Post deadline uncertainty: SG options
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:41 am
by call.me.dude
Who is better now after the deadline and which two should I keep/add?
Bayless, because of Barbosa‘s absence and the occasional Calderon injury? Will he average something like 12/4 or even better?
Brooks, who probably loses value/shots with Wallace in? Will he average less than 14ppg?
Matthews with Wallace out? Will he go back to averaging 15ppg?
Bayless and Brooks are already on my roster and I used to have Matthews.
I need scoring, assists and some threes.
Re: Post deadline uncertainty: SG options
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:51 pm
by Bank Shot
I think Matthews goes back to what he as before and because of that I'd grab him. He was getting screwed by their depth before but now they have like 5 half-decent players on the roster. He'll get big minutes now.
Re: Post deadline uncertainty: SG options
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 5:52 pm
by Apathy
i think a lot of people forgot that wes matthews was an undrafted bit player who surprised with his ability to shoot. he might've even been a fluke rule guy (hollinger; incidentally me ignoring fluke rule this year is why i failed so hard on odom).
it hasnt been minutes thta have been the problem, it's been matthews being terrible. now history says he'll improve, but it's far from a lock that he goes back to 15ppg, 40% 3pm, top 60 ish fantasy value. his 3pt% has actually dropped every single month.
to matthews i say show me. the most i'd do is hang onto him for a week to see what's up. personally i'd drop him for a hot pickup.
i think bayless sucks, but he sucks like jarrett jack. what does that mean? they suck but they can be fantasy viable in a perfect situation. i wouldn't look for more than 12/4 for bayless though; anything else is gravy. if that works for you, okie dokie.
pretty much everyone you mentioned sucks. when i say sucks, i mean that their skill level is fringe NBA starter/6th man, and in some cases not even that. (bayless, for example, is an 8th man.) so not only do circumstances/context play a big rule but so does luck. if they run hot on 3s/long 2s for a month or two they can look a lot better than they really are, esp since points are so easy to overrate. (And the opposite applies as well, which is why i'm not totally closed off to the idea that matthews can have a big 2nd half.)