Day 122 of 170: There Are Decisions To Make

Categorized as: Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Miami Heat
Posted on: February 25th, 2011

Mad Trading Men: I feel like a dead tree newspaper a bit here, reporting on trades that happened yesterday while everyone else already knows about them and has read multiple articles and probably already picked up and dropped a bunch of guys. I know I did.

But at least Patrick was staying on top of things with this brilliant recap of the Deron Williams trade was not enough for you, followed up by Part 1 of an Epic Trade Series which in turn was followed up by Part 2. Which is really awsome of him, cause yesterday was my wife’s birthday, so while I could try to keep up with things on Twitter at work, it was all over after that. Though I did get home just in time to see D-Rose throw a dagger to Luol Deng who caught in his teeth and then threw it at a giant spinning board where it lodged firmly in the “three point” section painted on the aging wood. Yeah, I’m talkin’bout Chi-town.

(Photo by Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images)

If you don’t trust Patrick then get the hell out of here try a second opinion from Aaron Bruski and a third opinion from CBS’s Sergio Gonzalez. If you can’t trust those guys, then you might as well stop reading anything about fantasy basketball.

So after all that (you went and read all those articles didn’t you?), let’s see what went down with two teams that didn’t trade anyone and one team that still managed to field a 9 man rotation despite trading 5 players…

Line of the Night: LeBron James (1.57) was on the wrong side of a losing effort, and he has his second best buddy to thank for that, because despite his 29 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals, Derrick Rose still drew enough defenders to give Deng a wide open look.

Honorable Mentions: Another strong performance in a losing effort came from Kevin Garnett (1.40) who had a nice double-double with 14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Can’t blame him (obviously), but you can’t really blame the Celtics either, who ended up starting Glen Davis at Center and whose bench consisted of Delonte West, Chris Johnson (doesn’t he play football?), Von Wafer, and Avery Bradley. They were lucky to be playing the Nuggets who are still in a bit of disarray themselves, or the 14-point loss might have been something really ugly.

Luol Deng (1.14) had 20 points (5-5 from the line), 10 rebounds, 5 assists, and 1 yeahIguessImgladtheydidnttradeyou.

Wilson Chandler (0.93) looked like he might come out a winner in Denver, and bit just because the Nuggets won. DubC (or Water Closet as he’s known to our British readers) had 16 points (3 threes), and 5 rebounds.

Dwyane Wade (0.90) also tried to make up for Bosh’s abysmal shooting with 34 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 steals.

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Waiver Wire Line of the Night: With only two games, the pickins are a bit slim. Somehow, LeBron and Wade let Mario Chalmers (0.90) score 12 points, to go with 4 assists, and 2 steals. Probably best to leave him at 9% owned. He’s got some value in deep leagues and the potential to pick up if LeBron and Wade rest near the end of the season. But if you’re still playing for some share of the marbles at that point, I’m not sure that Mario Chalmers is going to really do much for you.

Pick Up Lines: Is it time for a Kenyon Martin (0.71) comeback? K-Mart apparently thinks so, and his 18 points (8-13 from the field), and 10 rebounds aren’t hurting his case. (12% owned)

Ronnie Brewer (0.32) is what he is for the Bulls, and that is a guy who can score a little (8 points) and get some steals (and when he gets 4 steals he shows up a bit higher on the daily fantasy rankings) (12% owned).

I personally love Omer Asik (0.00), but when the best line he can manage fantasy-wise is 0 points, 11 rebounds there’s not much I can say. (0% owned)

Erick Dampier (-0.23) seems like he might have a chance to be a poor team’s Udonis Haslem. I certainly have not been and am not a supporter of Dampier as a legit fantasy option (at least not since 2004), but his last 4 games he’s had over 20 minutes a game, which makes him worth a look in deep leagues just by default. As evidenced by his 5 point, 5 rebound, 2 block performance, he’s never going to do anything besides block and rebound, but if that’s what you need, well, there it is. (2% owned)

Biggest Loser: If you don’t think Chris Bosh was the Biggest Loser – regardless of what the fantasy stats might say – then you must not have been watching the same games everyone else saw last night. Sure, Al Harrington (-1.11) only had 5 points, and 4 rebounds while going 2-7 from the field, and Raymond Felton (-0.82) went 2-8 to end with 4 pointsm but he added 5 rebounds, and 6 assists to compensate a bit for the 4 turnovers. But Chris Bosh (-0.78) flubbed one of the biggest games of the season (kind of like he’s been doing all year) with 7 points, and yes, 9 rebounds, but 1 assist and a godawful 1-18 from the field that had people on Twitter making references to games so old I don’t even know if I was a basketball fan back that far. (Okay, yes, I was, I am not that young anymore)

Also on the fantasy team on which I am starting Chris Bosh, I have Ray Allen (-0.53) who scored 10 points on 4-11, with 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 turnovers. Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway), I don’t think I’m winning FG% this week.

Still struggling a bit to get back in the swing: Joakim Noah (-0.47) had 7 points, and 8 rebounds. Nevertheless, I’m going with a couple last Chi-town pics to round out the post.

(Photo by Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images)

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