Matchup 4 finished Monday as usual, and matchup 5 is already under way. After 4 games, we still have 5 teams that are undefeated and 5 teams still waiting for their first success. Out of all 36 teams, Heaver has scored the most points so far averaging 1664 per week, followed closely by fez and minis – in that order. Rodgo took over Sainters team at the end of last week and has made a few changes to the team and he should start to see the rewards soon. He was up against Steve this week and I need to fill you all in on a little back story that will help you when reading Steve’s Div2 review later. After I sent an email to the emergencies to see if they were hypothetically interested in taking over Sainter’s team, I sent the email to the Div2 LMs to show what was in it, but I added a line that I had not actually sent to the emergencies that read: “And you will have the easiest game of the season in matchup 4 if you decide to take over this team.” 
But Steve had the last laugh with a W against the newly named Nahla Vs LittleDee.
Also want to point out that voting for the NBA All Star game closes in about a week, and you can place votes once a day. I reckon we should all be on there voting for Bogut each day… and maybe even Kyrie Irving?? What are your thoughts? If you want to place your vote, head over here and follow the steps.
Only 1 team broke the 1700 barrier this week and that was smokinjoemisiti with his team – SmokinJoe Misiti in Div2 – scoring a massive 1778, which was close to 100 points better than the next best, and almost 150 better than the next. The lowest score for this week was 968 by CK Nicks in Div1, coached by Costak, who copped a few injuries – none bigger than Derrick Rose. We had a very tight game in Premier Division this week with Kings of Karlos (coached by karlos and lethal) beating Ruddy’s Cavaliers (coached by Ruddy) by just 5 points. And the highest scoring loser for Round 4 was easily Robert Sarver’s Handbag (coached by chris88 & Smittys07) who have the honour for the 2nd time this season already. Their score of 1562 was actually the 5th highest score out of all 36 teams! Its been talked about at length in the comments, but its worth mentioning again that they have had terrible luck this season so far, as they are going well – points wise – being ranked 2nd on the Premier League ‘points for’ ladder, but giving up the most points against – 480 more than 2nd – which has unfortunately translated to just the 1 win thus far. But its surely gotta change sooner or later if the high scores keep rolling in, so keep up the good work guys.
Now, same as usual, over the break will be the review for each individual league. I will write the Premier League review, Steve the Division 1 review and smokinjoemisiti will write the review for Division 2:::::::
PREMIER LEAGUE (by anthak)
Ruddy’s Cavaliers (Ruddy) 1298 v Kings of Karlos (Karlos and Lethal) 1303
KoK have had it a little easy thus far, having given away very few points thanks to their dogged D, but they were forced to fight hard for their 4th win in this, the aforementioned, closest game of the round. It came right down to the last game of the week with Kobe Bryant failing in the last quarter of his game, when he was only single figures away from producing the W for Ruddy. He was still Ruddy’s best scorer for the week though with 189 from 4, and he was well supported by both Rubio (187 from 4) and Pierce (183 from 4); while for the victors, their best score was Durantula with 157 from 3 games in a great team performance.
Run TMC (Owen) 1361 v Adelaide Maggotz (Maggots) 1202
Saying KoK has had an easy run so far is not very fair when you look at the results of maggots who have the best D in the leage atm, giving up only 1268 ppg. Owen’s win in this one has brought these two teams level with 1 win a piece. Joh Wall had a massive week for Owen with 241 from 4, and best for Magoots was Lowry with 156 from 4.
Fudge’s Sixers (Fudge) 1276 v Wade Machine (Dabombers) 1523
Fudge has been trying hard to find the right combination, once again using all 5 acquisitions, compared to Dabombers who just used the 1 this matchup. But it was the settled lineup of Wade machine that prevailed with a comfortable win by 250 odd points. Best scorers for WM were DJordan (196 from 5) and JJohnson & Howard (both on 187 from 4); while for the 6ers it was Humphries (160 from 4) and Westbrook (153 from 3) doing most of the scoring.
Robert Sarver’s Handbag (Chris88 and Smittys07) 1562 v ant hak (anthak) 1634
This was easily the highest scoring game of the round. I do feel lucky to come away with the W against a much more consistent RSH, but Ill take it – and hope my mob can produce even better against the best scorer in Heaver this week. But back on topic, this game in matchup 4 really was a rip-snorter. My team just kept answering any challenge thrown at them, but I still thought RSH were a chance going into the last day. AH’s best scorer was Conley with 235 from 4; and best for RSH was Bosh with 182 from 4.
