Comments on: Roster Management: Talent vs. Need

By: bv

bv — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:16:46 +0000

jeremy, jefferson may be struggling for sure but he has no business being on the wires. i’d drop west for him and hope no one picks him up so that you can grab him back once he gets healthy.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:01:29 +0000

Alright, so how do you think that Richard Jefferson is going to do for the rest of the year? Someone in my league dropped him and he comes off waivers later today. Here is my current roster:

PG: Andre Miller, Mike Bibby, Deron Wililams
SG: Joe Johnson, Kevin Martin
SF: Josh Howard, LeBron James, Matt Barnes, Paul Pierce, Josh Smith
PF: Chris Wilcox, David West,
C: Chris Kaman, Marcus Camby, Al Jefferson

As you can see, I have a couple of injured players on my team (Pierce, J.Smith, D.West), and I’m wondering if anyone would recommend dropping on of my players for R.Jefferson. The only people that seem reasonable to drop are Wilcox or West. I think West will be very good when he comes back, but Wilcox is center-eligible, and dropping him wold only leave me with Kaman, Camby, Jefferson & D.West to man 2 center spots and a PF spot. Whatcha think? Good move or not. I figure Jefferson’s rebounds will go up since Krstic (who I had) went down.

Thanks for the advice.

By: bv

bv — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:57:33 +0000

rich, ya gotta hold on to c-vill for at least another few weeks, his ceiling is just too high to drop him at this point.

By: rich

rich — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:04:44 +0000

Any thoughts on Villanueva? Milwaukee has been winning with him coming off the bench, and I’m wondering if he’s a guy I should be looking to trade away or just drop.

By: DM

DM — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:18:05 +0000

I wouldn’t make that exact deal, if only because I traded for Terry halfway through last season and I don’t want to do it again. Also, I’ve grown too attached to Martin, which I specifically said you shouldn’t do. That said, Terry has been the better player over the past month and Martin’s insane FT value can’t get any higher. But Josh Howard’s emergence and Dallas’s depth in general might keep Terry’s value down. Basically this is a good time to use BV’s column today to decide if it’s the right move.

By: Rook

Rook — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:50:11 +0000

Thought I’d bring up something I’ve asked about before. Many posts ago, you said that while you’re not shopping Kevin Martin, you’d probably move him if offered an established guy like Terry. I’m curious: would you still do that now? I’m starting to think Martin might remain more valuable at the end of the season than Terry. I ask again because even though you offered that up as a hypothetical, it’s now a real possibility for my team. I could definitely use a bump in assists, and Terry would provide a modest but noticeable one.

By: bv

bv — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:04:57 +0000

Dave,
Baron is a tough sell high because EVERYONE knows he’s a sell high, you can’t pull a fast one on anyone. If you can get 3rd or 4th round value for him then go for it.

CBass, i’d drop knight for allen, jack is just slumping, he’ll be fine in the long run but knight is still out for quite a while. it sounds like, and his starting spot might be gone by the time he gets back.

By: CBass

CBass — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:33:35 +0000

We start 3 guards in my league, and my top 3 are Billups, J. Johnson, and TJ Ford. My bench consists of B. Knight and J. Jack. With Chauncey out right now and Jack putting up low numbers, could you justify dropping Jack for the immediate (and possible long range) bench help of Tony Allen? Drop Jack for Allen or no? Possibly drop Knight for Allen? Stick it out with FBB favorite Jack?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:20:04 +0000

Baron Davis has been awesome this year, and everyone agrees that you should trade him while he’s hot. So here’s the question for you, if everyone agrees that he should be traded, what kind of player should you hope to get in return? Provided my team is healthy, I am decent in all categories….with Baron, so I am open to all position players.

By: Vernon

Vernon — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:24:31 +0000

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