(Almost) Daily Fantasy
Big sign from the big man.I know it’s Saturday and people aren’t online as much as usual, but there are some extremely important fantasy developments going on and many of them either began last night or situations became clearer last night. If you have a friend that is not in your league that plays fantasy hoops, today is a good time to introduce them to the (Almost) Daily Fantasy. Today is really all about the big men.
Brook Lopez – The time is right now for Lopez. At least it should be. Sure you might not be able to trust that the Nets organization will permanently give Lopez the starting job and minutes after one great game in the starting five, but they drafted him to be a starting center. Last nights 25 points, 9 boards and 2 blocks are a great glimpse into the on court and fantasy potential of Lopez. The Nets don’t have enough going on to justify keeping Lopez on the bench. If he’s available, grab him.
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute – Long term, I have more confidence in Brook Lopez, but Moute has to be picked up at this point. He’s in the starting line up, he’s a Skiles type player, he went for 19 and 17 last night, and has been fairly consistent. He at least will give you point OR boards and on nights like last night he’ll give you both. He blocked a shot last night, but the blocks don’t seem to be a major part of Moute’s repertoire.
Greg Oden – Owners rejoice. Double/double (11 and 11) and 4 blocks is EXACTLY what you were hoping for from Oden on draft day. It took a little bit longer than expected but Oden showed what he offer last night. Here’s the deal, give him a solid 2 to 3 weeks of solid fantasy play and then trade high before he’s out for the season.
Pistons big men – I didn’t recommend Amir on draft day and know for those who still own him I can definitely recommend cutting him. DNP last night. Kwame is starting and had a double/double last night, but I would never ever do that to you. I like Maxiell the best and judging by the contract, the Pistons do too, but he is not ownable either.
Robert Swift – Over the last three years we’ve seen a healthy Robert Swift for about 10 minutes, but when we have, we’ve seen glimpses. The Sonics/Thunder have made an absurd investment in Swift and last night gave him the starting job. He of course got hurt, but he also had 13 boards and 2 blocks. Watch him extremely carefully, the Thunder are looking for a surprise and Swift could be him. No, really. He could.
JaVale McGee – McGee continues to do something productive game in and game out. It wasn’t a double/double but 13 points and 4 boards are still stats. There are not many rookies (or vets for that matter) that drop double/doubles every night. He’s very ownable right now.
Yi Jianlian – AHHHHHHHHHHHH. So frustrating. 3 points and 4 boards last night. Just when you think he’s becoming consistent… At the same time, Yi is very much improved and is boarding. He’s frustrating but he needs to be owned. Forwards who hit threes and rebound are always nice.
Adam Morrison – I think what I said was that if you need someone for points, threes, and nothing else than Morrison might be your guy. That was before 15 points and 3 threes last night. It could be short term, but the Bobcats are another squad that are looking for anything that can spark them.
Sean May – He scored only 8 points, but he did it early, looked pretty impressive and is clearly still out of shape. Hey, if he continues to start May good end up with value. We’ll of course be watching.
Deron Williams – That ankle is clearly not that close to 100%. Just keep in mind that he may need additional days. Back to backs are very questionable right now.
Ownable/Cutable – I finally added both words to my spell check dictionary. Figured I’d drop that in here.
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November 15th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Hi, Jurg from Denmark says:
Hi Hi Mr Fantasy Doctor.
How are you?
I remember you tell me, Jurg your team needs some assists and doing very bad there. So I made a trade with my friend Vladamir from Croatia and he writes to your page sometimes and I laugh so hard because you always forget to write back to him. Hi Vladamir who I should tell you is gay. But he still good man, but likes men too much.
My trade was me saying bye by to Andrie Kirilenko, Rudy Gay and Jamal McGee and getting back alots of player. LaMarcus Aldridge, and Rudy Fernandez, Johny Salmons and Al Thronton. My team was not good and coming 7th from 12 competitors and was not too deep enough, so look to make team much deeper.
I then have to drop Michael Conley Junior, but i still will keep an eye over him.
Good Mr Doctor, what did you think of Jurg’s trade.
Thank you and Hi.
This is from Jurg, Hi.
This post was from Jurg, Hi.
