Spoonful drop Amir johnson, re-acquire C.Landry
Sometimes it takes dropping a player to know how much you love them. Even though it feels a bit odd to drop ones 17th round draft pick for ones 19th, especially when the former is starting and the latter is not, higher ups in the Spoonful front office report that it's already a pleasure to have Amir out of their 'hair'.
Amir Johnson, like co-overhyped Spoonful/Piston Rodney Stuckey, got rave reviews in the pre-season; he was touted as a supposed 'sleeper'-type source of rebs and blocks by many so-called 'experts' on such things. However, foul trouble and the crowded Pistons frontcourt have conspired to limit Amir to fewer than 19 MPG. 6/5 with only 1 BPG and 3.5 PF/G isn't helping the Spoonful or the Pistons, and Amir's losing time Kwame Brown, of all people. He'll likely put it together to some degree and end up on a roster in a few months. Fun fact: Amir was the last high school player drafted in the NBA, this is actually his 4th season.
Carl Landry was discussed here - not much has changed, except that he went out and scored 20 the day after he was dropped, and has avoided foul trouble for two straight games. That will likely change when facing Amare and T-Dunc the rest of this week; we'll see if he gets dropped again.
Judgment: The Spoonful lose some BLK and maybe STL, gain points and fouls (in a good way), and probably stay even in rebounds. No great shakes here, but Landry should have more short-term upside due to his situation and strong recent play.
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