Down Goes Oden...

So, is it official? Is Greg Oden the modern day Sam Bowie? I mean it's bad luck and all but the comparisons have to be there. Portland could have had Kevin Durant. Could you imagine? For many fantasy teams, losing their starting center could be a big problem...lucky for French he already has Camby. Plus, he had Chandler on the bench and now just spent $43 bucks on Joel Pryzbilla. He has 3 guys who can play. Was $43 too much on Godzilla? Yes, yes it was. But not because Joel can't produce...he should be a 6 and 10 guy with lots of blocks over the rest of the season - but because in January Joel and Chandler will be on the bench and Blake Griffin will be the 6th forward in French's starting line-up. As good as a season as Oden was having (12ppg, 9reb, 48 blocks) this injury really doesn't affect the French team too much (in my opinion). Having Blake Griffin coming back in 3-4 weeks should more than make up for Oden's loss. French, you'll be OK.

Anthony Randolph went for 28 and 13 tonight with 5 assists (zero TO's), 1 STL, and 1BLK. So, is this the breakout night that gets him consistent minutes moving forward?? Probably not.

CJ Watson gets 17 points tonight. Maybe me signing him won't turn out as bad as I thought.

Dahntay Jones is gone from Golden. He's averaged 16ppg so far this season in 20 games and I am dropping him. Hmm. Wise move? I don't know. He's just so inconsistent. He will get picked up next week (waiver wire restrictions will have him getting signed on Wednesday night). Teams lacking scoring punch should be all over this guy. I know he's not the sexy pick but he still starts and can have value. Look for Idaho, Boston, Yuma, and Seoul to be all over him.

How many more games go by before Mickael Pietrus finds a JBL home? 22pts tonight with 4/8 from downtown.

I signed the youngster DeMar DeRozan tonight. Why? Well, my son Ryan loves the guy. We watch a lot of Raptors games together and he loves that DD tries to dunk everything. The fact that he he's freakishly athletic and seems to be getting better each game is encouraging. Plus, he starts and plays 4 games next week. So, is it Double-D for 4 games or Eric Gordon for 2 games??? Hmmm, tough call.

With my trip to Chicago coming up Ryan has asked for numerous jerseys to add to his already large collection. Whose jerseys does he have so far???? How about this collection for a 6 year old...he has Brandon Roy, Greg Oden, Rudy Fernandez, Iverson, Lebron, Nash, Bosh, Lewis, Earl Watson (classic white Sonics bought at the last Sonics game ever for $10 bucks), Dwyane Wade and I think I'm forgetting someone....Anyways, guess whose jersey Ryan wants me to buy when I'm in Chicago....Marco Bellinelli. I don't get it but somehow Ryan has a man-crush on Bellinelli. Go figure. I told him it might be difficult for me to find a Raptor jersey in Chicago, let alone a Marco Bellinelli Raptor jersey. Tops on Ryan's Christmas list is Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Dirty Dirk, and Derrick Rose. I think I can locate those in Chi-town.

Oh, guess who woke up tonight....Boris Diaw. 28 pts on 10/12 shooting with 5/6 from downtown. At least he can still play. I was about ready to give him up for dead. I know he was on my bench tonight - but this has at least given him a 2nd chance now for next week. Heck, even Erick Dampier was OK tonight with 12 rebs and 4 blocks. Not sure I can squeeze him into my lineup next week though.

I think the Pancakes and Thurmans are ready to move a bit over the next few weeks. Trevor's team is getting healthy and depending on what Iverson brings to the table they could start to move. He'll have Wade, Dirk, Iverson, Turkoglu, Mayo, Okur, Artest and others ready to contribute and should have Tayshaun Prince in a couple weeks as well. He's a long way behind in certain categories but there are still 17-18 weeks still to go. Chubby recently brought in Mo Williams, Manu Ginobili, and Mike Dunleavy in hopes of jump starting his struggling squad. They should help and maybe if Michael Redd can get healthy they could move up too. Kevin Love's return to Minny has helped Big Al and he could be ready for an increase in stats too. We'll see.

So, both these teams have made some major moves over the last 7-10 days...and that leaves Idaho sitting there in neutral. What moves will Tuna make in attempt to get things moving? Tuna's 16 guys deep - it's just that they are all role players. He's got Josh Howard and Kevin Marting waiting in the wings - but how long can he wait? Another 3-4 weeks before they are back and he could be in a really big hole. Rumours are that Portland will look to trade Andre Miller once December 15th rolls around (earliest he can be traded). Would that help his stock??? I guess it depends on where he lands. Maybe the Blazers look to trade him for another big man to help out in the middle?

Anyone else wondering why Arctic signed Eddy Curry? Maybe the bigger question is why Arctic still has Eddy Curry on his roster?? Curry is hurt yet the Circle Jerks are keeping him. Why? Crikker knows Eddy's a big fat tub of goo right? Good to see the Eddy Curry line is still intact with this guy (you know the one, where you take Eddy's Assists + steals + blocks and add them up and see if they equal his total turnovers - it's called the "Eddy line"). Eddy's line this year for him = 0 assists/steals/blocks compared to 11 turnovers. Well done Eddy.

Monta Ellis played all 48 minutes tonight and started at Forward. Could you imagine if Ellis got Forward eligibility??? Crazy. And look, Moped Ellis had only 7 turnovers tonight. Good for him. That's 44 turnovers in his last 7 games.

Prior to tonight's games I offered Seoul Boris Diaw and Dahntay Jones for Shawn Marion. It was obviously rejected.

Going to throw this out there....not sure Vinny Del Negro is the coach of the Bulls when we get there next Thursday. They looked horrible vs. the Raptors tonight. I think Vinny's in trouble.

Who's in the lead for Rookie of the Year now? Tyreke or Jennings? I think Tyreke may have passed the youngster. Another 21-7-6 for the Sac King tonight. He's very impressive. I think the Kings should trade Kevin Martin and get another young talent (a #1 pick) to build around. Then, if Sacramento fails to get a new arena, Seattle jumps up and steals this team and moves them north. Suh-weet.

That's all for now...have a good night.