November 15th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Hi, Jurg from Denmark says:
And hi from Jurg again. I must say I did not realise because up so early today cos girlfriend kick Jurg out of bed for wanting too much sex is that i am first. And just like america say yes i am first bitches. In your face to who ever wanted to be first. What is up?
Jurg from Denmark, Hi.
November 15th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Vladamir Boskic says:
Hullo good fantasy Dr,
As my good friend Jurg says he made a trade. His bitch kicked him out because he was poning for me, but she wanted me for herself, so kicked him out. Great success.
So in that i am screwing him over twice, with his bitch and his team (i hope you agree).
My team is sitting first in the league, and now looks like.
Pg – Wade
sg – Iggy
G – Stephen Jaxon
SF – Gay
F – AK47
PF – Antwan Jamosin
C – Allen Jefferson
C – Nene
Util – OJ Mayo
Util – Wilson Chandler
Bench – FOye
Bench – Nickolas Young
Bench – Tyrus Thomas
Bench – JaVale McGee
Hit me back on your thoughts, i will check tomorrow, back to bed for some more hetrosexual intercourse with Jurgy’s bitch
Peace for now
November 15th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Phileus says:
^— Europe is a fucked up place
November 15th, 2008 at 9:07 am
sans says:
Who should I grab: Lou Williams, Delonte West, Nick Young or Russell Westbrook? I could use more assists, and they only have to last until Manu or Gil reactivate. It’s like every player on my roster has a jacked up ankle, its fucked.
November 15th, 2008 at 9:18 am
gary says:
doc…i picked up duhon for westbrook, last night russ went off. was this a good long term pick up?
November 15th, 2008 at 10:08 am
srb says:
my roster is in the crapper right now.
redd, deron, kevin martin
(and i’m ashamed to say that i have charlie villanueva too and he sat out last night)
November 15th, 2008 at 10:29 am
QueSt??? says:
why the fuck do we have borat in here?
November 15th, 2008 at 10:50 am
The Fantasy Doctor says:
Jurg, I’m going to try very very hard to keep this comment to fantasy. It’s a decent trade. Fair. I’d say nobody got screwed on it. I’m not a Salmons fan, but you knew that.
Vladamir, good squad. You’ve obviously tanked assists but if you can without it (and seems like you are) than good work.
sans, the options aren’t great. I’d go upside with Westbrook or Nick Young (but he won’t give you assists).
gary – I think it’s a good move. Westbrook is going to be a nice player but i think he’ll be pretty inconsistent. He’ll have big nights though. Duhon might not give you many spectacular nights, but he’s a decent 4th guard and a pretty steady category contributor.
srb – Feel the pain. I have Nash, Barnes, and Redd. Last night was fun.
November 15th, 2008 at 10:51 am
lenny says:
Que why complain? I doubt Hans and Franz are for real, but I’m still getting in line to buy the CD.
November 15th, 2008 at 11:26 am
ML says:
hey doc, i have 2 questions:
1. brook lopez or JaVale McGee? who should i add/drop?
2. should i drop dunleavy? it seems like hes never coming back
November 15th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
BEdger says:
low blow with the Oden comments….out for the season? give me a break Just remember I said this when we are in February and he is dropping 15-13 with 3.5 blocks a night…..you’re going to be pissed that you let him slip away
November 15th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
MoxWestCoastRep says:
….the room is starting to spin….from the gayness.
November 15th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
David Brandon says:
what. the. f*ck.
November 15th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Antouan says:
Hi Doc,
I got Villanueva on my team, should I drop him or keep him. Here are some worthy players on the waiver:
Scola
Ariza
Blake
Bargnani
R. Bell
I can use someone to help me in 3′s and steals
November 15th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Flying Turk says:
hey doc…this is my 3rd try to get your opinion:
i get this offer in a roto league:
I give up: HEdo,Marc Gasol and Ronnie Brewer
I receive: Josh Smith,Tyrus Thomas and Josh Boone
its a 19player 11cat league and im leading in 3pts made and assists but dying for blocks and rebs.
Those player would help a lot but im afraid that i give up to much!!
And if i make the trade—should i drop boone for beno udrih/Brendon Wright/tim Thomas or Mario Chalmers
November 15th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
tim says:
I”m so glad I cut Amir Johnson for Kendrick Perkins…thankfully it was before Amir ceased playing.
November 15th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Money Mike says:
Monta is on Waivers. When should I pick him up?