When the Nets acquired D’Angelo Russell in the offseason from the Lakers, it was expected that the former number two overall pick would be the face of the franchise. Made sense, as I’ve heard the rat population is huge in New York. I kid. I kid. Early on, Russell was playing like the face of the franchise, sporting a 35.8 usage rate. At the same time, a relative unknown started balling out, to the point where Atkinson could no longer deny what he was seeing. Every time he’d give him extended playing time, production would ensue. Coach Atkinson even moved Russell to shooting guard to accomodate. Then Russell went down with injury. And, as they say, the rest is history. Spencer Dinwiddie was made for New York City. He’s a tough, no-frills kind of player. Biggie would have been proud, as he went from “ashy to classy.” He was selected with the 38th overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft and spent time in the D-League, before finding a home in Brooklyn. It all culminated with last night’s performance:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 31 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3/10 | 10/24 | 8/9 |
Now, Russell is expected back soon from injury. The logical expectation is that he garners the 30+ usage rate from pre-injury, which would obviously nuke much of Dinwiddie’s value. With that said, I do expect Dinwiddie to play the point with Russell at shooting guard. I also think that Dinwiddie has built up some equity, with both the coach and teammates, so he won’t be one of those bodies with concrete blocks that were shoved into the Hudson River.
Here’s what else I saw last night:
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| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 18 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3/6 | 7/14 | 1/1 |
Lowry needed help getting off the floor after falling hard on his back. He’s been diagnosed with a “back spasm” and will be re-evaluated today. If he misses time, Delon Wright and Fred VanVleet should be the main beneficiaries.
Serge Ibaka:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1/3 | 4/11 | 2/2 |
Remember when I made fun of Serge because he doesn’t pass? Well, he still doesn’t, but holy shit balls is he balling the F out. I was just informed that he gave me a funny look. Sorry Mr. Iblocka. A thousand apologies.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 9/15 | 2/4 |
Played 26 minutes. That’s back-to-back 20/13 games. He’s baaaaackk, until he’s not. Just keep in mind that Casey can and will go small at any point. If you have a pencil on your desk, you will probably want to stab your eyes over and over and over…..and over.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1/4 | 14/30 | 6/9 |
Yawn. Wake me up when he doesn’t do something.
Delon Wright played 29 minutes and scored seven points. Fred VanVleet played 19 minutes and scored five points. Were you paying attention above? Do I need to start quizzing you guys?
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 14 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 5/13 | 4/5 |
Ohhhh yeah!!! You know what time it is. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Sunday. Rondae!!!!!!
Joe Harris got the start at small forward and played 37 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/5 | 4/11 | 2/2 |
I’ve been telling y’all from the beginning. The NYS Laborers Union is no joke.
Allen Crabbe:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4/6 | 6/11 | 4/4 |
I kind of hate crab/Crabbe. Takes so much freaking time and patience to crack open the legs for what? An itty bitty sliver of meat! Ahhhhh, but then you crack open that juicy piece of meat and it’s all worth it. That’s owning Crabbe in a…..crab shell? He gets minutes and puts up shots. You know at some point he’s going to deliver.
Jahlil Okafor:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/3 | 0 |
Only played 10 minutes, after playing 13 and 11 the prior two games. Me has a feeling that he’s going to be on the short side of a platoon with Jarrett Allen, who played 18 minutes and put up:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5/5 | 4/6 |
Quincy Acy:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2/5 | 3/8 | 0 |
Played 34 minutes, which were a season-high. Expect him to be more in the low-20s. Acy chucks up shots when he’s in there, but he’s not particularly good. Better than those guys that just stand in the corner and model their booty’s to the courtside fans.
Ersan Ilyasova:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/4 | 4/9 | 4/6 |
Wesley Johnson was guarding him, as Blake did not play. He better have gotten busy.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4/8 | 8/16 | 0 |
C.J. Williams was guarding him. He better have gotten busy. Man, the Clips suck. <Intern taps me on shoulder then whispers sweet nothings into my ear…..scoreboard he/she whispers….scoreboard, as the Clips were victorious 108-107> I still haven’t decided if intern is male or female. Regardless, F you intern. F you.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1/2 |
Only played eight minutes. That makes me very sad.
Dewayne Dedmon:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 3/6 | 0 |
Played 20 minutes in his first game back from injury. Is he alive or is he a zombie? Either way he’d be a Dedmon walking right?
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 25 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10/13 | 5/8 |
No Blake = more DJ. There needs to be an investigation for signs of foul play.
Jawun Evans got the start at point guard with Milos Teodosic out and played 39 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 4/11 | 4/5 |
Juwana man? Indeed, I do. The Clips are banged up in the backcourt, so Evans should get plenty of run.
