Day 114 of 170: Here's a Tip: Don't trade for Old Guys

Categorized as: Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, New Orleans Hornets
Posted on: February 21st, 2008

or: Kobe is a big fat faker

Line of the Night: Chris Paul (5.62) must have said to himself something along the following lines: If Marcus Camby can get 9 blocks in a game, I sure as Hail can get 9 steals. And so he did. And in the process he made Jason Kidd look like a Jetlagged Old Man. I didn’t actually see the game, but I can only assume that it looked like sort of like this:

That’s right, Paul is a hot fighting champion lady demolishing the gut of some dude wearing Hammer pants with white flames on them. In addition to the 9 steals, Paul had 31 points and 11 assists.

Honorable Mentions: Chris Bosh (5.03) hung 40 points on Dwight Howard by shooting 14/16 from the field and 11/11 from the line; Amare Stoudemire (4.99) was also 11/11 from the line, but only shot 13/24 for 37 points. He did have 10 more rebounds, though, with 15 total. Interesting to note: With the exception of 5 minutes for DJ Strawberry, the Suns have a 7 man rotation. Wow. And Shaq is one of those 7. I hope he had enough diesel left in the tank to make it through the playoffs.

Ray Allen (4.78) had 32 points with 6 threes; LeBron James (4.76) showed Jason Kidd what a triple-double really looks like with 31/14/12. Yeah. Whoa. Vince Carter (4.67) showed that the Nets can still beat the Bulls without Jason Kidd by scoring 33 points to lead all scorers. I’m pretty sure it’s a typo, but the box score had DNP for both Kidd and Devin Harris. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure it’s not a type that the box score had Keith Van Horn as a DNP.

Kobe Bryant (4.54) kept up with trying to pretend to be Michael Jordan by saying how injured he is, and then dropping 41 points on 16/25. Anyone else think this torn ligament thing is a hoax designed to make him look tough and determined?

Dwight Howard (4.25) had 37 and 15. Yeah, 37 and 15 is only good enough for 8th on the night. Cats are ballin right now.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Marcus Williams (3.76) is the man now in NJ. At least until Devin Harris gets back. Williams scored 25 points on 9/18 including 3 threes. If I didn’t already have Devin Harris sitting on my bench, I’d probably pick him up. Careful, though, there’s also a Marcus Williams on San Antonio. Make sure you get the one that says PG, SG. Not PF, SF.

The Biggest Loser: I think every once in while, someone considers picking up James Posey (0.87). Well, don’t. Last night, he played 4 minutes less than his season average of 24 minutes, and managed only 1 point in that time.

Dishonorable Mentions: Josh Howard (1.36) at least made 4/6 free throws, but the 2/11 from the field is full of pain for fantasy owners.

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