Drop Salmons for Eric Gordon?

Spicy P · Post #1 » by **Spicy P** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:43 pm

Someone in my league dropped Eric Gordon for some reason. Since Salmons has been awful and bringing down my FG%, I'm looking for a new shooting guard. Eric Gordon has been playing great so far and I'm starting to think Salmons' last season was a fluke, so should I make this move?

8 person rotisserie league by the way.

retrospect24 · Post #2 » by **retrospect24** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:14 pm

John Salmons is your worst player? Surely you've got someone worse than him that you can drop...

Post #3 » by **AshyLarrysDiaper** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:51 pm

It's an 8 team league. I don't have a hard time believing Salmons is his worst player, and if that's the case, hell yes you drop him for Gordon. My reasons: Gordon looks great and Salmons has looked like crap. A lot of us Bulls fans had reservations about Salmons' ability to play the 2, and so far he's really struggled in a catch-and-shoot role. Granted it's early and there's no way that he will continue shoot so badly, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was up and down all year.

Raptors Digest · Post #4 » by **Raptors Digest** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:43 pm

SalamiNCheez wrote:Someone in my league dropped Eric Gordon for some reason. Since Salmons has been awful and bringing down my FG%, I'm looking for a new shooting guard. Eric Gordon has been playing great so far and I'm starting to think Salmons' last season was a fluke, so should I make this move?

8 person rotisserie league by the way.

I think there should be room on any 8 team roster for both

Post #5 » by **CPT** » Sun Nov 1, 2009 10:52 am

8 team league teams are pretty stacked man. Maybe not stacked enough that Salmons is your worst player, but he could be. Or it could be a positional thing.

Anyway, Gordon is looking like a stud. I'd do it.

Spicy P · Post #6 » by **Spicy P** » Sun Nov 1, 2009 2:07 pm

retrospect24 wrote:John Salmons is your worst player? Surely you've got someone worse than him that you can drop...

Michael Beasley maybe, but he's not playing as bad as Salmons. Kevin Martin is my other shooting guard and I'm definitely hanging onto him. I think he's my worst player. Here's my full roster:

PG Devin Harris*, NJ PG
SG Kevin Martin, Sac SG
SF LeBron James, Cle SF
PF Al Horford, Atl PF, C
C Brook Lopez, NJ C
G Chauncey Billups, Den PG
F LaMarcus Aldridge, Por PF
UTIL Michael Beasley, Mia SF, PF
Bench Rashard Lewis*, Orl SF, PF
Bench David West, Nor PF
Bench Eric Gordon, LAC SG

Now that Devin Harris is out I'm gonna have to put Billups at PG and need a G and Eric Gordon is the best one available. I'm dead last in FG% and Salmons isn't really helping much in that category.

Post #7 » by **AshyLarrysDiaper** » Sun Nov 1, 2009 2:49 pm

As I suspected, you weren't lying when you said Salmons was your worst player. Hang on to Beasley. He's got more upside and isn't playing out of position* like Salmons.

*Not trying to spur an "is Beasley a 3 or a 4 debate". My point is that Salmons is definitely not a natural 2, and so far it shows.