Give Me The Rock
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or: The Assassination of Mike Bibby’s Career by the Rookie Jeff Teague
If you’ve got Mike Bibby on any of your teams, you’ve probably noticed the same thing I have: His numbers are falling.
Not like a bowling ball into a bathtub of pudding… more like Dollhouse’s Nielsen ratings…
36 minutes on November 13th has become 26 minutes on December 13th. And I’m not just pulling those as isolated incidents. I know this because the decline coincides with another player’s numbers increasing. If you hadn’t guessed already, that player is Jeff Teague. Again, it’s not like he’s shot up like he just took a fistful of Viagra. More like that crack in your ceiling that you didn’t really notice, but now seems like it might be worth trying to do something about.
Teague has gone from 4 minutes on November 13th to 24 minutes on December 13th. He seems pretty happy about it, too.
I’m not saying you should grab Teague right now, especially if you don’t already have Bibby on your team. But, if you have an expendable roster spot, and you have Bibby on your team… it might be worth considering.
After all, this is turning out to be another Year of the Rookie – especially once Blake Griffin is throwing down 20 and 10 every night.
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