka	F	CHR	7s

Centers. I wanted Bynum or Bogut, so I'm happy here. Would have accepted Chandler, too.

R6 P1	Brian McKitish	Miller, Andre	G	PHI	6s
R6 P2	Matt Buser	Miller, Mike	F	MIN	36s
R6 P3	David Klyce	Horford, Al	F	ATL	6s
R6 P4	Steve Alexander	Jackson, Stephen	G	GS	19s
R6 P5	Geoffrey Stein	Ford, T.J	G	IND	5s
R6 P6	Ryan Knaus	Harris, Devin	G	NJ	7s
	Comment	Harris with the 81st pick. He`s primed for a huge season.
R6 P7	Scott Morrow	Odom, Lamar	F	LAL	33s
R6 P8	Sergio Gonzalez	O'Neal, Jermaine	F	TOR	45s
R6 P9	Emry Downinghall	Allen, Ray	G	BOS	30s
R6 P10	Dave Gawron	Crawford, Jamal	G	NY	4m 45s
R6 P11	Matt Stroup	Miller, Brad	C	SAC
R6 P12	Eric Karabell	Okur, Mehmet	C	UTA	5s

Miller time. I saw a chance to get some threes and went for it. On second thought, I could have taken Okur and used Gasol at F as my back-up center. Crawford should blow up (in a good way) this year anyway, so I can't complain.

R7 P1	Eric Karabell	Oden, Greg	C	POR	2s
R7 P2	Matt Stroup	Foye, Randy	G	MIN	52s
R7 P3	Dave Gawron	Bibby, Mike	G	SAC	3m 25s
R7 P4	Emry Downinghall	Rondo, Rajon	G	BOS	23s
R7 P5	Sergio Gonzalez	Maggette, Corey	F	GS	1m 4s
R7 P6	Scott Morrow	Udrih, Beno	G	SAC	18s
R7 P7	Ryan Knaus	Kirilenko, Andrei	F	UTA	37s
R7 P8	Geoffrey Stein	Felton, Raymond	G	CHR	13s
R7 P9	Steve Alexander	Salmons, John	F	SAC	20s
R7 P10	David Klyce	Terry, Jason	G	DAL	1m 5s
R7 P11	Matt Buser	Hinrich, Kirk	G	CHI	50s
R7 P12	Brian McKitish	Beasley, Michael	F	MIA	22s

I shoul have taken Foye over Crawford, now that I think of it. I shored up my assists with bibby anyway. I considered Felton, but Bibby has the experience. Felton could improve upon last year, but I didn't want a question mark here.

R8 P1	Brian McKitish	Barbosa, Leandro	G	PHO	23s
R8 P2	Matt Buser	Randolph, Zach	F	NY	47s
R8 P3	David Klyce	Garcia, Francisco	G	SAC	10s
R8 P4	Steve Alexander	Thornton, Al	F	LAC	1m 6s
R8 P5	Geoffrey Stein	Ilgauskas, Zydrunas	C	CLE	5s
R8 P6	Ryan Knaus	Deng, Luol	F	CHI	29s
R8 P7	Scott Morrow	Sessions, Ramon	G	MIL	21s
R8 P8	Sergio Gonzalez	Ellis, Monta	G	GS	13s
R8 P9	Emry Downinghall	Battier, Shane	F	HOU	8s
R8 P10	Dave Gawron	Green, Jeff	F	SEA	1m 23s
R8 P11	Matt Stroup	Villanueva, Charlie	F	MIL	8s
R8 P12	Eric Karabell	Lee, David	F	NY	33s

Speaking of question marks, this round is full of them. I wanted a forward here. Garcia, Thornton, and Deng were my targets. I got stuck with Green. Hopefully he'll be useful to me in his 4-game weeks, at least.

