Daily Fantasy Roundup: Reggie! Reggie!

SportsCenter has their 'Top 10' and 'Not Top 10' plays of the week. Each professional sports network (NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA) has segments dedicated to the best and worst recent performances. Inside the NBA on TNT has 'Shaqtin' a Fool'.

It's about time the daily fantasy world has a weekly recap article outlining the good, bad, and strange from the past 7 days. In this column, we will outline the best and worst storylines from the past week all coming from a daily fantasy perspective. We may (or may not) take certain liberties when painting this weekly picture, but it's all part of the ride. Just go with us on this.

Good: Reggie Jackson as the “Little Engine (of Motor City) that Could"

Whenever I try to piece together last week's trade deadline fiasco, I feel like an old alcoholic recanting his steps after a week-long bender. In other words, I still don't know who plays for what team ( and my head hurts).

However, I do know that Reggie Jackson is the new PG in Detroit, taking his “scapegoat duties" to a city desperately in need of one. But in all seriousness, Jackson is now a daily fantasy weapon to be utilized: stepping in for 28 and 45 FP respectively in his first two games.

This notches the best athletic performance by a man named Reggie Jackson in a one-week span. It's a default award though, as no other athletes of the same name come to mind.

Bad: Al-Farouq Aminu has DFS players questioning logic (and life as they know it)

The tale of Aminu's mid-February journey could very easily be one of Aesop's fables. Here's the heartbreaking saga (if you already know/experienced the tale, move along to avoid reopening the wound):

Mr. Aminu was a quality bench player for Dallas. He led a somewhat quiet life, playing reasonable, but capped minutes for the Mavericks. He had a fantastic game vs Houston last week (37 FP), and the daily fantasy world took notice.

Then the news hit. Chandler Parsons would miss the next several games with an ankle issue.

Daily fantasy players were falling over themselves to roster Aminu in the following game. “If he can post 37 FP with Parsons playing, imagine what he can do with more minutes!" the unsuspecting DFS players told themselves.

Aminu scored 0 points that game (24 minutes), resembling the gross winnings (no pun intended) for many of his daily fantasy backers that night.

Moral of the story: volatility and randomness are very real (and cruel) elements of daily fantasy.

Good: Rudy Gobert as “Birdman" takes home Vine of the Week

The Vine has been welcomed by generally positive reviews from critics.

The ending is what has everyone talking (spoiler alert). Some people really liked it, while others desperately wanted Jeremy Lin to get dunked on.

Bad: Goran Dragic forgets how to play basketball for 24 minutes.

Dragic's Miami debut didn't go according to plan. He piled up a whopping 1.7 fantasy points in the first half. Nobody is quite sure what happened. It was like the 'Monstars' from Space Jam zapped the skill out of him. However, when they went to put it back for next game, they accidentally infused Dragic with Tony Parkers talents. They have yet to find a viable solution for Parker, and he remains talentless at the moment.

Set your daily fantasy lineups accordingly.

Good: James Harden starts slow, then hits triple-double

Harden was pretty much a consensus pick in the daily fantasy world on Tuesday.

It was a semi-short slate. He had a fantastic matchup. Plus, Patrick Beverly was out, and Harden was set to handle the ball more than usual.

However, “the beard" got off to a slow start, and the daily fantasy Twitterverse called for a code red.

“I should've known Andrew Wiggins could slow Harden down"

“Post all-star break funk for Harden?"

“COME ON HARDEN I NEED LUNCH MONEY TOMORROW!!!!"

A few hours later, James Harden finished with 31 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists. Twitter just needs to chill sometimes.

Strange: DeMarcus Cousins channels inner Bobby Knight, chair suffers

It's been a rough past few games for Cousins, culminated by fouling out of last night's contest after a frustrating 24 minutes of floor time.

The chair never even saw it coming. The lady initially applauding in the background gasps as if she's watching The Human Centipede for the first time.

The man next to her appears to offer Cousins words of encouragement prior to the kick; then calmly stares at center court, trying not to make eye contact with the angry giant.

Meanwhile, Cousins teammate tries to comfort the chair immediately.