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Day 61 of 170: Can I Exchange This Day for One that Fits?

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Categorized as: Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: December 28th, 2008

Line of the Night: A game after his 11 board/11 assist triple-double, Joe Johnson’s (1.19) encore included 41 points, 4 threes, 8 assists and a couple of steals as the Hawks outran the Bulls 129 – 117.

Honorable Mentions: It was a run and gun fest in Atlanta – Ben Gordon (1.08) hit 6 threes on his way to 33 points; 25 points off 11-20 shooting and 11 boards, 3 steals and 3 blocks for Kevin Durant (1.05); not to be outdone, Gerald Wallace (1.00) scored 32 points on 11-17 shooting and added 9 boards, 2 steals and 2 blocks in an overtime game against New Jersey.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Andray Blatche (1.1) is only owned in 20% of Yahoo leagues despite the fact that he is currently starting and seeing about 30 minutes a game in those starts. Yesterday, he grabbed a career high 15 rounds to go with 19 points and 3 steals against the OKC. Sure, it doesn’t help that his performances can charitably be described as a rollercoaster ride, but if you can hang on through the ups and downs, Blatche will deliver in the end.

Tyrus Thomas (0.62) went for 15 and 9 with 3 blocks in his first Deng-less game. As Nels mentioned, it’s difficult to ignore Thomas when he’s on. But then again, it’s difficult to ignore him when he’s off too. In fact, I’d imagine Tyrus Thomas is difficult to ignore in any situation.

12 points and 11 boards for Kyrylo Fesenko (0.45) off the Utah bench. With the Jazz entire frontcourt hurting, Fesenko is going to get some minutes in the short-term.

The Biggest Loser: What the hell happened to Charlie Villanueva (-0.7)? I wasn’t paying attention to the Bucks (I know) and all of a sudden Charlie is averaging like 10 minutes a game. He was supposed to be all over that PF spot this year and instead we see rookie Luc Richard Mbah a Moute starting. Mark it down – this is as good as Charlie Villanueva will ever be, which means he’ll never be worth your time in all but the largest leagues.

And on the way to the Bucks scoring 76 points, Michael Redd (-0.52) was 2-11 from the floor, scoring 4 points with 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

All Eyez on Me: Miami (16-12) at Cleveland (25-4) – The Cavs look to go 16-0 at home this season, while Wade looks to get in Lebron’s 5.

Denver (19-11) at New York (11-17) – Expect Carmelo Anthony back in the lineup for Denver. And he should be in for a sweet return as the Knicks have allowed 115 points a game in their last 5.

Sound the Golden State Alarm: Golden State (9-22) at Los Angeles (24-5) – Can the Warriors hold the Lakers under 90 points like they did to the Celtics? I would bet every thing I own against that happening. Expect big things from Derek Fisher. Why not?

...and to all a good night
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  • Terrance
    fantasy basketblog looks to make a comeback. They always had some good insight. I'm glad to see them back.

    Side note: December has kicked my ass fellas.
  • Yeah, I noticed they're making a comeback... except it looks like someone just bought the URL (and the brand recognition that comes with that) and is now looking for writers to populate the newly acquired site. They'll probably find some good new writers, but it won't be the same Fantasy Basketblog.
  • Thanks for the heads up Terrance. I was always a big fan of the site and I'll be interested to see what becomes of it.
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