Give Me The Rock
this is fantasy basketball
I only bring up the sad, sad Bulls because… well, I live in Chicago. What more do you want from me? I need to suffer with my team a little. I have already been to DraftExpress, though, to see what the prospects look like for the Bulls.
On a completely unrelated side note (while I’m waiting for NBA.com to update their stats from yesterday), did you realize that Baron Davis has actually taken over the 4th position on the NBA.com Player Rater? That’s for the season, folks. These are the kinds of things you need to start thinking about for next season. Fear the Beard.
On another completely unrelated side note (still waiting), the Heat won their 2nd straight Dance Team Championship. They should bring their dance team to NY for the draft. I mean, the draft is pretty hyped already, but why don’t we go ahead and just make it an all out spectacle?
Okay… time to go with BasketballMonster…
Line of the Night: There you go. Baron had the best performance last night with a 1.1 according to BM. B-Diddy, The Beard, The Rollerskater, had 33 points on 50% shooting including 4 threes. He had 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, and a block. Should he be in the Fantasy Basketball MVP talks now?
I’m going to skip the Honorable Mentions today – sorry – because it’s already 1pm Central, and … if your players did well, you know it. If someone else’s players did well, what are you going to do? Trade for someone?
Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Mr. NBA Roto has already picked up the WWLotN Channing Frye (0.84). Frye had 22 and 11 with 2 threes, and some pretty good shooting for any position. He started the game and played 38 minutes. He should be a good play for the rest of the season, since Joel The Vanilla Gorilla Przybilla broke his hand on the rim, and is probably out for the rest of the season.
If Ricky Davis (0.70) is somehow still available, he’s about the only person on the Heat who is qualified to play in the NBA, so he’s probably worth a look.
Wilson Chandler (0.55) has probably been picked up after his game on the 6th, but since we’re down to the end, a lot of people might not be paying attention, and so he could still be out there.
While we’re looking at BasketballMonster… let’s took a look at the schedule grid for next week, so if you have someone who’s only playing 1 game next week, you can think about replacing them with someone who will be playing 2 (unless, of course, the guy who’s playing 1 game is worth 2 games from whoever you’d be replacing them with).
Teams Playing 1 Game Next Week: Dallas, Denver, LA Lakers, Seattle. There’s definitely people on those teams who you might consider playing next week even though they’ll only be playing one game. With Dirk, AI, and Carmelo caught up in trying to make the playoffs, it’s probably a safe bet that those guys will going all out until the end of the season. But keep an eye out, because if Dallas or Denver gets that last spot in the playoffs, they might take a game off at the end of the season.
Another thing to consider is how much PT the guys who are playing 2 games next week are actually going to get… e.g., Boston, Detroit, Orlando (those guys are young, though, so they seem more likely to keep playing). The other teams in the East and West are likely to keep fighting it out since there is a lot of playoff positioning that could happen still.
I have to give Jeff Wong a shout-out here for bringing up this very important issue. I was too busy wallowing in the Bulls chances in the lottery to really think about anything outside of the one team I still have in the DroppingDimes Experts League.
And finally…
The Biggest Loser: I’m going with this one because it’s interesting, and perhaps somewhat educational. Leon Powe bottomed out at -0.92 on the BasketballMonster scale, despite scoring 14 points on 66% shooting with 4 rebounds. How did he do it? It’s not magic… it’s Free Throws. Powe shot 54.5% from the line, taking 11 free throw attempts. Those are the kind of numbers that kill a potential free agent pickup in the last week.
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