2/8/2005 07:49:44 PM|||Shep|||

Yahoo! Sports - NBA - Walter McCarty: "The Suns addressed their bench strength Tuesday by acquiring McCarty from the Celtics. Boston gets a conditional second-round pick in the deal."

Fantasy Impact

Walter is a pretty terrible shooter, and though he made 1.8 FG3's last season, that was his career high. 4.8 of his 6.8 shots/game were threes. He's only about a 70% FT shooter, and while he'll certainly get more than the 12.6 mpg he's had this season... I wouldn't expect more than the 8 points, 3 rebs, and 1.6 assists he had last season.

If you're in a deep league, in need of 3's, and can handle a 40% shooter, you could consider McCarty. You'd probably do just as well picking up someone like Derek Anderson or Austin Croshere. And those two won't hurt your FT% as much as McCarty.

In Other News: The news of this trade actually showed up in BlogLines first from the Celtics Blog ... before it even got to Yahoo NBA News. Hooray for the Blogosphere!
|||110789939799274914|||Walter McCarty heads West