Westside Hardcore (Mick) 1449 v Team HEAVER! (Heaver) 1510
Only 60 points in it between 2 of the leagues heavy hitters. This win by Heaver was very impressive, posting a score above 1500 without Derrick Rose who missed the entire matchup through injury, and overall he had 4 less games played than Mick. But both teams are very balanced and look to be two of the teams to beat tjhis season. Heaver had 2 players score over 200 this week in MGasol (218 from 4) and Aldridge (205 from 4); whereas Micks top scorer – LeBron james – put in a HUGE total of 293 from 4.
Jasmine’s Mob (Jasmine) 1327 v Too Seriouseses (Walesy) 1266
Both these teams copped a fair few injuries this matchup, and it worked out pretty even, with Walesy finishing with 2 more games played than Jasmine. Walesy actually looked to have this one under control for most of the week, holding the lead right up until the final day! Jasmine outscored the TooSeriouseses on the last two days – 459 to 264 – to claw back the deficit, but it was really the final day where, despite Rondo and CP3 both missing for Jasmine, the 4 fit players for Jasmines Mob outscored the 4 players Walesy had suiting up by 82 points. Top scorer over the matchup for jasmine was Boozer (194 from 4), and he was supporter well by Parker (191 from 4); while the best for the TSes was Deng (191 from 4)
Here is the schedule for Matchup 5:
| MATCHUP 5 (JAN 23 – 29) | |||||
| AWAY TEAM | HOME TEAM | RESULT | |||
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| Kings of Karlos (4-0) | at | Adelaide Maggotz (2-2) | Box | ||
| Wade Machine (2-2) | at | Ruddy’s Cavaliers (2-2) | Box | ||
| Fudge’s Sixers (0-4) | at | Run TMC (2-2) | Box | ||
| ant hak (2-2) | at | Team HEAVER! (4-0) | Box | ||
| Too Seriouseses (1-3) | at | Robert Sarver’s Handbag (1-3) | Box | ||
| Jasmine’s Mob (2-2) | at | Westside Hardcore (2-2) | Box | ||
DIVISION 1 (By Steve)
This week saw a number of lopsided victories in Division One. The closest margin was 186 points between The Bucks Fizz and Get Knicked.
Stevo’s Nuggets (Steve) 1331 v Nahla vs Little Dee (Rodgo) 1104
Despite what some people thought (Anthak I am looking at you), I was able to record a comfortable win this week. This week was the first full week that Rodgo had taken over his team. Both teams were affected by injuries this week where I had a number of players miss games while Nahla was missing Wade for all of the match up. The best scorers for the Nuggets this week were Jordan 196, Carmelo 159 and Westbrook 156. For Nahla, Dalembert led the way with 170 followed by Pau Gasol 153 and Garnett 105.
Team Stowie (Stowie) 1405 v Doobia Dominator’s (Doobs) 1141
Stowie was able to make it 2 consecutive wins this week. Both teams made a number of changes to their line ups this week to see if they could improve their scores. But Team Stowie was the more consistent line up during the week and were able to run away with the win. The best scorers for Stowie were Conley 235, Griffin 171 and Deron Williams on 161. Once again Durant was the best for Doobs with 157 followed by Jack 148 and Billups 134.
The Jug O Naughts (Fez) 1689 v Canuck Steelers (UA) 1494
Fez how made it from 4 from 4 and his team is one of the early frontrunners in Division One. This match was going back and forth all week until the last 3 days where Fez was able to increase his lead. Once again both teams took full advantage of the FA list to see if they could gain an advantage. The best players for Fez were Lebron 293, Boozer 194 and J Smoove 173. For the Steelers, they were served best by Gallinari 179, Bosh 182 and Love 160.
The Bucks Fizz (spm67) 1488 v Get Knicked (Liquid Sixx) 1302
As mentioned before this was the closest match for round 4 in Division One. Day 3 of this round proved to be the turning point when the Bucks Fizz scored 479 pts for the day (which must be the record for a daily total) and Get Knicked could not recover from this. For the Fizz, the best players were Marc Gasol on 218, Rubio 187 and Anderson 185. For Get Knicked, the best players were Gay on 156, Millsap 144 and Kmart on 136. Get Knicked are still seeking their first win of season while The Bucks Fizz are now 3-1.
