Tuesday, November 07, 2006
First fantasy trade of the year
Well, I was offered Raymond Felton and Shane Battier for Mike Miller. I accepted without even negotiating. Miller was drafted in our league after both players I got out of the deal.
MM has looked good early as he is taking tons of shots as the main scoring option for the Grizzlies. However, my team is not really focused on scoring anyway and I already have tons of 3s with Marion, Nash, Billups, Rasheed, and Jason Terry.
Battier is a very underrated fantasy player who is more useful to me since he consistently contributes in the defensive categories and also chips in almost everywhere else. Houston has more weapons than Memphis, obviously, but he should still see tons of minutes and if Yao or TMac get hurt he would play a larger role in the offense.
In the end, I had Battier and Miller pretty close so the key to me was getting Felton as well. He was disappointing to start the season but I saw him go as high as the 4th-5th round in some "industry" drafts. He put up great numbers after the break last year and put up 23 pts with 4 threes, 5 boards, and 6 assists in his last game. Felton would have more value if he was playing the point, but I still think he'll get his share of assists and steals and he's proven he can be a scorer. His FG% and turnovers are concerning, but I dropped Rafer Alston to make this transaction who is essentially an older version of Felton who shoots even worse and also manages to shoot for a bad FT%.
Overall, I was happy this was offered to me. I am high on both Battier and Felton and I think both of them will improve my team.
MM has looked good early as he is taking tons of shots as the main scoring option for the Grizzlies. However, my team is not really focused on scoring anyway and I already have tons of 3s with Marion, Nash, Billups, Rasheed, and Jason Terry.
Battier is a very underrated fantasy player who is more useful to me since he consistently contributes in the defensive categories and also chips in almost everywhere else. Houston has more weapons than Memphis, obviously, but he should still see tons of minutes and if Yao or TMac get hurt he would play a larger role in the offense.
In the end, I had Battier and Miller pretty close so the key to me was getting Felton as well. He was disappointing to start the season but I saw him go as high as the 4th-5th round in some "industry" drafts. He put up great numbers after the break last year and put up 23 pts with 4 threes, 5 boards, and 6 assists in his last game. Felton would have more value if he was playing the point, but I still think he'll get his share of assists and steals and he's proven he can be a scorer. His FG% and turnovers are concerning, but I dropped Rafer Alston to make this transaction who is essentially an older version of Felton who shoots even worse and also manages to shoot for a bad FT%.
Overall, I was happy this was offered to me. I am high on both Battier and Felton and I think both of them will improve my team.
Labels: Fantasy basketball
# posted by Smooth : 11:11 AM
