Juan is twenty THREE years old. This is year THREE in the NBA for Juan. Entering last night’s game, Juan had made an average of two point THREE shots and one point THREE THREE-pointers. Juan had attempted THREE minus zero point one THREE-pointers. Last night was start number THREE for Juan. Well, Juan is the lede so he must have done something good.

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
25 9 1 1 0 1 2/5 9/12 5/7

THREE more points and Juan would have set a new career-high! Before I get internet tomatoes thrown at my internet head, I focus on THREE because the boy can shoot from beyond the arc. He’s a career 38% shooter from downtown, but that mark should be higher because it’s tainted by a 28% mark in a 25 game sample last season. Juan is starting, getting minutes, and should continue providing THREEs and rebounds. When Will Barton returns, Juan will likely return to the bench, but that won’t be for at least a couple more weeks. Ready? Juan, two, THREEE!!!

Here’s what else I saw last night:

 

Houston. We have a pro….Abort. Abort. Golden State. We have a problem. The Warriors got spanked 86-107 in Houston.

Draymond Green

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
0 5 5 1 0 5 0/2 0/3 0

Well, at least Green got….

Kevin Durant

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
20 5 2 0 1 2 0/2 6/15 8/8

Only played 30 minutes due to the blowout.

 Andre Iguodala

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
5 6 1 0 0 1 0 2/4 1/2

Got the surprise start over Quinn Cook and played 23 minutes. Stop rubbernecking. Nothing to see here, as Kerr wanted to counter the switching-based offense of the Rockets.

James Ennis III

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
19 5 1 1 0 0 2/6 7/11 3/5

Played 33 minutes after playing 34 the prior game. Ennis Hands is the prototypical 3 & D player.

James Harden

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
27 3 3 2 0 1 4/14 8/23 7/8

Nothing to get Harden excited about, unless you get a cookie for having the worst field goal percentage.

Chris Paul

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
10 5 7 3 2 2 2/4 4/10 0

C Paul shoot. C Paul rebound. C Paul pass. C Paul steal.

Gary Clark

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
9 7 2 0 2 0 3/7 3/7 0

Played 28 minutes. No Melo means more minutes for Clark. His offensive game primarily consists of corner threeecolas, but he grabs rebounds and contributes the D.

The Hawks got pasted, 93-138. Usually, that’s a NO BLURBS FOR YOU!!!, but that could be a regular occurence for the Hawks so it’s something we need to delve into.

Omari Spellman

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
10 10 3 3 1 1 0/7 4/15 2/2

Had two rough games coming into last night, but Spellman bounced back in a big way. The 15 shot attempts and three steals were season-highs. In addition, that was the third game he grabbed 10 boards. It will be interesting to see how the Hawks handle the return of John Collins to the rotation. Will he adversely affect Spellman or Alex Len?

DeAndre Bembry

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
2 2 1 0 1 0 0/2 1/8 0

Got the start because Taurean Prince could not play and received 16 minutes. I love the physical tools and effort, but he’s still inconsistent on the offensive end.

Alex Len

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
6 5 0 0 2 2 0/1 2/6 2/3

Was questionable to play due to an ankle injury, but received the start and only played 13 minutes. As mentioned in the Spellman blurb, who does Collins affect the most?

Trae Young

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
6 2 5 1 0 5 0/4 2/11 2/2

No uno, dos, Trae last night. It was all about the Juan, two, THREE. In the past two games, Trae has shot 2-for-11 and 2-for-12 from the field for 6 and 4 points respectively. Prior to that, he had scored in double figures 13 straight games. I still believe. He’s still Young.

Jeremy Lin

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
16 5 5 0 0 4 3/7 4/10 5/7

Played 25 minutes and….

…Linsane! Lin has been averaging around 20 minutes per game with upside for blowout run, which the Hawks should provide plenty of. He can still score and provide assists, and steals.

Kevin Huerter

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
10 3 1 1 0 2 2/6 4/10 0/1

The minutes have been all over the place for the Red Mamba, but he has received at least 28 minutes four times in the past six games he’s played. Not a stat sheet stuffer, Red Mamba will grab some boards and get his 211 on. I’d imagine the depth chart clears up down the road to get him in the lineup on a consistent basis.

Paul Millsap

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
18 9 5 4 2 1 1/2 8/13 1/1

Small sample size alert, but over the past four games, Millsap has been the 35th player according to Basketball Monster.

Nikola Jokic

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
12 9 7 4 1 2 1/2 5/11 1/2

The Hawks are a Jokic.

That pass, though! A freaking Jokic!