Lou Williams:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4/9 | 12/29 | 6/6 |
The last man standing. Well, expect for DeAndre. Did I mention that we are investigating for signs of foul play? Breaking down the Clips is like playing a game of Clue.
Nikola Jokic messed around. Stocktonator never messes around, as it loved Jokic last night.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 22 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1/1 | 6/16 | 3/3 |
No Joke.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4/7 | 9/18 | 0 |
For the season, career-highs in points, blocks, steals, assists, shot attempts, and three-pointers (made and attempted). Maybe I put the above song in the wrong blurb.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 9/15 | 2/5 |
He’s scored double figures in 12 straight games. Since the beginning of December, Trey has scored 15.7 points, 7 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.4 blocks, and 1.1 turnovers on 54% shooting from the field and 49% from downtown. Uno! Dos! Trey!
With no Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala got the start and played 30 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/3 | 2/4 | 0 |
Andre 2007? A viable fantasy option. Andre 2017? Not so much.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 23 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2/6 | 8/12 | 5/6 |
Cash money.
Steph Curry:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 32 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5/10 | 9/17 | 9/10 |
Bitcoin.
LaMarcus Aldridge:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 13/20 | 5/6 |
LMAO. LaMarcus Aldridge Offense. No laughing matter. You won’t hear the Stocktonator clowning, as it loved LMA last night.
With Kawhi Leonard out, Kyle Anderson got the start and played 28 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 1/2 |
Should continue to be the guy that replaces Kawhi, but that’s not saying much. All roads lead to LMA.
Davis Bertans:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6/9 | 11/15 | 0 |
Exhibit 1,268 of why the Spurs have the greatest coaches in the league.
Willie Cauley-Stein:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8/12 | 6/8 |
Played 30 minutes. Yes Vivek! Yes! Free Willie! Then you can win Cauley-Stein’s money.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1/3 | 5/9 | 0 |
Played 30 minutes.Yes Vivek! Yes! Don’t be crazy like a Fox. Play the young kids!
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2/8 | 4/12 | 0 |
Played 28 minutes. He’s played 35, 25, 31, 25, and 24 minutes the prior five games. I think we can put to rest the Steph Curry nonsense. There’s upside with Buddy, but he’s just so inconsistent.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/2 | 6/10 | 2/2 |
Buddy meet Bogdan. Bogdan meet Buddy. Bogdan is Vlade’s boy, while Buddy is Vivek’s, dare I say, Buddy? I wouldn’t be surprised if Vlade and Vivek have some sort of Trading Places type wager.
Avery Bradley:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3/9 | 10/23 | 1/2 |
It’s about freaking time. Bradley has been bad, but his numbers are actually similar to last year’s sans the rebounding ones. I think SVG was paying too much attention to his Johnson, so there should be some hope for Bradley to continue getting more comfortable in Detroit.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 12/14 | 5/6 |
Yes
— Anthony Davis hurt? (@isTheBrowHurt) January 9, 2018
Left the game with a sprained ankle. X-rays came back negative, but it’s Anthony Davis. He doesn’t miss games. He only exits games after starting.
Rajon Rondo:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 12 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 6/10 | 0 |
Here are the last six games for Rondo in the assists category: 15, 3, 3, 12, 8, and 25. Kind of baffling to me. It’d be like driving 100 mph to work three days, 35 mph two days, and 60 mph the last one.
E’Twaun Moore:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1/3 | 11/14 | 0 |
Will put up the occassional dud, but Moore has the capacity for big games. He gets the minutes, hoists up the shots, and gets plenty of open looks due to the presense of AD, Cousins, and Rondo. Give me Moore!
The Cavs got spanked by the Timberwolves, 127-99. The leading scorer was Jeff Green with 22. Kevin Love scored three, LeBron James scored 10, and Isaiah Thomas scored nine before getting ejected for the hit on Andrew Wiggins.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/2 | 8/11 | 2/2 |
KAT leads the league with 34 double-dubs and is currently the 8th player in fantasy. Meow.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5/7 | 5/7 |
Speaking of double-dubs, CC is 10th with 20. Just charge it to my CC.
Chris Paul and Eric Gordon both scored 24 points. James who?
Gerald Green:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4/9 | 8/15 | 2/3 |
What a perfect situation for Green to find himself in. Uptempo and just chuck. Now, he’s not going to continue shooting 51% from downtown. In addition, James Harden won’t be out forever. Enjoy the good times from Green, but there’s a reason he was a free agent to begin with.
With Nikola Mirotic out due to illness, Bobby Portis played 33 minutes.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/3 | 9/17 | 3/5 |
Portis is a baller. A crazy, deranged, don’t-F-with-me baller, but a baller nonetheless.
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0/1 | 3/8 | 11/14 |
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 6/11 | 0/1 |
Entered the starting lineup and played 38 minutes. Malcolm is no longer in the middle.
