By the way, Yahoo gave Diaw C eligibility today!!!!!

Perplexing…yes, but Yahoo needs to step up ot the plate and realize that Diaw is also a center in addition to being a PG too…I really want him to have every position eligibility…uber-awesome.

Between him and Joe Johnson (PG-F) I have the most versitive lineup in my league I think.

Yahoo’s explanation for why it gives people new position eligibility does not match up with some of its decisions, i.e Pau Gasol got C-eligibility even though his 5-games as a starting Center was only a temporary move made when their starter was hurt (Lorenzen Wright).

According to Yahoo’s explanation, a player will be given a new postion eligibility if “the change is not expected to be a temporary one.”

There’s plenty of examples of players who have multi-position eligibility even though they rarely play that position i.e. Rasheed Wallace (C).

so why does Gasol get it, but Diaw doesn’t? we’ll never know…

It will be super hard to get boards, blocks, and 3s unless someone dropped Delonte West in your league. He is a FA in my league as of now, and I’m waiting anxiously for him to play so I can finally dump Eddie Jones for an upgrade. EJ might be gimpy the rest of the way.

From your list, I like Patterson (who will be a starter in Denver the rest of the way) for decent boards and steals, plus FG%. But he sucks at the line as well, so if you don’t like Miles you have a similar player. I also like Prz from Portland, assuming he comes back full strength. He could offer many boards and blocks, but sucks at the line and splits time with Ratliff.

Patterson is the best bet for minutes. Prz for blocks boards. Both suck at FT%. Miles has been a been sluggish since returning, which tells me the knee is not 100%.

From another perspective, Anthony Johnson has been lighting it up. He helps in 3s, points, assists, and a few steals. I won a league last season using him in the playoffs, so don’t undervalue his potential. And Tinsley won’t get over 25 mpg the rest of the way IMO, so worst case, AJ runs around 24-25 minutes and still does OK.

In any case, I just dropped Perkins in favor of Josh Howard, and have one more spot that is up for grabs. I would like to improve in boards, blocks and perhaps 3’s, and percentages would be nice too.

I currently have Marcus Banks in that spot, but I don’t like the dynamic of Jaric taking PT from him. Essentially, here the players in my league that I am targeting:

Anthony Johnson, Darius Miles, Reuben Patterson, Marko Jaric, Marcus Banks, Joel Pryzbilla and Kendrick Perkins (if healthy), Jumaine Jones…can’t think of anyone else right now.

Obviously someone is going to get hurt and a player will get good opportunities to contribute….but whom is the best bet going forward. If Miles ft% wasn’t so bad I’d snatch him up, as he could definately help. I don’t know how fast Banks will drop nor if he will, as he has played pretty good since heading to Minny…and if he can get my numbers like he has for the last few (excluding the last game) then I’d like to keep him

Advice? thanks.

I think Diaw has solidified his position in the starting lineup, which I see looking like this when Amare returns:

PG: Nash
SG: Bell/Barbosa
SF: Diaw/Marion
PF: Marion/Diaw
C: Amare

Bottom line: I think Diaw still sees 35+ mpg even after Amare come back.

Basically, I need to know why this guy’s peddling Diaw so hard. He’s in first place, and his team’s solid. Does he think Diaw will lose value with Amare? Do you think that?

And what about Howard? Would you target him in a trade? Should I just hold onto Chauncey, Brevin, Kirilenko, Sheed, etc?

If you think that Diaw will ever get C eligibility (admittedly a very big if) I’d try and pawn off ‘Sheed rather than Knight… as you might be able to eventually replace him w/ Diaw at center.

‘Sheed is quite a risky play at this point as he has maxed out the number of technicals the NBA will allow in a season without incurring additional penalty. For every “T” that he draws from here on, he will receive an automatic one game suspension. Obviously, that can play havoc with your totals in a weekly league should he get T’d up early or mid-week. Unless you think that ‘Sheed will be able to keep his emotional outbursts bottled up for the rest of the season, he’s a good guy to try and peddle to an unsuspecting owner right now.

There is no formula, nor a specific rule they use. The one concrete thing they say is that the person’s primary position must change, and not on a temporary basis. For Diaw, everyone knows he will move back out of the C spot when Amare and Kurt Thomas return, so don’t hold your breath on him getting the elibility. I’ve gone entire seasons waiting for them to wake up about a player, and there’s no simple way to understand their thinking.

Look at their rationale as posted on Yahoo Fantasy Basketball “Help”:

http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/hoops/hoops-29.html

What determines the position eligibility for each player?
Initial position eligibility for each player was determined based on past participation and information supplied by the teams during the offseason.
Players will be eligible at one or more positions during the 2005-06 Yahoo! Sports Fantasy NBA season depending upon their real-life participation.

All position eligibility requests are reviewed by Yahoo! Sports and confirmed with our basketball sources. Due to the nature of the review process, we are unable to comment on each individual player request.

Updates will be made during the regular season based on changes to the lineups and official team rosters. Players will not lose position eligibility when moving from one real-life position to another. So, if a forward begins to play regularly at center, he will be eligible for the remainder of the season as a forward and a center.

New positions are added when it is confirmed that a player’s primary position has changed and that the change is not expected to be a temporary one.

When a player has earned eligibility at a new position, the position will be visible on the drop-down position menu on your team roster.