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A review of action in the fantasy basketball league dubbed "Homan League". May include free agent pick-ups, trades, DNP's because someone forgot to set their lineup for the early morning Pacific time game. Also other shenanigans worth mentioning in the fantasy league. All opinions are exactly that, opinions. So don't take them too personally, and they are mostly mine.
At a glance:
Very different weeks for the two Los Angeles teams as the Clippers played a league high five games while the Lakers only played two. The Lakers play a two-game-week again starting the 2nd of December, so in terms of fantasy numbers, owners with Laker players will have to take into account the lessened impact for guys like Pau, Steve Blake, Jordan Hill, and Jodie Meeks (TEAM(s): kobeking, Adam Silver).
The Trailblazers have been on a hot streak and specifically guys like Wes Matthews, Damian Lillard and Nic Batum have been producing great in terms of 3PTM, FT%, and points (TEAM(s): League Champion, Sasquatch, kobeking).
Point guard play has been phenomenal this week as John Wall, Mike Conley, Kyle Lowry and Kyrie Irving have all had big weeks. The most pleasant surprise if you're a fantasy owner or a Mav's fan has got to be Monta Ellis doing his best '03 -Steph Marbury impression averaging 32 pts and 8 assists on the week. (TEAM(s): League Champion, kobeking, Swagger).
Still keeping up their MVP-type numbers for the season are Chris Paul, Anthony Davis, and the White Dwight, Spencer Hawes. As covered in the Noteworthy posts, Anthony Davis has been blocking everything in sight, averaging over 6 blocks in this past week. It's true that his steals haven't been as great as the start of the season, but if you just peruse over his game logs, you'll be shocked at how high his FG%, FT% are and how ridiculous it is that he's only turning the ball over about once a game (TEAM(s): Just Jrue It, Pres(i)ton, S7venbyVII).
Very different weeks for the two Los Angeles teams as the Clippers played a league high five games while the Lakers only played two. The Lakers play a two-game-week again starting the 2nd of December, so in terms of fantasy numbers, owners with Laker players will have to take into account the lessened impact for guys like Pau, Steve Blake, Jordan Hill, and Jodie Meeks (TEAM(s): kobeking, Adam Silver).
The Trailblazers have been on a hot streak and specifically guys like Wes Matthews, Damian Lillard and Nic Batum have been producing great in terms of 3PTM, FT%, and points (TEAM(s): League Champion, Sasquatch, kobeking).
Point guard play has been phenomenal this week as John Wall, Mike Conley, Kyle Lowry and Kyrie Irving have all had big weeks. The most pleasant surprise if you're a fantasy owner or a Mav's fan has got to be Monta Ellis doing his best '03 -Steph Marbury impression averaging 32 pts and 8 assists on the week. (TEAM(s): League Champion, kobeking, Swagger).
Still keeping up their MVP-type numbers for the season are Chris Paul, Anthony Davis, and the White Dwight, Spencer Hawes. As covered in the Noteworthy posts, Anthony Davis has been blocking everything in sight, averaging over 6 blocks in this past week. It's true that his steals haven't been as great as the start of the season, but if you just peruse over his game logs, you'll be shocked at how high his FG%, FT% are and how ridiculous it is that he's only turning the ball over about once a game (TEAM(s): Just Jrue It, Pres(i)ton, S7venbyVII).
Neat Pickups:
Caron Butler (TEAM: League Champion): Took a couple days after Butler was picked up (15th) to finally get some stats for him (22nd), but boy was it worth it. In Friday night's overtime game against the Sixers, Butler put up 38 points with 4 threes made and 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
Martell Webster (TEAM: Sasquatch): Webster has continued playing well with Trevor Ariza injury's, regularly logging 40+ minutes in the Wizard's last five games. Since he has been picked up, Webster has been reliable for a couple threes per game, great FT%, about half a dozen rebounds and a really low turnover rate.
Caron Butler (TEAM: League Champion): Took a couple days after Butler was picked up (15th) to finally get some stats for him (22nd), but boy was it worth it. In Friday night's overtime game against the Sixers, Butler put up 38 points with 4 threes made and 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
Martell Webster (TEAM: Sasquatch): Webster has continued playing well with Trevor Ariza injury's, regularly logging 40+ minutes in the Wizard's last five games. Since he has been picked up, Webster has been reliable for a couple threes per game, great FT%, about half a dozen rebounds and a really low turnover rate.
