JB be California dreamin’! Sorry for the later notes today, as I wrap up my West Coast trip and head for sunny Florida tomorrow. I’m so discombobulated with my jet lag and California culture, I thought the Jamal version of Crawford got traded to the Pelicans or something! But nooooooo, Jordan Crawford is back in the NBA ladies and germs!
In a game where the Pelicans were unsurprisingly stagnated by the Jazz D, Jordan of the Crawfords kept it close with a bench spark, going 19/1/3/2/0 with 3 treys on 8-15 shooting. All that in 20 minutes too! Did the Pelicans expect the ridiculous offensive prowess of E’Twuan Moore and Solomon Hill would provide some bench wing scoring?! It isn’t shocking that a 28-year-old Crawford was slaying the D-League with nearly 24 points a game, and isn’t surprising to see him be a good bench scorer on the right squad. Maybe you give him a look in the Michael Beasley/Derrick Williams sort of way as a deep league scorer, but this is likely one of his best lines on the season. Not like he can gel with the twin tower USG-whores in the starting 5 – he’s gonna be the bench scorer like we’ve always seen from Jamal Crawford. Wait, I mean Jordan Crawford! Ahhhhhhhhhh! Here’s what else went down last night in NBA action:
Dion Waiters – Led the Heat to a big win in Cleveland, in a game where the Cavs didn’t bench anyone! Take that for sitting everyone at Miami, you veteran elitists! 29/2/5/0/1 with no TO for the D-Wait.
Josh Richardson – Big game to break out with both Tyler Johnson (neck/shoulder, which is connected to the…) and James Johnson (…elbow!) out, but only goes 5/2/4/3/0 in 32 minutes. Only took 4 shots. Bleh, not his year.
Andrew Bogut – Just unbelievable… As I’m sure you’ve seen by now, Bogut broke his leg less than a minute into his Cavs debut. It’s fun to snicker at how injury prone he is, but we all of course wish him a speedy recovery.
Ron Baker – Got the start for Carmelo Anthony, who sat with a sore left knee. I think it’s legit filled with caramel, like a caramello! The doofy Ron Baker did nothing with the start though, it’s just sooooo Poppycock.
Willy Hernangomez – The Poppycockers seem intent on playing Kristaps Porzingis at the 5 for right now, so WIlly Hernangomez continues to come off the bench after missing a few with a kankle, and went 14/8/3 on 7-10 shooting in only 18 minutes last night. Get him more run, Poppycockers!
Elfrid Payton – While I clown that silly NY team, they did beat the Magic last night, despite Elfrid putting a tripdub on the Shelfrid! 16/11/10/1/0 on 7-13 shooting in 35 minutes. I of course love my Elfrid, but I despise the stupid Magic – he’ll play 24 minutes of “ARGH!!” next game.
Terrence Ross – Rough night going 2-10 from the field and committing 3 TO. That said, still got 35 minutes and hit all the cats in a 5/4/1/1/1 line with a trey. If anyone cuts bait off this one, I’d scoop him back up.
Bismack Biyombo – 10/14/0/0/1 with his usual brand of 4-8 FT. Most importantly though – 42 minutes. The Magic really have no center depth while Nikola Vucevic is out with a sore Achilles.
Giannis Antetokounmpo – Rainbow alert! 24/8/5/2/3 with a trey and no TO. Super to the star!
Tony Snell – Ohhhhh, what’s that fluke?! 21/7/2/2/0 outta nowhere, with 5 treys. Oh wait, they played the Sixers, so not outta nowhere… Tore up the Sauce defense!
Malcolm Brogdon – The price you pay for owning Jason Kidd assets that aren’t the safe Giannis or Duchess! 6-7 from the field in a mad efficient 13/5/1/1/1 line, but only 21 minutes!? I hate Kidds! Matthew Dellavedova gets 27 minutes with 10 points and 7 dimes just to rub our face in it. Kidds are the worst, they cry, are irrational, lack understanding… Ah!
Richaun Holmes – Damn, in a start he shoulda absolutely dominated against Thon Maker, was a disappointing 8/9/0/0/0 on 3-9 shooting in 22 minutes. Jahlil Okafor sat with a sore knee, so not like he’s definitively back in a game or two. Keep Richaun owned, Holmes!
Shawn Long – Ummm, who? 13/7/1/0/1 in 15 junk minutes for the Sixers… 5-8 from the field, but only 2-7 FT. He got a 10-day deal yesterday to bolster their big man depth, and a little interesting with a 20.2/11.2/1.6/0.6/1.3 slash in the D-League. But meh, tough to see minutes-consistency making him relevant enough in most leagues.
Andre Iguodala – Dude, are you effing kidding me?! Streamed him in virtually all my leagues last Thursday since it was a low-schedule night and Kevin Durant had just gotten hurt, and he was so meh. Then blows up for 24/5/4/3/1 with no TO last night, on only 6-8 from the field with 4 treys. Maybe you can give him a stab in 12ers, but we’re obviously not going to expect lines like this except once in a blue moon. Which is to say, a game or two after I drop him everywhere.
