Tip-In Points: No Mo Fo Sho
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Mo Williams, CLE The above picture leads me to believe that both Delonte West and Mo got the swine flu and that, unbeknown to scientists, swine flue can create breaks in strains in appendages. Mo’s out 4-6 weeks. Out of nowhere.
This won’t effect the Cavs nearly as bad as it will effect Mo Williams owners. It’s going to be hard to replace the 14th most minutes, third most threes, fifth best free throw percentage, and 16th most assists. It’ll be damn near impossible to replace it with one person off the waiver wire. You might be able to do it if Randy Foye is still available or if someone in your league thinks Tyreke Evans’ worth is down because Kevin Martin is back. Barring that, the most you can hope for is a slight recovery on some of Mo’s stats.
Delonte West will replace Williams in the Cavs lineup and presumably should do the same in yours. West won’t make up for Williams’ solid percentages and he scores 5.7 fewer points per 36 minutes than Williams. That being said, he rebounds and assists comparably to Williams while stealing and blocking significantly more than Williams. A half a turnover less than Williams ain’t nothing to sneeze at either. So don’t sneeze. At this rate, you might get West sick and then where will your team be?
Boobie Gibson. That’s where.
Let’s keep the cattle drive going with s’more calves Cavs news:
Delonte West, CLE Didja secure Delonte West just now? Just now before reading the rest of Thursday’s wrap-up? Good. Now drop him and pick up Daniel Gibson. Delonte broke a finger on his shooting hand last night and will miss the weekend’s games, maybe more. Everything I said about West, roll over to Gibson and add a stupid design etched into the haircut.
Shaquille O’Neal, CLE Shaq hung in there for over 28 minutes on Thursday, which means he was grumpy this morning and will play about 17 minutes Saturday.
J.J. Hickson, CLE The major blow to the Cavs starting lineup happened in its backcourt, but that might have a positive effect on front court member J.J. Hickson. Hickson’s been showing flashes of power and speed all season. He shot 67 percent from the floor last night and recorded his first double-double of the season in just his second 25-minute game of 2010. It’s worth watching. Or not. See if I care.
Kobe Bryant, LAL Bean is shooting tons of shots lately (12-for-31, 39 percent last night). He ain’t makin’ tons though. He’s missed at least 19 shots in four games, all in the last month. He’s scoring 20+ points on most nights, but think how many shots he’s taking if he’s missing at least 19 of them. That’s like when my girlfriend told me she saved $300 on a handbag she bought … meaning a) the handbag cost at least $301 and b) a $301 handbag is an acceptable price for anything that basically holds brushes and chapstick.
Pau Gasol, LAL Went 3-for-6 from the line including two missed free throws in the final minute of the game. Before last night Gasol had only missed two free throws in one game once. Still … he’s dead to me.
Lamar Odom, LAL In his last three games out of the lineup, Odom’s still averaging 9.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and played at least 33 minutes in two of ‘em. From November 19 to December 25, when he wasn’t starting he only played 33+ minutes once.
Baron Davis, LAC His 2-for-13 (15 percent) from the floor made Ricky Davis’ 3-for-11 look good. If your performance is making Ricky Davis look good, you be lookin’ awful.
Rasual Butler, LAC Mike Dunleavy must be clairvoyant because he benchslapped Butler as a preemptive strike against what he was about to do on Thursday night. He nevertheless played 35 minutes and managed two points, a rebound and a block. He wasn’t in foul trouble (2) and wasn’t cold from the floor (only five field goal attempts, four of which were treys).
Craig Smith, LAC Season-high 21 points. He’s scored in double-digits eight times this season, four of which have come on in the last five games. Jrue story.
Ty Lawson, DEN If Lawson could find 36 minutes a game he’d be averaging 5.9 assists per game and a steal-and-a-half to go with 15.2 points. Basically, he’d be Derrick Rose. Remember this if old man Billups goes down again this season. If “ifs” and “buts” were candy and nuts we’d all have … something ‘er other. Let’s assume “we’d all have Ty Lawson on our fantasy teams.”
L I N E O F T H E N I G H T
40 min. / 52% FG / 77% FT / 1 3pt / 37 pts / 5 rbd / 9 ast / 2 stl / 1 blk / 4 to
LeBron James, CLE Another powerful game for the man fairly clrearly running away with this year’s MVP. But humor me for a moment as I discuss this man’s three-point shooting. He went 1-for-9 on Thursday and most of those eight misses were ugly, brutal things taken somewhere closer to half court than the arc. He’s 1-for-16 from the arc in his last two games.
In short, yeah. This guy totally belongs in a Knicks uniform.
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