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creative1
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Did I overpay? 

Post#1 » by creative1 » Fri Jan 2, 2009 7:36 pm

I just made a trade in a 10 team, H2H, 10 category league... I sent my Andre Miller and Andrew Bynum for his Rashard Lewis. I desperately needed 3's and I specifically wanted to get a PF that could hit them. I only have two other players that could play PF and it was causing me to lose starts some weeks.

Assists is probably my best category as I have Calderon, Duhon, Rondo, and Stuckey as my other PG's. Losing Bynum's blocks will hurt me but I picked up Dalembert (could also get M. Gasol) to help replace some of Bynum's rebounding and blocks. I'm pretty happy with the trade because the difference between Bynum vs. Dalembert/Gasol isn't that crazy while the difference between Shard and A. Miller is huge (especially for what I need).

So... how do you rate the trade? Should I keep Dalembert or pick-up M. Gasol? Thanks for your feedback in advance.
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Re: Did I overpay? 

Post#2 » by EJay33 » Fri Jan 2, 2009 8:09 pm

I'd say it's a very good trade. If you need threes, Shard is about 20 ahead of second place right now and is having a great year. With all those PGs Miller was very expendable. Tough call on Dalembert or Gasol. Dalembert got a lot of hype preseason but was playing very poorly with EB on the team. Dalembert has averaged over 2 blocks per game in the past so the history is there, but you have to be a little worried about what happens when Brand gets back. Hopefully he can keep his recent success going but who knows. Gasol is probably safer but with a little less upside.
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Re: Did I overpay? 

Post#3 » by creative1 » Fri Jan 2, 2009 8:18 pm

Thanks for the feedback. I like the trade because I could have not got the more perfect player if I wanted a PF that shoots 3's. I'm happy that I got it done for Miller vs. any of my other PG's because only he and Rondo don't shoot 3's out of my PG's. I went ahead and dropped Dalembert for Gasol. Milicic is out for at least one month with a broken thumb so Gasol should get big minutes for awhile. Dalembert was looking good since Brand went down but his minutes are also going back down. I owned Dalembert earlier this year but he's one of the most frustrating players in fantasy bball. I need to be done with him once and for all. I also like Gasol's offensive prowess way more than Dalembert. He doesn't block shots quite as well but he's certainly no slouch.

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