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Nick Collison & Oguchi Onyewu

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Categorized as: Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: January 10th, 2007

So, Nick Collison unexpectedly blew up last night with a 20/20. He played 43 minutes, shot 12 of 18, had 29 points, 21 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and a block. An amazing statline coming from any player. If you have an expendable roster spot I would pounce on picking up Collison, I missed making the pickup because i decided to mull it over a game of FIFA. I came to the conclusion that I should pick him up, it would be his second stint with my team this year, I came back to find that I should play 4 minute halves instead of 6 minute halves. I have some points I want to highlight about last nights game because Collison should not be considered a permanent solution to your problems and if you have a trade on the horizon, do not cancel it because you picked up Collison.


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- Both 29 points and 21 rebounds are career highs for Collison, expecting close to these figures would be an exercise in the display of naivety rivaling Neville Chamberlain.

- Collison logged a career high 43 minutes last night. Two other players on the team logged 44 minutes slightly edging him for team highs. These minute totals are an exception not the rule. The last time a Sonic logged 43 minutes was on December 26th against the Hornets. The player was Ray Allen and the span between then and now encompassed ten games. Clearly, expecting these minutes would be Neville Chamberlain esq.

- This game was against the Suns, a small team that is not the best at rebounding or interior defending. Collison obviously capitalized on both of these facts.

- Collison is the ‘sure starter‘ now. We forget, that Bob Hill has already given him this power once this year. After having this honor bestowed Collison quickly blew it.

- Chris Wilcox only played 22 minutes.

- The Sonics are tanking hard and fast. The more the season wears on, the more role players, *cough* Collison, will lose minutes to the prospects. The Sonics have two huge projects in Johan Petro and Saer Sene at center; a 13 and 23 season seems like a good time to start working.

In other news, I found a sweet video about US National Team Soccer player Oguchi Onyewu on youtube. I bring this up because if Onyewu were not a soccer player, I could see him being in the NBA. At 6′4 and 210, he has that special body type that endears itself to any type of competition. Imagine how good our National team would be, if every great American athlete grew up with a soccer ball next to their football, basketball and baseball.


Onyewu is currently the focus of many top clubs. His current Dutch club has already prevented his movement to Spanish giant Real Madrid. For the sake of his further development, lets hope he finds himself in England, Spain or Italy by the end of the month.

Also, Jason Kidd just filed for divorce. A last second edit.

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  • Joe Smith and Mikki Moore were also added to teams (not mine) in the Dropping Dimes Experts League. Collison is still available.
  • mabeuf
    Min, this question mimmics an article i was pondering.

    Collison put up 21 and 9 last night. He did this despite Wilcox touching the court for 5 more minutes, pick him up. He is the hot hand and Seattle seems to be trying to put Collison and Wilcox on the court at the same time allk game. In the long run, i think the most solid option of these three is Mikki Moore. He has the starting center job and 30 minute guarenteed the rest of the season.

    We have to wait for Mikki to become an offensive option for L. Frank, just like Kristic, but it will happen this year. Kristic started off slow as just a big man that rebounded, then Frank realized he has to at least feign an inside threat. Mikki could start getting the ball on offensive posessions which will boost his numbers.

    Long story short, I added Mikki Moore to my team for the third time this year.
  • Min
    would you guys drop Hedo for Mikki Moore, Joe Smith, or Nick Collison? I'm in a H2H 14 team league, kinda hurting on boards right now
  • Adam W
    Speaking of the Sonics, I think if you can trade Luke Ridnour, that window is closing. 6 games under 30 minutes in a row, and he's completely lost his shot with the lineup shuffling. As much as he's helped me this season, I had to cut him and pick up Q Rich in the middle of the night.
  • Also, I wouldn't pick up Collison. His 21 and 9 on 10/14 is good, of course, but I don't trust the stability of their lineup at all.
  • Evidently, both Hedo and Delonte are having back problems right now. Probably not a good time to pick up either. If you have Hedo and the only option is Delonte, I'd stick with Hedo for now.

    Anyone else you can pick up, Will?
  • mabeuf
    Gotta hit me with the Categories you need and who you are eyeing to pickup, i assume Collison.

    **edit** Turkey is having back spasms again, so cutting him if you have a viable pickup would be a solid move.
  • Will
    I'm in a bit of a rut.
    should i drop hedo turkoglu for Delonte West or just keep my team as is.
  • I might even go as far to say that Collison isn't even worth a pickup. He started the game prior against the Warriors and went for 6 points and 10 rebounds. I'm guessing that's the Collison we see next game.

    And yeah, Onyewu is a tank, specially when compared to all those skinny soccer players.
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