Albert Park Rangers (bgt2110) 1326 v CK Nicks (Costak) 968
The Rangers are another one of the form teams in Division One and have now made it 4 from 4. They were not trouble in this match up against the Nicks and were able to increase their margin each day. The Rangers were able to receive an even spread of scores from their roster where Pierce was the highest on 184, followed by Teague 141 and Jefferson 128. For the Nicks, having D Rose out for most of this round did not help. The best players for Nicks were Kobe 189, Holiday 147 and Gortat on 125.
Crossy Crusaders (Crossy) 1622 v Everton 149érs (Rev) 1352
The 149érs got off to a good start in this match up and were leading by just over 100 after day one. However the Crusaders were able to peg back this margin each day and went on to notch a comfortable victory. The Crusaders took full advantage of the FA list and used all of their acquisitions for the week. The best players for the Crusaders were Aldridge 205, Deng and Parker both on 191. The best players for the 149érs were Wall on 241, JJ on 187 and Stoudemire on 119.
And the schedule is as follows:
| MATCHUP 5 (JAN 23 – 29) | |||||
| AWAY TEAM | HOME TEAM | RESULT | |||
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| Team Stowie (2-2) | at | Nahla Vs LittleDee (0-4) | Box | ||
| The Jug-O-Naughts (4-0) | at | Doobia Dominators (1-3) | Box | ||
| Canuck Steelers (3-1) | at | Stevo’s Nuggets (2-2) | Box | ||
| The Bucks Fizz (3-1) | at | CK Nicks (2-2) | Box | ||
| Everton 149ers (0-4) | at | Get Knicked (0-4) | Box | ||
| Crossy Crusaders (3-1) | at | Albert Park Rangers (4-0) | Box | ||
DIVISION 2 (by smokinjoemisiti)
SmokinJoe Misiti (smokinjoemisiti) 1778 defeated Maxwell’s Marvels (maxweas) 1125
Smokin top scored for the league this week having 9 players score over 100 points including 241 from John Wall and 235 from Mike Conley. Importantly didn’t have any major injury concerns at all. Max on the other hand had his number one player out, Derrick Rose, who failed to play a game. Max had just 3 players in triple figures, led by Kobe Bryant with 189.
Team Ring Ticklers (joellamerton) 1518 defeated The Hinrich Manoeuvre 1276 (Don_Cottagers)
This matchup was close at stages until Joel won each of the final 3 days of play to run away with it. Joel had a big week from Marc Gasol who had 218 points, whilst he had the injury concern of Steph Curry who totalled just 12 points for the round. Don was surprisingly led by Samuel Dalembert who scored 170. A lot of his better players only played 3 games for the week which hurt him.
Team 726 (minis) 1526 defeated Hawthorn OKC Magic (Cobra_Magic) 1241
Minis stayed undefeated with the help from Lamarcus Aldridge who scored 205 points. He had the challenges of dealing with injuries to a few players, most notably Andrea Bargnani, who missed the entire round and had been in good form. Cobra had a massive week from Lebron James who scored 293 points, but had little else to be pleased with. Still Eric Gordon remains out with injury for Cobra.
Six ten Two Forty (twoeyec) 1266 defeated Cyril33s Crushers (hawker) 1196
A low scoring but very tight matchup saw twoeyec win on the final day, maybe because Chris Paul did not play. Twoeyec was best served by Deron Williams who scored 161. Hawker got 196 from Deandre Jordan but teammate Chris Paul missed all 5 games for the round, proving the difference.
Team Travysboys (travyboy11) 1498 defeated Dropping Bombs (brettmarinovich) 1128
Luol Deng top scored for Trav with 191 points but his main concern now is Dirk Nowitzki who is taking games off to work on his conditioning. Brett had Kevin Durant top score once again with 157 but Oklahoma only played 3 games for the round which hurt him. Another key to this matchup was Rajon Rondo being out for Brett missing a couple of games.
Team Farken White (Jet) 1542 defeated Broady Broncos (nicksnow) 1253
Jet had 9 players score over 100 including 194 from Carlos Boozer. Nick had some key injury issues with Dwyane Wade missing all of the round, Nene missing 1 game and Joakim Noah being a late scratching for 1 game as well. He did however get a good performance from Danilo Gallinari who had 72 fantasy points against New York and 179 for the round.
