Tip-In Points: One Jrue Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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Jrue Holiday, PHI Holiday had a season (and thusly career) high 23 points against the Magic on Monday riding in on the wings of five long bombs (also a season-high) and 69 percent from the field (also a season high – min. five shot attempts). The problem here isn’t last night. No, last night was the best game of the 17th overall pick’s young career. The problem is that he’s started in 28 games this season, amassed at least 28 minutes in 11 of those games and never came close to this production. Iverson’s gone. Louis Williams remains inconsistent and almost everyone else on the team seems to play some hybrid version of power forward meets whatever Shawn Bradley called himself. It’s nice that Jrue Jackman jacked six treys last night and made five of them. But he also went 3-for-11 from downtown in the previous week. And that’s more like the Holiday that’s shown up most nights for Philly. We’re 3/4 of the way through the season, he’s getting 26 minutes a game and he’s doing nothing with it. Yeah, he’s a rook’. Yeah, he’ll grow. Yeah, he wasn’t the first pick in the draft or the second or even the 10th. But he’s been given the keys, the mirrors are all adjusted, the speakers are pumping a sweet Styx/Third Eye Blind mix cd, the engine’s revved and this kid can’t reach the pedal. That’s gotta be more depressing to Philadelphians than three failed Iverson comebacks and a sixth “Rocky” sequel.
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Dwight Howard, ORL After ending the season’s longest double-double streak (21) over the weekend, Howard has grabbed a combined eight rebounds in his last two games. This was the first game of the season in which he lost the ball (4) more than he rebounded it (3). If you’ve got any Cure records, now would be a good time to spin ‘em.
Jameer Nelson, ORL The St. Joe alum had 22 points and 10 assists. I kept him on my bench. /slaps forehead.
Elton Brand, PHI DNP – Achilles issues … On Elton Brand night! That’s shocking! Why was Philly having an Elton Brand night!?!
Bill Walker, NY Who is Bill Walker and can he be thrown into some sort of deal that will free up salary so that LeBron James can lead the Knicks to fourth in the Eastern conference for the next decade?
Dirk Nowitzki, DAL 27/13, his 13th double-double of the season. This time last season he had 18. What’s that mean? Why, it means this Dirk is not the strongest of Dirks, yet this Dirk belongs on a short-list of MVP candidates, which means that any Dirk is better than the best of almost everyone else. Capiche?
Stephen Jackson, CHA Scored 20, but lost it six times. Crikey Stack Jacks, stack ‘em a little lower, would ya?
Tyrus Thomas, CHA Patience be payin’ off – 16 and 12 in 29 minutes.
Luol Deng, Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, CHI Boo-boos, bangs, dings, Dengs. Rose missed most of the 1st half ’cause of a knee-bump. He came back and seemed fine. The other two were DNPs. Both look like short-term.
Kirk Hinrich, CHI Shot 1-for-9. I blame the peppermint Schnaaps.
Marcus Thornton, NO Thirty points on Monday. That’s two 30+ point games in the last six days … from the bench … for New Orleans … uphill both ways!
George Hill, SA There goes starter George Hill wracking up a team-high in points for the second time in three games again. Hey starter George Hill, say hi to your mother for me.
Nicholas Batum, POR Nicky Batts from Bensonhurst, New York hit four threes on his way to the second highest point total of his career (21). Nicholas Ba-TOOM from Lisieux, France? Never heard of ‘im.
Mike Conley, MEM Seven turnovers. Put the coffee down, Conley. Coffee’s for closers.
Kevin Martin, HOU Dropped 28 last night and 139 in his first six games with Houston (23.2) It was just a matter of time. Wind him up and watch him go!
Aaron Brooks, HOU Sank four threes. That’s a league-best 31 games with at least one trey. But you already knew that. That’s why you drafted him. What’s that? You didn’t draft ‘im. Then I want you off of my property.
DeMar DeRozan, TOR I’ve said it before, I’ll say it … at least one more time: DeRozan was a bigger bust than Blake Griffin. How can that be? Because Griffin never hurt your team by playing on it. DeRozan has had eight games in which he left your fantasy squad worse than when he entered.
Baron Davis, LAC Nineteen points. Great. Two 3-pointers. Nice. Twelve assists. Killer! Nine turnovers. Bleugh! I just threw up all over my sneakers.
Carmelo Anthony, DEN Seventeen points on Monday. He hasn’t scored 25 points in his last three games. Make way for Durant!
L I N E O F T H E N I G H T
34 min / 50% FG / 75% FT / 17 pts / 18 rbds / 4 asts / 2 stls / 2 blks / 3 tos
Josh Smith, ATL Okay. Solid line, yes. But look at this face. This is not a “Smoove” face. He knows his nickname is Smoove, right? This is the face of a guy named “Bucky” or “Puffin.” Or “Bloefeld.” I ever see Jorsh make this face or any similar face, we’re all calling him “Bloefeld.”
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Holiday photo courtesy of Yahoo! Sports via Getty Images
Bloefeld photo courtesy of Yahoo! Sports via the AP
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