Caring is a good thing, right? It allows us to coexist with each other and live emotionally rich and fulfilling lives. I care about my family, so I will venture from my bubble to make sure all is good. I care about this post, so I try my best to deliver content that you enjoy reading. But, sometimes caring too much is a bad thing. If I miss 10 shots in a row, it is counter productive to think about it. The only action is to channel my inner JR Smith or Michael Beasley. I used to care so much about what other people thought, that I ended up living my life for “them.” Why? What about the flip side to caring? Is that always bad? Well, it’s bad if I DGAF (didn’t give a f**k) about stop signs or signals. It’s bad if I DGAF about another soul on the planet. But, sometimes it’s good to DGAF. Back to our example of missing 10 shots in a row. DGAF. Wave arms in air and demand the ball….because that next one is going in. DGAF what other people think. It’s my life. Which brings me to the new spokesman for DGAF, Enes Kanter. Kanter supports a certain political movement (the Hizmet Movement of Fethullah Gülen) that has the leader of Turkey trying to arrest him and caused his family to disown him. DGAF. You are not here for politics schmolitics, though. You are here for hoops. And Kanter DGAF about defense and he certainly DGAF about Joel Embiid and the 76ers because he did this yesterday:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 31 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12/21 | 7/8 |
11 offensive boards! Kanter now has 14 double-dubs on the season, 12 behind the leader. He will not rack up defensive stats, but that’s not his game. He’s going to score and rebound, which has translated into being a top 50 player so far this season.
Here’s what else I saw yesterday:
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| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 25 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2/3 | 8/17 | 7/8 |
Embiid is so freaking good. I just hope that he stays healthy because I want to see what level he can get to. Whoever has access to the Injury God, please lead me to him. I will offer up my ………..Ok, I don’t want to see it that bad, but if anyone out there is willing to take one for the team, I wholeheartedly support you.
JJ Redick:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4/8 | 6/10 | 8/8 |
Do you think Redick was spelled Reddick at some point? Red-ick is all good. Red-dick? Not so much. How come no one pronounces it Re-dick? This is what happens when there’s nothing really to say about JJ. He’s a great shooter and three-point specialist. Has been a perennial top 100 player and is currently a top 80 one.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4/8 | 0/2 |
Simmons is an amazing player, but it’s getting painful watching him play at times. He really needs to learn how to shoot. Will he be an elongated Rajon Rondo?
TJ McConnell:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2/4 | 6/11 | 1/1 |
Played 29 minutes, which is not the norm unless he starts. TJ can fill up the stat sheet when he gets run, but he just doesn’t get consistent minutes. He has great hair, though.
Courtney Lee:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2/4 | 8/13 | 2/2 |
Doesn’t turn the ball over, shoots a high percentage, and contributes in everything but blocks. Master Bruce would be very disappointed but I think he’d let it slide, since he is a top 50 player in fantasy.
Frank Ntilikina played 27 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/2 | 2/8 | 0 |
New Jack City is still starting, but I still believe that it’s only a matter of time before the Frenchise takes over.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1/2 | 6/19 | 9/14 |
That wall that Trump wants to build down south? Shouldn’t we just clone millions of Porzingis’ and send them down there? No way anyone or anything gets by. No way.
Michael Beasley played 23 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0/2 | 5/12 | 0/2 |
Doesn’t he take over the Born Ready nickname by default with his quote the other day? Or does he need to battle it out cage match style with Lance?
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 31 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6/11 | 9/25 | 7/7 |
Love is….6′ 10″ 251 pounds. How can so many not find it? Love is sixth in double dubs with 20 and is currently a top 15 fantasy player. Love is truly in the air.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2/7 | 7/18 | 4/7 |
Does not compute. He must’ve gotten the blue screen of death.
JR Smith:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0/4 | 0/5 | 2/2 |
For someone who gets so much run, Smith does so little. It’s a nightly question of, “Who shot JR?”
Dwayne Wade played 29 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1/4 | 4/11 | 4/5 |
Wade has played 29, 24, and 26 minutes the past three games. He’s also scored in double figures, hoisted up at least 10 shots, and contributed in the periphery categories. Do with that information what you will.
