Comments on: Weekend Preview: 12/23-12/25

by: Jeremy

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:02:00 +0000

Here’s a good question. What the heck is up with Desmond Mason? After the Maglore trade people were thinking he’d get 20/7/3 or something like that. Well, all of his numbers have been down. His percentages (drastically), points, rebounds, steals, assists…everything has been lackluster.

Yet, the guy is still getting minutes, especilly of late. Is he worth a pickup and will he break his current funk? I have J.Posey and M.Finley on my team due to the Christmas day games and will likely get either Raja Bell or Nocioni on the waivers with one of them, but is Mason a better pickup than either of the two? His line is not encouraging.

Also, there is a guy in my league that has pretty much given up. What do you think of this trade:

D. Stoudamire + Artest + Finley for Shaq and Billups? The guy is a huge Spurs fan, so he’d probably do it but we have a commissioner who might shoot it down. For the current trade, I included Tinsley on his end, which makes it overwhemingly lopsided towards me..but oh well I guess I’ll see what happens.

k, laters.

by: Jeremy

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 04:02:00 +0000

I’d expect to see Granger get more PT as Artest is moved…depending on whom comes back of course.

Someone in my league has Shaq and Billups and I’ll looking at trying to get them for Artest/Stoudamire/Finley (he’s a huge Spurs fan)

Hopefully the commish will allow it, since I beat him 6-5-1 last week in H2H. hehe.

by: bv

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 19:52:00 +0000

rook, i’m in a very similar position (in fact, the exact same position). i’ll tackle that issue and the artest situation (which we’ve gotten some questions about as well) later this week.

by: Rook

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 19:38:00 +0000

Happy holidays. I’d really like to hear your updated thoughts on Diogu and Granger sometime. I’m ready to give up on Kenyon Martin’s knee and start picking up players with potential upside.

by: Jeremy

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 23:12:00 +0000

Especially if you are in contention. Figure you’ll go about 6 weeks without Amare and 8 weeks with him or somethingl like that.

If you had Duncan or Tmac or another first round pick that went down…would you drop them? Didn’t think so. The magic of H2H is that you can survive because your team will get less TO’s, etc. And when it comes playoff time you’ll have an extra first rounder, as I expect Amare to get heathy by fantasy playoff time, if he isn’t quite 100% when he first comes back.

by: bv

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:40:00 +0000

In our league, Amare was drafted in the 8th round and hasn’t been on the waiver wires all year. I’m actually surprised he’s available in other leagues, and I’d say, if you’ve got the roster space, grab him ASAP. This one is all about bench management, especially with the IL gone this year. If you can spare going with one less roster spot (meaning your team is relatively healthy), then there’s no reason not to stash him away.

by: Domo_kuun

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 05:51:00 +0000

So next week isn’t too soon to pick him up? I’m endlessly debating and really don’t wanna miss him, but also hate the idea of jeopardizing the next six weeks of my team. I’m in a 10-team H2H where the top 6 go to the playoffs, and am in the hunt for one of the last playoff spots. I really don’t know…grr…..

by: Jeremy

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 04:26:00 +0000

Well I planned on picking up Amare at the end of this week, but someone beat me to it about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I play in a 12 team H2H league and top 6 go to playoffs. The guy is probably the 5th best team, and since 4 guys don’t set lineups he should make it…so I’m frustrated with that.

So I guess it depends if you are playing in a H2H league or in Roto. Either way, he’ll be out for another 6 weeks and will likely bring down the value of all the other role players (Diaw, Jones, Bell) on the Suns…which sucks since I own Diaw and love the guy to death.

by: Domo_kuun

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:34:00 +0000

When do you think would be a good time to pick up Amare Stoudemire? I definitely wanna grab him off the wire before anyone else does, and am willing to sacrifice the inconsistent play of my backup Center for a week or a bit more. What timeframe would you suggest I grab him up? Same for Bonzi Wells, when would you think for him?

Also, can I just say that Chris Kaman is the most annoying fantasy player ever….I have him and he puts up 2 and 3…I drop him and he gets 22 and 22…..*sigh*

by: bv

Sat, 24 Dec 2005 06:44:00 +0000

it’s true, juan dixon is another player which we have trouble saying no to due to his legendary terp status. but at the same time, let’s just say we’ve learned our lesson with juan. He’ll have his share of big games, but he’ll also have his share of 1-7 from the field games. his inconsistency - regardless of minutes - makes us shy away from him.