Mid-weak Linx

Categorized as: Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006, Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA Basketball, NBA Draft, Videos
Posted on: July 27th, 2006

Since I post on a 7 day per week schedule, Thursday still counts as the middle of the week for me. Despite that (or perhaps because of that), only 3 links is pretty weak. These are good links, though. That’s what people pawn off as quality over quantity.

QUALITY:

NBA.com’s Rick Kamla talking about the rookies playing in summer league. Good for your fantasy basketball needs.

Highlights:

Aldridge, who would be a junior at Texas this season, is at least two years away from becoming a double-double guy every night, but he’s already a professional shot blocker.

Morrison averaged 24.6 points in 29.2 minutes, which is awesome. However, he averaged 2.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.4 blocks, and 0.2 steals, and I’m convinced that’s more trend than mirage. Get ready for this one- or two-category player to be overrated in fantasy drafts this fall.

After what I saw in Vegas, two things are blatantly obvious. One, Roy will probably win ROY this year. Two, he may go down as the signature player from this draft.

The Sonics took this human pogo stick [Saer Sene] from the Senegal to block shots and he averaged a league-high 3.8 swats at the RMR. Yahtzee.

Watching Rondo load the box score with seemingly every category took me back to the days of Alvin Robertson and Fat Lever, who made five-steal games look routine. Rondo’s defensive game is already at the pro level (2.2 steals per game in Vegas) and he even mixed in a game-winning three in Boston’s VSL finale. I am so-so-so-so-sold on Rondo.

Kyle Lowry, Grizzlies: Lowry acquitted himself nicely in Long Beach. With Damon Stoudamire coming off knee surgery and Bobby Jackson signing with the Hornets, Lowry could earn significant minutes as a rookie.

Next up, a Streetball highlight video from SLAM online. Closest you can get to real basketball this summer, I suppose.

Thanks to I Heart KG for this Mike James video.

25th ranked player last season according to our spreadsheet. That’s mostly because of the points and percentages… but he should be able to keep those up in Minnesota. And you can’t argue with him when he says he’ll take the shot.

QUALITY.

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