Trade Reaction: Marion to Toronto, O’Neal to Miami
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: Trades, Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat
In a deal expected to be finalized Friday afternoon, the Miami Heat traded Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Toronto Raptors for Jermaine O’Neal and Jamario Moon.
Has a guy ever been traded hours after hitting a game-winner? Well he has now.
Anyways, this trade better suits the Heat’s system, and fulfills Pat Riley’s desire for a big. But for Toronto, it makes them a legitimate playoff team. At the moment, they are second-to-last in the East, but only four games out of a playoff spot. This gives them a trio of Jose Calderon, Marion, and Chris Bosh that might be capable of going on a tear and making some noise.
As far as fantasy goes, one has to assume Marion’s numbers go up. We’ll likely see Bosh play some center and Marion play at the four, because behind O’Neal, was Jake Voskuhl on the depth chart. Winners here are Marion, Jason Kapono, and Joey Graham. They’ll be picking up Moon’s minutes plus some of the minutes created by the shifting around of Bosh to center.
On the Miami side, not much should change. They basically had no center, so this helps there. Michael Beasley might get some more minutes, and it remains to be seen if Moon starts. If not, Beasley would likely get the nod. This effectively kills any value that Jamaal Magloire and Joel Anthony had in deep leagues.
I’m predicting some noise made by Toronto…
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Wire to Wire - 01.07.08
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, Site Features, Waiver Pick Ups
Wire to Wire aims to be your waiver wire resource for all of your fantasy basketball needs. It will dive into playing time trends, injury replacements, and even an occasional category specialist—all of which can be found on a typical waiver wire within your fantasy league at any given time.
While most editions of Wire to Wire have a theme, I can honestly say that this week’s is strictly based on upside potential. We have a couple of rookies, a couple of veterans, and even a fantasy stud that could be returning from a certain neck injury of his own. The Brandon Roy injury may shake things up in Portland a bit, but with the ‘Blazers not playing until Wednesday, the reigning Rookie of the Year will have some time for his tailbone to heal.
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Wire to Wire - 11.27.07
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Site Features, Waiver Pick Ups
Wire to Wire aims to be your waiver wire resource for all of your fantasy basketball needs. It will dive into playing time trends, injury replacements, and even an occasional category specialist—all of which can be found on a typical waiver wire within your fantasy league at any given time.
Last week’s piece brought some highs and some lows, but this week brings even more waiver love as one of the game’s best point guards will miss the next three months after knee surgery. Could Don Nelson finally be settling on a shooting guard? Do we have a new point man in Minnesota? Who the heck is Jamario Moon? All these answers and more in this week’s edition.
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Dropping Dimes on the Daily – November 25, 2007
Posted by Matt Satten Categories: Editorial, Injuries, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, Waiver Pick Ups
Despite the Raptors/Pistons game starting in the middle of the day, the moon was shining brightly. Jamario Moon that is. In case you’re late to the Moon party, the undrafted 27-year-old rookie has started the Raptors last eight games at small forward and his athletic play is getting him noticed. Yesterday, the 6-8 forward erupted for the best line of his brief NBA career with 15 points, 9 boards, 3 steals and 6 blocks in the matinee victory. More info abou this Good Moon Rising after the jump.
The Fig Cap: His vertical leap is beyond all measurement. Don’t question it!
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Rookie Review - 11.22.07
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Props, Rookies, Talent
Happy Thanksgiving everybody! With four weeks nearly in the books, I thought it would be a good idea to review what this season’s freshman class has delivered our way thus far.
Rookies are usually the hype of all fantasy drafts, but unlike the other major fantasy sports, you’ll only have a select few that provide consistent value. This season, the word “few” may even be stretching it. Let’s dig in…
The Fig Cap: Seattle is thankful for Kevin Durant. Soon, Oklahoma City will be thankful for…Kevin Durant.
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Dropping Dimes on the Daily - 11.21.07
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features
Dropping Dimes On The Daily is all about the team looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly. Goodly is a word, right? Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!!
The Fig Cap: Hey, Kris! Find anything up there?
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Dropping Dimes on the Daily—November 19, 2007
Posted by Matt Satten Categories: Editorial, Injuries, Props, Roto, Site Features
In the middle of last season, a new sheriff came to town and a new way of life was established in the East Bay. One of his past transgressions caught up to him and for that he had to endure his punishment. After seemingly a lifetime of exile (actual time missed: 7 games), the enigmatic Warrior returned to battle with designs for glory. With Golden State’s season spiraling out of control already, this savior’s return couldn’t have come at a more perfect time.
The Fig Cap: I’m only going to tell you this once
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Wire to Wire - 11.12.07
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, Waiver Pick Ups
Wire to Wire aims to be your waiver wire resource for all of your fantasy basketball needs. It will dive into playing time trends, injury replacements, and even an occasional category specialist—all of which can be found on a typical waiver wire within your fantasy league at any given time.
After all of the ‘tweener types that we discussed last week, I did my best to incorporate some point men as well as a handful of big guys. The rotational issue in Toronto is killing a lot of owners, but a certain undrafted rookie may be benefiting. A career resurgence in Minnesota and an injury in New Jersey may be opening up that much more production for some that may have not received time otherwise. All this and more in this week’s edition of Wire to Wire.
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