And the schedule is as follows:
| MATCHUP 5 (JAN 23 – 29) | |||||
| AWAY TEAM | HOME TEAM | RESULT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hinrich Manoeuvre (0-4) | at | Hawthorn OKC Magic (1-3) | Box | ||
| Maxwell’s Marvels (2-2) | at | Team Ring Ticklers (2-2) | Box | ||
| SmokinJoe Misiti (3-1) | at | Team 726 (4-0) | Box | ||
| Six Ten Two Forty (1-3) | at | DROPPING BOMBS (1-3) | Box | ||
| Broady Broncos (2-2) | at | Cyril33s Crushers (2-2) | Box | ||
| Team Farken White (3-1) | at | Team Travysboys (3-1) | Box | ||
| Teams are limited to 5 acquisitions during this 7 day matchup | |||||
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If anyone wants Nate in a trade, you can have him cheap… You just better get onto me today – before his game finishes.
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I dropped Robinson 3 games back, he was never going to have fantasy relevance with Curry back in the side. And it shows as he has been averaging 15 mins in the last 3 games.
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I held him as Curry is always close to another injury it seems, but I didn’t realize NateR would drop his points so dramatically.
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Ouch, in a world of hurt today. Picked up Okur to play C with Bargs going to the IR and he pulls out with back spasms. Add that to no KMart and Wade coming back for Rodgo… think I’m in a bit of trouble!
Also thanks to Crossy for the quick replies in getting the trade done. I now have a C going forward. I do need to move at least one of my Philly players (Young, LouWill, Iggy) so if you’re keen on one of them let me know Div 1.
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@Anthak
I replied to your email mate. Hopefully you like my ideas.
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no probs stowie, hope it works out good for both of us
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my favourite player is probably gonna be the reason i lose this week, paul pierce is killing it!! will have to win nba weekly honours i imagine
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@ Ant, I think you might have to reassess your opinion of Gooden after today’s game. He had 23 pts and 15 boards for 64 fantasy points. A good return for the first game in my team.
Congratulation UA, your team has been far too strong for my line up this week. None of my players have been able to get the high scores to match the scores coming from K Love, Bosh, Lowry and Gallinari.
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Ant – after today I think Drew Gooden might have earned himself a spot on the roster for a little while. For now we may have to rule out trading him.
Had a decent day scoring wise despite leaving Al Jefferson and his 35 on the bench because we weren’t sure if he was going to play.
Was dumb to put a half fit Gerald Henderson on the court – should’ve put my other bench guy on!
A couple of the big guys have had average shooting games – poor Chris Bosh was 4/18 or something tonight – if he’d shot well he would’ve got about 20 extra fantasy points.
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Steve – you beat me to it!
Gooden had 6 or 7 assists too – was flirting with a triple double for a little bit.
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Westbrook was flirting with a QD today but could only sneak home a DD. He had 28 pts, 11 assists, 7 steals and 6 rebounds. But he also threw in 7 TO’s as well, lol
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Nearly a quinDouble Steve
@chris88, it’s happening again – the team that beats you with one of the highest scores of the round, follows up with a terrible week. I’ve got one of the lowest scores in Prem so far this week, and my opponent HEAVER is absolutely flogging me with the highest score so far in prem.
A lot of my team have been woeful this week. Especially compared to the last couple of weeks.
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Massive trade in div 1 between Stowie and Crossy, like to know the thoughts of both parties, also i think Rodgo got a steal in his last trade.
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im not finished yet haha, sent out a few trade offers for tony parker, first in best dressed if anyone is interested, if i didnt send you an offer then im looking for a quality C of. The motivation behind the howard trade was just to add a bit of depth and id be lying if i said that howard hasnt disappointed me so far this season. plus im a fan of griffin and conley and think theyll help me out, i think its a pretty even trade this one and ive got aldridge who can play C too for now
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what trade were you talking about with rodgo fez?
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Ah damn, another injury. Add it to the pile of DTDs we’ve copped this week.
Mick and Ant – replied to your proposals for trades. Most likely a “no” for both.
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Crossy – The one where Rodgo got Stoudemire
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Dwight was always a risky proposition this year. IMO he was not a top 5 pick this year. He bleeds fantasy points through his dodgy FT shooting and you can tell there is trouble at the Magic.
The rumours are that the Magic won’t trade him until after the All Star Break which is in Orlando this year (does not make a lot of sense to me).
You could tell by his comments yesterday when he called out all the other players in the locker room at half time of the Hornets game that he is getting frustrated and wants to play somewhere else.
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yeah looking back probably could have used my first pick better, and the fact that he is a fair chance of getting traded thought might hurt his stats if he goes to a decent team, pretty happy with what i got back though, shame to give up lou williams, hes been good this year for a late pick
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some close games in div 1 this week
sunday (monday) is gonna be a big day!!
