Normalized Rankings as of 1/25

Do you believe in miracles? For the first time since the first week, Tommy does not sit alone in 1st place. Of course, my hold in several categories is pretty tenuous, so Tommy will probably be back in the lead next week.

The rest of the league continued to hold pretty much to form. Htown and Shake switched spots for the first change in actual places in about a month.


Total Pts
KS 61.5 (-1.5)
MAR 61.5 (+1.5)
Snook 57.5 (-0.5)
CH 55 (+1)
Htown 47 (+2)
Shake 45 (-2)
TOG 44.5 (-0.5)
LES 41.5 (+0.5)
GC 36.5 (-0.5)

Normalized Rankings as of 1/18

Total Pts
KS 63 (-0.5)
MAR 60 (+1.5)
Snook 58 (-3)
CH 54 (-2)
Shake 47 (--)
Htown 45 (--)
TOG 45 (--)
LES 41 (+1)
GC 37 (+3)


Amazingly, the overall order remained virtually unchanged (just me and Devo swapping spots) making it almost identical from the one posted 2 weeks ago. Also, 3 teams did not even change points in the past week, so we are definitely getting some stability in our rankings.

But, don't expect that to stay that way, there are several categories with people very close in ranking and I expect we'll start to see some shifting as people come back from injury and with NBA trade season now underway after the big 8 player trade between Indiana and Golden State.

Normalized Rankings as of 1/12

Total Pts
KS 63.5 (+1.5)
Snook 61 (+0.5)
MAR 58.5 (+1.5)
CH 56 (+4)
Shake 47 (-2)
Htown 45 (-3)
TOG 45 (-3)
LES 40 (+0.5)
GC 34 (--)

Strange in that this week we had a bunch of people adding/subtracting points, but the overall order actually stayed the same. This week CH added himself into the top tier as he is now within striking distance of Tommy and has a relatively healthy team.

Of the bottom 5 teams, only LES gained any ground and only 0.5 position points at that.

Also of note: the second trade of our league went through:

Shake gets:

Joe Johnson (pts, 3's, steals)
Larry Hughes (pts, steals)
Jorge Garbojosa (%'s, 3's, assists, a/t) - just back from injury

FOR

Raymond Felton (assists, a/t, ft%)
Gerald Wallace (steals, blocks) - injured

The trade helps both teams in areas of weakness, so both teams could see a small bump in their standings.

Normalized Rankings as of 1/02

Wow, how many injuries can the NBA have this year...and to key players. The current injury list makes me think we're still in NFL-fantasyland right now. Anyway, some teams are better equipped to deal with their injuries than others and it is showing.

Tommy ended his skid of losing points per week and still sits atop the leaderboard. Devo continued his ascent and they are now in a two-team horse race until somebody else decides to make a move. My team fell from the top tier into the muddled middle after the Krstic and Yao injuries left me depleted at center.

Htown was the big mover up the board this week as the team was somehow able to avoid major injury, which helps.

GC and LES were unequipped to deal with any hits to their starting lineup and took major tumbles as a result as they fell even farther back from the pack.


Total Pts
KS 62 (+1)
Snook 60.5 (+1)
MAR 57 (-2.5)
CH 52 (--)
Shake 49 (+3)
Htown 48 (+5)
TOG 48 (-2)
LES 39.5 (-4)
GC 34 (-2.5)