Give Me The Rock

this is fantasy basketball 


Day 8 of 170: Dirk-a-licious

Fantasy Basketball November 5th, 2008

Line of the Night: Dirk (0.90) may have had a fairly Epic Fail against Cleveland, he came back against the Spurs with 30/7/3 (PTS/REB/AST) on 54% of 24 field goal attempts, and added 2 threes and a steal. Eliminate the brain fart games and we’ve got a fantasy MVP candidate.

Honorable Mentions:
Ray Allen (0.85) took over for Boston last night, scoring 29 points on 73% from the field. Somehow, he managed to only hit 2 threes, but his 5 rebounds and 5 assists to only 2 turnovers got his fantasy rating up there. What didn’t get his fantasy rating up there was the lack of defense. I guess that just shows how solid the rest of his game was, because usually the easiest way to jump the fantasy order is to get a ton of blocks and/or steals. But since when has Ray Allen ever done anything the easy way?

Raja Bell (0.84) on the other hand, had a more Ray Allen looking line with 22 points off of 6 three-pointers. He shot 77% but only took 9 shots (6 of which we know were threes) compared to Allen’s 15.

Jason Kidd (0.80) had a near triple-double by making 3 threes for 9 points, getting 8 rebounds and dishing 10 assists. If he hadn’t only made those 3 threes, he might have had a double double.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Jianlian Yi (or vice versa) had a 0.54 after going for 15/8/1 with a three, a steal, and 2 blocks. So, he’s 2/3 so far in good games. Worth keeping an eye on, and probably worth picking up if you’ve got an garbage spot on your bench right now (or maybe if you’ve got Grant Hill as one of your Forwards).

Roger Mason (0.21) had a decent game with 11/2/2 and 2 threes. Interesting that he had almost 30 minutes for the Spurs while Tony Parker only had 29. It was a blowout game, and I wouldn’t think the Spurs are going to get blown out that often, so I’m going to recommend that you not pick up Mason just yet. I was more interested by the fact that the Spurs played Mason and Parker together for at least 11 minutes, while Bruce Bowen only played 12 minutes.

The Biggest Loser: Yao Ming (-0.44) is probably the biggest (vertically) Biggest Loser you can get. He ended with only 8 points and 7 rebounds last night after shooting 28.6% from the field and taking NO free throws (ouch!). No assists, steals, or blocks were recorded in his stats last night either. Looks like the Celtics defense is as strong as ever.

Bookmark and Share

What Are People Talking About?

  • FRED
    What should I do with Kevin Love? I've got him in a rotisserie and head to head league but I wonder should i wait for his minutes and production to rise or pick a free agent with more experience?
  • You might have to wait until next year to see Love's minutes rise. Every season, there are 2-3 rookies who have productive fantasy years, while the rest spend it adjusting to the NBA. With Gomes starting for the Wolves, I think Love is in for an adjustment year.

    Work him into a trade if you can, otherwise I'd drop him if a better free agent is available.
  • terrance
    stealing a subject title from fantasy basketblog:

    who would ya?

    ricky davis or anthony carter?



    and another: Transaction Reaction. Some recent transactions in my league.

    14 teams x 13 roster spots

    Drop: ridnour
    Add: jeff green

    This manager used his waiver for jeff green. I like green more than ridnour and green is going to see consistent minutes on a young developing team. As far as ridnour, skiles is already on record saying that a starter won't lose his job because of an injury. So expect ridnour to come back and start, but one things for sure....ramon sessions has at lease peaked some of skiles interest with his recent play. Although, Id say avoid this PG by committee at all cost. So good pickup, I just wouldnt use a high waiver for jeff green.

    Drop:turiaf
    Add: ariza

    I like both of these guys, turiafs per #'s in blocks is rediculous. of course, the lakers have far too many options for ariza to be a consistent fantasy contributor. Ariza doesnt stike me as a player who needs the rock a lot to have value, but until he gets 30 minutes a night, i wouldnt expect much. So i dont know about this move, depends on what the team needs are. Id probably take ariza



    Drop: agustin
    Add: darrell arthur

    this one really isnt worth commenting on. Arthur had a few games, but hes a rookie and the inconsistency will make him and add/drop all season long.

    Srop: eric gordon
    Add: roger mason

    Id rather have mason instead of the rookie. Mason is in a proven system. He could have some value, he's taking brent barrys role from last season. It should be said that Mason is seeing 30 minutes a game right now, and hes good enough to be a consistent option until ginobli gets back

    Drop: andray blatche
    Add: Marquis Daniels

    This was me, and daniels was on my team for one day. Didnt even play a game for me. I was just upset with blatche and figured if daniels starts and the uncertainty about dunleavy continues, daniels should be picked up. Every year I stay away from drafting players with tendinitis in anything, any back or foot problems as they are usually chronic injuries. Instead Ill take the player who broke a bone and is being slept on.

    Drop: Marquis Daniels
    Add: Andres Nocioni

    And this is me being insecure and grabbing nocioni who i think is in line for more consistent minutes, say 25/game? So yeah, when filling your roster, all you want is consistency at the end of your bench. Something like ryan gomes, drew gooden, udonis haslem all come to mind.
  • terrance
    @ FRED: I like kevin love, and i dont like rookies at all. I still think 10-8 with %s that wont kill you are reasonable. Im thinking about who i have on my team and who Id give for him.

    Diaw
    anthony carter
    mike conley (will he turn it around, i dont want to be the one to find out)


    those are the only three Id give off of my team, coming short of giving zach randolph, richard jefferson and even beno udrih. If that give you an idea of his value in my eyes. ALthough, udrih for love is a pretty straight deal. I guess i just dont like rookies. Too bad you couldnt get haslem for love.
  • @Terrance, I was actually going to do a transaction reaction pretty soon.

    As for Marquis Daniels, I looked at him today, but I don't think he'll keep up the production when Mike Dunleavy comes back. He's not the kind of player who's going to take over the starting spot. I would prefer Nocioni as well (even though he's only got 4 points and 2 rebounds at half time tonight). He should be more consistent at a higher level for the rest of the season, though.
  • FRED
    @ Terrance: Spencer Hawes just went back on waiver
  • FRED
    Even with Miller coming back their minutes would be close
  • who would ya?

    ricky davis or anthony carter?

    AnthonyCarter4Life

    I'm really curious to see what Spencer Hawes now that Brad Miller is back. If he can still get decent minutes, Hawes could still have some fantasy value even if he does move back to the bench.
  • I am also curious to see how Hawes does since I did pick him up in the Battle of the Bloggers league, and he's starting at C there now.
blog comments powered by Disqus
Related Posts Widget for Blogs by LinkWithin