November 26, 2008

Day 29 of 180: Blatche is the new Marion

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Line of the Night: Nothing disturbs that tranquility like Andray Blatche (1.54) blocking 5 shots in addition to scoring 25 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. He also had 5 assists and 2 steals, and even made a three! Hello New Shawn Marion!

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Honorable Mentions: Caron Butler (1.43) decided to live up to his average draft pick with 35/8/6 with 3 threes, and 3 steals.

Kevin Durant (0.96) is already benefiting from the move to SF by getting 29/4/1 with 3 threes, a steal, and a block. Who knew that benefiting was spelled with only one t. It looks totally wrong.

Dirk Nowitzki (0.87) came close to Blatche’s line with 24 and 12, but only blocked 2 shots and made 1 three. He also only shot 40% from the field. Good effort, Dirk, but you are not America’s Next Top Shawn Marion.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: I’m going to start off with Yi Jianlian, Matt Barnes, and Brook Lopez since one of those guys might still be available depending on your league’s size and competitiveness. If they’re gone, then let’s move on to:

Wally Szczerbiak (0.40) who should have changed his name long ago if for no other reason that I bet Wally World would be a lot easier to sign when doing autographs. Where’s Waldo had 15 points, boosted by 3 three-pointers.

Okay, sorry, the real pick-ups here are: Russell Westbrook (0.40) who played 31 minutes, scoring 15 points to go with 5 rebounds and 5 assists. He also had 3 steals while shooting 54.5% from the floor.

I hate to say it, but Tim Thomas (0.38) is probably a good fit for New York. He had 16/6/4 with 4 threes for the Knickergunners. He was only 4/9 from the field, though, so if that shot’s not falling, watch out.

The Biggest Loser: Well, I have to throw this out there since everybody was swooning over the tiny little guy so recently: Nate Robinson (-0.51) started, but only played 18 minutes to end up with 4/3/1 and 2 turnovers, shooting 2/5 from the field.

Anthony Morrow (-0.43) also started, but returned to Earth, ending up with only 6/6/1 with 1 three, and a dismal FG% of 28.6.

Not really a Biggest Loser since he ended at number 52 of 102 on the day, Jamal Crawford (-0.02) had 9/0/7 for the Warriors. He did get 29 minutes, though, while Kelenna Azubuike got almost 33 off the bench.

All Eyez On Me: Chicago v. San Antonio: Tim Duncan LotN anyone?

Portland v. Miami should be a good one. Not sure if I’ve said this line before, but the Blazers are the team that I think the Bulls should have been. I had an IM discussion yesterday about that very fact with a friend from Portland who agreed that Paxson should be in charge of the draft picks, but someone else needs to be in charge of actually setting the direction for the team, making trades, etc. Paxson (this is what I said) is like a fantasy owner who just picks the best available player regardless of what his team’s strengths are and/or what positions need to be filled.

Golden State v. Boston should be interesting as well, if for no other reason that to get more data on Jamal Crawford.

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