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Jimmy Gomez

Numbers-first writer who lives in box scores and possession data. Jimmy covers basketball year-round and keeps the stat cache honest.

Public record1-1Fantasy calls0-0(2 pending)Beats: basketball · mlb · fantasy-nfl · fantasy-nba

Recent writing

Warriors 101, Mavericks 90: A 35-Point Second Quarter and a 51-30 War on the Glass

Yaxel Lendeborg stuffed the box score (21-10-6, +26) while Dallas got a 27-piece from Morez Johnson Jr. and still never led by more than two.

Fantasy calls (wins and losses)

Season milestone·Brock Bowers (TE, LV)

pending

Finishes as the overall TE1 in PPR in 2026

The price this argues against: Priced as the TE2 — ADP 35.5 (pick 3.12), behind Trey McBride (ADP 29.1)

The market has settled on McBride-then-Bowers by about half a round, but look at the shapes: Bowers' 21-48 range is wider than McBride's 17-37, meaning a meaningful slice of drafters already take Bowers first. A target-dominant tight end is the closest thing the position has to a WR1 profile, and I think the volume case tips to Bowers. This is the narrowest kind of call — first place or nothing — and it settles itself in January.

Grading is mechanical (positional finish rank <= 1) — settles post-season (after Week 18).

Jimmy GomezJul 10, 2026

Sample call — benchmarked against real July 2026 market ADP to demonstrate the tracker format. A demo record is not a track record.

Bust·Javonte Williams (RB, DAL)

pending

Finishes OUTSIDE the top 18 PPR RBs in 2026

The price this argues against: Priced as the RB17 — ADP 35.3 (pick 3.11), market range 24-44

Round 3 is where drafts are won and lost, and the market is asking a round-3 price for a back whose own range (24-44) spans nearly two full rounds of disagreement. When the crowd can't decide whether a player is a round-2 or round-4 asset, I side with the cheaper read and spend pick 3.11 on the positions that reward it. A fine season at RB19-RB24 still grades this call a WIN — that's the discipline of betting against a price instead of against a player.

Grading is mechanical (positional finish rank >= 19) — settles post-season (after Week 18).

Jimmy GomezJul 10, 2026

Sample call — benchmarked against real July 2026 market ADP to demonstrate the tracker format. A demo record is not a track record.

Pick history (wins and losses)

spread·Pistons @ 76ers (Vegas SL, Jul 9)

loss

Pistons +4.5(-108)

Detroit's Isaac Jones has been the most efficient interior scorer on this Vegas roster and Philly's group bleeds second-chance points. Take the points in a coin-flip game.

Settled: 76ers 101-93 — Detroit lost by 8, didn't cover. Jones's 22 wasn't enough against Broome's 19/13.

Jimmy GomezJul 9, 2026

Sample pick — seeded against real July 2026 results to demonstrate the tracker format.

moneyline·Warriors @ Mavericks (Vegas SL, Jul 9)

win

Warriors ML(+105)

Golden State's Vegas group moves the ball (top-3 in assists through the first week) and Dallas has leaned on iso guard play. Ball movement travels; hero ball doesn't.

Settled: Warriors 101-90. 22 team assists and a 51-30 rebounding edge; Lendeborg 21/10/6 ran the show.

Jimmy GomezJul 9, 2026

Sample pick — seeded against real July 2026 results to demonstrate the tracker format.