Covers Fantasy Basketball Discussion Thread Part 5

Crank dropped Roy after trying to sell him after that big game of his.

So...Palo...what kind of SG/SF are you looking for exactly?

damn sparky, its getting tight pal..  ur only 7 pts behind now.

i hate this Roto.. takes the fun outta fantasy

But my team is still trading. It's still going to be really hard to catch. You're in a spot where you're just in the midst of passing people so you'll drop 3 spots one day, jump 4 spots the next and then just keep going up. Your team has a ton of 80%+ FT% shooters so Howard doesn't hurt you as much...and he's shooting better of late too.

Not that there was much chance before...but now Josh Smith is out and will probably be out for a few weeks. Oh well...baseball is right around the corner.

Randolph is more valuable than Bynum and Lowry combined. Lowry's FG and FT% are dreadful...and I've learned that kills teams. Bynum can't stay on the court.

But with Gasol/Aldridge and Curry/Jefferson...it was fair at the time. I just happened to hit the jackpot on that one.

And Josh Smith may not be hurt afterall?

Quote Originally Posted by err:

I want Randolph

If only Parker weren't hurt.

But you want Randolph AND Love?

With Eric Gordon coming back, my need for a SG/SF isn't so great any more, but I still have too many playable PGs.  I'm willing to package one of them plus one of my big men for a better big man.

Kidd/Udrih/Lowry/Mo Williams + M. Gasol/Bynum/Frye  for __________.  I'd have to get back a stud in return to include Frye in the deal since he's been a top 25 player since he re-entered the starting lineup earlier in the year.

Send me some offers.

Scoreboard says otherwise....just sayin'.

Also, for what it's worth, Yahoo agrees with me about Frye.  He's ranked 11th for the last 30 days.  For the whole season, he's ranked 38th, even though there was a stretch where he didn't get a lot of minutes.  I'm sure if they had a "last 60 days" option, he'd be top 25.

I'm not knocking Frye...but remember when you offered Kidd, Bynum and Dudley for Aldridge and Pau? You tried to sell me on Dudley by saying how great he was. He wasn't even that great when you offered him to me and now he's probably not even a waiver pickup.

And then I remember nbafan saying that you send him an offer that was insulting (or something along those lines). I understand that you want to trade your PG's...but, for someone like me, I'm not looking for a guy to come with him, I just want a PG.

If you can't find anyone to take on one of your packages and still want to dump a PG...I'm always open for a trade. But I'm not interested in the walking injury (Bynum), Randolph's 2nd banana (Gasol) or Frye, who really doesn't do much for him as he's a lower FT% and much better rebounding Nick Young who can block. As you can see by my team...I'm rebound heavy and Frye doesn't fit my needs.

Everyone makes offers that favor them.  It's part of negotiating.  I think I've been able to make enough trades (5) that it's safe to say I'm not overvaluing my players more than anyone else is.  In fact, on the whole, I've probably been selling my players short.  I've lost at least 3 of my trades, and the other 2 have been somewhat questionable too:

Gave Dorell Wright for Marc Gasol = Loss

Gave Pau Gasol, LaMarcus Aldridge and Rudy Fernandez for Steph Curry, Al Jefferson and Reggie Williams = Loss

Gave Luol Deng and Daniel Gibson for Ray Allen = I would call this a Win, but Deng has been good enough to make it close

Gave John Salmons for Andrew Bynum = I would call this a Win too, but Salmons has been good lately

Gave Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Amir Johnson for Danny Granger and Eric Gordon = Loss (at least with Gordon getting hurt, and maybe even if not)

I like to think that I won almost all of my trades. Except my most recent one. There really was no definite reason for me to have made that trade, but since the odds are against me, I really wanted Melo so I can watch the Knicks games with added interest (as if watching them as a fan wasn't enough). I rarely have a guy from my favorite team on my fantasy team...so it's nice for a change.

I'm still looking to make trades though. I'm never done and I love when it says "A trade has been proposed to you by _______".