Monte Morris

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
8 2 2 1 0 0 0/2 4/9 0

Got the start and played 29 minutes. The start was because Jamal Murray violated a team rule, so nothing to see here on that front. What we do need to focus on is that Morris has been playing close to 28 minutes per game over the past week or so and has played minutes alongside Murray, rather than just being his backup. He’s been averaging 11.8 points, 3.3 boards, 5 dimes, and 1.3 threeecolas over the past four games. What has most endeared him to Coach Malone is the 8.0 assist-to-turnover ratio, which is #1 in the NBA by a signficant margin.

Trey Lyles

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
14 8 4 0 0 5 1/1 5/7 3/4

It was also a uno, dos, Trey day. Just not a uno, dos, Trae one. Lyles played 27 minutes, mostly due to blowout. I’m a fan of Trey, as he can contribute points, boards, dimes, steals, and of course Treys. He just doesn’t get enough minutes per game.

Jamal Murray

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
14 4 5 0 1 1 3/6 4/10 3/3

Played 23 minutes. As referenced above, Murray did not start due to a team violation, but should return to the starting lineup for the next game.

LaMarcus Aldridge

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
10 15 1 2 2 3 0 3/15 4/4

You know the drill by now. LMAO!!! According to BM, he’s the 111th player. LMAO!!!

Derrick White

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
0 2 1 0 0 1 0/1 0/5 0

I played ball in Chinatown last night (not really) and everyone kept saying, “Derrick is not White. He’s wrong.” Or were they saying Wong?

DeMar DeRozan

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
34 6 5 3 1 1 0/3 14/30 6/8

Played 41 minutes. He had been in a little slump, but DeRozan is still the 17th player according to BM.

Rudy Gay

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
19 6 2 0 0 0 1/3 8/12 2/2

Played 25 minutes. He has been dealing with a heel issue, which sucks, because he was balling the F out to start the season.

Patty Mills

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
12 4 5 0 0 0 2/8 5/14 0

Played 33 minutes. When Derrick is wrong, then Pop calls upon the General. The Chinese guys I was playing basketball with (not really) asked if that was General Tso.

Danilo Gallinari

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
19 6 1 0 0 1 2/4 4/9 9/10

A rooster crows to signify the beginning of the day. This Rooster will crow when he’s writhing in pain from an injury. I prefer to hear the first rooster.

Pssst, what date does the office pool have?

Tobias Harris

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
18 8 5 0 1 2 2/5 8/16 0

Played a team-high 39 minutes. Is the Logo going to back up the Brinks truck for Tobias?

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
9 5 0 0 0 2 0/2 4/9 1/2

He’s a rookie. There will be ups and downs.

Montrezl Harrell

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
14 6 5 1 1 2 0 4/8 6/9

Just play him!

Lou Williams

PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV 3PT FG FT
23 3 2 0 0 2 1/3 9/20 4/4

Played 28 minutes and led the team in scoring and shot attempts. Sweet Lou indeed!

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Doubtful
Doubtful
4 years ago

Hi, I am in H2H 9cat league. My team:

PG
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
De’Aaron Fox
Ben Simmons

SG/SF
Devin Booker
Donovan Mitchell
Bradley Beal
Andrew Wiggins

PF
Aaron Gordon
Jaren Jackson Jr.

C
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jusuf Nurkic
Willie Cauley-Stein
Myles Turner

IR. Markannen

I have a lot of doubts on SGA, Turner, and Simmons. Should I try to trade Simmons, because I do not know how he is going to fit with Butler but it doesn’t look good. Also, should I finally drop Turner and SGA or still hold on them? What is your opinion on them? in free agents, I can find http://prntscr.com/lj25b9 and http://prntscr.com/lj25p1.

Doubtful
Doubtful
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: You think there is no way Turner will step up in the near future? And Lopez is not very consistent, but I thought about it a while ago.

Doubtful
Doubtful
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: Yeah, thats so true. One more: you think SGA has better upside then payton, DSJ and Reggie Jackson? Those guys are in FA list.

Doubtful
Doubtful
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: you da best! Thanks for answering 😉

Guillermo
Guillermo
4 years ago

Great write up Son, best way to start my morning!

I’m currently 9th in a 14 team H2H league with extra 2 cats being PFs and DDs. My best cats are Rebounds, Steals, Assists and my worst cats are 3P, FT% and TO.

Current team is Bledsoe, Murray, White, Williams, Ross, Prince, Tucker, Siakam, Nance, Jokic, Drummond, Adams (Levert is in my IR spot)

I was thinking of dropping Tucker and/or Ross this week since theres a few names I was eyeing on the waiver wire for next week, what’s your rankings for these guys?

