Comments on: Calling Matt Foley

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:34:00 +0000

Definately pickup Okafor for Nazr I’d think. I mean, H2H is all about production and yyou have a pretty solid team, so I wouldn’t worry about making the playoffs.

Anyways, Okafor should be more valuable than Nazr and you’d hope that he’ll be back and ready to contribute like his season averages by the time fantasy playoffs start.

But you do have a pretty sick team…good luck with it.

By: bigmrpig

bigmrpig — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:22:00 +0000

I’m in a 10 team Head-2-Head league, currently in 2nd place at 89-52-3. First place is 106-34-4 so catching him is not a possibility, and since we’ll end up being in different sides of the bracket it doesn’t really matter if I do or don’t anyway. Top 4 go to the playoffs and 3rd and 4th place are at 87-56-1 and 84-59-1 respectively. The only other player that could realistically make the playoffs is at 83-58-3.

So to sum that up, I’m in second, but not by tons. The last 2 weeks of the regular season I’m playing two of the weaker teams.

So my question, is whether or not I should pick up Emeka Okafor. It seems like he should be coming back within the next couple of weeks, but who knows I guess.

My roster is:
Billups, C.
Butler, C.
Iverson, A.
James, M.
Jefferson, R.
Nelson, J.
Paul, C.
Boozer, C.
Odom, L.
Webber, C.
West, D.
Milicic, D.
Mohammed, N.
O’Neal, S.

Only Milicic, Mohammed, and O’Neal are at center, so I figure I might need another strong one in the playoffs if possible. What do you think of dropping Mohammed for Okafor?

By: bublitchki

bublitchki — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:32:00 +0000

Keep an eye on Wilcox…

Collison went down with a foot injury last night (severity unknown at this point) so Wilocx should be starting at the 4 for all or most of this week.

How he responds to the opportunity should tell you a lot about his value goig forward.

By: TKI

TKI — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:55:00 +0000

Just to add a thought about this topic. Do you guys have anyone in mind who will breakout so to speak from now. It’s good to know which superstars will do well in the league going to the playoff run, but what im talking about are the players who dont get drafted.

Like every season, there’s always a few players that just explode at the end of the season. Like last season, childress and josh smith, and joel pryzi(sp?). The season before that Mark Blount.

Here’s just a list of players i think:

Ruben Patterson
Josh Smith (Although he was drafted in most leagues this year, he has had somewhat of a dissapointing season until as of late)
Chris Wilcox (hoping he gets starter min.)
Someone on the blazers
Al Jefferson

By: bv

bv — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:51:00 +0000

well, even though you’ve made your decision, i’m going to weigh in anyways. i’d agree with you, and stick with felton. he’s shooting more from long range now than earlier in the season, and those are going to start falling sooner or later. And thanks for the compliments, of course.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:22:00 +0000

First of all, this site rules. Thank you guys for responding insitefully and expediantly (is that the right word?) to my question. It really helps to have a forum for those random, “I’ll never get any advice on this” type of questions.

Anyway, I feel a lot safer starting Felton over Johnson. His previous few weeks couldn’t have been a fluke, and Wallace coming back to the Bobcats hasn’t taken away his minutes, so I’ll think of the last few games as a fluke. Trouble is that I start Brevin Knight also, but I don’t think that should be a problem. These guys are the 2 playmakers for the Cats right now, so I’m stickin with Ray Ray.

Thanks again gentlemen.

By: DM

DM — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:18:00 +0000

Looks like we need BV to break the tie…

By: PR

PR — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:42:00 +0000

I don’t mean to send “mixed messages” but I have to say that I think Felton is a better play than A. Johnson. Felton’s poor shooting percentage (38%)is mostly due to his inconsistent minutes earlier in the season. Now that he’s comfortable in Charlotte’s starting lineup, he’s hitting 45% from the floor since Feb 1st along with averages of: 15/4/6, 84%FT, 1.6 treys, and 1.3 steals.
I don’t think his recent “mini-slump” is anything to be worried about.
Start Ray over Ant… unless you have someone else you can bench so that you can start both PGs (keep in mind the # of games played this week).

Kirilenko is a tough call, he’s the kind of guy that I’d actually target in a trade because he can help a team in so many categories. But, if you can leapfrog a few teams in your league in a couple categories like PTS and 3’s then maybe a Ray Allen or Jason Richardson would be more valuable than AK-47 down the stretch. So it really just depends on your situation.

By: DM

DM — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:45:00 +0000

Anthony Johnson is sneaky valuable (because he’s a big plus in FG%, rare for a PG) and is usually pretty solid when he’s starting. Felton’s always going to have the greater upside, but Johnson should be the steadier play as long as Tinsley remains out, which, let’s face it, is probably going to be the case for a bit longer. Felton can really murder your FG%. If you think you need a huge week, you might want to take the risk w/Felton, but if you’re just looking for some solid play it’s probably Johnson, even though he’s the definition of a player it’s hard to be excited about.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:27:00 +0000

Guys,

Big decision to make, only a few hours to make it. Should I start Felton this week over Joe Smith, Anthony Johnson, Pachulia, or Flip Murray? His production has gone way down recently, probably coinciding with the return of G. Wallace. Strange thing is he’s still seeing heavy minutes, just not showing the stat lines of recent weeks. I hate Pachulia, but am intrigued with A. Johnson and Flip. Basically, it’s Johnson or Felton, so who should I start?

Also, I should be looking to deal Kirilenko, right? Check out his slow spiral downward in production…not sure of he’s gonna recover this year.