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Interestingly, Chris Quinn is not, to my immediate knowledge, injured. Yet he did not play last night against the Bulls. Why? Because Marcus Banks got 21 minutes of backup point guard time for Jason Williams. Marcus scored nine points and recorded four turnovers with four personal fouls. Auspicious at best, indeed. However, Banks is probably more talented and certainly better than anything his time in Phoenix showed and if he's going to get between 20 and 30 minutes a game, he's definitely worth at least taking a flier on.
Hot CakesThabo Sefolosha stayed hot heading into the All Star Break, scoring 17 points with 12 boards and four steals. In February, he's averaging 14 points, six boards, three and a half assists and a block and steal per game each. There's certainly some question as to whether or not he will keep starting/playing big minutes when everyone gets healthy, but Ben Gordon has been mentioned a lot in trade talks, and if he gets shipped, Thabo will have value for the rest of the season. I say take the gamble and "buy high".
What does it say about Mark Blount that Tyrus Thomas started at center and dominated him? Not good things. Tyrus finished with 10 points, 12 boards and four blocks. Personally, I'm a huge fan of Thomas' in terms of someone that could/should have a big second half. If you trust my gut (and why wouldn't you?) take a gamble.
And there's the Boris Diaw we've all been waiting to see -- 19 points, eight boards, five dimes, three blocks and a steal. Gooey, gooey good for roto. As Matt pointed out, Dallas needs a pass first point guard badly right now; it's kind of unfair to Jason Terry to keep moving him back and forth from sixth man to the distribution role.
Devean George continues to play. And play poorly. If the Mavericks were healthy, it's hard to believe he would actually be seeing the court at all. Nothing really fantasy worthy here, I just wanted to pile on Devean.
