Day 160 of 170: Dwight Howard Makes His Case for the 4th Pick Next Season

Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: April 5th, 2009

Line of the Night: Dwight Howard (1.51) is going to get that 2nd seed in the East, even if he was to grab every rebound in the greater Atlanta area to get it done. Yesterday against the Hawks, Howard finished with 21 points, 23 boards, 3 steals and 4 blocks. He even showed off from the free throw line, going 9-12. Howard now has nine 20-20 games this season and gets my vote for first center off the board next season. Over Amare? Yes.

Honorable Mentions: J.R. Smith (1.28) has been all over the GMTR rundown lately. Yesterday, he scored 24 points and hit 7 threes. Hopefully the man is doing good FOR your fantasy playoff team rather than against you; and Andrea Bargnani (1.01) had 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks as the Raptors kept their slim playoff chances alive and eliminated the Knicks from the playoffs (nice 2-for-1 action right there).

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Down the list at number 16 on the day we find DeAndre Jordan (0.55), who scored 21 points with 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in 25 minutes off the bench for the Clippers. Jordan was filling in for Marcus Camby and Chris Kaman, both of whom missed the game (surprised?). Jordan hasn’t played much of all this year and is only owned in 2% of leagues, so I’d guess this game is not an indication of things to come.

The Biggest Loser: Credit to Vince Carter (-0.43) for playing though an injury (sore left Achilles tendon), but not so much if he’s going to play like this: 4 points on 2-10 shooting, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 28 minutes on the court. Carter should play today when the Nets face off against the 76ers, although we’ll see if that’s a good thing or not.

All Eyez on Me: San Antonio (49-26) at Cleveland (61-15) – Possible NBA finals preview? If the Cavs hope to bounce back from an embarrassing 116-87 loss to the Magic, then they are going to need to get better games from… everyone. Especially the mysteriously hot and cold Delonte West, who had 5 points and 0 assists in that last game.

Phoenix (42-34) at Dallas (45-31) – The race for the final playoff spot in the west, which the Suns basically have to win to have a reasonable chance at making the playoffs. Mavs Moneyball has a nice wrap-up of the kinda sad state of the Mavs.

The Golden Ticket: Golden State (27-49) at Sacramento (16-59) – If their last game against Phoenix is any indication, then Francisco Garcia, Spencer Hawes, Jason Thompson, and Rashad McCants of all people are in for very nice games. Kevin Martin sat out of the game with a sore left ankle – and if his history is any indication – will probably be out for the rest of the season.

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Tags: DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard, Vince Carter