Day 78 of 170: Jameer Tops Huge Games By Dirk, LeBron, Dwight, and Dwyane

Categorized as: Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Orlando Magic, Player News
Posted on: January 14th, 2009

Line of the Night: Wow. Obviously, if you had a list that included Dirk, LeBron, Dwight, and Dwyane (yes, you should know them all on a first name basis), and Jameer, you probably wouldn’t have put money on Jameer (1.75) to have the best line of the night. But with his 23 points on 5 three-pointers, alongside 11 assists and 5 steals, he beat out the fantasy behemoths on a night when there are Honorable Mentions worth mentioning.

Honorable Mentions: Dirk (1.42) scored 44 points on 58% shooting (and a perfect 12/12 from the line) and had 14 rebounds. LeBron (1.39) went for the triple-double with 30/11/10 and added 3 steals and a block. Dwight (1.19) had 25 and 15 with 4 steals and a block, and even managed 82% from the free throw line (that’s 24% above his season average), to beat his 80% shooting from the field. Dwyane (1.15) capped things off for fantasy owners with 31 points, 8 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks, shooting 60% from the floor and 81% from the line (with 16 attempts).

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Dahntay Jones (0.67) boosted his score by getting 5 steals last night to go with his 16 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists. He did shoot over 70% on the night, but also played 29 minutes. Jones has been getting some more minutes since Carmelo’s injury, but hadn’t done much to speak of until last night.

He didn’t play last night, but since someone mentioned him in a comment a while back, I’ve been waiting to throw something out there until I had more evidence: Nenad Krstic. Can I buy a vowel, Pat? Nenad’s played in 3 games with OKC, and unless you are in desperate need of a PF/C, you can wait on him. Keep an eye on him, since if he had a double-double or two, I’m sure people will flock to pick him up.

The Biggest Loser: Emeka Okafor (-0.67) is owned in 94% of leagues, and while he had the lowest score according to Basketball Monster last night, it wasn’t all that damaging. He scored 13 and grabbed 9 while shooting 54%. Yes, he had 5 turnovers, and only made 1 of 4 free throws, but he only took 4 free throws, so really, is it all that bad?

I mean, JR Smith (-0.58) is owned in 69% of leagues, and last night he ended up with 7% from the field for 2 points. He did have 5 rebounds and 7 assists, though, so not all was lost. But you can see why Dahntay Jones was the man from the Waiver Wire, right?

All Eyez On Me: Tonight in the real world of basketball, the Lakers go back-to-back against San Antonio one night after edging out Houston.

New Orleans visits Dallas to see if Dirk can produce an encore performance, or if everyone’s favorite Chris Paul will increase his LotN count.

The Golden Ticket: Sacramento is at Golden State, which really probably just means that Golden State players are going to have some good lines tonight.

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Tags: Dahntay Jones, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade, Emeka Okafor, Jameer Nelson, JR Smith, LeBron James, Nenad Krstic