Day 19 of 170: Anthony Morrow Goes Nuclear

Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Ballin Outta Control, Fantasy Basketball, New York Knicks
Posted on: November 16th, 2008

Line of the Night: Lebron James (1.51). The Cavs matched up against a Jazz team playing without Deron Williams, Mehmet Okur and Andrei Kirilenko and the results were not surprising: 38 points for Bron off 13-21 shooting, 7 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 3 threes.

Honorable Mentions: 33 points and 10 assists for the smoking hot Devin Harris (1.37) (playing-wise, not I want to touch his body-wise); Derrick Rose (1.3) dropped 23 points, 8 assists and 3 steals on the Pacers (your move, OJ Mayo); Paul Pierce (1.25) willed the C’s to a victory with 28 points and 4 threes off an incredibly efficient 5-9 shooting (and 14-15 from the line); and Baron Davis (1.16) provided a much needed 11 assists for my fantasy teams.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Anthony Morrow (1.31). Who? Getting the first start of his career (and playing in his 4th game), the Golden State rookie PG got 41 minutes and completely went insane – 37 points, 4 threes and 11 assists, while shooting 15-20 from the floor. Grab him off free agency while you can, but don’t feel too bad if he’s already gone. Yes, Morrow is starting, but he fails the free agent <70% GMTR shooting test for free agent pickups. So, don’t expect him to be scoring 30+ points again anytime soon.

The Biggest Loser: Kevin Durant (-1.07). Yesterday, I predicted that OKC/Philly would be a sneaky good fantasy game. Well, it was pretty good for the Sixers. Unfortunately, for Durant, Phily decided to turn up the defensive intensity as well. Durant was held to 13 points off 6-18 shooting and contributed 5 turnovers. I will now stop making predictions on this site.

Dishonorable Mentions: Richard Jefferson (-0.6), you are no Paul Pierce.

All Eyez on Me: Detroit @ Phoenix – Iverson vs Nash

Orlando @ Charlotte – Adam Morrison vs J.J. Redick

Dallas @ New York – Wow, Dallas is 2-7? That one snuck up one me a little. The Knicks are a prime example of how much coaching matters as they continue their march towards fantasy awesomeness. Jamal Crawford and Zach Randolph are ballin’ outta control, Nate Robinson is money in the bank, David Lee is starting to play better, even Chris Duhon is averaging 6.9 assists a game.

Miami @ Toronto – Jose Calderon is questionable and from the sound of it, likely won’t play today.

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Tags: Anthony Morrow, Chris Duhon, David Lee, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Nate Robinson, New York Knicks, Richard Jefferson, Zach Randolph