Tip-In Points: Asleep In Wolves Clothing
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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Al Jefferson, MIN Big whiffer! Ten points, four rebounds and a block and steal each. That’s the 21st game of the season Big al couldn’t muster at least 15 points and his 26th game in which he was unable to grab double-digit rebounds. Last season, Jefferson scored fewer than 15 points in only five of his 50 games. It might not be a bad idea to start testing the sucker market before your league’s trade deadline passes.
Keep scrollin.’ I dare you.
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Marcus Camby, POR DNP. Show of hands: Who’s surprised at this injury? C’mon lemme see those hands. Don’t be shy. I count one hand. Wait. No. You were just stretching? Okay.
LaMarcus Aldridge, POR Nine points and a pair of rebounds in 39 minutes on the floor, 24 hours after dropping 27/7. Apparently that roaming, loose, lazy Andrea Bargnani defense was just too much for ‘im. Wait, what?
Jarrett Jack, TOR He’s had at lest 18 points and eight assists in each of his last three games.
JaVale McGee, WAS Started at C. Played 15 minutes. Grabbed a rebound. A. Rebound. I’m not basketball superwiz, but I’m pretty sure Flip Saunders was hoping for at least two rebounds from the kid.
Hamed Haddadi, MEM Oh hell no, Adam. Don’t tell me you’re suggesting I put Hamed Haddadi on my fantasy team. You’ve gone plum loopy. Wait, bro. While it’s true that I’ve gone plum loopy, I’m not suggesting you grab Haddadi. I’m merely pointing out he’s taking over Hasheem Thabeet’s spot as Marc Gasol’s backup. I’m also pointing out that he grabbed eight boards and blocked a shot in 14 minutes last night. That’s more or less what Kendrick Perkins (8.6 / 1.3) and Erick Dampier (3.0/1.3) have done. Jrue story.
Marcus Thornton, NO Twenty-five points. Remember when everyone thought Emeka Okafor was the offseason’s most important acquisition? Me neither.
John Salmons, MIL Averaging 17.8 points in four games as a Buck after averaging only 12.7 as a Bull. If Bull Salmons was more like Buck Salmons, there’d have been no Buck Salmons. And if there were no bull salmon, I wouldn’t have barfed that one time I visited Greenland.
Ronald Murray, CHI Sixteen points in 33 minutes. That’s two games in a row. If he does it a third time, I’m gonna pick him off the wire and start him. ‘Cause it’s totally unlike Flip to get cold as quickly as he got hot.
Luis Scola, HOU 0-for-5 in 16 minutes. At least he died doing what he loved.
Aaron Brooks, HOU He had a 24/6/8 line last night. If it ain’t Brooks, don’t fix it.
Trevor Ariza, HOU DNP – Hip pointer. Just as well. He’s been off lately. Since, like, June.
Dwight Howard, ORL A perfect 11-for-11 from the floor. And his 30/16 double-double was his 19th straight.
Jameer Nelson, ORL Jameer’s averaging 13.3 points and a season-high 6.6 assists after averaging 11.2 and 4.4 in the two previous months. A post-All-Star Jameer is roster-worthy Jameer.
Manu Ginobili, SA He’s scoring five more points per game in February than he has in any other full month this season. He’s also shooting .031 percent better from the floor this month than any other this season as well.
Carlos Boozer, UTA 33/16. It was his 37th double-double in 54 games. That means he’s dub-dubbed in 69 percent of this season’s games. Compare that to last season when he double-doubled in 20 of his 37 games (54 percent).
Drew Gooden, LAC He dropped 20/13 in 37 starter’s minutes. Oh, how you laughed. But I told you this would happen if he got minutes. I’ll accept your apology only on scented parchment.
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43 min / 53% FG / 91% FT / 1 3ptm / 31 pts / 9 rbds / 3 asts / 3 blks / 1 to
Luol Deng, CHI Dang.
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