ITT: Ask a Fantasy Basketball Expert (srs) Anything...

[MooseLaddin]

Pretty sure those stats are incorrect. He's shot close to 80% from the ft line most of his career and from the games I could see that he played more than 30 min he averaged around 12 and 8 with 1 block.

He had 10 and 10 tonight with 4 assts and 1 block. 6-7 from the line. That's far from useless.

they are correct but they only look at the past 4 years. Zaza put up more respectable numbers in the earlier parts of his career, IDK if he is as good now as he was in the past though.

[MooseLaddin]

There's also this though:

Al Horford (torn pectoral) is out 3-4 months. Pachulia has 170 career NBA starts under his belt, averaging 10.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 0.5 blocks in those games.

most of those numbers are 6+ years old, is Zaza as good now as he was 7 years ago? IDK. But I guess worth a flier over Biedrins as the other guy did, Biedrins is a waste of air lol.

[chipotleking]

Who do I pick up? Anthony Randolph or Jon Leuer?

[DeanCainGainz]

Who do I pick up? Anthony Randolph or Jon Leuer?

lolol You're always trying to pick someone up. I'd say neither unless you have a total bum you need to drop.

[AlliWantisLulz]

This guy has to be the worst negotiator ever. Take it and run.

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trade was officially accepted...now hopefully the LM doesn't veto it.

[MooseLaddin]

lolol You're always trying to pick someone up. I'd say neither unless you have a total bum you need to drop.

Agreed.

Chipotle you seem to be in a deep league, how many teams are in it?

[chipotleking]

Agreed.

Chipotle you seem to be in a deep league, how many teams are in it?

14 people lol. but people are picking up people every day

[anonymous]

OP, Mullens or Zaza to replace Horford? Can't decide. I picked up Zaza off impulse, now im waiting to see how he does and then dropping him for mullens if i dont like what i see.

Is that worth it or should i just get Mullens?

[athrun340]

16 team h2h league 9 cat

PG - Mario Chalmers (Mia - PG)
SG - Monta Ellis (GS - PG,SG)
G - Baron Davis (NY - PG) INJ
SF - Lamar Odom (Dal - SF,PF)
PF - Kevin Garnett (Bos - PF)
F - Dirk Nowitzki (Dal - PF)
C - Greg Monroe (Det - C)
C - Chris Kaman (NO - PF,C)
Util - Jermaine O'Neal (Bos - C)
Util - Kawhi Leonard (SA - SF)
BN - Marreese Speights (Mem - PF,C)
BN - Chuck Hayes (Sac - PF,C) INJ
BN - Zaza Pachulia (Atl - C)


Nate Robinson and Rip Hamilton are on the waivers. Nate will clear waiver on saturday. Rip will clear waiver on Sunday. I doubt either player clears the waiver though.. this league is pretty active so if i want to get one of them, i have to bid.

Who should i drop? im thinking jermaine oneal but i do need help in blocks. What about chuck hayes? or speights?

is Nate or Rip worth $20? (we use waiver budget instead of priority waiver)

[Xnightwing]

OP, Mullens or Zaza to replace Horford? Can't decide. I picked up Zaza off impulse, now im waiting to see how he does and then dropping him for mullens if i dont like what i see.

Is that worth it or should i just get Mullens?

Mullens is better than Zaza

[MooseLaddin]

14 people lol. but people are picking up people every day

yeah I'm in a 14 teamer also, I took a flier on Anthony Randolph a few days ago seeing where it takes me. But we are limited in moves to 3 per week so gotta be wise with the moves.

[DoiEvenLift]

Trade my Granger and Varejao for Josh Smith? The guy offered his Smith for my Aldridge and I countered with this and he is going to accept it.

my team before the trade in a 12 man h2h 9 cat
Rose
Holiday
Teague
Shumpert
Mathews
Henderson
George
Granger
R. Anderson
Diaw
Aldridge
Monroe
Varejao

Also if it goes through, who to add with open roster spot?
Chandler Parsons
Jared Dudley
Markieff Morris
Derrick Favors
Mareese Speights

[Xnightwing]

Trade my Granger and Varejao for Josh Smith? The guy offered his Smith for my Aldridge and I countered with this and he is going to accept it.

my team before the trade in a 12 man h2h 9 cat
Rose
Holiday
Teague
Shumpert
Mathews
Henderson
George
Granger
R. Anderson
Diaw
Aldridge
Monroe
Varejao

Also if it goes through, who to add with open roster spot?
Chandler Parsons
Jared Dudley
Markieff Morris
Derrick Favors
Mareese Speights

Markieff Morris by a lot compared to the other FAs

[DeanCainGainz]

OP, Mullens or Zaza to replace Horford? Can't decide. I picked up Zaza off impulse, now im waiting to see how he does and then dropping him for mullens if i dont like what i see.

