Sitting Courtside: NBA Pickups/Drops
06. Jan, 2010 
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My NBA fantasy team has been struggling in the past 2 weeks. While they started out first for a long time, injuries and poor performances has forced my team to drop way down to 9th place in a 14 team league. My league is a head to head, 9 category league with each team having a roster of 13 players. The team I currently have (Eric Montrossity) is as follows:
Rajon Rondo, Andre Igoudala, Derrick Rose, Leandro Barbosa, Jared Dudley, Thaddeus Young, Chris Bosh, Andris Biedrins, Roy Hibbert, Kenyon Martin, Andrea Bargnani, Ryan Gomes & Samuel Dalembert
Every week I seem to compete in all categories but 3PTM but with 3 players on the 76ers it seems that if the 76ers play well I win the week, if not then it’s a blowout loss.
Last week in the NBA was pretty exciting with the return of Nate Robinson and strong back to back performances by Bosh and Bargnani. Let’s look at the waiver wire for players your team should look to add/drop:
Pickup: Martell Webster (POR), Omri Casspi (SAC)
Webster is hot hot hot right now. Look at his stats from last week: 20ppg, 7.0rpg, 4assists, 4 blocks, 2 steals and 10 3 pointers made. Not to mention shooting 53% from the field and just 3 turnovers. His only knock is his FT% but he doesn’t get to the line enough to make a real difference on your team. With the plethora of injuries to Portland, he is the go to wingman and even plays a bit at the 4. Pick him up as he’s only owned in 16% of Yahoo leagues!
Casspi has been turning heads lately. The young rookie from Israel has proven his ability to play in the NBA. Coach Paul Westphal has awared Casspi with starting minutes and he’s responded with 4 twenty point games in a row. He’s single handedly making Spencer Hawes and Nocioni expendable. If you need more convincing he’s got SG, SF and PF status and gets more 3 pointers (1.5) than turnovers (1.3) per game. Definite add!
Drop: Andres Nocioni (SAC), Tracy McGrady (Formerly Houston)
Nocioni has been a gamble ever since he came into the league. It’s a love hate when you have him because he gets a little bit of everything but some nights gets a lot of nothing. He’s been bumped from the starting lineup with the emergence of Cassipi (by the way look to pick him up as well) Nocionis’ minutes are dwindling. Drop him!
T-Mac was once my favourite player during his Orlando days. We must move on and as one of the highest paid players in the NBA no team will want to take on his $23 million contract for less than a year. His only hope is if he’s bought out and a team picks him up for the mid level exception. It’ll be a miracle if he plays again this season.
For a team formerly known as the Bullets, Washington should look to move Arenas to being the mascot if he’s suspended for an extended period of time…
If you have any suggestions, questions or want to talk hoops just comment below.
