Yeah, yeah, I know.  We’ve completely fallen apart here at FBB, but we’ve got plenty of excuses - in the month of October alone, one of us got married, one of us bought a house, and one of us was in London for a week (scouting his fantasy rugby team).  Needless to say, we haven’t had time enough to devote to FBB.  Real life is just getting in the way.

That said, we’re gonna try to be back soon - either next week or the week after, and we’re bringing some reinforcements.  Longtime FBB commenter Jeremy, who has been holding down the fort in the comments section, is coming aboard as a writer - he’ll be doing one column a week.  Please haze him as you see fit.

Now, onto some more important stuff.  Here’s who we’re interested in right now:

Theo Ratliff - Centers are always a scarcity, duh.  I was going to pick up Desagana Diop this morning but he just got grabbed.  Keep an eye on Ratliff tonight and if he plays more than 30 mpg go get him.  Cheap boards and blocks are nothing to sneeze at.  Speaking of which…

Joel Przybilla - Is Channing Frye even on this team?  DM picked up Przybilla yesterday and I’m not sure he didn’t just get a steal.  He’s got a great bpm rate and if he regularly sees as many minutes as he did the other night, he could be a very servicable C2.

Sebastian Telfar - Absolutely not.  Just … no.  If you’ve already picked him up, my apologies, but he can’t shoot worth a lick and doesn’t pass, which is an issue for a PG.  I don’t care how long Foye is out, Telfair shouldn’t have value.  But you know who will?

Rashad McCants - Foye is a combo guard so you know he was going to play some 2 guard, but now that he’s out McCants has a better shot at seeing something like 35 mpg for the forseeable future.  If he’s on your waiver wire, don’t let him stay there.

Also, just for the record, here’s how my draft went:

1. (8) Amare Stoudemire C
2. (17) Allen Iverson PG,SG
3. (32) Chauncey Billups PG
4. (41) Kirk Hinrich PG,SG
5. (56) Rasheed Wallace PF
6. (65) Zach Randolph PF
7. (80) Ricky Davis SG,SF
8. (89) Brad Miller C
9. (104) Nenad Krstic PF,C
10. (113) Jason Williams PG
11. (128) Wally Szczerbiak SG,SF
12. (137) Al Horford PF,C
13. (152) Rashad McCants PG,SG

This was an almost exactly by-the-books draft, hardly anyone slipped.  Billups may have been the only top-30 guy to fall at all, so I couldn’t pass him up even though I already had AI and I had pegged Hinrich as the guy I wanted at 41.  I desperately need one out of Miller, Krstic, and Horford to perform well, and even if that happens I will still be desperate for rebounds.  Still, I should dominate the PG categories and I got some nice sleepers late.  Wally World may be off my team by tomorrow, but that’s OK.

Anyhow, sorry for the lack of action around here, but we’re getting it going.