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    • Day 42 of 170: All About Iverson

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    Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball
    Posted on: December 8th, 2009

    Line of the Night: Chauncey Billups (1.38). Wait, isn’t this day supposed to be about the return of Iverson? Well, in a way. Billups and the Nuggets strolled into Philadelphia to face the new-look Sixers. The result was great for Billups, who played a team-high 42 minutes, scoring 31 points with 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 threes. He was also 11-11 from the line.

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    Honorable Mentions: Allen Iverson’s return was also good for Andre Iguodala (0.89), who scored 31 points while hitting 4 threes for the Sixers; considering he was playing against Golden State, Kevin Durant’s (0.74) 28 points on 9-24 shooting seems a little pedestrian, but I guess he did add 9 boards and 3 steals; and good to see that Ronnie Brewer (0.73) is still alive. The Jazz small forward got 43 minutes for the injury-plagued team and produced with a double-double of 17 points and 10 boards.

    All About Iverson: The fans lapped it up, but in the end Allen Iverson’s (0.04) return was about what you’d expect from a guy who is still talented but hasn’t played much recently. His shooting touch (4-11 from the floor for 11 points) was off, but he compensated for that with 5 rebounds and 6 assists. Most encouraging for Iverson owners is that he saw 38 minutes on the court in his first game back.

    Waiver Wire Line of the Night: 26 points in 30 minutes off the bench for James Harden (0.98), propelled by a 13-14 free throw shooting performance. Kevin Durant chalks up Harden’s good performance to him being more aggressive (and the career-high number of free throws shows that); I think it might have something to do with the fact they were facing the Warriors. Still, Harden’s minutes have been creeping up lately and he makes an interesting guy to keep watch on deeper leagues.

    Matt Bonner (0.87) saw 32 minutes on the court compared to starter Antonio McDyess’ 15. And boy did he use that extra time well, scoring a career-high 28 points against the Jazz. Bonner was also 4-7 from three and grabbed 8 rebounds. He’s officially in the let-me-see-it-again-before-I-trust-you camp; and speaking of let me see it again, how about Samuel Dalembert (0.76). A big, fat disappointment so far this season, Dalembert still only scored 8 points, but grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked 6 shots for the Sixers. Maybe he just really, really missed Allen Iverson all those years like everyone else.

    The Biggest Loser: Carmelo Anthony (-0.55) was on a mission. He was going to score 14 points against the Sixers no matter what it took. If he had to go 5-21 from the field and ignore the defensive end of the floor, so be it. But that 14 points is the sweet smell of success.

    All Eyez on Me:

    Phoenix (15-6) at Dallas (14-7) – A couple teams struggling with their offense despite having good records at the moment. Mavs Moneyball looks at the problem from Dallas’ perspective and points the finger at one very deserving player: JJ Barea. The answer might be rookie Rodrigue Beaubois, or considering his 8 seconds on the court on Saturday, maybe the Mavs have to suck it up and wait for Josh Howard to return.

    Milwaukee (9-10) at Boston (16-4) – Who would you rather have on your team in a keeper league, Brandon Jennings or Rajon Rondo? CelticsBlog poises that question today (in a non-fantasy related manner, of course).

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    • http://nelswadycki.com nelswadycki

      Picked up James Harden in the one league he was available in. I'm trying to do a massive revamp of all my teams, but don't really have time to actually pull it off, so I'm going to have to do it a piece at a time, I guess.

      I think it says something that I'm doing the best in the Mock Draft League. Hopefully, I'll be able to say something else by the end of the season. And hopefully that something won't be “You can't win 'em all.”

    • DowJones

      Here's me hoping Amare explodes for some points against Dirk's Matador defense…!!!

