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    • Chris Webber Waits Silently by the Phone: Trevor Ariza out 8 Weeks with Broken Foot

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    Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Injuries, LA Lakers, Player News
    Posted on: January 21st, 2008

    According to the Lakers.com Basketblog, Trevor Ariza injured himself in Lakers’ practice after landing awkwardly on the foot of Derek Fisher. After an x-ray today, it was found that Ariza has a broken right foot and will likely be out for the next 8 weeks. Ariza joins Andrew Bynum, Chris Mihm, Vladimir Radmanovic, and Kwame Brown’s stone hands on one hurting Lakers sideline.

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    What does this mean for fantasy purposes? Well, the Lakers just signed free agent center DJ Mbenga to a 10-day contract today. Grab him for your team immediately.

    No, I kid, I kid. Totally do not do that. While Ariza wasn’t really much of a fantasy player, his injury does have a surprising amount of fantasy impact. First, with Ariza out and the Lakers with a depleted squad, Luke Walton should get a lot of play at the small forward position. Walton finished 82nd on the player rater last season when he averaged 33 minutes a game. This season he’s only averaged about 25 a game, but expect to see that jump up while Ariza is out. As a result, Walton’s value rises back into the 80-100ish range.

    Second, word is that the Lakers have some interest in bringing in Chris Webber after reaffirming for the 193rd time that Kwame Brown isn’t the answer. While a deal hasn’t been reached, the Ariza injury is just the type of kick in the ass the Lakers need to do something that sounds great in theory, but probably won’t work so well in real life. It’s worth keeping an eye on.

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    • http://thirdquartercollapse.com Ben Q. Rock

      Is it safe to pick up Kareem Rush? 25 points today…

      Also, RIP Trevor.

    • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

      If you need the points and threes and have the room on your team, you could do worse. Just don’t go dropping anyone good for Rush.

    • Leonard

      you know how I try to keep questions about post so this one works great.

      Dropping Ronnie Brewer(SG,SF) for either Jordan Farmar (PG,SG) or Luke Walton (SF). H2H (I’m 1st in my league with only 1 lost so just looking for most productive player)…I’m 75% sure I’m going to go with J-Farm only because I have D. Fish which boils down to insurance and possible Farmar having more tick on the court by the end of the season/fantasy playoffs.

    • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

      I’m man enough to admit that I have a little man crush on Farmar. I mean just look at his game log over the last week. It’s a pretty little thing. But the one thing that bothers me about his game is that he’s only getting about 20 minutes a night. I haven’t checked my facts, but no one in the history of fantasy basketball has been a useful fantasy play while only getting 20 minutes a game. So, taking that fact into account, I like Walton a little bit more, simply because he’s going to get some decent minutes over the next couple months.

      Farmar is the safe choice (as insurance is Fisher goes down), but Walton could have some real value for the next 8 weeks.

    • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

      I'm man enough to admit that I have a little man crush on Farmar. I mean just look at his game log over the last week. It's a pretty little thing. But the one thing that bothers me about his game is that he's only getting about 20 minutes a night. I haven't checked my facts, but no one in the history of fantasy basketball has been a useful fantasy play while only getting 20 minutes a game. So, taking that fact into account, I like Walton a little bit more, simply because he's going to get some decent minutes over the next couple months.

      Farmar is the safe choice (as insurance is Fisher goes down), but Walton could have some real value for the next 8 weeks.