R9 P1	Eric Karabell	Arenas, Gilbert	G	WAS	28s
R9 P2	Matt Stroup	Williams, Marvin	F	ATL	35s
R9 P3	Dave Gawron	Conley Jr., Mike	G	MEM	37s
R9 P4	Emry Downinghall	Smith, J.R	G	DEN	34s
R9 P5	Sergio Gonzalez	Stojakovic, Peja	G	NO	50s
R9 P6	Scott Morrow	Moon, Jamario	F	TOR	50s
R9 P7	Ryan Knaus	Stuckey, Rodney	G	DET	4s
	Comment	The Pistons sixth starter is a great value pick.
R9 P8	Geoffrey Stein	Love, Kevin	F	MIN	6s
R9 P9	Steve Alexander	Harrington, Al	F	GS	34s
R9 P10	David Klyce	Gordon, Ben	G	CHI	23s
R9 P11	Matt Buser	Murphy, Troy	F	IND	7s
R9 P12	Brian McKitish	Hamilton, Richard	G	DET	46s

Conley should be pretty secure in his starting point guard job this season, so I had to take him here. I like Peja for his threes and Rip for his consistency, otherwise.

R10 P1	Brian McKitish	Gooden, Drew	F	CLE	13s
R10 P2	Matt Buser	Hilario, Nene	F	DEN	16s
R10 P3	David Klyce	Martin, Kenyon	F	DEN	19s
R10 P4	Steve Alexander	Barnes, Matt	F	GS	6s
R10 P5	Geoffrey Stein	Williams, Marcus	G	GS	7s
R10 P6	Ryan Knaus	Mayo, O.J.	G	MEM	20s
R10 P7	Scott Morrow	Noah, Joakim	F	CHI	57s
R10 P8	Sergio Gonzalez	Warrick, Hakim	F	MEM	6s
R10 P9	Emry Downinghall	O'Neal, Shaquille	C	PHO	16s
R10 P10	Dave Gawron	Young, Thaddeus	F	PHI	19s
R10 P11	Matt Stroup	Rose, Derrick	G	CHI	48s
R10 P12	Eric Karabell	Davis, Ricky	G	LAC	1m 3s

Martin should start the season well at least without Camby around, but will his body hold up? Marcus Williams was the other point guard I was considering along with Conley. I wanted Warrick but settled for Young. Again, he can certainly help in his 4-game weeks.

R11 P1	Eric Karabell	Scola, Luis	F	HOU	16s
R11 P2	Matt Stroup	Maxiell, Jason	F	DET	7s
R11 P3	Dave Gawron	Prince, Tayshaun	F	DET	16s
R11 P4	Emry Downinghall	Korver, Kyle	F	PHI	1m 7s
R11 P5	Sergio Gonzalez	Fernandez, Rudy	G	POR	7s
R11 P6	Scott Morrow	Nelson, Jameer	G	ORL	3s
R11 P7	Ryan Knaus	Bayless, Jerryd	G	POR	45s
R11 P8	Geoffrey Stein	Diaw, Boris	F	PHO	31s
R11 P9	Steve Alexander	Alston, Rafer	G	HOU	15s
R11 P10	David Klyce	Haywood, Brendan	C	WAS	25s
R11 P11	Matt Buser	Parker, Anthony	G	TOR	56s
R11 P12	Brian McKitish	Pietrus, Mickael	F	ORL	4s

Prince is a steady, boring F I can stick in there every week. Not bad grabbing one of those in Round 11. Fernandez, Nelson, and Alston aren't bad for assist potential at this point.

