Billups

[flip_sanchez]

We held our draft last aug and i drafted billups in the 5th. Our league is 14 team 9 cat. I worry a little because i drafted billups as my primary pg. This really suck

[Apathy]

you're right, it does. he was extremely undervalued before this amnesty; he's a low-end legit no. 1 pg. dunno why jrue holiday was being drafted over him, and i love jrue holiday.

now? it could be terrible for his value. chances are it will be.

that said you shouldve done your draft later, esp with the lockout leading to a 10-day or whatever it is FA period

[flip_sanchez]

^^ my other 2 pgs...teague and bayless. ughhh

i built my team with balance in mind. i just hope i can trade one of my players or try to nab a decent pg or just hope billups lands on a favorable team. my team below. its a money league btw

wade
j smith
bosh
bynum
billups
garnett
thornton
batum
teague
casspi
bayless
biedrins
hayward

[Apathy]

as is always the case in fantasy basketball:

build your team around PGs and PFs. they better be PGs and PFs or they better put up #s like PGs and PFs. preferably both. inexcusable to have teague/bayless as your two other PGs. you need to work out a trade ASAP

your lineup is tough to trade. bynum, garnett are tough to trade, id want to keep bosh, smith is really good...

i'd trade wade. batum. casspi sucks and i'd drop him for james johnson (or better; depends what's out there).

how many teams is this league? your bench can be improved

[flip_sanchez]

^^ i know. im working on a trade right now. but looks like billups will be playing for the clippers, dunno if its a good thing or bad thing. im on a 14 team 9 cat money league

[Apathy]

id grab cj miles if he's still available. good reports from camp and i am confident one of cj or hayward gets the job done for uta.

wade/batum for PG/whatever of value.

fortunately i like teague a whole lot. 1.7 spg and 40% 3pt in 7 games as a starter last year in 26 mpg. joe johnson caps his value but steals, 3s, decent assists works for me. best case scenario is prob 13/5 with 1.5 to 2.0 spg and 1.5 to 2.0 3pg. that's very playable.

billups should be a decent no. 2 guard on LA. he can also play the 2 if/when gordon gets hurt. billups has size, shooting and gets to the line; those things age well. his efficiency could very well go up. maybe 15/5 with 3s/FT%. he won't be sexy but he could push for top-50 value nonetheless.