I’ve got Perkins (sadly, in the starting lineup right now in a weekly H2H league. Ouch!) and I’m holding on to him, but not without reservation.

Kendrick had a nice little run after Jefferson went down but I’m not certain that he’ll retain that kind of value once Big Al returns. Prior to Jefferson’s ankle injury, both he and Perkins were in a time-share situation at center and were hardly on the court together at the same time. Will that same arrangement exist once Jefferson returns? Or, will Rivers finally heed the impassioned pleas of the combined Celtics/Fantasy nations and play them as a pair in the starting frontcourt?

Despite the uncertainty, I’d still give a roster spot to Perkins over Krstic - whose anemic rebounding numbers suggest he might have some kind of weird glass allergy; or Nocioni, because I don’t have enough antacid on hand to calm the aggravation of owning anyone coached by Scott Skiles. Pietrus is probably worth hanging on to as he seems to be coming around and could improve even more if he remains a fixture in the starting rotation.

As for Robert Swift: he’ll be a good’un someday but for now he’s wildly inconsistent. I actually prefer Collison on that team as he appears to be finally waking up from his season-long slumber. He’s got F/C eligibility; has posted two straight double-doubles; and looks to have supplanted the ineffective VladRad as the starting PF. He’s a much more seasoned player than Swift, having put in his time at Kansas and a year in the NBA. It looks like things are beginning to click for him, so if he’s still available in your league, I’d nab him.

But for the real reason I’m posting:

At the end of my bench, I have Pietrus, Nocioni and Krstic

Krstic is my 3rd center, but this is a Yahoo! league that requires two centers, lineups daily, and is H2H with 12-teams and 12-cats

I’m loving how Pietrus is tearing it up right now, and Krstic seems to get better in the second half of the year and has had a few good games in a row.

Nocioni hasn’t played well lately, but if he breaks out of this funk or is traded to somemwhere he’ll get PT (don’t think it will happen) then he would have significant value.

Essentially, my problem is that K.Perkins is coming off of waivers tonight, and I’m trying to figure out if I should drop someone for him. I know that he hurt his shoulder, but from the way he has been playing lately, assuming he can get around 30 minutes a night, then he could be a mini-Dalembert, as he pulls down boards like a machine and can get 5 blocks on a given night…and the percentages won’t kill me.

My league uses OReb and Reb categories, so rebounds are definately important. But, I’m somewhat lacking in threes, which Nocioni provides.

Should I drop Nocioni…or Krstic. Krstic gets more PT, which is something that I feel is very important - in fact minutes is also a cat - and he could have a good second half, as per last year. If any of the Big3 go down then his value goes up quite a bit as well.

Because of the injury, should I not claim him off of waivers and see how he does once he returns? The guy who dropped him did it for Ely, since Okafor is out for a while still.

I just don’t want to see him snatched out from underneath me again.

Do you think Perkins will get the minutes - Jefferson and Scalabrine and LaFrentz will take minutes at those post spots too.

On a side note, if I get Perkins then I will have drafted both LaFrentz and Jefferson (dropped them both) and thus will have had all the big men in Bean Town on my team at some point.

In the long run, I don’t like to count on people who aren’t starters…which Nocioni is the only guy on my team who falls into that category.

Alright…this is long enough, but I’d appreciate any feedback that I can get. Thx.

Martin has been playing great ball, especially from a fantasy POV… but I don’t think Bonzi is in danger of losing his starting job when healthy. Wells is more aggressive and a better defender. Who knows how long Bonzi will be out though? Could be a few days or another month. So definitely use Martin while you can.
I agree with you on Garcia. He has 6 steals and 8 swats in his last three games.

I think he’s actually played better than Bonzi during his time as a starter. He’s not rebounding at the same rate as Bonzi but his scoring and FG% are a lot better. Adelman clearly has tough decision to make once Wells regains his health.

Another Kings player to keep an eye on (tho’ not for this year) is Francisco Garcia. He seems to be developing into a Gerald Wallace type player who can fill a stat sheet. In the games in which he’s gotten significant minutes, he’s shown an ability to get steals and blocks in bunches as well as a respectable number of assists and boards. Like Wallace, his shot remains a work in progress, but he has shown that he can hit the occasional three which is a promising sign. Definitely one worth keeping an eye on…

As for the contest, I’ll be rooting for lil Nate. The guy’s shorter than me and can fly. (I was at the NYK/Indy game back in Dec, and he flew in for an awesome dunk along the baseline … but right after the whistle had blown.)

you know what i’d like to see, though, instead of a dunk contest? an old-fashioned, round-robin HORSE contest, a la MJ and Bird in those old McDonald’s ads. no judges, just flat out make it or miss it, y’know? I feel like the LeBrons of the world would totally compete in that one, too.