Tip-In Points: Where the Riled Kings Are
Anyone can suggest adds and drops for the NBA fantasy fans out there, but few make those suggestions from the gut. We’ve also sprinkled in tons of helpful stats for all fantasy formats too. Because that’s the kind of fantasy help you deserve.
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The Sacramento Kings (except Spencer Hawes) With Tyreke Evans and Kevin Martin out with injuries, everyone (except Spencer Hawes) stepped up and produced. If you’ve had your eye on any of these guys (*cough* Omri Casspi / Beno Udrih *cough*) now’s a good time to pounce. This team wasn’t supposed to win mor than 13 games this season, much less surpass that without their two best players. Udrih went 17/5/7 in 40 minutes. Jason Thompson earned his 10th double-double of the season. Donte Greene shot .667 from the floor. Andres Nocioni led the team with 21 points in 25 minutes. There are players here that can help most fantasy teams in both the long and short term. Thompson is the only guy here owned in more than 60 percent of leagues. Until Evans returns, these guys should be gotten. Go get ‘em.
The rest of these guys should be so lucky to play or the Kings.
Michael Redd, MIL You know what’s not good for a starting sharpshooter? When he goes 0-for-4 and only plays 16 minutes in one half of basketball. BENCH-slapped!
Andrew Bogut, MIL Played almost 19 minutes and went 1-for-6. He’s seven feet tall. He’s 10 feet tall with his arms up. Get them arms up, chief. Straight up. Now put ‘er in the basket, chief! BENCH-slapped!
Brandon Jennings, MIL He had 24 points on 18 shots (.500) with seven assists to boot, but no steals and five turnovers. You’ll take it considering he’d been scoring 13 points on 34 percent shooting in his previous seven games.
Gerald Wallace, CHA Multiplicity had a 12/10 double-double 2:21 into the third quarter. He improved on those numbers by the end of the game (21/14). That’s what he does. He improves things. Like the Bobcats, your fantasy team and my normally crusty demeanor.
Zach Randolph, MEM Had 23 points and 13 boards on Monday. 141 points and 91 boards in his last five games (28.2/18.2). The last player to average that in any five-game span? Shaq. Rookie Shaq. Orlando rookie Shaq. I’m pretty sure I chose Ben Gordon instead of Randolph during the sixth round of my draft. I’m scared to double-check because I hate throwing up all over my computer. Stuff gets stuck in between the keys.
O.J. Mayo, MEM Sweet line, dude. 28 pts / 7 rbds / 6 asts / 1 blk. I usually prefer mustard, but in this instance I’ll take … eh, you get the idea.
Rudy Gay, MEM Gay missed Monday’s game and was out with a sprained you-don’t-care-just-tell-you-when-he’ll-be-playing-again. He should return against Indy on Wednesday. Something called a Demarre Carroll took Gay’s place in the starting lineup.
Brook Lopez, NJ Foul trouble. 10 points on 11 shots. Fold this performance up into a nifty paper aeroplane, open a window, be sure you don’t knock over the flower boxes, toss this game into the heavens and never speak of it again.
Yi Jianlian, NJ Yi’s in the flow, man. He scored a career-high 29 points and has hit double-figures for the third straight game since returning from injury. Ride his flow, dude. (Gross.)
Jeff Green, OKC Six points, two rebounds, sadness and a little bit of shame. That’s two games in a row Green’s scored only six points. If it happens a third consecutive time, he’ll shrink down and live in a model of Oklahoma City I keep in my attic along with the ghosts of the people that used to live in my house.
Russell Westbrook, OKC Double-doubled. But more importantly, if I were casting a cowboy movie during the golden age of Hollywood going solely on names, Russell Westbrook would be my star. James Harden’s name would also be the co-star.
Kevin Durant, OKC .682 FG% / .833 FT% / 40 pts / 5 rbds / 2 asts / 3 stls / 5 turnovers. I would have given him a shout-out for Line of the Night (do the kids still shout-out to things?) had he not turned the ball over so many times and had a bette cowboy name. I’m think Gus Durant or Jack Durant or something.
Jared Dudley, PHO Let’s discuss Jared Dudley shall we? Not only did he tie his career-high in points (19) for the second time this month, he also had at least one of everything else in the fantasy box score. Also, he leads the league in 3-point shooting percentage (.509). The word is slowly starting to filter out and he’d be a fine, fine, super-fine pick in deeper leagues.
Channing Frye, PHO 2-for-10 from beyond the arc? Really? Drive the lane, jerk!
Jerryd Bayless, POR 2-for-2 from the line. 0-for-7 from everywhere else on earth last night.
Andris Biedrins, GS 0-for-4 with four rebounds in his first game back since November 8. I won’t say it was a pretty game Bieds played, but it was a game. Will he bouce back? Well, is his hair spikey and overly goopey … ?
Monta Ellis, GS Another killer game, another complete 48-minute game. I’ve never seen what it looks like to grind a human being into a nub. We’re going to find out sometime in June.
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Nene Hilario, DEN 38 min. / .727 FG% / .643 FT% / 25 pts / 8 rbds / 3 asts / 3 stls / 3 blk / 0 turnovers. I hate that free throw percentage and the fact that he let Carmelo Anthony shoot the ball 35 times even though he was making less than a point off of each shot (34), but heck, the rest of this is enough to make you weep. You know what else is? Stubbing your toe in the dark.
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