By Old Man Squad Sports Network
With over 15 years of experience writing about fantasy basketball, Erik Ong is taking his game to the podcasting arena, launching the Fantasy Fast Break podcast.
Ong was an editor at SportsE
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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.
With the recent news of Mitchell Robinson being unavailable for the Knicks to start the 2024-25 season and Kawhi Leonard having had off-season knee surgery, limiting him when training camp opens, Erik revisits his Do Not Draft List for the upcoming season. But wait, there's more! He also checks in on the latest ADP data (Sept 23) and calls out players who are going too early for his tastes and thus pricing them out of his range of comfort.
Erik explains why he's not fond of mock drafts anymore and instead, discusses why ADP -- because of their real-league data -- are worth looking into. After digging through the September 10 ADP data, Erik shares a list of players whom he feels are being drafted at their floor production range, making them SAFE bets.
Yahoo! Opened its doors recently and Erik has jumped in and laid out his first impressions of the Top 50 players pre-ranked by the platform. He shares his initial thoughts on players who are overvalued and potential gems who are currently undervalued.
Erik slams through 32 picks of a real fantasy draft in this episode. Given that he’s now discussing picks from the middle rounds of standard 12-team leagues, there are several eye-opening value picks and unnecessary reaches. Erik breaks down most of the picks and drops his thoughts and insight.
Despite probably dealing with a case of COVID, Erik soldiers on and breaks down round 2 of the results of a REAL fantasy draft (16-team, 9-cat, H2H). There were already quite a few surprise picks in the 17-32 range. Who was reached for? Who slid? Erik breaks all of that down.
After getting nailed by an illness, Erik is back with some juicy content. He’s wrangled up the draft results of an admittedly way-too-early but REAL fantasy draft. We get some early ADP data here and Erik throws in his two cents on the picks that were made in Round 1.
The Sixers now have a Big 3 after landing Paul George and Erik breaks down the fantasy impact of the move as well as all the other smaller transactions that took place on the first day of free agency in the NBA for the 2024-25 season.
After a brief break, Erik is back at it again with another draft prep episode. This time, he’s taking a look at a handful of players who disappointed in 2023-24 but who he feels has the potential to bounce back with better fantasy value in 2024-25.
Erik revisits his long-standing “Do Not Draft” list and recalibrates his strategy heading into the 2024-25 season. Which players made the cut? Who are still in his doghouse? How many games do per-game studs have to play in order to avoid being excluded from his pre-draft settings? All that and more in this insightful episode.
Erik takes a look at players who beat the market last season, guys who outperformed expectations and finished in the end-of-season rankings so well that they smashed their ADP. Who are they? Are they legit? Where should we draft them? All of those questions and more are answered in this episode.
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The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.