You Must Not Be Happy:
Those Veteran Brooklyn Nets (TEAM(s): S7venbyVII, Jae's Dazzling Squad, Adam Silver, David Stern):
Deron Williams playing 16 minutes the last two games after going down with an ankle injury once again to the T'Wolves. He had glimpses of impact 2 weeks ago, but something is really wrong with Williams physically, whether it be the ankle or just his conditioning.
Paul Pierce's shooting has been terrible. He's shooting 21% from the field for the week and turning the ball over as much as he's grabbing rebounds or assists (3 per/game).
Kevin Garnett is still grabbing 8 boards, and making a couple baskets per game. Some concerns would be that he hasn't shot a free throw in over a week (he's only shot 5 for the season) so there goes the FTM category. Plus his numbers have been getting cut and its clear he and coach J.Kidd aren't seeing eye to eye, so things aren't looking bright if you're counting on KG for fantasy impact.
Brook Lopez hasn't played the whole week with his ankle injury. Really bad times if you're a fan of the talented scoring Lopez, as he was having himself a nice year until the injury.
Joe Johnson is still doing what he does best and that's make shots. With everyone else either injured or playing like they are ready to retire, Johnson should have all the shots he wants to produce. Currently, you can count on him for a couple threes and around 13 pts/game which is about the same production as a Gary Neal who is sitting pretty in free agency.
Omer Asik (TEAM: League Champion) In case you forgot, the top rebounders last season were Nikola Vucevic (917), Dwight Howard (945) and Asik (956). WIth Dwight joining the Rockets this season, Asik has been bumped to second-string and although Asik is rebounding at a much lower clip than he was last season,Asik has all the skills and instincts to be leading the league in that category if he was just given more minutes.
Although, Kevin Mchale tried starting Asik/Howard together last week, that experiment was short-lived. Omer has since demanded a trade and in order to drive his market value down, the Rockets have decided to play their project big-man, Donatas Motiejunas, more minutes than the league's rebounding leader from a season ago.
If you enjoy watching the Turkish big man grab those rebounds and play really good post defense, you'll be pulling for the Rockets to trade Asik to a team where he can start devouring rebounds once again.
Those Veteran Brooklyn Nets (TEAM(s): S7venbyVII, Jae's Dazzling Squad, Adam Silver, David Stern):
Deron Williams playing 16 minutes the last two games after going down with an ankle injury once again to the T'Wolves. He had glimpses of impact 2 weeks ago, but something is really wrong with Williams physically, whether it be the ankle or just his conditioning.
Paul Pierce's shooting has been terrible. He's shooting 21% from the field for the week and turning the ball over as much as he's grabbing rebounds or assists (3 per/game).
Kevin Garnett is still grabbing 8 boards, and making a couple baskets per game. Some concerns would be that he hasn't shot a free throw in over a week (he's only shot 5 for the season) so there goes the FTM category. Plus his numbers have been getting cut and its clear he and coach J.Kidd aren't seeing eye to eye, so things aren't looking bright if you're counting on KG for fantasy impact.
Brook Lopez hasn't played the whole week with his ankle injury. Really bad times if you're a fan of the talented scoring Lopez, as he was having himself a nice year until the injury.
Joe Johnson is still doing what he does best and that's make shots. With everyone else either injured or playing like they are ready to retire, Johnson should have all the shots he wants to produce. Currently, you can count on him for a couple threes and around 13 pts/game which is about the same production as a Gary Neal who is sitting pretty in free agency.
Omer Asik (TEAM: League Champion) In case you forgot, the top rebounders last season were Nikola Vucevic (917), Dwight Howard (945) and Asik (956). WIth Dwight joining the Rockets this season, Asik has been bumped to second-string and although Asik is rebounding at a much lower clip than he was last season,Asik has all the skills and instincts to be leading the league in that category if he was just given more minutes.
Although, Kevin Mchale tried starting Asik/Howard together last week, that experiment was short-lived. Omer has since demanded a trade and in order to drive his market value down, the Rockets have decided to play their project big-man, Donatas Motiejunas, more minutes than the league's rebounding leader from a season ago.
If you enjoy watching the Turkish big man grab those rebounds and play really good post defense, you'll be pulling for the Rockets to trade Asik to a team where he can start devouring rebounds once again.
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