Week 11 Roundup...

Well, here we are at the end of week 11. The Wack is back in 1st place and we are just 7 days away from the keeper deadline (March 18th). What's cool about the deadline this year is that we are actually following the NBA trade deadline (March 15th). Usually, in years gone by - the keepers are locked and loaded by the All-Star break (Feb 20ish). So, we'll actually be able to react to some of the moves that the NBA teams make...

So, I thought I would just quickly ramble on about a few things from week 11 and looking forward to the home stretch. Let's start with the NBA and JBL keeper trade deadlines. There will likely be a number of NBA/JBL players who's stock will skyrocket if they get traded by the 15th. Here are just a few that I think will likely be moved by the NBA trade deadline on Thursday.

• Roddy Beaubois - I'll start with my own team because I'm really hoping the Mavs give up on the kid and they move him on somewhere so he can get 35 minutes and see what he can do.
• Chris Kaman - will the Hornets trade him? Will that hurt or help his value? He's been doing very well for Brussels as of late
• Stephen Jackson - French is holding on to him in hopes he gets moved. He's had a horrible season and a trade could make him somewhat valuable again - although those %'s are pretty scary.
• Kirk Hinrich - Maui has him and I'm sure Trev hopes he gets moved to a team where he can start and play a lot of minutes. Although, check out his line tonight. Not too shabby.
• Ramon Sessions - Arctic hopes he gets moved out from behind Kyrie in Cleveland. Arctic always seems to have Sessions. Maybe he'll end up with the Lakers?
• Boris Diaw - Big Mac had a wicked start to the season and now can't get off the bench for a 5-34 team. No, seriously, he can't get off the bench. He's huge. No way he can play.
• Jose Calderon - will the Raps trade him? His ATO is off the charts. Will Bayless becomes the starter? Will Calderon be able to duplicate his amazing numbers on another team?
• Michael Beasley - clearly the T-Pups don't need him. Until Rubio got hurt I was thinking they could make the playoffs. Now, they should move Beez and reload for next season.
• The Wizards - what will they do? They are a bunch of malcontents. Blatche must go. You have to move either Crawford or Young. McGee only likes playing sometimes. The Wiz could make some changes and that could mean for some new rotations. Stay tuned.
• Jamal Crawford - Nate's about to get fired and Crawford will surely opt out of his contract this summer. So...you might as well get something for him. I'm sure the Clippers would like a shooting guard for the playoff drive. And gee, the Blazers could use a PG - how about Bledsoe?
• OJ Mayo - will the Grizz finally move him? He's been rumored to be leaving forever. It actually seems like he could be a 16-18ppg guy with minutes but you know you're in trouble when you can't beat out Tony Allen for playing time.

I'm sure there are plenty more but we'll leave at that for now...

Now, onto the week that was....week 11.

Juan was dealt a crushing blow when Rubio tore his ACL. Although, their FG% will likely go up as a result - but they lose a lot of steals with Ricky going down for the year.

Kevin Love averaged 33 and 16 this week. Holy cow.

I think we can officially say that Josh Smith is a top 10 Fantasy player overall. He's even become the go-to-guy at the end of games for the Hawks. Guys a stud.

I'm starting to think that Stephon Curry will be retired in under 3 years. Seriously, the guy cannot stay healthy. It's unbelievable. How many times has he sprained his ankle since he came in the league? 50?

Will Brussels be able to get out of the basement? He's not that far behind the Maui squad. He has to be playing for pride right? He certainly doesn't want to have the honour of finishing last in the JBL standings. Although, the baseball pool draft is this Friday so I'm thinking Timmy will be focusing on that. What Timmy should be doing is grabbing one super duper keeper and trying to get to 12th. Or, he should be acquiring another rookie pick from a contending team. Although, that would be hard to do with his salary at $205. Would a team like Juan De Fuca, who just lost Rubio, be willing to trade their lottery pick for Mo Williams? Yeah, I didn't think so either.

Will Yuma and MBB do anything by the trade deadline? Pat and Bob have both been very quiet this season. I think I saw one offer from Pat this year and I can't recall getting any trade offers from Bob. Although, Idaho and French both mentioned trade offers - so, it's nice to know they are alive. Yuma has potential keepers in Conley, Humphries and Jennings so maybe he won't be that active at the deadline. MBB doesn't have any rock star keepers - but he does have the biggest chip of them all to play. Lebron! Will he move him for keepers? Can he get Bynum and Lawson out of French? Would French do that? Or maybe Bob is considering protecting Lebron for $77 bucks. We'll see...

And what will Montreal do? They are in the top 8 - which means 3 keepers - although if they fell to 9th or 10th they would only be able to protect 2 guys. The Poutang is loaded with good values (Kyrie, Lin, Gasol, Batum, Udoh) so maybe they tries to leverage a couple of those guys to secure a top 8 spot.

And what will the current top 4 teams do? Seoul doesn't have much in terms of cheap talent that he could leverage to make a final push. I think Woo's team is what it is. And I will say this...it's still a scary team. Currently at 898 points, Seoul could easily get over 1000 points on the season. He has room to move in a lot of the categories and has filled his team with stat stuffers.

Juan is currently at 913 and they too could get over 1000 points for the season. Juan could also leverage the injured Ricky Rubio in a trade and push for top spot. Wouldn't a team like Yuma or MBB or Arctic all want a piece of Rubio for next year? He's an awesome keeper. Juan will use Corey Maggette (JBL bench player of the week) as a replacement in an attempt to track down the Wack and Golden in scoring. That's 40 points right there.

Golden is at 977 and could move some in FG% and blocks maybe. Golden is planning on going with a foreign keeper lineup for next season with Gortat, Pekovic, Ilyasova, and Biyombo. Now, that could change on a couple of fronts. Right now, Biyombo is listed as a F/C. Will he be just a Center next season because he's getting the starts there currently? If he is, he's stuck behind Eastern Promises and I should try to leverage him in a deal. Anyone have any foreigners who can block shots for cheap?? Also, what if Bangkok came a knocking with a Dwight Howard for Marcin Gortat trade offer? That might change everything. What I will likely try to do at the deadline is acquire another PG as my ATO is slipping with the trade of Lowry a couple weeks back.

Chilliwack is back over 1000 points and has a good lead in rebounding. His lead in blocks is evaporating a bit as Seoul inches closer. Also, it looks like Kyle Lowry has some sort of bacterial infection (it hurts when he pees maybe) so Benny will have to sub in the ever improving Evan Turner (see his line today?). The Wack also has a number of great potential keepers to leverage in trades (McGee, Turner, George, Chalmers, etc) if necessary.

So, this is it, the big week. This is where the teams can gather assets and prepare for next season and those title contenders can load up and go for the win. What category will you fall into? Will you sit back and wait for offers to come to you? Or will you be aggressive and make shit happen? Of the current top 4 teams I think Juan, Golden, and Chilliwack are best positioned to make a move. Seoul just doesn't have that super keeper to offer up. Juan can trade Rubio, Cousins, or Knight. Golden could offer up any one of his foreigners if it landed a big fish. And the Wack could leverage McGee/Turner/George to land some big names. It's gonna be a fun week. Enjoy!