One of the most conflicting things about fantasy basketball is season ending injuries. While most people don't wish an injury on any athlete, you have to take advantage of injuries (especially season ending injuries) on fantasy values. On Sunday morning, as soon as I heard that Michael Redd was out for the season with ACL and MCL tears, I immediately went to see how I could fit Ramon Sessions (PG - SG) on my fantasy squad. Sessions was available in about 70% of leagues.
Due to how my squad is currently constructed, it didn't make sense for me to pick him up. I would've had to make multiple moves (i.e. drop/add another player, or make a trade) to make it happen. In the end, it wasn't worth it (for me at least) since my team is soooo stacked! (I can hear the other owners now, but I can talk as much trash as I want since I'm 13.5 games ahead of everyone else!) Anyway, back to the topic on hand. Sessions is a must pick up. With the increased minutes, he'll instantly be a 15-18 points a game scorer and probably average around 6 assists. He would add more assists, but it seems that Scott Skiles is intent on letting Luke Ridnour get the majority of minutes at the point, so many of Sessions' minutes will be off the ball. If given the opportunity to run the point full time, he would put up numbers similar to what he did last April when he averaged a double-double when inserted into the starting line-up. (FYI.... In his first game without Redd, Session had the following line - 18 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asts, 3 stls)
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Are you saying Ramon Sessions is going to average a double-double?
ReplyDeleteAlso, where do you stand on picking up a fantasy player and benching him, just to block other owners from picking up that guy?
No, Sessions will average 15-18 points and about 6 assists a game. Like I mention above, he WOULD average a double-double IF he was the starting PG instead of the starting SG. Sessions won't be the primary ball handler enough to average 10 assists.
ReplyDeleteI think there are different degrees on stashing players. In general, I think it's fine because you have to use your roster spot to pick up that player, and you have to assemble the best team possible. You decide if you want to play that player. On the other hand, if you are adding then dropping players so other an opponent can't pick up and fill out a line-up, that's a different issue. Here's a real example of what I mean. In my football championship game this year, I was 4 points down heading into the Monday Night game with Matt Forte left to play, and my opponent was done. The Packers were playing at Chicago, and Matt Forte was questionable. My opponent picked up and dropped every other available RB on both teams, so that if Forte didn't play, I wouldn't be able to pick up a replacement, so I would have lost. I think that's excessive and crossing the line. Forte played and I won by the way!