R12 P1	Brian McKitish	Gasol, Marc	C	LAL	9s
R12 P2	Matt Buser	Collison, Nick	C	SEA	32s
R12 P3	David Klyce	Kleiza, Linas	G	DEN	55s
R12 P4	Steve Alexander	Gordon, Eric	G	LAC	28s
R12 P5	Geoffrey Stein	Perkins, Kendrick	C	BOS	14s
R12 P6	Ryan Knaus	Gomes, Ryan	F	MIN	32s
R12 P7	Scott Morrow	Williams, Sean	C	NJ	32s
R12 P8	Sergio Gonzalez	Gallinari, Danilo	F	NY	44s
R12 P9	Emry Downinghall	Nocioni, Andres	F	CHI	6s
R12 P10	Dave Gawron	Jianlian, Yi	F	NJ	17s
R12 P11	Matt Stroup	Ridnour, Luke	G	SEA	20s
R12 P12	Eric Karabell	Bargnani, Andrea	F	TOR	1m 25s

I was looking at Collison or Gomes, but I'll settle for Yi here. Ridnour is a decent gamble at this point.

R13 P1	Eric Karabell	Jack, Jarrett	G	POR	1m 20s
R13 P2	Matt Stroup	Chandler, Wilson	F	NY	3s
R13 P3	Dave Gawron	Watson, Earl	G	SEA	49s
R13 P4	Emry Downinghall	West, Delonte	G	SEA	27s
R13 P5	Sergio Gonzalez	Duhon, Chris	G	NY	1m 3s
R13 P6	Scott Morrow	Johnson, Amir	F	DET	1m 25s
R13 P7	Ryan Knaus	Lopez, Brook	C	NJ	15s
R13 P8	Geoffrey Stein	Simmons, Bobby	F	NJ	5s
R13 P9	Steve Alexander	Outlaw, Travis	F	POR	14s
R13 P10	David Klyce	Brewer, Ronnie	G	UTA	11s
R13 P11	Matt Buser	McCants, Rashad	G	MIN	31s
R13 P12	Brian McKitish	Westbrook, Russell	G	SEA	7s

I should have picked Duhon here. Simmons or Outlaw would have been good, too. Dummy.

R14 P1	Brian McKitish	Thomas, Tyrus	F	CHI	3s
R14 P2	Matt Buser	Hawes, Spencer	C	SAC	49s
R14 P3	David Klyce	Wilcox, Chris	F	SEA	5s
R14 P4	Steve Alexander	Bell, Raja	G	PHO	1m 3s
R14 P5	Geoffrey Stein	Williams, Louis	G	PHI	6s
R14 P6	Ryan Knaus	Augustin, D.J.	G	CHR	10s
R14 P7	Scott Morrow	Chalmers, Lionel	G	FA	55s
R14 P8	Sergio Gonzalez	Tinsley, Jamaal	G	IND	10s
R14 P9	Emry Downinghall	Blatche, Andray	C	WAS	17s
R14 P10	Dave Gawron	Curry, Eddy	C	NY	7s
R14 P11	Matt Stroup	Boone, Josh	F	NJ	10s
R14 P12	Eric Karabell	Dampier, Erick	C	DAL	16s

Curry is my emergency center and probably my first player dopped for a free agent. Most of these players will be dropped for free agents.

R15 P1	Eric Karabell	McDyess, Antonio	F	DET	24s
R15 P2	Matt Stroup	Brewer, Corey	F	MIN	1m 17s
R15 P3	Dave Gawron	Marbury, Stephon	G	NY	38s
R15 P4	Emry Downinghall	Haslem, Udonis	F	MIA	23s
R15 P5	Sergio Gonzalez	Azubuike, Kelenna	G	HOU	42s
R15 P6	Scott Morrow	Millsap, Paul	F	UTA	18s
R15 P7	Ryan Knaus	Turiaf, Ronny	F	LAL	37s
R15 P8	Geoffrey Stein	Stevenson, DeShawn	G	WAS	9s
R15 P9	Steve Alexander	Moore, Mikki	F	SAC	7s
R15 P10	David Klyce	Lowry, Kyle	G	MEM	Predrafted
R15 P11	Matt Buser	Posey, James	F	NO	5s
R15 P12	Brian McKitish	Wallace, Ben	C	CLE	AutoSelect

Again, free agent fodder. We'll see if Marbury can latch on with a team and grab a starting point guard job. Miami would be nice.