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Day 126 of 170: We Heart Deron Williams. Erick Dampier? Not so Much

Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball March 4th, 2008

Interesting News of the Day: Looks like Shawn Marion and Mike Bibby will be allowed to suit up for the Heat/Hawks replay game. I wonder how they’ll count their stats?

Line of the Night: Ok, technically Deron Williams (4.7) didn’t have the best game score of the night (or second, or third), but Chris Paul (6.0) has gotten so much love from us here that he’s about to serve us with a restraining order. Plus, Williams had 20 assists last night and big numbers impress me. Williams led the Jazz to a 116-110 win over the Mavs with those 20 assists as well as 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks. Today, Deron, you’re first in our hearts.

Honorable Mentions: Meanwhile, after wrestling a 10-foot grizzly bear to the ground with his bare hands, Chris Paul (6.0) went out and beat the Knicks single handedly in a game of 1 on 5 by a score of 100-88 (which one of those events is more believable)? Paul had a line of 27/5/8, shot 11-17, hit a couple threes, had three steals and impregnated 3 women and 1 man before the end of the first half. Jason Kidd (5.8) had a ho-hum night with 19 points, 9 assists and 3 steals; and Carlos Boozer (5.5) shot 12-19 and finished with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Louis Williams’ (4.5) minutes have been creeping upward of late. Yesterday, he come off the bench for 30 of them (Andre Miller got 28) and responded with 16 points off 7-10 shooting, 8 assists, and 1 steal. He’s still too inconsistent to really rely on, but if you’re desperate for a PG or just like young meat, he’s someone to take a look at.

Brevin Knight’s (2.8) game wasn’t anything special (8 points/7 assists), but with Sam Cassell gone, Knight will be starting until he gets hurt sometime soon.

I love it when a plan comes together: The other day I mentioned that Thaddeus Young (4.1) had 4 straight games of 2 or more steals. Well, make that 5 as Young had 2 more steals last night as he got a the start and a huge 34 minutes for the Sixers.

Biggest Loser: Everyone who talked themselves into picking up Erick Dampier (1.8) after Diop was traded away, welcome to the Erick Dampier experience! It’s a lot of fun trying to guess which games Dampier will go for 17 rebounds and which he’ll be completely craptakular in. Last night was the latter as Damp got in some early foul trouble and only played 26 minutes. He used that time to score 6 points and grab 5 rebounds (with no assists or blocks).

And who says Dirk is soft. Look at that take down.
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What Are People Talking About?

  • Dude, I totally had Louis Williams on my team a couple months ago. He kind of went through a dry spell, but I guess I'll have to take another look now.
  • Do people feel like they're comments are getting eaten? I think I may have gone a little overboard on the blacklisting, and probably added some phrase that is part of a legitimate word or something.
  • Good post, Nels. And, BTW: It's properly spelled "craptacular," unless you're talking about something Russian, i.e. "The Dirk takedown was craptakular."
  • I'll take your accolades, Jeff, but please address any spelling (and/or grammar) corrections to Patrick, who actually made the post.
  • Kevin
    Hey guys what do you think of this trade. My Paul Pierce + Nocioni for his Danny Granger + Elton Brand.
    I figure brand would be a good pick up for the playoff run, and pierce isn't going to get much burn near the end of the season anyways... as well as the Chicago trade giving Nocionis value a bit of a hit (even though he went for 20/6 with 3 3's tonight)

    Thanks
  • Kevin, I would take that trade in a Chicago minute.*

    * A Chicago minute is only slightly longer than a New York minute.
  • Nels, I thought a Chicago minute was about the same length as a New York minute, only it's baked in a deep dish? But, Kevin, I'd take that trade in a Chicago minute as well.

    And Jeff, thanks for the correction. I'm a pretty horrific speller that tends to rely all too much on the all knowing red dotted line. For some reason, craptacular isn't in the microsoft dictionary. Stupid microsoft.
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