Haha. Watching Monday Night Raw, one of my other pet projects that I keep track of. I have a Fin final tomorrow morning, so maybe I should be cutting down a bit, but just can't miss the drama, the intensity, the divas! Anyway, the remark above is what one of the heels, one Santino Marella, asked his on-screen girlfriend, Maria, cuz Maria is "considering" posing for playboy. Great storyline with this ultimatum, i bet maria chooses playboy and solidifies her crowdpleasing status while cementing Santino's heel status, but who knos. This is the WWE.
Back to individual commentary on players.
Where has josh howard been this season? I'm pretty sure he's putting up decent #'s, but not as good as past seasons and definitely not as good as he's capable of, in my opinion. Basically, it's a product of dallas taking it a little easier in the reg. season, methinks. 17 pts in just 26 mins? That's not that great. Especially in a loss vs. the sixers. I think the mavs, my postseason break, might have something to lose in not picking it up yet, losing to inferior teams. Might catch up to 'em in the elimination rounds. What's most disturbing is they only put up 76 points tonight against an Eastern Conference team. A mediocre one, at that.
Andre Miller, meanwhile, is back to his productive ways. After being named the Eastern Conference player of the week last week, he put up a solid 26 pts, 8 rebs, and 7 asts tonight on 8 of 15 shooting, just 1 turnover in 44 mins and 3 stls. Solid line. He's kind of a streaky player in which he'll have some stretches of nothingness ( like 2 or 3 weeks), but ever since leading Utah to Elite 8 a while back he's possessed a lot of talent.
Lakers looking pretty good with their new lineup now, albeit vs. the Bobcats. Tonight kobe put up 31 pts, gasol with 26 pts and 2 blks, lamar odom grabbin double digit boards and 5 asts, and 2 guys in double figures off the bench, farmar and turiaf with 10 each. That's probably what they envision doin in the playoffs in order to be successful, along with the added production of andrew bynum. They gotta translate this performance vs. bobcats into vs. western conference teams.
Sam I am Cassell looks like he might be pickin it up, putting up 21 pts and 8 asts along with 3 stls in just 23 minutes tonight. It seems like he is auditioning for the celtics PG job, in that he is very likely to be traded over there where he gets an opportunity to finally win a title. Hmmmmm very interesting, especially for the value of rajon rondo, as well as other guys on the C's.
In the same game, mo williams and michael redd switched roles in that redd put up the PG line while williams the scorer line, redd getting 11 pts and 11 asts while mo put up 31 pts w/ limited helpers. Redd has seemed to be getting more assists this season, and Williams isn't among the league leaders in assists, but don't look for this trend to continue. Mo really broke out last season on a depleted milwaukee team, and we know he can score. I just don't think the bucks do well when he's trying to score more than redd.
An exceptional night by Manu Ginobili, who put up 34 points, 15 rebs, and 6 asts, 2 stls and SIX 3-pointers thrown in there. He really benefits from being the definite second option after parker injured himself, and he's really been a force all seaosn long. He averages 19 pts a game and more than 2 three's a game, all well above career averages. It's just that San antonio is too boring to notice these individual contributions.
With the pistons enjoying a great reg. season, they might increasingly rest their starters and let them heal for a stretch run/ playoffs, so watch for reserves on their teams to get more minutes. None of them u really need for yahoo! leagues, but in like a fantasy point per minute league or something these guys can help. Amir Johnson in particular is a guy who is all-hustle and can really get some production with more #'s. Keep an eye on that as well as other teams ( like C's) who don't really need to win every single game.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
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