Comments on: Misty, Water-Colored MehmO Of The Way He Was

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:05:25 +0000

@d2bnz: Woof. Clearly the folks over at CBS are also in charge of the 5-position voting for All-Star Games. At this point, even Yao is a hybrid player. Sheesh.

By: d2bnz

d2bnz — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:50:48 +0000

The 2 keeper leagues I play for $$ use CBS as the platform compared to Yahoo or ESPN and between them there is a surprising difference in eligability
Mareesse Speights , never made C eligability on CBS and yet both ESPN and Yahoo had him there from the get go.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:17:50 +0000

@d2bnz: Not a bad idea. Most leagues allow for multiple position eligibility though, so I'm not sure how helpful it would be. Were you in a league that only listed a player's primary position? @Matt: I'm not as convinced as you that Hayward will make much of an impact this season. If anything, they'll evaluate him this year to help decide what to do with Kirilenko next season. That said, as solid as a healthy Jazz team might be this year, I wouldn't place a bet with the casino's money on a front court with Jefferson, Okur, Kirilenko and Millsap to stay healthy. Hayward may default his way into big minutes.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:04:32 +0000

Great question, Chris. AK has struggled with health issues his entire career and has not played over 80 games since his sophomore year. He has averaged 62 games the last six seasons, but it’s not like he would be a great fantasy player if he was healthy.

Kirilenko lost his scoring touch well over five years ago, averaged a career low in RPG last season, and is likely on the way out of Utah. His $17 million contract comes to an end after this season and Gordon Hayward will likely see minutes over him by the end of the season.

AK is a better NBA player than fantasy player because he is one of the few players in the league that has a prayer guarding Kobe, but he seems to be in street clothes when the team really needs him.

Utah signed Raja Bell to have a more consistent player defend Kobe and the roster seems to write the writing on the wall for AK. He will likely see his most MPG playing out of position and helping the frontcourt while Mehmet Okur rehabs his Achilles. Okur is likely out at least the first month of the season.

When Okur gets back the Jazz will move Kirilenko back to SF, where wonder boy Gordon Hayward will likely be playing the next 10 years. What once was a promising Jazz career ended in $50 million too much and I think the Clippers will sign him to an even dumber contract next summer.

Matt

By: d2bnz

d2bnz — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:44:43 +0000

Adam …….a day or so ago you came up with FwB and after losing Oden last season I started scratching around for C replacement and i came to the realisation of how shallow the position is …thus I researched Forwards with C eligability and picked up the likes of Anthony Randolph , Jason Thompson , Luis Scola to cover the spot for me ended up trading for Kevin Love……..long story short I think your FwB would make a great article.