Comments on: 2010 Fantasy Basketball Breakout Stars

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:29:58 +0000

@ETMcgee: Research well done. There are plenty of other contracts that are worse than Brandon Roy's, but it is not the price that is the bad part, it is the length. 5 years left on a deal for a player that will struggle to play 60 games a season is very scary.

By: ETMcgee

ETMcgee — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:05:10 +0000

@Matt: how can you say roy's contract doesn't look good? he has some nagging injuries, but still plays as much as possible (even to the team's detriment in the playoffs vs suns). however, when healthy he is the 3rd best SG in the league (wade/kobe) and a tremendous late game clutch player. his $13.5 mil this year is more than reasonable, when compared to others making more money. Melo, who is a comparable overall talent as roy (better in some areas, worse in others), is making $4mil more than BRoy this year. Other SG/SF types like joe johnson ($16 mil), paul pierce ($13.8 mil), Vince Carter and Arenas over $17mil, are all making more than Brandon, who is a better player than any of them. Wade makes $14mil, Kobe almost $25mil, so for the 3rd best SG in the league and a top 10-15 player, i think $13.5 is more than reasonable.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:45:23 +0000

@ETMcgee: The Batum statement was what I labeled it, a bold one. He should have a very good season and will keep improving. He has a bright future as will be the leader of Team France with Joakim Noah as soon as Tony Parker stops playing international ball. Batum will have a solid all around season, but it will not be close to his best season ever. @brad: The Blazers did not spend $35 million on an undrafted 2nd year player to sit on the bench. He will be a top rotation guy in Portland and will likely share the backcourt with Roy and Batum. And when Roy goes down with his perpetual knee tendinitis, the backcourt with be theirs. Roy's contract is not looking good right now. @Eric C.: I can agree on JJ Hickson was only good because LeBron was there, but there is no doubting his potential. He is an athletic big man that can run the court, and player evaluators drool over talent like that. Hickson is a boom or bust, similar to Tyrus Thomas, at this point in his career.

By: Eric C.

Eric C. — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:27:09 +0000

IMO– extrapolating Hickson’s numbers is not a good idea as a lot of his 09-10 stats were assisted from Lebron. He basically only scored on wide-open dunks/layups going along the baseline. Even then, he was unreliable.

By: brad

brad — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:25:03 +0000

What do you mean when you say Wes Matthews will be a team leader in MPG? Top 3 on the team? Top 5? Top 7? I love Matthews, but I think Batum gets minutes over him, and for the part of the season when Roy’s not injured that won’t leave a ton of minutes for Wesley.