OK, I know I have 916 points and shouldn't be whining..but what the hell, it's my blog and I'm frustrated with the Golden boys this week. Currently, through 5 days of Period 5 this Golden Showers squad is in last place for the week! Unacceptable. What's going on? Well, the boys suck right now and I'm not a fan of some of the guys.
Carl Landry is a good player. Heck, he may even be a contender right now for 6th man of the year. He's averaging 15 and 5 while shooting 56% from the floor. But come on man, stick your hands in a passing lane and get the odd steal (only 6 in 16 games).
The Centre debacle in Golden continues to frustrate me. Pryzbilla has 10 pts, 17 rebs, and 1 block in 3 games this week. I guess what that really means is that Oden is for real and Joel is purely a C-graded backup. Maybe I expected too much out of him.
The rest of my guys all seem to be struggling at the exact same time. Eric Gordon's shot is off since his return from injury; Dahntay Jones has thrown out 2 stinkers after 12 good games; Brandon Jennings is playing how I thought he would play all along (he had just set the bar so friggin' high earlier); and the biggest culprit is Boris Diaw.
Diaw, in 2 games this week has scored - ready for it - 7 points. Are you kidding me? Horrible. He's been a huge disappointment this season. He's averaging just 12 and 5. He's a better player than that but we have seen Boris go through some very frustrating stretches. Hopefully this one doesn't last very long. I will be watching his performance very closely today and one more stinker may find him on the bench for week 6. And just because he's struggling doesn't mean I will accept a Daniel Gibson or Ryan Gomes straight up offer.
I am going to have to ride this horrible play out as I really don't have any other options with Jameer Nelson out for another 4+ weeks. My bench has players that are more likely to help me next season than this one. James Harden and Omri Casspi have both earned some playing times on their NBA teams but I don't know if they can be counted on to get a week in the JBL yet (especially when they both have short weeks coming up). A side note, this is now the 3rd time I've had Casspi on my team. I drafted him for $1 and then had to drop him, re-signed him, dropped him, and now re-signed him again. Why do I keep bringing him back?? I believe he could be their starting SF of the future. Nocioni is more suited as a bruiser of the bench to provide some hustle and muscle. Garcia is still months away so I really do feel that this kid could be the answer. What I don't understand is how such a pure shooter can't make his free throws?? He's 17/36 (47%) on the season while he's 15/32 (47%) from downtown. Go figure. The Nets even went to the Hack-A-Omri strategy in last night's game (he went 3/4). Weird.
French Lick has pulled ahead with another stellar week in the JBL. His team is really good. All 12 guys are productive right now and that always helps. Balance and depth...gee, where have I seen that before? And Marcus Camby? Oh my goodness. Amazing. Well done Hildy, I like the looks of this team a lot.
Big trade in the JBL last night as well. No, I'm not talking about Drew Gooden & Beno Udrih for Udonis Haslem (which I will comment on in a second)- I'm talking about Dwyane Wade for Chris Paul. Now that's a JBL trade.
Trev, who is currently freezing his ass off in Quebec (guess he's preparing for Chicago weather) right after he was cooking his ass in Maui, pulled the trigger on this blockbuster. Can't say I blame him. Trev's teams (including last years) has been devastated by injury. Chris Paul's injury apparently wasn't worth waiting for and when you can grab an equal talent like Wade I guess he thought he had to do it. Wade helps him more than Paul does in a few categories. Wade will block more shots (19 blocks already) and he will score more. Rebounds and steals will be about the same. Where Wade will hurt Trev is from downtown as Wade is taking a lot of 3's this season. And obviously, Paul is a LOT better in ATO. Wade is currently 1.600 ATO but that should get better. If anything, I think Wade has actually had a slow start to the season as his numbers are down from where they will be (in my opinion). The big question is how long will Chris Paul be out for? Is it another 2 weeks, 3 weeks? More? And how long will it take him to get back to full speed? Anyways, it's clear Timbo was after the ATO and is willing to chance that Paul will be back sooner rather than later. And look, both Paul and Wade are top 10 Fantasy talents - so this is really a win-win trade. I think one of my next blogs will be about who are the top 10 fantasy talents this season....ya, I like that.
Anyways, on to the other Brussels trade from yesterday. Gooden/Udrih for Haslem. Hmmm. A bit of a head scratcher really. Here's my opinion on it. In the long term, Haslem is the best player in the deal. He has the least amount of competition for playing time. Gooden will have to share with Dampier and Humphries and Udrih is a 4th/5th guard in my books. Now, that being said, all players are serviceable. Brussles is hoping for the consistent play that Haslem usually brings (without the steals - 1 steal in 13 games) while Belgrade is adding depth. Gooden has poor ATO but has blocked 17 shots this season and Udrih provides some PG depth and can be ridden while hot (16ppg over his last 10 games). I get the trade from both sides. The only thing I wonder is whether Timbo gave up too much? Was Haslem really worth both players? I mean he's good, but he is still just 10ppg and 9reb. Those aren't earth shattering numbers. Anyways, enough rambling, this is a classic JBL trade where both teams saw the benefits from their end and pulled the trigger. Bravo.
And finally, I'm going to see Philly Woo in VGH today. I spoke with him yesterday and he sounds much better again. He will be in VGH for another couple days though so I am heading down to visit and drop off a "JBL care package". For all you guys who have sent along well-wishes, they will be passed along today to lil Phil.
Well, that's it for this morning. Next up...who are the top 10 Fantasy talents so far this season??
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