12/27/04 HoopsKlyce Advice

Dan Dickau of New Orleans has been consistently getting over 30 mpg and is a potential source of assists.  He does have the potential however to do some damage to your FG% category.  I think he should get fairly reliable minutes coming his way despite the return of Baron Davis.  The trade of David Wesley for Jim Jackson should also bode well for Dickau.  I would think this trade could only make Jim Jackson's playing time and output go down.

 Lee Nailon has evolved into a primary offensive option for New Orleans.  On Monday night he had 28 points and had been over 18 points in four of his previous five games.  A drawback for him is minimal contributions outside of points.  That could make him good trade bait for other owners who tend to look at points too much.

Tony Battie has been over 33 minutes in his last five games for the Magic.  He is a potential source of free agent rebounds with some contributions in blocks.

Jason Hart's production has been highly volatile with assists games of 15 and 10 mixed in with totals of 1.  On Monday night he got an extended run with Brevin Knight out with flu like symptoms.  While Knight will continue to contribute to inconsistency from Hart, I think Hart is worth hanging on to until the time is right to make him active regularly.  Knight is not the point guard of the future for Charlotte and has an extensive injury history.  I also like Hart's ability to contribute in the steal category.

Predrag Drobnjak and Tony Delk both had good games for the Hawks Monday night going 8-12 FG.  But on the Hawks team they could easily score zero in their next game and probably aren't even worth taking a flyer on.

Nenad Kristic is the center of the future with the Nets and has good job security with Mourning gone.  He has played over 28 minutes in his last four games and has the potential to contribute points, rebounds, and blocks.

Vince Carter had quite a nice game in his first appearance for the Nets.  I for one traded him away while he was killing my FG% as a Raptor.  Those who currently own him should hope he can keep it up.  Playing with Jason Kidd should be a tremendous plus for him.

Memphis won Monday night and had one of those horrifying Hubie Brownish box scores where 9 Grizzlies got over 20 minutes.  Jason Williams in particular had been enjoying the effects of a shorter rotation with 18 pts, 7.6 assists, 1.8 st, and 3 treys per game in his previous five games.  I would think that Memphis goes back to a shorter rotation restoring value back to players in favor like Williams and James Posey.  However it does not help that Memphis broke a two game losing streak with the extended rotation. 

Willie Green has gotten back into the Sixers rotation but has not been too impressive with the minutes given to him.

Luke Ridnour has been horrible from the field lately but still is contributing in assists.  Brave and risky owner may want to try a contrarian approach and trade for him (cheap) thinking that his shooting has to get better.  I actually did this in a league where I needed assists.  I gave up Ricky Davis for him (standard 8 category league).  Ridnour's job security seems to be immune to the brick laying and he also can contribute steals.