13th - Brussels Muscles. Injuries and injuries and more injuries. Zach Randolph and Eric Gordon played 6 games combined before they got hurt. Other injuries to Tyrus Thomas, Anderson Varejao and Ty Lawson (and others) have killed this team. Add in the fact that Tim shot his Free Agent wad by week 4 and has zero ability to improve his roster means it's going to be a long season in Brussels. The hope would be to land a stud keeper while somehow staying above the $200 dollar salary cap floor and then somehow, someway, get into 12th so he could have 1 keeper for next season. Simple in theory - challenging in reality. That being said, despite this team being in 13th and challenging to be the all time worst team in JBL history (CBS based) - this team has talent that contending teams would want - LaMarcus Aldridge. Zach Randolph. Mo Williams. Jason Terry. Chris Kaman. Ty Lawson. All of these guys would find active roster spots on most JBL teams.
12th - Maui Ribs. Trev's team, after draft night, had some good talent on paper. CP3, Monta, Scola, Hibbert, Odom, Harrington, Beasley, Salmons, etc. The problem? Some of these guys have had disastrous seasons. Odom went for $30 bucks in a bidding war (with Seoul I might add) and has turned out to be horrible in Dallas. Beasley got hurt and fell out of favor in Minny and John Salmons (who averaged 16ppg over his last 3 years) forgot how to play. The result - another mediocre season in Maui. Trev has talent that a lot of teams could use but Maui has never been a team to initiate trade offers. So, if you want something from Maui - you're gonna have to go get it. Maui has a few interesting keeper options currently on the roster but should leverage his big guns to get a stud keeper for next season.
11th - Arctic Circle Jerks. Crikker's words, not mine, but his season can be summed up by fat, overweight, out-of-shape PG's and injuries. Bogut gone. Bargnani injured. Augustin injured. Felton fat. The list goes on. Arctic put a lot of faith in Bogut ($47 bucks) and Felton ($24) for little results. The best thing about the Arctic roster is the list of cheap talent. It's not doing him much good right now - but it has to be intriguing to all other JBL teams. If Arctic finished in 11th place he would only get 1 keeper. That's a problem for him because he is loaded with great cheap talent. DeRozan $10, Faried $6, Ibaka $9, Pekovic $7, Monroe $31, Bargnani $21, Favors $8 are just some of the guys I think could be bargains for next season. So, what will Arctic do?? Lots of potential action for him in the coming 4 weeks.
10th - Yuma Thurmans - The top end talent on this team is very good. Kobe, Jefferson, Gasol, Jennings, Pierce, Conley, Humphries, Okafor, etc...So why is this team in 10th? Inactivity I think is one of the bigger reasons. I don't think there are a lot of trade offers coming out of Yuma these days. Yuma has not made any trades this season. Checking the Free Agent wire reveals just 6 FA signings all year. I really like this team but it needs some tweaks in the 2nd half of the year to get back in the mix. Yuma is consistently in that 7th to 10th place range and it appears he's headed for that range again without any moves. So, why not shake it up? We'll see what happens....
9th - Manhattan Beach Ballers. Another star-studded team that has been doomed by inactivity. Lebron, Westbrook, and Amare and then a bunch of other guys. The transaction log shows 1 trade (brought in Noah for Harden) and 2 add/drops. Those adds were in week 1. Not much has gone on in MBB since then. MBB got off to a great start and his progress was slowed when he lost Hawes. However, a review of his current stats shows that Wesley Johnson has played 29 games for him while averaging less than 6ppg. Also, Derrick Williams, has played 33 games for MBB while averaging 7ppg. The depth on this MBB squad has hurt his chances. Will MBB look to move Lebron for some depth in the 2nd half to make a run? Will he build for next season? Only time will tell.
8th - Idaho Udapimps. Idaho is again setting records for number of players used in a season. He's making trade offers and signing FA's like crazy. And I love it. That's what Fantasy basketball should be about - trying to improve your team at all times. Tuna has some very good talent on this roster but sometimes I think he needs to let it sit for a bit to see what he has. I know he has 2 very good potential keepers in James Harden (my choice for 6th man of the year so far) and Ersan Ilyasova (depending on how Scott Skiles is feeling that day). The most disappointing player on this roster has to be Danny Granger for $41 bucks. He's shooting 38/35 and has really struggled all season. Over the 2nd half of the season, I already know what's going to happen - Tuna will continue to make offers,; make deals; sign FA's; take chances and who knows - we'll all probably have a great time watching him work. Thanks Tuna for doing what you do.
That's it for tonight...have a good week boys and enjoy the All-Star break. Up next, Part 2 of the Midseason Review and then next week it's the JBL Portland Summit with Golden, Idaho, Brussels and French Lick - and yes, I'll be documenting all the shenanigans that come from that roadie.
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