Comments on: Defending The Thesis, Examining The Yahoo! Rankings

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:07:24 +0000

@Fletch: @Fletch: I do like this team. Love the guards, nice job there. I'm assuming there are three bench spots and you're planning on filling them with Augustin, Hickson and Johnson. With just a cursory glance, it looks like you're well above average in FG%, STLs and BLKs. You've got enough production to beat most (but not all) teams in TOV, AST and STL. I worry about your 3PT, PTS and FT%. Just going by what I see here (without knowledge of how other people in your league drafted) I'd be surprised if you didn't make your playoffs. @Fenris-77: Egads. Now I have to send Sefolosha an apology card. @Kristjan: I'm really getting a kick out of how many people are coming to Camby's defense. Still, I'd rather get stuck with Noah's injury history than Camby's. I do agree that Boozer isn't going to help Noah's rebounding numbers. I projected him to grab just as many as last year, not more. I think Noah's natural improvement, plus his extended mpgs will offset the boards Boozer will grab instead of Jo-No.

By: Kristjan

Kristjan — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:05:57 +0000

About Noah you are forgetting, that the injury he had plantar facilities is a recurring injury and it can happen again at any time, it is the same injury that Charley V and Granger had, so risk factor should also be counted for. And also Boozer will not be good for hes reb numbers!
And Camby needs only 25-30 min to get 10 rebs and 2 blocks and looking at the fact that he can play either C or PF the minutes are there, even if Oden is healthy he will foul out at 25 anyway so if Aldrige plays 38 min than still 33 min up for grabs! So I would put Camby on par with Noah! Thanks for the article dough I totally agree the things said about SJax and JRich!

By: Fenris-77

Fenris-77 — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:03:29 +0000

You know why Jeff Green ain’t on anyone’s top 20 SG lists? Because he ain’t a friggin’ shooting guard. He’s a 15/6 SF/PF who’s going to get you 1.5 threes, 1.5 Stl and almost a block a game. What’s not to like?

Those aren’t traditional PF numbers obviously, but it’s a nice roto line from any position. A certain amount of his value also comes from the production at position too. Anyway, his Y! ranking isn’t as odd as you make it seem.

By: Fletch

Fletch — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:54 +0000

@Adam: I drafted 8th out of 12 teams. H2H legue. This is my team…where can I improve, who do you like and will this team get me to the playoffs. Thanks.

G – Williams, Collison, Wall, Holiday, Augustin

F – Gasol, Blatche, Scola, Millsap, Hickson, R. Lopez, A. Johnson

C – Bargnani (a couple of the F I have can play C as well)

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:19:58 +0000

@ETMcgee: I hear you on upside, but Kidd's downside is why he's ranked where he's ranked. He's not young and Beaubois won't be injured far into the season. Even Kidd has said he expects to lose time to Roddy at PG. And if it's not Kidd losing time to Beaubois, it'll be Jason Terry, who will also have to compete with Caron Butler. Terry averaged 34 mpg last season before Butler joined the Mavs and 28 after.