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Day 73 of 170: The Rudy Gay Takover

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Categorized as: Author: Nels, Detroit Pistons, Fantasy Basketball, Memphis Grizzlies
Posted on: January 11th, 2008

Okay, so Gay (6.06) didn’t actually have the Line of the Night. And there were only 3 games yesterday, meaning even guys like Francisco Garcia (5.29) can make the top 10 and Kyle Lowry (3.63) can crack the top 20. But still, Gay’s 31 points, 4 threes, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals (not to mention 69% FG and 90% FT shooting) are a fantasy line to be reckoned with.

Line of the Night: And doing The Reckoning? Rasheed Wallace (6.40). Wallace had 23 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 partridges in pear trees. (I’m assuming that each partridge comes with its own pear tree) It had been a while (say, 2 months) since Rasheed had put up a line of domination like that one.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: You know what? I’m going to go with Nobody. Only 57 players were rated fantasy-wise last night, and after looking at about 10 players who are on probably on the Waiver Wire, I’ve come to the conclusion that none of them are any better than anyone you should already have on your team. I mean, do you really want me to decide between Kyle Lowry’s efficient 8 points and 6 assists and Juan Carlos Navarro’s 10 points and 6 assists on 2-13 shooting?

The Biggest Loser: I know a lot of people were high on Jason Maxiell coming into this season (right? I didn’t make that up did I?), so let me bring everyone down a little here. Maxiell (1.90) checked in at #48 last night with 4 points on 2-8 shooting, adding only 2 rebounds, 1 assists, and a block. And that was in 28 minutes in a blowout win. According to Yahoo, though, his rank for the season is 137 against his O-Rank of 131. So much for Upside Potential.

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  • tone, I feel comfortable reversing Patrick's logic and thus saying you should not make that trade. If you look at the GMTR Player Rater, Iverson is 7, Duncan is 31. Paul is 1, but Chandler is 74. That's an average of 19 you're giving up for an average of 37.5. In addition, you're losing any additional help you might get if Arenas returns.

    Another thing to consider is that while Duncan will probably be shut down at the end of the season, Paul and Chandler might also get some rest if the Hornets have locked up a spot in the playoffs. Denver seems the most likely to still be fighting at the end, so Iverson should have a little extra value because of that.
  • tone
    hey patrick, thanks for the feedback as always. let me clarify..i have iverson,duncan and arenas, and i am trading them for chris paul and chandler. im around 6th place right now. i just didnt want to drop arenas and get nothing. do u still think its a good trade from my point of view?
  • Terrance - because of your large league, I'd wait out both those guys. Ford should be back pretty soon and Foye should be back in a couple weeks. It hurts, but you've made it this long and the waiver guys sound like crap.

    tone - as long as your team is in a position to wait for Arenas to get back, I'd make the trade. You're selling Paul at his highest and while Iverson is a step back from Paul, Duncan is better than Chandler. Plus, you'll have Arenas for a month as a kicker. I like it.
  • tone
    hey guys, i got offered a trade for iverson, arenas, and duncan for chris paul and t. chandler. worth it? i also have j rich, d.howard, and manu. thanks!
  • Terrance
    sorry to double post, jason williams is out there.
  • Terrance
    i have tj ford & randy foye. I picked ford out of the FA about a week ago and foye ive had for a long time.

    My league is 14 teams x 12 man rosters, so the FA is crap. The best out there is sometihng like steve blake, boris diaw, dorrell wright, stackhouse. Thats about it. should i hold onto both foye and ford and hope for the best?
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