Luol Deng - Is he worth hanging onto?

EastSideBucksFan · Post #1 » by **EastSideBucksFan** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:01 pm

I only have five weeks left in a head to head league with 12 players. The middle of the bunch is real close, in one week I went from 4th to 8th.

Luol Deng is dead weight right now and I can't even find good info on his injury.

Achilles tendon sprain is the best I've found and there's no timetable for his return.

Anyone know anything more on him, should I just cut bait and pick up a guy like Ryan Gomes or Thaddeus Young?

FlashFlood · Post #2 » by **FlashFlood** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:07 pm

Wait for now... I have Deng too and from what I read theyre looking at returning everyone after the all-star break. If you cant stand it anymore, try to trade him first..

EastSideBucksFan · Post #3 » by **EastSideBucksFan** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:11 am

FlashFlood wrote:Wait for now... I have Deng too and from what I read theyre looking at returning everyone after the all-star break. If you cant stand it anymore, try to trade him first..

Yep, been trying hard to trade him, but everyone else is smart and I can't get decent value for his trade.

I think I'll hang on one more week before I give up on him.

Chubby Chaser · Post #4 » by **Chubby Chaser** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:22 am

It's a tough call. I had the same problem and held onto deng as long as I could but my league was really competitive also and I had to trade him because I couldn't afford a dead spot any longer. There's really no information on him. And the worst part is was he wasn't even having a great year statistically to begin with. Not like how he was last year. With Ben Gordon chucking up 30 shot attempts to try and get his max contract extension. I eventually traded Deng and Stephan Jackson, for Rudy Gay and Richard Jefferson to the number one person in our league (since he could afford to sit on him) All the reports I read was that there's no set time table yet. But he is working out so it seems that if he returns it might sooner rather than later. Also another disturbing fact is that Boylan said that he won't just re-insert the original starters back to their position. They're going to have to earn it back. So, take it for what its worth. But I feel your pain, because I fretted back and forth with this for about 3 weeks. Almost dropped him completely. So, if anything try and trade him.