Comments on: Weekend Preview (12/30–1/1)

by: bv

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:00:00 +0000

A good way to figure that out is to go to a player rater like fantasyanalyzer.com or ESPN and find butler on the overall rankings. Then, start moving down the list and find guys that are overall less valuable than butler (because C eligibility adds value that doesn’t show up on the rankings). Those are generall good guys to target.

Another good option is to find a guy in your league with an extra C or two and see if you can work a deal with him.

by: Domo_kuun

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:58:00 +0000

Who particularly should I try to trade him for? Who is of a similar value?

by: bv

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:37:00 +0000

yeah, i think you’d be crazy to do that. In that sort of situation, you’re much better off trying to trade Butler for a C of better value than Kaman. Offer some deals around. You should never drop a guy who can start on most fantasy squads - you should always use him as trade bait instead.

by: Domo_kuun

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:51:00 +0000

Tell me….would I be crazy to dump Caron Butler for Chris Kaman? The thing is, my starting G is Ricky Davis, who can always sub at F. Also, my centers are Okafor and Amare, and while Okafor’ll be back soon, Amare still has a ways to go. It seems like the drop in talent going from Butler to Kaman might be worth it for the play at Center I’ll get. What do you guys think?

by: Anonymous

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 23:32:00 +0000

I am giving Eddie griffin one more chance to stay on my roster with tonight’s game, Olowokandi might be back tonight so we’ll see what Eddie’s fate is for the near future. I’m in the process of trying to pickup Swift, he was dropped by his owner the morning of his first big game. Do you guys think Stro finally got it? anyone watched any of the last two games??

by: bublitchki

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:24:00 +0000

BV, I believe that for every fantasy basketball owner, there is also one player who was put on this earth for the express purpose of making said owner’s life a living hell.

For you, that player seems to be Antoine Walker. As for me, I’ve got TWO players who constantly make me wish I’d taken up Canasta as a hobby instead. Those players? Eddie Griffin & Stromile Swift.

By now, many of you are no doubt familiar with my travails involving these two. For the rest, a brief recap:

I draft Stro high (in the 5th round) because of his new team and C eligibility, hang onto him through many a woebegotten week and finally drop him a few weeks back. Eddie, in the meantime, has hired his own private shuttle service to help him manage the frequent trips between my roster and the waiver wire.

Fast forward to last Wednesday: With Yao and Olowakandi out, both Stro and Eddie receive significant minutes and post monster games. Both are sitting on the waiver wire. Who to pick up? Seduced yet again by his unique combo of blocks, threes and boards, I go with Eddie…

Well, we all know what’s gone down since then. Casey plays Eddie for his usual 15 minutes in the next game while Stro follows up his breakout game with a 17 pt/13 rebound effort against Golden State. Of course, when I revisit the waiver wire to remedy the situation, I find Stro long gone - snatched by my upcoming opponent in the H2H league I’m in.

Gotta go; I’m off to RiteAid to pick up my prescription of cyanide pills.

by: bv

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:34:00 +0000

I’d pick up K-Mart after last night performance. It was enough to convince me to put him in my starting lineup, as he played about 30 minutes and I haven’t seen anything about him hurting himself.

Also, how about stupid antoine walker continuing to ruin my fantasy team? After his huge game friday, i certainly can’t drop him. but still …

by: DM

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 19:10:00 +0000

Yeah, reject that trade right now if you haven’t already. Tracy’s a fantasy stud, but LeBron is THE fantasy stud and he’s starting to show a real separation between himself and the rest of the league. Remember KG’s most dominant years, when he was like 1.5 times better than the next best player? That’s where LeBron’s headed. And Curry is nowhere near enough to make up the difference.

As for K-Mart, Deng, Jaric … that’s all about what your team needs are. They all have their questions, obviously. I’m starting to really like Deng, but he’s got that SF “curse” in that he gets less than 1 3/block/steal per game. Jaric is extremely frustrating, but he’s top 10 in the league in steals and Hudson is hurting. BV said all you need to know about K-Mart a few days ago.

by: bublitchki

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 10:58:00 +0000

Re: T-Mac/Curry for LeBron

I’d stand pat with LeBron, who I think will emerge as the consensus #1 fantasy player by year’s end. Now that he’s getting adjusted to all the new players around him, his rebounds, assists and steals are back up to where they should be. That, along with his greatly improved FG% and 3pm make him a one of a kind player.

While T-Mac arguably is just a cut below, you never know how he’ll respond if Houston’s season winds up in the toilet. He may just decide to shut it down like he did in Orlando a few years back.

As for Eddy Curry, I can sum up my doubts about him in just these two words:

Larry. Brown.

by: Adam

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:11:00 +0000

Hey guys, a guy in my league just dropped K-Mart. I’ve got Luol Deng and Marko Jaric that I can drop for him. Should I go for it?