Give Me The Rock
this is fantasy basketball
…as in Vice President
Like yesterday, NBA.com has decided that up-to-date stats aren’t really that important. Nels rolled on with Basketball Monster, today I’ll calculate my own. Sorry for all the switching of scales on you. I blame it on Mark Cuban.
Line of the Night: I’ve worked out a deal with Nels that I’ll only write these posts on days when Chris Paul (5.6) gets the line of the night, which as it turns out has been a good deal for Nels*. Paul took it easy last night and only scored 26 points, dished out 17 assists and had 3 steals as the Hornets crushed the Spurs 100-75. If Paul was actually playing a decent team, like say Michael Jordan, Bill Murray, and Bugs Bunny in Space Jam, then he totally would have went for 30 and 30.
Honorable Mentions: Dirk Nowitzki (5.3) also scored 26 and had three steals, only he had 14 less assists than Paul; LeBron James (5.0) went for 42/11/7 but the rater does not appreciate the 16-23 from the line or the 6 turnovers; Devin Harris (4.4) went for 19/5/5 with 4 steals; I wanted to include Marcus Camby (3.7), who probably had the most ridiculous line to make it into honorable mentions all year – 8/10/3 with 6 blocks; and Baron Davis (3.3) had the “Chris Paul-Lite” line of the night with 23 points and 15 assists.
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: I’d like to think we’ve had pretty good success this year scouting the daily lines for waiver wire players. But, if today were Christmas we’d be unwrapping the waiver wire equivalent of that sweater vest your great aunt Mildred gave you for the fifth year in a row. That because the WWLotN goes to a guy who just lost his starting job. With the return of Sasha Pavlovic, Devin Brown (2.9) still got 38 minutes of play off the bench and put up 19/7/4 with a couple steals. Pavlovic only got 9, but that’s sure to go up as he works himself back into the rotation, so Brown is clearly not worth an add going forward.
Someone who might be worth it is Bostjan Nachbar (2.2), who in his third game back from a hip injury scored 21 points and hit 3 threes for the Nets. Although consistent minutes might be tough to come by as he’s currently stuck behind Richard Jefferson and Nenad Krstic.
I’m Awesome: In yesterday’s interview on NBA Roto, I predicted that Daequan Cook (-6.1) would go out in the Heat’s very next game and shoot 2-10 and finish with 5 points. Well, he actually shot 2-9 and finished with 6 points. Close enough for me to toot my own horn. He did hit a couple threes and grab 8 boards, so it wasn’t quite a biggest loser performance, but I believe this is the Daequan Cook we’re going to see the rest of the year.
Oh, Wait Maybe I’m Not Awesome (Biggest Loser): Me, for throwing out Louis Williams (-9.6) as a sleeper in that very same interview. Williams got a decent 23 minutes, but used that time to go 1-10 from the floor, scoring a measly 3 points and dishing out an even more measly 1 assist. Andre Miller left the game in the fourth quarter with a back strain so Williams may still may be worth an add, but it won’t be because of his performance.
Dishonorable Mentions: Allen Iverson (-7.1) shot 2-12 and had 8 points (although he did have 8 assists); Mike Conley (-8.4) was 2-13 from the floor yesterday and had more turnovers (4) than assists (3).
*Actually, Nels has left me in charge of the site through the weekend while he attends a wedding on the beaches of Mexico. At least that’s what he tells me. Personally, I think he’ll be driving back over the border in a few days in a van with Nate Newton.
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