Tuesday Fantasy News (9/22/09)
Sep 22, 2009 Blog
Don’t get worried if you see alot of the Eurobasket players sitting out some early camp time. There isn’t anything wrong with most of them, they will just require some time to rest and recover. Most of them are probably well ahead of their teammates back home as far as conditioning anyway. One player dealing with such speculation is Hedo Turkoglu.
Raptorblog.com with some thoughts on Marco Belinelli.
IndyCornrows.com takes a look at Mike Dunleavy’s knee and what the Pacers expect from Luther Head. Analysis: Those comments don’t make me feel like Dunleavy is very confident in being ready any time soon. As for Head, fantasy owners don’t really care about your goal being great defense. Shoot the 3 Luther!
HowardtheDunk.com with news that Jameer Nelson is looking 100% healthy, as well as a look at how he fits in with the Magic. Analysis: I’ve read the same opinion from several other sources on Nelson’s health and I’ll probably be moving him up my Point Guard rankings as the season approaches.
ThirdQuarterCollapse.com with a look at Mickael Pietrus and what to expect from him this season.
GiveMeTheRock.com with an article on fantasy leagues using 3PT% as a category, as well as some of the best and worst players in that specific category. Also, a great percentages spreadsheet from GMTR. Very useful if you are working on ranking the percentages of your potential fantasy targets.
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that Michael Beasley is back playing basketball and looks to be in great physical shape. Analysis: Maybe, but how is his mental shape, that is the real question with SuperCoolBeas. I’m still not a believer.
Slam Magazine reports that San Antonio has signed Keith Bogans. Analysis: Good move by San Antonio to replace the defensive anchor, Bruce Bowen, with Bogans. How hard did SA have to search to replace all those worthless Bowen fantasy minutes with something even more worthless?
JSOnline reports on the health of Andrew Bogut’s back and how rehab is progressing. Analysis: Bogut is sliding down my rankings. It doesn’t look like he is anywhere close to being 100% and even if he does play, it may be random minutes, thefore making him a very risky fantasy play on any given day.
Charlotte Observer reports that Boris Diaw’s ankle sprain isn’t too serious. Like I pointed out with Turkoglu above, don’t be too concerned when Diaw sits out much of camp as Charlotte plans to give Diaw plenty of time to rest and recover from summer basketball activities.
SilverScreenandRoll.com with a look at the rotation of Los Angeles Lakers and how the fantasy minutes might be distributed this year.
SacTownRoyalty.com with an article on Jason Thompson and what his role with the team may be this year.