12/4/2004 07:52:03 PM|||Shep|||

New Orleans - The Hornets have acquired guard Dan Dickau and a 2005 second round draft pick from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for guard Darrell Armstrong.

“This move helps our team by letting Junior Harrington and Alex Garcia see more playing time,” said Hornets General Manager Allan Bristow. “We see bright futures for both of them and feel very comfortable with them receiving more minutes and continuing to develop.”

Fantasy Impact

So, the Hornets suck, and they're dumping contracts. Seems a little early in the season to do that... but I guess they can do what they want. As far as fantasy goes, DA will have a much harder time playing in Dallas than NO. Jason Terry has been averaging 26 minutes a game while DA has had 29. Together that's more than 48... not to mention the 22 minutes/game Devin Harris has been getting.

Armstrong's value: down
Terry's value: sinking still
Harris' value: down

Trades like this just don't seem good for fantasy basketball, do they?

On the other hand... Junior Harrington is now a pretty good PG pick-up. I know that to be true, because he was picked up in my league mere seconds after the trade was announced. Luckily I'm stocked up on point guards for now - kind of like Dallas. But if you need to add to your arsenal in that particular place, Harrington was averaging 8 pts, 2.8 rebs, 2.3 assists and had yet to miss a free throw before the trade.

Count it.
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