Day 88 of 170: Lets Hug It Out

Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: January 26th, 2008

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Line of the Night: Andrei Kirilenko (4.9) wins the LotN, just barely, with 25 points (6 of 8 from the floor), 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes and 4 blocks. We haven’t heard from AK in a while, who was last seen playing a measly 10 minutes in the Jazz win over the Clips because of “foul trouble.” In a related development, I was just offered an AK for Josh Howard trade this morning. It was rejected.

Honorable Mentions: 21 and 16 with 3 blocks for Emeka Okafor (4.8); this Steve Nash (4.8) line – 26/4/9 with 7 threes – only counts in a leagues that don’t count turnovers, because he had 7 of them last night; Kobe Bryant (4.8) took more free throws (21) than actual shots (19), but he made a lot of both of them and finished with 40 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists; Rip Hamilton (4.8) scored 32 with 8 boards, 8 assists, and a couple steals; and Jason Kidd (4.6) is satisfied with doing the bare minimum… to get a triple double! 13 points, 11 boards and 10 assists was his latest t-dup line.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: I’ll assume that Linas Kleiza (4.4) was snatched up in almost every league after Carmelo Anthony went down, so the winner has to be – Larry Hughes (4.1)? Hughes scored 25 with 8 boards, 3 threes, and 3 steals in the Cavs loss to Phoenix. However, I can’t in good conscious recommend Larry Hughes to anyone, including Larry Hughes’ mother. Instead, Kyle Lowry (4.0) got 34 minutes for Memphis after Mike Conley left with game with a contusion in his chest (here’s what his injury would look like if Conley was a hairy middle aged white man with a half shaven chest). Lowey took the opportunity to score 13 points, dish 10 assists, and steal 5… balls (is there a better word?) in Memphis’ loss to the Wizz. Conley’s injury can’t be too serious, so if you’re really jonesing for a pickup, just go with Sebastian Telfair (3.8) already. I know you’ve been eyeing him. He’s starting and there’s nothing we can do about it.

The Biggest Loser: Grant Hill (1.0) left last nights game after 4 minutes and 1 point with back spasms, but I try to leave guys with injuries out of this space, so how about Andrew Bogut (1.3). Bogut only played 19 minutes last night (the Bucks got blowed out) and finished with 8 points, 2 rebounds, and 1 assist.

Dishonorable Mentions: Drew Gooden (1.2) played 20 minutes yesterday and managed 0 points, 2 boards, and 1 assist; Sean Williams (1.3) is a rookie and will do rookie things, like wear down as the year goes on; and Charlie Bell (1.1) continues his march to the worst season in history by going 0-5 from the floor in 21 minutes.

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