Doing lines

So last night was a pretty crazy night for fantasy geeks. 26 teams playing, the usual assortment of double doubles and 30 point outbursts, along with absolutely RIDICULOUS lines from Amare (49/11/6, 5 stls, 2blks), Parker(55/7/10, 2 threes), and Lebron(41/9/6, 4 stls).

Of course with good performances, there's bound to be clunkers last night as well. Those included Igudala (2/3/1, 4 TOs, 14% fg), Hinrich (2/1/2, 0 for 5 shooting), and QRich (3/6/0, 6 TOs, 11.1% fg).

I'd just like to note that with 6 fantasy teams, I only have Amare on one, and I have Iggy, Hinrich, and Qrich on multiple teams, YAY! Though seriously, if you're an owner of Iggy or Qrich, I wouldn't worry about it. They're just in a slump and they'll bounce back quick enough. As far as I know and have read, Iggy isn't physically hurt at all. So right now it's all just mental and team chemistry. Don't trade Iggy cheap just yet (esp. remember about fantasy playoffs) and don't drop Qrich. Qrich still played 25+ minutes and kept jacking up the 3s (and D'Antoni let him). In fact, you might want to try and trade for Iggy cheap now if you can. I already own Iggy in 2/3 yahoo leagues and I just made an offer of Bogut for Iggy in my 3rd. The other owner hasn't rejected or accepted yet, so we'll see.

Hinrich on the otherhand though, I'm ready to give up on. This goes for his fellow Bull, Tyrus Thomas, as well. For h2hs, that means dropping him in shallow leagues or trying to trade him cheap in deep leagues. If you're roto or have injured-reserve spots, then bench him for now. The Bull's rotation is a mess and neither player can be reasonably expected to contribute consistently unless they're getting ~30 minutes. Hinrich in particular can also expect to be further impacted when Hughes returns from injury in a couple of weeks. Hinrich *might* be able to give you a good game once a week and he might hold some more value if there's a major Bulls roster shakeup (trade, injury), but for now, he is not a safe play at all imho.

Also I'd like to give major props to Ramon Sessions. Despite not starting (Ridnour returned), he still managed to put up 22/3/8, 1 stl, 1 blk, on solid percentages. He should be gone in all leagues, but maybe you can try and trade for him cheap. Watchout, if he comes off the bench in the next few games and have a bad game, float a middle of the road, top 80ish offer to his owner, like a Rondo, Barbosa, or Bibby and see what happens.

Now for some funnies...

Amare's flop last night against Travis Diener of the Pacers. He even got a technical ft out of it! LOL.



And if you thought Shaq's free throws were ugly, here's Chuck Hayes.



Seriously, everybody always does the Hack-a-Shaq, but I don't see nearly enough Hack-A-(insert player name here), despite the proliferation of numerous other sub 50% free throw shooters. Why is that?

And I don't mean late game fouling (when it's super close) or when they catch it way too deep in the paint already (i.e. Dwight) and it's better than giving up the automatic dunk. I mean, as an actual strategy during the course of the game (2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, away from the ball, etc.) Off the top of my head, I can only recall Shaq and Ben Wallace as actual hack targets.