Dennis Schroder – Go to the bench, mach schnell! After dropping 19 in the first quarter and having a 23/4/3/1/0 line, got benched virtually the whole second half after a yelling match with Dwight Howard during live action.
Hah! Wait, kinda looks Dwight distracted Schroder to me… Das German still had a good line and should be fine for minutes moving forward.
Tim Hardaway Jr. – Had 5 dimes in a little extra bench run thanks to Schroder’s court awareness skill-level dropping from 85 to 80 in the next NBA 2K…
Nikola Mirotic – Well, that’s annoying… Even with Bobby Portis kinda being meh, only 18 minutes of 6/0/1/0/0. One of the two could still emerge, but for right now, I’m not holding fast on Bulls PF…
Cameron Payne – There we go, baby! I did hold fast on Payne in some leagues, as Slim and I both fully expected him to take that PG job by the horns. Bulls puns! 14/3/3 with 4 treys on 5-14 shooting in 23 minutes. Time shared with Jerian Grant, but Payne is so much better… Rather him than say, Ulis…
Reggie Jackson – Hopefully you stayed true! A lot of drop-Rjax questions flowing through the comments the last few weeks, but 26/2/6 last night in 31 minutes should assuage your fears.
Sean Kilpatrick – Whoa, upset alert! The Nets shocked Memphis last night in Grizzly country (which I guess isn’t really in Memphis, they really should change their name!), highlighted by the Grizzlies literally trying to Kill Pat. The Revenant! 25/5/3/1/0 with no TO in a great line, but only on 3-5 shooting! Took 16-17 FT! Cray Tennessionians…
Jeremy Lin – Ok, ok, mayyyyyyybe I’ve been a little too harsh. 18/4/1 in 24 minutes with 3 treys, but the dimes just aren’t there. I’m not mad I let Lin rot on my wires in RCLs.
JaMychal Green – Damn, need a better reason to keep a guy in the starting 5?! Got benched for Brandan Wright, and then the Grizz lose at home to the Mess. Too much rosterbation, David Plop Plop Fizz Fizdale!
Myles Turner – Damn, tough loss for the Pacers last night, and as a commenter pointed out, kinda seeming like Myles is running out of steam. Ran too many Myles! 4/7/3/0/3 is still nice, but I was expecting the nice scoring would continue through. At least the blocks are back.
Cody Zeller – Good timing he’s back with Frank the Tank being more like Frank on the Shelf! Wait, that’s horrifying, only Elfrid can be on the Shelfrid! 13/11/2/2/0 for CZ in a nice win for the struggling Hornets.
Patrick Beverley – Best rebounder on the Rox! 11/10/1/1/1 with 3 treys in 33 minutes. While the D’Antoni effect didn’t impact the scoring, his REB, AST, and STL are all at career marks.
Kawhi Leonard – I didn’t think anyone had a shot to rival Russell Westbrook for MVP, but Kawhi is making one hell of a push. After burying this monster trey…
…blocked another MVP candidate trying to win it on a drive with this Mutombo-no-no-no!
39/6/5/1/2 on 12-18 shooting with 4 treys, 11-11 FT, and only 1 TO. Unfair.
Ty Lawson – Ok, ok Las, you get your Lawson blurb today! Haha. 13/2/6/4/0 with no TO, and yeah he’s on a decent little run. I just think he’s old and pudgy, I ain’t no big fan. I guess worth owning, but bleh.
Willie Cauley-Stein – Fouled out in 28 minutes on a 10/5/1/1/0 line. He should be playing C and tearing up that Nikola Jokic defense! Well, I guess for last night it was that Mason Plumlee defense, as Jokic had dat illness… Stupid Kings playing WCS at PF though, Kings got dat illness too!
Wilson Chandler – WILLLLLLLSON! Career high night going 36/12/4/2/1 with 5 treys. Kings playing all sorts of wrong matchups had Wilson shooting fish in a barrel! Wait, why are there no fish teams in the NBA?!
Rest of the Pelicans – Other than that “other” J Crawf, the Pels struggled mightily against that Jazz D.
Rudy Gobert – Monsieur Elbow! Breaking all the Pelicans beaks one at a time! 15/15/3/2/2 in a rainbow line and a stifling win.
Marcus Smart – Celtics struggling on their West Coast trip! At least Smart had a good game in the loss to the Clip, going 21/3/3/1/0 in 32 bench minutes. The Celtics are like me, struggling to adjust to dat West Coast time!
Jamal Crawford – Just because the NBA is hilarious, of course scored 19 points just like the other J Crawf. I’m going crazy with Crawfords!
I hope everyone had a great start to week 19, and sorry again for being late with the notes for all you East Coasters! Catch you again Thursday morning!
