Give Me The Rock
this is fantasy basketball
- Watch Philly! I was asked a few days ago who the next breakout player would be. I have no clue, but Philly is currently having in-season open tryouts. Every player on the roster got 10 minutes of play time last night (excluding injured Shavlik Randolph). Last night’s winner was rookie Rodney Carney, 11 points in 15 minutes. If a new fantasy sensation is going to emerge in the next week and a half, I expect it to come from Philly. Their lineup is decimated after the AI trade. As they attempt to tank for the ping-pong balls expect some new faces to start putting up some numbers. If i had to pick someone in Philly to be the next impact player, i would pick Mark Wahlberg.
- Pick up the Sheriff (Shareff Abdur Rahim). The Sheriff started patrolling Sac-Towns first shift four games ago and has exploded into the old dynamo that made him the best player on the leagues worst teams for a decade. Ok, you caught me, it has not been an explosion. But, the Sheriff has never been an explosive player, just a quiet guy that puts together a dutiful fantasy statline. The fantasy greenhorn should think Sean Marion, only not nearly as good… and the Sheriff dribbles. Kenny Thomas is now fantasy garbage (11 minutes last night) while the Sheriff has seen 36 and 41 minutes. If you leave him on the court he produces, end of story.
- Watch the play of Joey Graham. Fred Jones seems to be on the outs in Canada. The last time he logged more than 25 minutes (my self anointed threshold for fantasy value) was December 23rd. This after playing more than 25 minutes in 18 of 28 previous contests. However, the Oklahoma State alumni Joey Graham has proven his ability to play when on the court. In the 14 games that Graham has played more than twenty minutes, he averages 12.8 points and 5 boards. All this and he is 3 years younger than Jones. Looks like Toronto’s SG/SF bench minutes are best spent with Graham.
- Isiah Thomas is putting on a parity clinic and it is diminishing fantasy value. Isiah is in a seven man rotation, Starbury, Curry, Jeffries, Lee, Frye, Richardson and Crawford (sometimes Balkman or Nate get on the court, no value in either). They are all playing well and should all be on rosters. Wait, did i say all of them, sorry, i forgot Jared Jeffries was on this team. Is length a fantasy stat?
- Some players you may hear from before the year is over (from espn and rotonews)… Jalen Rose is expecting a buyout from the suns in the coming weeks… Melvin Ely is going to be traded before the deadline… Marko Jaric could be freed from his frozen hell in Minnesota. He was once a viable fantasy guard with the Clippers who was on his way up ranking boards. Alot of talk has him going to the Pistons soon, now that they got C-Webb and can move a big. I do not expect him to be viable, but worth monitoring. Dude has game.
- Randy Foye has officially cracked Dwane Casey’s lineup. He is chilling in mine right now. He is a bench option in deeper leagues, his inconsistency is undesirable in shallow leagues, let someone else waste a spot on him.
- HIBACHI! Thy name is Gilbert.
…also, not to be ‘that guy,’ but i guess to try and grant myself some credibility to anyone who may be reading but not know anything about me…
yea… i’m not a big Funston fan.
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