Isaac, Markieff Morris, Ellington, Crabbe, Bullock, Muscala, Chandler, Ennis, Temple, Mack

Also I’m thinking of packaging my Drummond/Bledsoe and trying to get 2 of Oladipo/Gordon/Lavine/RichardSON – do you think this would work out for me?

Thanks in advance!

Pounce
Pounce
4 years ago

Best Stream for 2 games Sat/Sun: Augustin, Josh Hart, or Kevon Looney

Thanks in advance

Mr. Blast
Mr. Blast
4 years ago

AyyyyO!

Awesome read as usual Son! You are the man making it happen.

Our fearless fantasy basketball leader!

Dumped Cook this morning & grabbed Knox.

My trade will process tomorrow. Giving Ayton/Prince for Gobert/Lonzo

Let me know what you think about the new look squad –

Russell/Lonzo/Dunn
P. George/Tobias/Saric/Lamb/Ozman
Embiid/Gobert/Bamba/Robinson/Len/Taj

Thinking I will need to let go of one of either Taj/Len or possibly Robinson, in order to make up for some of Prince’s scoring & wing stats. Plus I just lost Levert…

The wire is pretty dry – Tyreke, Tyler Johnson, Oubre, Crabbe, J. Green, Beverly, KCP

See any balance issues, or moves to make ? 12 team, 15 man rosters, no I.R, 13 cats

FGM/FG%/FT%/3PTM/3PT%/PTS/OREB/DREB/REB/AST/ST/BLK/TO

3 cats are for boards which make bigs more valuable.

Thanks bud!

Mr. Blast
Mr. Blast
4 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Blast

@Mr. Blast:

Forgot to add Knox to that team there ^^

Russell/Lonzo/Dunn
P. George/Tobias/Saric/Lamb/Ozman/Knox
Embiid/Gobert/Bamba/Robinson/Len/Taj

Mr. Blast
Mr. Blast
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son:

For Len or Taj ?

Son
Son
4 years ago
Reply to  Mr. Blast

@Mr. Blast: Len

miles proudfoot
miles proudfoot
4 years ago

Hey Son! Hope you have a nice weekend coming up ahead of you!

I need to make room for Collins coming back. Tried two for ones but trades in this league are real hard. 10 teamer. I guess my worst players are Kuzma, Saric, Ariza and MRob. I was punting blocks but MRob has kind of turned this a round for at the moment and I’m optimistic with Collins coming on.

Any of those drops for Collins? Thank you!

miles proudfoot
miles proudfoot
4 years ago

Alternatively I’ll send the scouts out and see if I could pull one of Ingles, WCJ, JJJ, MTurner for two of Saric, Ariza and Kuzma although I may be swinging too high and overvaluing my own players. There’s got to be a diagnostic condition in the DSM for that…

Trizzy91
Trizzy91
4 years ago

Son,

What do you think of taking James Ennis III and dropping Wes Matthews for 12-team 9cat?

Trizzy91
Trizzy91
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: Worried about him re-aggravating his Hamstring. Thanks for reply!

Trizzy91
Trizzy91
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son:

No worries,

I dropped him and picked up Ennis. Saw he is doubtful on Sat. Ill let Ennis ride and see how it goes. Now without Carmelo it should be interesting.

Thanks always for the advice sir.

Jake
Jake
4 years ago

Hey Son,

What’s good?

I have this team now:

Rubio
Mitchell
Russell
Caroll
Osman
Bojan Bogdanovic
Dedmon
Embiid
Faultz
Bazemore
Ingram
INJs: James Johnson and Lauri Markannen

Can I have your thoughts for a possible trade I can make? Like who to target? I am weak on that department. Then, what can you say about Fultz. Is he a candidate for a drop/add?

Thanks!

Geo
Geo
4 years ago

Hey Son, would you drop McGruder or Monte Morris for Muscala in a 12 team 9 cat? Punting assists, just picked up Morris yesterday after seeing the news about him starting, so I was a little disappointed to learn it was only for the night. Thanks and have a good weekend!

Lance Dance Revolution
Lance Dance Revolution
4 years ago

Ennis III or Danny Green?

Lance Dance Revolution
Lance Dance Revolution
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son:
I thought Ennis was the choice here given the decline of Green’s minutes and the departure of melo. Thanks Son.

Court Vision
Court Vision
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: Whattup Son. I saw on your last write up you made a comment about believing in Ingram. Is that for fantasy this year or just as a real life Laker fan? Is a guy you would try to buy low on with a disposable piece like, say, Danny Green?

