Maybe I shouldn’t complain about all my bad luck after taking a look at how unlucky the Blazers have been this season, but you have to understand that I have legendarily bad luck when it comes to fantasy sports. My fantasy football team featured Ronnie Brown and Michael Turner, so you can already tell how my playoffs turned out (for an added bonus, I’m in a point-per-reception league and happened to play against Brandon Marshall the day he broke the NFL record for receptions). I had drafted Colts WR Anthony Gonzalez this year, but he hasn’t played a down after injuring himself in the first game of the season…without getting touched.
I was pumped to have drafted Kelenna Azubuike this year in fantasy hoops, until he destroyed his knee and was out for the season.
In something like four of five seasons, Jake Peavy had an ERA below 3.00. The year I had him, though, it was 4.09.
They call me “the cooler” in fantasy leagues, because this isn’t really bad luck for me, it’s simply typical. It sucks. So you can imagine my relief when I saw Joel Przybilla writhing on the ground and clutching his injured knee:
In the first quarter of their game against the Dallas Mavericks, Joel Przybilla landed awkwardly and violently on his right leg beneath the basket and had to be helped away from the American Airlines Center court by two teammates.
Shortly after halftime, the team announced that Pryzbilla had suffered a ruptured right patella tendon and patella dislocation. He is out indefinitely.
Why relief? Because I just traded him for T.J. Ford in my fantasy hoops league. Sure, it’s a nothing of a trade, but simply by being in my team for a brief time, Joel had opened himself up to injury. Nice try, fantasy gods, but you just weren’t quick enough.
One of these days, I’m really gonna have to try and draft a team of players I hate.
