This year, SneakerNews was invited to participate in the FLuD Watches “Barksdale & Bell” fantasy basketball league, featuring a smorgasbord of different teams from all around the worlds of sports, entertainment and apparel. There’s no way we were turning down that invitation, so as a result, you’ll be able to follow along with us over the course of the season, as SneakerNews makes a run at taking over the league like the Marlo Stanfield crew took over B&B corners. The first week of the NBA/fantasy hoops season is now officially in the books, and overall, Team SN is off to a solid start thanks to a 5-3 Week 1 win over Antenna Magazine. There’s obviously a long season ahead, so we won’t pat ourselves on the backs too much yet, but we’re excited to show and prove once again as we take on the Rocksmith Ninjas in our Week 2 matchup. Keep reading after the jump for a look at the current Team SneakerNews squad and their kicks from the past week, and get ready to root us on during our road to a 2010-2011 fantasy basketball title.
TEAM SNEAKERNEWS WEEK 1 MVP
Monta Ellis – Week 1 team MVP honors go to Monta Ellis, who opened the season against Houston by dropping 46 points, and then went on to get us 3 much-needed steals on Sunday to help tie the category for the week.
THIS WEEK’S ADD/DROPS
IN: Mike Bibby, Serge Ibaka
OUT: Reggie Williams, Wesley Johnson
TEAM SNEAKERNEWS ROSTER: WEEK 1
Amar’e Stoudemire – PF/C – New York Knicks
Josh Smith – PF – Atlanta Hawks
Monta Ellis – PG/SG – Golden State Warriors
Aaron Brooks – PG – Houston Rockets
David West – PF – New Orleans Hornets
Eric Gordon – SG – Los Angeles Clippers
Antawn Jamison – SF/PF – Cleveland Cavaliers
Mike Bibby – PG – Atlanta Hawks
Emeka Okafor – C – New Orleans Hornets
Evan Turner – SG/SF – Philadelphia 76ers
Andris Biedrins – C – Golden State Warriors
Shane Battier – SF – Houston Rockets
Serge Ibaka – C – Oklahoma City Thunder
Images via Yahoo!