Day 80 of 170: Sundiata Tells LeBron: Less is More

Categorized as: Author: Nels, Cleveland Cavaliers, Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: January 15th, 2010

Line of the Night: LeBron James (1.51) dominated Line of the Night with 36 points (4 threes), 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 5 steals. Too bad he only shot 8-12 from the free throw line, because the Cavs lost on a last-second three-pointer by Sundiata Gaines.

Gaines was no where near being a Waiver Wire Line of the Night, but I’m thinking that at some point, he might make it to that spot. Plus, he’s got a really cool name.

Honorable Mentions: I have to mention Luol Deng (0.99) since he was second on the night even though his line isn’t that impressive beyond the 2 steals and 2 blocks. He had 25 points on 61% field goal shooting, as well as 90% free throw shooting, so there’s that. If he’d had one of those rare double-digit rebound games, he might have come out on top.

Joakim Noah (0.67) had 15 and 11 with 4 blocks, and was even 7-8 from the line. Not an All-Star performance, though.

Kendrick Perkins (0.61) took Patrick’s advice and pounded the Bulls front line (which basically consists of Joakim Noah) for 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks.

Carlos Boozer (0.61) shot only 33% on 18 attempts, but made all 7 free throws to end up with 19 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists.

Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Taj Gibson (0.40) gets the nod, but mostly because there were only 2 games last night. He did have 14 points, 6 rebounds, with 2 steals and 2 blocks. Keep an eye on Taj for next season, because if he gets consistent playing time (or ends up somewhere else next year where he can get a few more minutes per game) he’ll be a decent fantasy player. He’s like a not-as-exciting-but-much-more-consistent-and-disciplined version of Tyrus Thomas.

Since that was kind of a weak WWLotN, and people have asked for more advice on adding and dropping, here’s the most recent add/drops from the 3 GMTR Reader’s Leagues…

Add: Mike Dunleavy (Ind – SG,SF)
Drop: DeAndre Jordan (LAC – PF,C)

Add: Luke Ridnour (Mil – PG)
Drop: Vladimir Radmanovic (GS – SF,PF)

Add: DeJuan Blair (SA – SF,PF,C)
Drop: Rafer Alston (Mia – PG)

Add: DeJuan Blair (SA – SF,PF,C)
Drop: Drew Gooden (Dal – PF,C)

Add: Mike Conley (Mem – PG)
Drop: Mario Chalmers (Mia – PG)

Add: Luke Ridnour (Mil – PG)
Drop: Kyle Lowry (Hou – PG,SG)

Add: Marvin Williams (Atl – SF,PF)
Drop: Gilbert Arenas (Was – PG)

The Biggest Loser: With KG and Sheed out, the Celtics need someone (besides Kendrick Perkins) to step up if they’re going to beat teams like the Bulls. Ray Allen (-0.60) was not that guy last night, going 4-10 from the field with ZERO free throw attempts to end up with 8 points and a rebound. As one of the best free throw shooters in the league, Allen needs to get to the line!

All Eyez On Me: Phoenix in Atlanta should be some hotness. Orlando at Portland will be interesting to see how both of those teams are holding up.

The Golden Ticket: Toronto is at NYC; Milwaukee at Golden State, and do we get to count Washington at Chicago now because the Wizards are so bad?

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Friday’s Tiny Dancer: You’d think with the Cavaliers being one of the more successful teams in the NBA right now that they’d be able to recruit the finest dance talent available, like the girls in the hotel room who were on the team at some point in the past… but as you can see from the bikini calendar photo shoot, the Cavalier Dancers are struggling to raise the heat level.

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Tags: Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, Ray Allen, Sundiata Gaines, Taj Gibson

Patrick

I don't know about you, but the dancer in the third pick down is raising my heat level a little bit.

Glad to see that Luke Ridnour was finally picked up in the reader's league. And all it took was the 5,239th injury to Michael Redd.

As the guy responsible for the Mike Conley add/Chalmers drop, let me explain that one. I tend to be a bit too patient when it comes to guys playing badly, so I probably should have dropped Chalmers a couple weeks ago. My team in that league desperately needs some assists and Conley and his shaky body and mind was the best thing available.
http://nelswadycki.com nelswadycki

I think your internal thermometer is being fooled by the intense red background behind her. I shudder to think what she'd look like without any make-up on. Though, that might actually be an improvement.
adamwisniewski

Apparently, King James getting baby-momma'd has had a deleterious effect on the courtside talent.

I turned the game on right as Big Z sank the second free throw, so that was an exciting 5 minutes, highlighted by Sundiata calling fellow Archbishop Molloy alums Kenny Anderson and The Jet “potential hall-of-famers” during the postgame interview. I really expected Chuck to make a brownnosing crack to Kenny, but he seemed too impressed with the shot to bust his chops.
Patrick

I don’t know about you, but the dancer in the third pick down is raising my heat level a little bit.

Glad to see that Luke Ridnour was finally picked up in the reader’s league. And all it took was the 5,239th injury to Michael Redd.

As the guy responsible for the Mike Conley add/Chalmers drop, let me explain that one. I tend to be a bit too patient when it comes to guys playing badly, so I probably should have dropped Chalmers a couple weeks ago. My team in that league desperately needs some assists and Conley and his shaky body and mind was the best thing available.
Patrick

Make-up?

// Raises eye level //

oh, right.
Patrick

With that recap you just made me sad that I didn't get to see this game…
http://nelswadycki.com nelswadycki

I think your internal thermometer is being fooled by the intense red background behind her. I shudder to think what she’d look like without any make-up on. Though, that might actually be an improvement.
Anonymous

Apparently, King James getting baby-momma’d has had a deleterious effect on the courtside talent.

I turned the game on right as Big Z sank the second free throw, so that was an exciting 5 minutes, highlighted by Sundiata calling fellow Archbishop Molloy alums Kenny Anderson and The Jet “potential hall-of-famers” during the postgame interview. I really expected Chuck to make a brownnosing crack to Kenny, but he seemed too impressed with the shot to bust his chops.
Terrance

I like to think what she'd look like without any bra on

fixed that for you nels…you're welcome
Patrick

Make-up?

// Raises eye level //

oh, right.
Patrick

With that recap you just made me sad that I didn’t get to see this game…
Terrance

I like to think what she’d look like without any bra on

fixed that for you nels…you’re welcome

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