I can’t see how you can not go w/Damon over Rafer at this point. And yeah, Houston without McGrady is just disgusting. They spend 10-12 seconds trying to get the ball into Yao, who can’t get position, then he has to come out to the 3-point line to set a pick then someone has to improvise at the end of the shot clock. Ugly stuff.

As for picking up Bonzi and dropping one of those guys, I think I’d have to go with Steve Nash. I have a feeling the past six years have been a mirage and he’s about to collapse. No, I’d definitely drop Channing Frye, I still don’t trust Larry Brown. You can consider Telfair or Damon, but I’ll almost always go with the starting point guard over an off-the-bench rookie big man.

nash, terry, mighty mouse, and telfair

I need to drop one to pick up Bonzi Wells off waivers.

Who would you drop? Or Channing Frye?

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I’m one of those guys who picked up Alston at the beginning of the season (off waivers nonetheless) hoping that he’d be getting numbers somewhere between the last two years, with about 2 3’s, 1.5 steals, 6 dimes, and ~ 12 points.

It seems that both Alston and Damon Stoudamire could be looking to put up similar numbers based on career averages and numbers over the last few years.

Right now Damon is sitting in free agency and has been doing so for quite some time, but it seems like the people I’m looking at (Villanueva..etc,) always get snapped up before I make the plunge.

Any advice as to who will have the better season? My league is deep and competitive and counts minutes and 11 other standard categories.

It seems like both teams have some secondary options at PG (Head and Bobby Jax), but neither or them will unseed these guys as the starters.

Also, I’m concerned with how Houston only scores 80 points a game…if that even…when limits Alston’s ability to get points and assists…

Thanks.

What concerns me the most are his paltry assist totals. Since I am an owner of LeBron and Kirilenko - two solid assist guys who obviously have underproduced in that category so far - I absolutely need my point guard to average more than four lousy assists a game.

What I find troubling about Bibby’s situation is that he seems to have taken on more of a scorer’s role this year. There have already been several games where Brad Miller and Abdur-Rahim have gotten more assists than him. Hell, there were even a couiple of games where Bonzi freakin’ Wells dropped more dimes than Bibby.

Given all the new faces in the Sacramento starting five, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for now. I’ll wait a few more weeks, but if the assist totals don’t start creeping up into the 6.5-7 range, I may have to do the unthinkable and try and package him up for a more pass-oriented PG.

West just needs to prove himself a bit more for me. He’s been very solid so far, but has just had that one breakout game. And it’s worth noting that P.J. Brown, J.R. Smith and Speedy Claxton were all out when it happened, and those are three guys who score a bunch of points for the Hornets.

I picked up Collison recently and have been watching lots of Sonics games as a result. He’s a smart player, but I think they run an average of maybe one play a game for him. But he’s great at positioning himself for rebounds, and with the Sonics apparently giving up on defense and running up and down the floor, there will be plenty of shots fired up. I see him with little upside, but little downside if he can remain in the lineup, which seems likely at this point. Think along the lines of P.J. Brown — a solid guy to have at the end of your lineup.

Haslem’s another P.J. Brown-ish type player. He’s putting up basically the same numbers as last year — around 11/9 with great percentages — and he never really has a big game that makes you take notice. He’s certainly not exciting, but he usually gets the job done. That said, he has the least upside and most downside to any of the players mentioned.

West’s recent rebound and scoring numbers have been inflated by the absence of Brown and Claxton. He should settle in around 15-8.

Collison is solid but a cut below Sweetney, IMHO. I also see him in the 15-8 range. And I don’t like Haslem at all, particularly after Shaq returns.

Bear in mind that all of these guys are pretty two dimensional, giving you scoring and rebounds but little else. Although Sweets did block 3 and steal 2 in his last game against the Lakers.

Telfair has had a great couple games, and I’d rather have him than Smush. He’s the man in PDX, but he needs to keep hitting those 3s to be valuable. He just isn’t getting enough steals or assists, and that 46% shooting is bound to come down. He’s certainly a better bet than Bell or Stevenson, and probably Rose as well. He’ll at least be more interesting to own.