Fantasy Basketball: Anyone Up For It?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:53 am

Originally posted by Moneymaker:

Tom,

Greg must be out of the country or something.

I haven't seen him on the message boards lately and I couldn't get in touch with him at the office. Do you have any information with regards to pay-outs? When will they happen, etc.? I was in Costa Rica for four days, but I'm back now. Congratulations to you as I saw you won a league title. Congrats. We have the top three for both leagues now and will send out checks to the winners this week if we have their W-9's on file. Obviously we do for you.

It was $4,000 for first, $2,000 for second and $600 for third. Congrats to the top three teams.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:49 am

Congratulations to our champions in the two Fantasy Basketball Leagues: Brian Oldenski, who won the overall title in the NFBC last year as well, and Will Tyrer. Great job guys.

NFBBC 1

1. Will Tyrer

2. Richard Horvitz

3. Michael Edelman

NFBBC 2

1. Brian Oldenski

2. Eric Wong

3. Glenn Schroter

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:03 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

NFBBC 2

1. Brian Oldenski

2. Eric Wong

3. Glenn Schroter easily one of the tightest races I've ever seen. great job by brian to outscore me by 2 hoops and a free throw to win this league!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:30 am

Originally posted by King of Queens:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

NFBBC 2

1. Brian Oldenski

2. Eric Wong

3. Glenn Schroter easily one of the tightest races I've ever seen. great job by brian to outscore me by 2 hoops and a free throw to win this league! [/QUOTE]Agreed. That was a tight league among several teams for most of the season. Great job everyone. There's no guarantee we'll move beyond what we had last year, but I'll try again with the NBA when all settles down. Was this a format you guys would play again if we had overall prizes?

The Sensei · Post by **The Sensei** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:39 am

Greg,

Are you ever going to start up a hoops main event? With the advent of 82games.com and other NBA Moneyball-type theories becoming more prevalent, I can see you being able to pull it off. I for one, would LOVE to take part.

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:09 am

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

quote:Originally posted by King of Queens:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:

NFBBC 2

1. Brian Oldenski

2. Eric Wong

3. Glenn Schroter easily one of the tightest races I've ever seen. great job by brian to outscore me by 2 hoops and a free throw to win this league! [/QUOTE]Agreed. That was a tight league among several teams for most of the season. Great job everyone. There's no guarantee we'll move beyond what we had last year, but I'll try again with the NBA when all settles down. Was this a format you guys would play again if we had overall prizes? [/QUOTE]You know my feelings on the matter already:

YES!!!

Moneymaker · Post by **Moneymaker** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:18 pm

It was a great format, Greg. Nothing needs to be changed. Maybe you could add an extra bench slot for each team - but whatever; that's no biggie.

Please keep plugging away at the NBA!

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:54 pm

Add my e-mail to the list, Greg!

Damn good job completing 2 of the "3" toward a mini sweep of the 3 major high stakes fantasy sports. You're on your way to Gekkos life goal!

~Lance

Moneymaker · Post by **Moneymaker** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:14 pm

Thanks. I don't play fantasy football though. I don't like the thin statistical slice of only 16 games or whatever it is.

...unless Greg gives me a free entry. You know, having one of fantasy sports' all-time greats (ha!) could attract loads of competitors.

Greg -- I forgot about KDS. You should add that to the basketball format. I love it!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:28 am

Originally posted by The Sensei:

Greg,

Are you ever going to start up a hoops main event? With the advent of 82games.com and other NBA Moneyball-type theories becoming more prevalent, I can see you being able to pull it off. I for one, would LOVE to take part. I want to, but the NBA wouldn't license a high-stakes fantasy basketball game and I really can't run an unlicensed game. The rules and everything are in place for this and I'll do my best to convince the NBA that this is a viable market for 2006-07. Hold tight as I'm working on it.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:01 am

Originally posted by sportsbettingman:

Add my e-mail to the list, Greg!

Damn good job completing 2 of the "3" toward a mini sweep of the 3 major high stakes fantasy sports. You're on your way to Gekkos life goal!

~Lance I have a great format for fantasy NASCAR, Lance, so I'm working on the big four!

I don't know hockey well enough, but with Dyv and Yoni pushing me to do it, you just never know. Anything is possible!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:03 am

Originally posted by Moneymaker:

Thanks. I don't play fantasy football though. I don't like the thin statistical slice of only 16 games or whatever it is.

...unless Greg gives me a free entry. You know, having one of fantasy sports' all-time greats (ha!) could attract loads of competitors.

Greg -- I forgot about KDS. You should add that to the basketball format. I love it! KDS for basketball is a definite possibility.

C'mon, join football. Don't let your buddy Gekko beat you to the first multi-sport national title!

edelman24 · Post by **edelman24** » Tue May 02, 2006 6:50 am

Hey Greg,

I still haven't received my check for basketball and you have my information on file from football, any word on when I should expect it? Thanks.

Mike

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed May 03, 2006 2:19 am

Originally posted by edelman24:

Hey Greg,

I still haven't received my check for basketball and you have my information on file from football, any word on when I should expect it? Thanks.

Mike Yup, we have your W-9 and all is good. Those checks should be arriving from our Cincinnati office to all six winners any day now. I know they've been processed. Thanks Mike and good luck.

edelman24 · Post by **edelman24** » Tue May 09, 2006 12:53 am

Just an FYI, I still have not received my check. Has anyone else received theirs?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:20 am

Originally posted by edelman24:

Just an FYI, I still have not received my check. Has anyone else received theirs? I believe they were mailed out on Thursday from Cincinnati. Look for them in an F&W Publications envelope this week...and enjoy!