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odensque drops Joe Smith, picks up Donyell

Well, there's no question that dropping Joe Smith is the right call. We've discussed him before, and he's gotten no younger, or better, since. Nor has he gotten much in the way of opportunity of late, as both 'Cox and Colly have been productiv-ish of late. Odensque picked him up after his 2 double-digit games on the 10th and 12th of November. He's hit 10 pts just twice since then. He's was still getting minutes until OKC's last two games, where he's been DNP-CD'ed.

Somehow, in replacing #1 Joe, odensque found someone older - pear-shaped stalwart Donyell Marshall. Donyell was drafted out of UConn the year before Smith (1994). For a while in the early years of the century, he was like a Squat Shawn Marion: averaging a 3, a steal, and a block per game. In 2003-04, he put up an impressive 16/10 with 2 3s and a steal and a block. Very impressive fantasy stuff. He's only played in 4 games this year - but he has played 14 minutes in the last two games, thanks to Elton Brand's injury, scoring 13, with 3 3s and 5 rebounds on Saturday. Elton looks like he'll be back soon, and Donyell should revert to having no value.

Judgment: Frankly, this is a bit of a disaster. We love Donyell (and even remember his brother Donny fondly), but we just don't see him being productive for long (though he may be the 5th best player on the 76ers) - though we wouldn't put anything past a desperate-to-save-his-job Mo Cheeks. Dropping Joe Smith is a no brainer, but there are many better options available in the FAP. Fun fact: these two were sort of traded for each other in the 3-team Ben Wallace/Larry Hughes deal last year.