      On a trade note, another fantasy team and I are currently discussing me shipping out KMart, Steve Blake and some filler (Maybe injured Rudy) for Eric Gordon, Trevor Ariza, and Birdman (or Hayes). Am I selling Kmart too low? It seems like he'll be back in 3 weeks if not sooner and all indication seems to be he'll pick up right where he left off. It's a keeper league and with a 0-10 last week, I'm still sitting 11th pretty with a very good shot at playoff glory. What would your take be on the trade? My other major pieces are Amare, Nene, Al Jefferson, Pryzbilla–basically big ball splashing 3's and STLs so Ariza might not be the best piece.

    • dnyl

      Hey boys, is there anyway i can see all the lines of the night in one place? possibly ranked in order?

    • Anonymous

      Hey boys, is there anyway i can see all the lines of the night in one place? possibly ranked in order?

    • Patrick

      Nels and I have been tracking the top scores in a google spreadsheet, but we haven't been keeping track of the daily stat lines per say. Maybe at the end of the season we'll go back and pull the lines and make those available, but it's a lot of work to do it on a daily basis.

      However, if you just want to see the top scores, we can probably provide that to you.

    • Patrick

      Looks like your hope for Amar'e sadly did not come true. 20 points on 8-14 shooting – see – it's all about him not getting enough shots!

      About the trade, I'm going to assume you mean Kevin Martin and not Kenyon. Interesting one. Ignoring Blake/Rudy and Andersen/Hayes, who are basically even each other out, you are trading Martin for Ariza and Gordon. Martin has only played 5 games, but is currently second on the GMTR rater on a per game basis. Ariza is at 38 and Gordon 52. I am usually not a fan of giving up the best player in a trade, but I actually like this one for you. First, I love Martin as much as anyone, but his health is a huge issue. Even when he comes back in 3-4 weeks (I have not heard anything about him being ahead of schedule for a return) he is still an injury prone guy who has a good chance of getting hurt again. Considering your standing in the league, I’m not sure how many more weeks you want to sit on Martin while your team has trouble winning games. Also, chances are he’s not going to end the year as the second best fantasy player on a per game basis. In the 12-20 range seems more likely.

      Ariza is certainly no Martin, but he’ll replace Martin’s threes as long as you can deal with the horrible percentages Ariza brings with him. And Gordon is a very good player brining plus points, threes and steals himself. Unless you’ll be pushing a good player to your bench after making the trade, I like it for you. And at 0-10 last week, sounds like you could use some change :)

    • Patrick

      Nels and I have been tracking the top scores in a google spreadsheet, but we haven’t been keeping track of the daily stat lines per say. Maybe at the end of the season we’ll go back and pull the lines and make those available, but it’s a lot of work to do it on a daily basis.

      However, if you just want to see the top scores, we can probably provide that to you.

    • Patrick

      Looks like your hope for Amar’e sadly did not come true. 20 points on 8-14 shooting – see – it’s all about him not getting enough shots!

      About the trade, I’m going to assume you mean Kevin Martin and not Kenyon. Interesting one. Ignoring Blake/Rudy and Andersen/Hayes, who are basically even each other out, you are trading Martin for Ariza and Gordon. Martin has only played 5 games, but is currently second on the GMTR rater on a per game basis. Ariza is at 38 and Gordon 52. I am usually not a fan of giving up the best player in a trade, but I actually like this one for you. First, I love Martin as much as anyone, but his health is a huge issue. Even when he comes back in 3-4 weeks (I have not heard anything about him being ahead of schedule for a return) he is still an injury prone guy who has a good chance of getting hurt again. Considering your standing in the league, I’m not sure how many more weeks you want to sit on Martin while your team has trouble winning games. Also, chances are he’s not going to end the year as the second best fantasy player on a per game basis. In the 12-20 range seems more likely.

      Ariza is certainly no Martin, but he’ll replace Martin’s threes as long as you can deal with the horrible percentages Ariza brings with him. And Gordon is a very good player brining plus points, threes and steals himself. Unless you’ll be pushing a good player to your bench after making the trade, I like it for you. And at 0-10 last week, sounds like you could use some change :)