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According to Kings’ coach Reggie Theus, Mike Bibby tore a ligament in his left thumb during practice and could be out anywhere from six to 10 weeks. Worst case scenario puts him out to almost mid-December. Normally at GMTR, we’d say some like “run out and grab player Xâ€, but in this case player X happens to be some dude named Quincy Douby. Looking at Douby’s player page, he’s a second year player who averaged 8 minutes a game for the Kings last season. In his first start during the preseason, he scored a decent 12 points, but had no assists. I really wouldn’t bother with Douby unless you’re in a really deep league.
Fantasy Note: The one guy who probably benefits from this injury is Kevin Martin, who becomes an even more integral part of the Kings offense. Points, assists, and TOs should all be up for Martin as long as Bibby is sidelined.
In less serious injury news, Kobe Bryant skipped the Lakers preseason game last night with a sprained right wrist due to a vigorous masturbation session… or he possibly hurt it in a preseason game. I’m not sure, the details were a little fuzzy on that. One thing I’d be scared about if I had Kobe in any league: he told the Los Angeles Daily News, “My knee is OK, but my wrist isn’t too good.” He’ll probably play through any pain to start the season, but injury + unhappy superstar + crappy team = less than 100% effort most of the time.
One scary headline for Bulls fans: Wallace, Noah hurt ankles, Thomas injures foot in Bulls’ victory. From the description of the game, Wallace’s injury could be the most serious of the three, but it doesn’t appear that any of them will miss regular season time.
What, exactly, constitutes a sprained ankle? With Kevin Durant missing his second consecutive preseason game with a sprained ankle, Durant’s wingman, Jeff Green, goes out last night and sprains his ankle too. Later, he said it was a tweak. Regardless, both should ready to go by the start of the season.
Pistons rookie guard Rodney Stuckey had surgery on his broken left hand Thursday and should be out for about six weeks. It’s unfortunate because he was having a very good preseason. Keep an eye on him when he returns.
Time for the good news portion of the injury report. Chris Bosh played 15 minutes of hardcore preseason action the first time in about a week and said about his knee, “It’s good.†It’s good? Oh man, that’s kind of weak, but it’s the best news I got.
Ok, in addition to Bosh, Jason Kidd played in his first preseason game and finished with 10 points, six rebounds and four assists in 30 minutes. I think he’s good to go.
In non-injury related news, SI’s Marty Burns has an article up about his ten rookies that are poised to play leading roles in ‘07-08. Clearly, it’s not fantasy related because he puts Luis Scola at number one over Kevin Durant.
Finally, Bill Simmons makes his fantasy basketball cheatsheet less than a week before the start of the season. Looks like Nels and I can pack up shop cause Simmons has got it all under control. Oh wait. You probably don’t want to draft Dwight Howard with pick number 8. Alright, we’ll stay for now.
Simmons also gives an interview to NBA.com about his NBA Cares Celebrity Fantasy League where he talks about drafting one of the best fantasy teams ever. I’ll hold my commentary and let you decide what you think of Simmons team (It’s a 12 team league that says it uses “weighted categories†whatever that means).
1. Dwyane Wade
2. Dwight Howard
3. Paul Pierce
4. Kevin Durant
5. Al Harrington
6. Jason Richardson
7. Monta Ellis
8. Shaquille O’Neal
9. Boris Diaw
10. Walter Herrmann
11. Marvin Williams
12. Hedo Turkoglu
13. Jason Williams
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