More NBA minute trends

Sorry for the late post today but I'm still reeling from an utterly brilliant pitching performance by Cliff Lee last night. My long-time knock on Lee for fantasy purposes is that he doesn't strike out enough guys. Last night real life Lee produced some pretty awkward swings from a lineup full of professional hitters - some of his curveballs were just silly.

Anyway, we had quite a bit of NBA action last night.  Some observations:

Terrence Williams - 31 minutes of action in a fairly tight game.  The story on this guy is that he is super active which usually translates into good reb/stl/blk stats.  I still think Courtney Lee is the SG/SF to own in NJ.  Lee struggled with his shooting last night and I think he'll bounce back.
Anthony Randolph - Randolph, everyone's favorite "sleeper" going into this season, played only 9 minutes against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.  It's not clear if this was injury related (back problems). He was still active blocking a shot and inexplicably making a three.  Be patient here.
Danilo Gallinari - Is el gallo the next Dirk Nowitzki or the next Jason Kapono? In 28 minutes the rooster took 14 shots.  13 of those shots were 3 pointers.  He made 7.  Other than that, Danilo did next to nothing.  Not a good sign for Knicks fans or Danilo fantasy owners (unless your league's only stat is 3PMs).  Which reminds me of...

Rasual Butler (pictured above with my nemesis Mo Pete) v. Al Thornton - La Salle legend Rasual Butler (apologies to Lionel Simmons) displayed an unusual (for him) stat line last night in 31 minutes of action. Butler is exclusively a three point shooter.  However, on Wednesday for the first time in his career Butler dished out more than two assists (he had 4). He also had one rebound.  Thornton still played 24 minutes. I think Thornton is still the guy to own in Clipperland until BG returns.
Thabo Sefalosha v. James Harden - I noticed some James Harden fantasy buzz coming into the season.  And frankly I bought it.  Then I learned on Wednesday that the Thunder signed Thabo to a 4 year extension and now I love that little multi-lingual Swiss SG/SF shot-blocking machine as a fantasy play.  Last night Sefolosha played 34 minutes, Harden played 13.  I think this will be the norm this year.
Boris Diaw - According to yahoo sports, Diaw took 7 shots (made 3), grabbed 2 boards, dished out 2 assists, turned the ball over twice, and committed 3 fouls in only 53 seconds of playing time. Amazing. But seriously, if you drafted a Bobcat you're sick to your stomach right now. The Celtics are very good defensive team but...59 points?  ouch.