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I think Orlando not trading Dwight until after the all star break is smart. Firstly, imagine the boos and stuff if he came back to Orlando for the all star game and stuff. It would just be awkward and wouldn’t be good for Orlando basketball. Also, as we get closer to playoffs, teams get more frantic about finding that last piece of the puzzle. For example, if Dwight went to the Lakers, they would suddenly become contenders, whereas atm they are just playoff quality. This means that Orlando will hopefully get the best deal that they can.
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Has anyone else heard the rumour Dwight to the Knicks for Chandler and Stoudemire
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Interesting rumour Fez. Still wont make any difference to the Knicks if Dwight does go there. They are still missing a PG who can move the ball.
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Spot on Steve- they need a point guard, simple as that.
They’ve tried 4 thus far, none of them have been the answer.
And congrats to Iggy who got a long awaited T-D today … 10-10-10 I think. He’s been close a couple of times so good to see him nab one today.
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Kemba Walker also got a TD today. Great to see him get one so early into his rookie season. Hopefully more to come.
Had 20 points, 11 dimes and 10 boards I think
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He finished with 70+ Fpts, but it’s not gonna help me against HEAVER … Things are gonna have to turn ugly for HEAVER with injuries and the like for him to start losing. Very very good team.
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Tyreke Evans exploded for me today but still yet to get a TD , he finished with 31 points 9 dimes and 8 boards, starting to repay the faith I gave him at drafting him so high
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@ Mick – interesting last day for us. You have made up a lot of ground in the past two days so our matchup going down to the wire. I have three players who are day to day and unlikely to play. You have LBJ who can score a truckload and a little bit of ground to make up so I am very nervous! Good luck!
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Jasmine your game is really close! There are 4 games in premier that could still go either way – big day tomorrow.
Not for me though. Totally outclassed this week I was.
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Good luck to all!
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chase budinger made a roster in div 1 for a whole 12 mins before being cut, im guessing he didnt pass the physical
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Crossy – that would have to be a record just about – 12 minutes – wow.
Think we’re home in our matchup against Walesy in Premier Division. Walesy – you’ve had absolutely no luck this week with probably the worst batch of injuries to hit one team I’ve seen, so massive commiserations to you. To have Allen, Deng, Gordon, Bargnani and West miss major portions of the week is just utterly rubbishy luck.
It looks like a few of your guys are going to be fit and ready to play next week though – Allen, Deng, Beasley, West. With Amare heating up again and KLove doing his bit, hopefully that stands you in good stead for the rest of the season.
Good luck mate, hope all’s well.
Hopefully at our end Henderson and Al Jefferson get back to full fitness for the coming matchup against a damn good Ruddy’s Cavs team. Until this week Jefferson was our best player, and we only got 30 points out of him in this matchup!
Hopefully that improves.
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And now Baron Davis looks like he’ll not be back for another week or two.
The Knicks’ entire season is just a continuing bad joke at the moment!
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@Fez
I traded Stoudemire in a moment of late night madness after being frustrated at a 4th straight loss. But to be honest, were it not for Augustin getting injured the day the trade was completed then I would be ahead. Garnett has scored me a 57 and 40+ while Amare continues to average approx 30-35 per game.
Would not have made the trade had I known DJ was going to get injured, but if I could predict something like that then I probably wouldn’t be sitting 0-4.
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For everyone in Div 1, I am after a SG. Anyone on my block is available in return for the SG.
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@chris88
Will be and interesting week next week. While i am on the lower end of points for over the season, i have missed 2 of my best scorers for significant time over the last couple of weeks. Wade is back, and Hawes will hopefully be back for his first game of next week. Hopefully i can follow the trend and pull out a huge week against you ;p
On a negative though, Jason Kidd is now “O” and expected to miss all of next week. A frustrating situation, as, although his season average is only 22, when fit, he could easily average 30+. It’s just a matter of getting fit, and at 38, injuries will likely be a big problem. I am not sure what to do with him. I feel bad waiver wiring him, because i drafted him in the fourth round, and if i were someone with a free IR spot, i would definitely pick him up. At least i grabbed the guy who will benefit in his absence, Beaubois
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Congrats rodgo, you will be miles infront after todays games. I just couldn’t keep up in the 2nd half of the week.
Pretty excited to add Dwight Howard for the next matchup.
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Ruddy – you’ve scored well with guys not contributing through injury in previous weeks (Wade, Hawes) that’s a lot of missing points.
Carrying Kidd and his missed 22 fantasy points per game should be a doddle, especially given you’ve got Beaubois as well!
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