Is that worth it or should i just get Mullens?

Mullens fo sho...Here's the reasons...

1. More upside
2. Hawks are rumored to be in talks for another big man by trading Hinrich
3. Mullens is a better scorer
4. Better FT%
5. Only advantage Zaza might offer is rebounds

[DeanCainGainz]

16 team h2h league 9 cat

PG - Mario Chalmers (Mia - PG)
SG - Monta Ellis (GS - PG,SG)
G - Baron Davis (NY - PG) INJ
SF - Lamar Odom (Dal - SF,PF)
PF - Kevin Garnett (Bos - PF)
F - Dirk Nowitzki (Dal - PF)
C - Greg Monroe (Det - C)
C - Chris Kaman (NO - PF,C)
Util - Jermaine O'Neal (Bos - C)
Util - Kawhi Leonard (SA - SF)
BN - Marreese Speights (Mem - PF,C)
BN - Chuck Hayes (Sac - PF,C) INJ
BN - Zaza Pachulia (Atl - C)


Nate Robinson and Rip Hamilton are on the waivers. Nate will clear waiver on saturday. Rip will clear waiver on Sunday. I doubt either player clears the waiver though.. this league is pretty active so if i want to get one of them, i have to bid.

Who should i drop? im thinking jermaine oneal but i do need help in blocks. What about chuck hayes? or speights?

is Nate or Rip worth $20? (we use waiver budget instead of priority waiver)

Your team must be struggling. You have Baron and Chuck who aren't playing and then like 4 borderline waiver wire guys. Leonard, Speights, Zaza, Jermaine. I'd say for short term Nate is probably a better option but then again who know what will happen with Steph. Rip will be more consistent on a long term basis but is old as fuark and injury prone. Not sure if either are worth the full 20$...I'm guessing the way it works is you get 20$ for the whole season? Can you bid less than 20$?

[DeanCainGainz]

Trade my Granger and Varejao for Josh Smith? The guy offered his Smith for my Aldridge and I countered with this and he is going to accept it.

my team before the trade in a 12 man h2h 9 cat
Rose
Holiday
Teague
Shumpert
Mathews
Henderson
George
Granger
R. Anderson
Diaw
Aldridge
Monroe
Varejao

Also if it goes through, who to add with open roster spot?
Chandler Parsons
Jared Dudley
Markieff Morris
Derrick Favors
Mareese Speights

Not bad. From the looks of it you're prob leading the league in FT% but be ready for that to fall with Smith. Then again you're probably lacking in blocks. The recent injury to Horford also adds to Smith's value. I don't mind that trade at all.

Although Granger may pick it up a little. I think the emergence of George will continue to hamper his value. That along with the addition of West.

Out of those FAs it's tough. They're all on a fairly even scale. If it's upside/breakout potential, I love Morris. If you want a steady contributor, I'd say Dudley. Here's the thing with Dudley though....Although Grant got hurt and they were talking about starting Dudley and Shannon, I've recently heard they are looking into starting Brown and Redd and bring Dudley off the bench. Meaning Michael Redd may also be worth an add. Just some info to help you make your decision.

[athrun340]

Your team must be struggling. You have Baron and Chuck who aren't playing and then like 4 borderline waiver wire guys. Leonard, Speights, Zaza, Jermaine. I'd say for short term Nate is probably a better option but then again who know what will happen with Steph. Rip will be more consistent on a long term basis but is old as fuark and injury prone. Not sure if either are worth the full 20$...I'm guessing the way it works is you get 20$ for the whole season? Can you bid less than 20$?

i can bid less. We get $100 budget for the season. How much do you think Rip is worth.

Team is doing ok. I posted in your thread before.. i had manu ginobili lol. Traded him away for odom. Im hanging onto chuck hayes because its a 16 team league. Once he comes back, he still has some value. Baron i need him for assist


btw someone offered me Brandon Knight for Kawhi Leonard. Accept? or counter with Leonard for Darren Collison? am i asking for too much?

[DeanCainGainz]

i can bid less. We get $100 budget for the season. How much do you think Rip is worth.

Team is doing ok. I posted in your thread before.. i had manu ginobili lol. Traded him away for odom. Im hanging onto chuck hayes because its a 16 team league. Once he comes back, he still has some value. Baron i need him for assist


btw someone offered me Brandon Knight for Kawhi Leonard. Accept? or counter with Leonard for Darren Collison? am i asking for too much?

Not really sure how to judge how much to bid. Would have to see comparisons of what other players have gone for.

Asking for Brandon Knight in exchange for Kawhi Leonard would be asking too much. In other words..... take it and run. The guy probably has some sort of man crush on Leonard or went to the same college. Those are the best people to prey on for trades. A guy in one of my leagues last year offered me Wade for Lowry. Even though Lowry was balling, it was still retarded. I accepted but it obviously got vetoed. The funny thing is this year it would actually go through (Lowry's the number 3 overall fantasy player).

