Comments on: Via Chicago

by: Anonymous

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:46:00 +0000

great article on the bulls. i live in chicago and see all their games. the article was an accurate depiction of the skiles rotations, which is maddening to any fantasy owner of a chicago bull

by: bublitchki

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:14:00 +0000

I’m starting to think that Mike Sweetney was put on this earth just to frustrate fantasy hoops owners.

Last year, I drafted him in the late rounds believing he was too good to not start for the Knicks. I dropped him several weeks into the season when it became clear that he would never get more than 20 mpg. When Isiah traded away Nazr midseason, I rushed to pick up Sweetney again, figuring he would become a starter for sure. Never happened and I was foiled yet again.

This year, I drafted Sweetney in the late rounds, believing that with Tyson sliding over to center, Sweets would finally become a starting PF for sure. Well… deja vu all over again: I dropped him about a week ago after it became obvious that he was only getting around 20 mpg.

To be sure, not all of this is the coach’s fault; some of it falls on Sweetney himself. He tends to get into quick foul trouble and his conditioning aint the greatest, making it unlikely that he’ll ever play more than 30 minutes on most nights. Yet, if I could be assured that Skiles would actually give him 30 mpg on most night, I’d pick him yesterday.

by: Nels (GMTR)

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 05:36:00 +0000

I don’t really pay attention to the rumors… I agree that Sweetney should be starting, but remember, Skiles used Gordon as the 6th man last season. So perhaps he’s hoping to have a 1-2 punch of Gordon and Sweetney coming off the bench and then dominating the 4th quarter.

It’s hard to say at this point… all we know for sure is that Chandler is sucking it up and Sweetney is tearing it up. Hopefully Chandler can turn it around. Sweetney should continue to put up good numbers.

by: DM

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:12:00 +0000

Yeah, Deng for Nocioni, with Nocioni shifting to PF seems to be the hot rumor. Because why would Skiles want to put the best player (Sweetney) out there? Ridiculous. I’ll stick with saying that even if Deng starts, he still won’t see enough PT to merit much consideration. Deng will be better than people think, but his FG% is too bad to make up for his lack of any other real strong suit.

Tyson Chandler over Stromile Swift, no doubt about it.

by: Anonymous

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:48:00 +0000

i just read somewhere that Deng is actually going to start… from rotowire i think. he has a decent chance to help a fantasy team cuz he does a little bit of everything.

by: bv

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:36:00 +0000

at this point, it’s tough to say who has higher ‘potential’ - the important thing is that neither of them are reaching theirs. right now, though, i’d say chandler has the better chance to start putting things together, so i’d go with tyson given the choice.

by: Anonymous

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:19:00 +0000

going on yesterday’s comments, would you trade stromile swift for tyson chandler? does chandler have a higher potential than stro? would this be getting chandler “on the cheap?”