Tanking Gets you Nowhere

With just a handful of games left in the NHL and NBA, poolies might consider tanking to get the first overall pick in your 2009 draft. If you're thinking Blake Griffin or John Tavares will catapult you into contention next year think again. Rookies like Lebron James, Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin who come in and make a significant fantasy impact are very rare. What's lost towards the end of all fantasy season's is, it takes a team not an individual to make a successful team, what good Adrian Peterson if your QB is Brody Croyle? Anyone can tank but it takes a really skilled GM to identify when his team won't win and make good trades to get into contention next year. So think about this before you start Jamal Mayers over Simon Gagne.