[JFizzle23]

Zaza is better than most players to fill out rosters in leagues of 12+.

I just picked that guy up. Rather him than VladRad or Shawn Marion.

[CockeyJamel]

OP, will Jamal Crawford continue to shoot poorly?

[anonymous]

OP, will Jamal Crawford continue to shoot poorly?

Nah I dont think so. Portland is running a good system right now and is playing their depth strongly.

Jamal will continue to get looks and contribute on the court. I'd def hold on to him.

[HayZues Christi]

team is injured as ****.

14 team league. start 7 guys per week.

PG Shumpert
SG Wade
SF melo
PF Alderidge
C Jefferson
Util Cousins
Util Bogut

Bench

Magette
devin harris
Baron Davis
white dude on houston
paul pierce

traded d rose and rudy gay for melo and dwade. they both get hurt in their very first games on my team. also traded thornton for bogut... concussion. Thinkin of just saying fuk assist... pretty much already have.

any sneaky moves reccommended?

[HayZues Christi]

thinkin bout offering carmelo and cousins for pau/gallo/wall

pretty sure my buddy will take it cuz he is a big melo and kings fan.

[DeanCainGainz]

team is injured as ****.

14 team league. start 7 guys per week.

PG Shumpert
SG Wade
SF melo
PF Alderidge
C Jefferson
Util Cousins
Util Bogut

Bench

Magette
devin harris
Baron Davis
white dude on houston
paul pierce

traded d rose and rudy gay for melo and dwade. they both get hurt in their very first games on my team. also traded thornton for bogut... concussion. Thinkin of just saying fuk assist... pretty much already have.

any sneaky moves reccommended?

h2h or roto? 8 cat?

[HayZues Christi]

h2h or roto? 8 cat?

H2h 10 fgm, ftm, and double doubles. No turnovers.

[Yank11]

you told me not to make any moves, I didn't make any except add Spencer Hawes for Toney Douglas when Shump got the starting job


glad I took your advice, about to be 20-4 on the season (h2h)

[DeanCainGainz]

you told me not to make any moves, I didn't make any except add Spencer Hawes for Toney Douglas when Shump got the starting job


glad I took your advice, about to be 20-4 on the season (h2h)

Glad I could help. Repped for the **** of it. Feel free to post your squad so we could all see what a dominant h2h team looks like.

[AlliWantisLulz]

Are Devin Harris and Derrick Favors (suffered an ankle sprained tonight) droppable?


should I drop 1 or both for

Gordon Hayward (waivers)
Mehmet Okur
Tiago Splitter
Shannon Brown
Chase Budinger
Tristan Thompson
Delonte West
Jonas Jerebko
Jameer Nelson (waivers)
Lamar Odom (waivers)


anyone worth picking up?


devin harris has been very bad...only reason Ive kept him is because he might pick it up soon

derrick favors just got injured and can't afford anymore injuries with wade out.

I've recently picked up frye and pachulia. (could be dropped for better choices)

[DeanCainGainz]

Are Devin Harris and Derrick Favors (suffered an ankle sprained tonight) droppable?


should I drop 1 or both for

Gordon Hayward (waivers)
Mehmet Okur
Tiago Splitter
Shannon Brown
Chase Budinger
Tristan Thompson
Delonte West
Jonas Jerebko
Jameer Nelson (waivers)
Lamar Odom (waivers)


anyone worth picking up?


devin harris has been very bad...only reason Ive kept him is because he might pick it up soon

derrick favors just got injured and can't afford anymore injuries with wade out.

I've recently picked up frye and pachulia. (could be dropped for better choices)

I'd say Derrick Favors is. Let's face it. Unless a some craps shoot injury cause Jeff or Sap to miss time he's going to be extremely inconsistent and flat out bad. Him injuring his ankle tonight just tips the scale IMO. As far as the FAs, none of them really pop out for me. Although jameer Nelson could be a nice add if you could use him. Keep an eye on Nash hamstring situation, as it tightened up on him at the end of the game and this was their first game of a back to back to back. If he sits the next 2 Ronnie P. could be a real nice short term add.

[AlliWantisLulz]

I'd say Derrick Favors is. Let's face it. Unless a some craps shoot injury cause Jeff or Sap to miss time he's going to be extremely inconsistent and flat out bad. Him injuring his ankle tonight just tips the scale IMO. As far as the FAs, none of them really pop out for me. Although jameer Nelson could be a nice add if you could use him. Keep an eye on Nash hamstring situation, as it tightened up on him at the end of the game and this was their first game of a back to back to back. If he sits the next 2 Ronnie P. could be a real nice short term add.

so i should keep devin harris for now

drop favors for nelson or ronnie p if nash's hamstring causes him a few games or shortens his mins


amirite coach?