delicate choreography

Thanks Mike for that extreme closeup of James Posey's face.

Players I'm making moves for:
Amar'e Stoudemire PHO:  Amar'e was slow out of the box so some owners may be frustrated.  Although his average rank is somewhere in the 70 range, he's been turning it on of late: two 28 point efforts against top notch bigs Dwight Howard and Tim Duncan.  Of course, sandwiched between those two performances was a 7 turnover effort against the shortest team in the league: DEN.  But hey, I like what I'm seeing regardless.

Carl Landry HOU:  If you need to raise your percentages, you better get moving.  There comes a time (January ish) where it's too late. Let me introduce you to Carl Landry pictured to the left dunking on former Knick Bricklayer Quentin Richardson.  Because he's under the radar I still consider him a buy low candidate. His percentages are terrific (57%; 87%) He also rebounded quickly from getting shot in the leg less than a year ago which ranks slightly below Paul Pierce's recovery from 11 stab wounds on the all-time injury recoveries.  Right now Landry is like David West with less rebounding. 

Raymond Felton CHA:  Finger point to Mike on this one.  In the last month he's shooting 51% from the field which is very unFelton like. And his turnovers are way down - frankly I think there simply are not enough turnovers to go around when you have Stephen Jackson on your team.  Assists are still pretty good and 2.5 steals a game makes him a hot commodity.

Rashard Lewis ORL:  Once again he's averaging 2+ 3PM's but his scoring is down and he's not meshing with Ron Jeremy. I don't know much about the situation but I do know that tension started brewing when Lewis refused to go into a game against Utah.  Um, refusing to enter a game is a slap in the face to your coach and teammates.  I think this will blow over (He dropped 5 triples on the Raptors last night).

Al Jefferson MIN: He's was a beast for two straight seasons. This year has been difficult for him as his percentages are down across the board and he's rebounding less and blocking less shots.  He's also visibly slower because of the knee.  However, the rebounding has picked up in December and he's scoring more.

Devin Harris NJ:  This is about as bad as it gets for Harris owners, right?  I own him in one league and as a result I've been more moody than a 13 year old girl whose parents won't let her see Twilight New Moon in the theatres with her friends.  Take last night for example:  1-9, 9 points?  Seriously, I reacted to last night's line like Bill O'Reilly trying to read something on a teleprompter that he doesn't understand.  What's wrong with you Devin?  I'm concerned about you as a person.  And I'd probably ship you out for Chase Budinger at this point.  The point is everybody, Harris owners are wounded and vulnerable right now.

The Lemons I'm pitching:
Rodney Stuckey DET:  Hot Rodney just won Eastern Conference player of the week, but I don't really like him as a fantasy player. His FG% is kinda frustrating and he doesn't even shoot threes.  His turnovers are also way high.  Sell him to someone who needs scoring (ie: Danny Granger owners).

Channing Frye PHO:  He had a nice start to the year but he has kinda faded into a one trick pony in December.  Sure, his numbers have been very impressive for the year.  But December has been a dreadful month.  He's averaging 10 ppg, 45% FG, 65%, and 2.1 3ptm in December.  Meh - sell him while he still has a solid rank for the year.


Danilo Gallinari NY & Andrea Bargnani TOR: See above.  One trick ponies. Danilo still gets the triples but he's shooting only 42% from the field with 11.5 points and 5 boards per game in Dec. and I heard he recently changed his nickname from "el gallo" to "the situation."  not a good sign.  His overrall rank is still 32.  Bargnani has year rank of 28 and a December of 103. His triples are down as are his points. If you've gotten ahead on threes because of one of these guys, you may consider trading for a more rounded fantasy player.


Anthony Morrow GS: Another finger point to Mike who has been following Morrow's season so closely that he can tell you "Morrow looks sad out there. He's still grieving from a death in his family." That's a legitimate theory, but it's more likely that he's in a shooting slump after missing a few games and losing his rhythm.  I still like him and frankly you can make a case for him being a buy low candidate right now.  But he's coming off the bench now.  Sell him to someone who needs threes with high percentages.