Tuesday, January 22, 2008

1st Day of Classes

Stupid title, but I thought everyone should know that after my month-long winter recess. I'll start off by letting everyone know about Damon Stoudamire, who is meeting with Grizzly officials very soon to negociate his buyout, which is definitely going to happen. Rajon Rondo owners should be most attentive to this because I do believe the sources that say the C's are Damon's #1 choice and he will probably sign with them for the vet's minimum. With that said, there were only 2 games on this Tuesday after MLK day.

- Grant Hill returned today after missing time with his appendectomy surgery in a win (114-105) for the Suns at the Bradley Center. Milwaukee hung around in this game, but the Suns were just too much. He had 8pts in 28mins as Boris Diaw returned to the bench to play 24mins and score 5, dish 5 and rebound 5. It's time to get Hill back into those rosters and drop Diaw. On the Buck side, Bobby Simmons returned to the starting rotation for 35mins and 15pts. Like I've said before, he's a decent option, but he is injury-prone and doesn't help you that much in any area so if you need a guy bad, he's a good spot start every once in a while.

- Jersey visited the Kings in the 2nd game. Big News in this one as Kevin Martin, Mike Bibby and Ron Artest all started in place of Francisco Garcia, Beno Udrih and John Salmons. It's tough to say how these guys will be affected fantasy-wise, but I would only keep Udrih until the trade deadline out of these 3. The Kings have been trying to move Bibby for a while and Udrih would get most of his numbers back if that happens to be the case. The Kings dominated this game too, winning each quarter and eventually by 34, 128-94. Udrih and Garcia were both effective off the bench with 14pts and 13pts, respectively. Salmons only played 2mins so it's probably time to drop him or if you choose to wait, the All-Star break should be your decision point. The Kings are a talented team and I fully expect them to use this lineup until a major move is made, considering how effective it was tonight.

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