Dane
Dane
4 years ago

Hi Son,
Nice post as always.. May I ask who your best Buy Low/Sell High candidates now? thanks

JC
JC
4 years ago

Rudy Gay was dropped by one of our best team managers. I see some “rest days” but was still surprised to see that move. My team, which you are getting to know well by now LOL, is:

Ibaka, Draymond, Carter Jr
Saric, Mirotic, Siakam, Tobias, OPJ
G Harris, Fournier, Harden, Kemba, Bledsoe, Mc Gruder
IR: Barton

12 teamer, H2H so I am always building for playoffs. Second place is a losing season!
Hold or swap out McGruder or Saric?

JC
JC
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son:

Tibs has to make this trade work or he is toast. So while I agree with you, I may wait to see a bit more from the Wolves.

JC
JC
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son:

Timing! Have a deal for Covington losing Saric and McGruder. I have Barton on IR so a two fer one does not concern me much. I can stream in the interim. RoCo worth it?

Cohen
Cohen
4 years ago

Hield or JJJ?

JJ
JJ
4 years ago

In 2nd place in a 10 team, 11-cat H2H league and I’m trying to activate John Collins

Is McGruder the drop here?

Lowry
Collison
Rubio
Ingles
Durant
Hart
Horford
McGee
Redick
PG 13
Brogdon
Howard
McGruder
Collins

Only reason I have alot of 3 point shooters is because 3pt made and 3 pt% are categories

PB
Eric
4 years ago

Would you accept this trade? 9 cat H2H
I get gallinari and j. Richardson
I give Jaren Jackson Jr. and OPJ

My team:
PG: Bledsoe, D. White
SG: G. Harris, Oladipo
SF: Kawhi, OPJ, T. Prince, Covington
PF: Mirotic, Ibaka, JJJ
C: Capela, M. Turner
IR: Dunn

PB
Eric
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: Was leaning that way, thanks man. Love the work you do!

Max
Max
4 years ago

Drop SGA for Barnes?

Max
Max
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: I am thinking about this because SGA last two games was awful and Barnes getting hot with 23,19 and 23 points in last 3 games.

Max
Max
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: Maybe Barnes number went up because of Wesley Matthews injury. Either way, I am not in a need of points, so maybe I give SGA a chance to prove me wrong on Monday and Tuesday games because Clippers games perfectly fit in my teams’ calendar. I am really high on him.

Max
Max
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: True that.

Max
Max
4 years ago
Reply to  Max

@Max: btw, just got trade offer to trade my Aaron Gordon for John Collins? is it good trade for me??

Ben
Ben
4 years ago

In a vacuum, would you rather have P.J. Tucker or Colin Sexton in a standard roto league? Thanks for your advice and the helpful write-ups.

I just wanna Kawhi
I just wanna Kawhi
4 years ago

Hey buddy I think I’m dropping D. White for Mikal Bridges

J
J
4 years ago

You think Batum is a drop candidate at this point? Maybe just swap him with J Lamb?

JC
JC
4 years ago

Flight delayed! Aren’t you lucky? LOL. Last question…..

Better wire pickup Rondo or Gay for playoff time? H2H league with an IR spot so not really focused on December but rather March. Thank you sir

BIG D
BIG D
4 years ago

Whaddap son!!!

take a look at the squad:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander LAC – PG,SG
Josh Hart LAL – SG,SF
Paul George OKC – SG,SF
Robert Covington Min – SF,PF
Jonathan Isaac Orl – SF,PF
Jae Crowder Uta – SF,PF
Taj Gibson Min – PF,C
Jaren Jackson Jr. Mem – PF,C
Otto Porter Jr. Was – SF,PF
Jeremy Lamb Cha – SG,SF
T.J. Warren Pho – SF,PF
Rudy Gobert Uta – C
Larry Nance Jr. Cle – PF,C
Stephen Curry GS – PG,SG

I’ve got some fantasy ballers on this squad, so I’m shocked that I’m 1-4 with some bad losses on my hands.

grade the moves for me:

1. Drop Crowder, pick up Wayne Ellington
2. Drop Taj, pick up Ed Davis
3. Drop Taj, pick up Muscala

any other advice you could lend on this squad?

peace brudda!
ps is Michael Porter Jr worth a stash?

Miel
Miel
4 years ago

Hi Son,
9cat, 10team league.
I have SGA ans Brook Lopez at the end of bench. Would you drop them for RHJ and Isaac?

Miel
Miel
4 years ago
Reply to  Son

@Son: Thanks Son.. I’m surprised that Lopez is considered a keeper. Thought his production was just outlier and he’s being ignored in my league until I picked him up on FA last week. He’s producing like Myles Turner now.

Thanks for advise on Isaac but I’d keep SGA now. After watching the game, I really like him and he do things on court that weren’t being shown in box score. Looking forward on his production after ASB.

Anyway, may I ask what’s the hype on Miles Bridges? Is the upside really that great?