Draymond Green messed around.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2/8 | 5/11 | 0/1 |
Jordan Bell got the start at center and played 26 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 4/7 | 0 |
When Aladdin rubbed the genie out of the bottle, did he put him back in? Kerr might as well just let Bell develop and see if a Lineup of Mass Destruction can be constructed.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3/9 | 8/19 | 6/7 |
He literally, figuratively, and whatever ly is left in the English language, does everything.
John Wall played 39 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 21 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0/3 | 8/19 | 5/7 |
He’s back. I think he’s rejuvenated after hearing about the rumors that he may be replaced with Porzingis clones.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2/3 | 5/7 | 2/2 |
Markieff is the Swiss Army Knife of fantasy basketball. Has a lot of tools and can contribute in many ways, but no one is impressed that you have one…especially the ladies.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1/4 | 7/13 | 1/1 |
Played 32 minutes. Oubre has made a three-pointer in seven straight games and has scored double digits in 10-of-13 December games. He’s also contributed plenty of defensive stats as well.
Mike Scott:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0/2 | 1/5 | 0 |
Played 15 minutes. After a nice heater the last couple of weeks, Scott has crapped out and passed the dice to the next shooter.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2/2 | 5/10 | 0 |
Love and marriage….Love and marriage….Top 20 player.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 | 4/6 | 3/4 |
Played 18 minutes. On Saturday, he played 24 minutes and went 10 & 15. What? What?! It’s probably nothing, but you never know. Actually, we probably do know, but let’s keep an eye on him anyways, like “curling is on tv” eye.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 19 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9/14 | 1/4 |
C & C Music Factory keeps pumping out jams.
Now has 16 double-dubs on the season and is a top 30 player for fantasy. You ever been to a Hot Dog on a Stick when the one worker is pumping the machine to make the lemonade? Obviously, that worker is doing all the work, but who gets the thank you? The worker that pours the lemonade into the cup and hands it to you. Guess which one is Capela?
James Harden almost messed around.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 29 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3/11 | 7/18 | 12/14 |
Interestingly, after having a usage rate in the high 30s and 46 during the last game against the Clippers, Harden’s usage rate was 29.8 against the Thunder. And he almost messed around. Man, Russ, KD, Harden, and Ibaka. It was right there. Damn. Yo, NASA. When y’all gonna find those parallel universes?
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 31 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0/1 | 12/24 | 7/8 |
We are comfortably in WESTCOM 3. Keep the fighters topped off, but tell the pilots that they can go get some shut eye.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4/7 | 8/15 | 4/4 |
Carmelo Anthony:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/4 | 8/12 | 2/2 |
Would it be apt to say that Russ is the head and George and Melo are the nuts?
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7/9 | 1/1 |
If Russ is the head and George and Melo are the nuts, does that make Adams the shaft? The bush?
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 11/13 | 0 |
The Taj Majal has been a lovely place for owners this season.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2/6 | 7/12 | 5/6 |
If you’re a KAT owner, those cats that have sex outside your bedroom window every night are A OK in your book tonight.
Jamal Crawford:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/2 |
What a great line. Crawford knows what his role is and doesn’t stray. And the team has no illusions as to why he’s on the floor. Kind of like the slut. She knows she’s a slut, will dress like a slut, and will do what a slut does. There are no illusions of marriage, white picket fences, and 2.5 kids. She’s there for one thing and one thing only.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 31 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6/11 | 8/18 | 9/13 |
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With Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram out, Jordan Clarkson and Josh Hart received the starts.
Clarkson:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2/6 | 3/11 | 0 |
Hart:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2/8 | 5/13 | 0 |
Hart is someone to keep an eye on, like “the clock shows 30 seconds left of school” eye. He played 39 minutes, can shot, is big and physical, and will contribute across the board when given ample run.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7/10 | 2/2 |
After the 8 minute debacle in Houston, Randle has played 19, 23, and 24 minutes. It seems like there are always concerns regarding his defense, and that was the main reason why Luke sat him in Houston. With that said, he’s very talented and could drop a triple dub any game. He will probably never get more than 24 minutes of run a game, though.
