B-Ball, B-Fast: Blaaaaaaaah-tche

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Caron Butler, much to the chagrin of many fantasy owners, is dealing with a sore hip flexor. Step in my favorite last name in basketball, Andray Blatche. Blatche helped jump start the Wiz to a near win over the Spurs until the team ran out of gas in the fourth and he posted a beasty dub-dub with 15 points and 16 boards. Bearing in mind that this outing was against Tim Duncan, feel free to jump all over/continue starting Blatche until Butler is ready to return.

Hot Cakes
Andray wasn't the only guy posting big board numbers last night though (and I'm not even counting Amare Stoudemire's 20-20 game) as Al Horford came up super-big-large against the Lakers to the tune of 15 points and 20 rebounds, all while making Pau Gasol look a lot less like he did in his Lakers opener. No one thought Horford was going to be big until the second half of the season, but, uh, here we are, and he's been fine. Expect bigger numbers going forward. And (again) I have to at least note Josh Smith's line last night -- 17 points, nine boards, nine assists and five blocks. It's just silly at this point.

By all accounts, Rajon Rondo should be at least a little bothered by the Celts' need to add a veteran point guard. It certainly did not look like it last night as he squared off against potential backup Sam Cassell and went off for 24 points, eight assists, four steals and five boards. Quite impressive, Mr. Rondo. Too bad Danny Ainge is still getting someone else. Which means that fantasy owners should think about selling on Rajon.
And of course, I would just be doing an injustice to the man if I didn't congratulate Dirk Nowitzki for recording his first career triple double last night. Obviously, you should consider starting him on your fantasy squads.
Oh yes, and while we're on the subject of triple doubles, Earl Watson had one last night as well. (Was last night just a total monster for the Association? Because it seems that way.) 23 points, 10 boards and 10 dimes with two steals and a block is fairly beasty. And given that Luke Ridnour nine assists in his last three games, Watson looks like the guy you want the rest of the way in Seattle.

Kyle Korver can only score 27 points off the bench while Ronnie Brewer is ineffective so many time so many times before he gets the starting gig; although maybe Jerry Sloan likes using him off the bench. Either way, Korver is getting good minutes and needs to be used across the board.