Newsflash: Nellie is a gouty sack of poo

Spoonful drop Wright, pick up Posey

Don Nelson's inexplicable and ineffective lineup changes are, of course, extremely frustrating, and that his gimmicky bullshit passes for 'good coaching' explains a lot about why NBA basketball is so terribly unpleasant to watch. We realize he's won 1200 games in his 'illustrious career', and that he 'revolutionized the game' (meaning endless barrages of ill-considered 3 pointers, and lugubrious intentional fouling techniques), but, at least since his heyday in Milwaukee (in the mid 80s), his record is unimpressive, getting to the Conference finals just once in the last twenty years, with an underperforming Dallas team that featured two MVPs (Dirk and Nash) and Finley in his prime. After running his best players out of town (again), and getting 'his ass handed to him' by a terrible Knicks team last night, who knows what crap he'll pull out of his addled brain next? Unfortunately for Warriors fans and Anthony Morrow owners, because he went to the same rehab clinic as Warriors GM Chris Mullin, Nellie's job is apparently quite safe.

 

In any event, as his ego outstrips his will to win, and his gout flares up with more frequency, he continues to squander an abundance of talent in Golden State, and Brandan Wright, previously discussed here, is, unfortunately, one of the many victims, like Chris Webber and Terry Cummings before him.

James Posey was also discussed recently, and his circumstances have not changed much.

Judgment: The Spoonful are hoping that Posey is closer to 11/5 than 9/3, but are not terribly optimistic. Nonetheless, Posey offers more consistent production, if fewer BLK and less upside, than Wright at this point, and we commend the Spoonful for not dropping Carl Landry.

Quinn Dropped Again

Spoonful drops Quinn, acquires B. Wright

For the second time, the Lovin' Spoonful has dropped Miami PG afterthought Chris Quinn, profiled here. Quinn's still getting about 9 points and 2 3's per game, but that's about it. He's just not very exciting.

Brandan Wright, discussed here, is very exciting, however, at least until  he gets into instant foul trouble or is inexplicably benched. He offers great athleticism, and can block and rebound ferociously. He's very young and raw, however, and Nelson whim's will determine if he's useful or not.

Judgment: The Spoonful is extremely weak in REBs and BLK, and is hoping Wright can produce. The emergence of Anthony Morrow and the continued semi-strong play of Roger Mason makes Quinn expendable. Overall, this is a good risk.

More like Swiss Miss?

Hosen pick up S. Rodriguez, drop B. Wright

Brandan Wright was discussed here. He's in the same position, really, though Maggette's return from a hamstring injury has sent him back to the bench. He's played pretty well, though he certainly hasn't approached his 18/13/3BLK line of Nov 5. Strangely, he got a DNP-CD  in today's game (perhaps in part due to A-Mo's amazing performance; it also seems that Nellie wanted to get 1st round pick Anthony Randolph some minutes). He's someone to keep an eye on, but GS is crowded, and B-Wright may not be consistent all year.

Since the retirement of 'White Chocolate' on September 26th, the Hosen have been wondering how to get their chocolate fetish satisfied. Enter Sergio 'Spanish Chocolate' Rodriguez. He's the playmaking, 3 shooting, occasionally 3-making backup PG for the Blazers. We've all seen him make some impressive plays, and this year, as his minutes per game have gone from 9 to 13, he's upped his APG to 4. He's not a very good shooter, and even this year is 3/14 from 3pt range. There's no question, though, that if given minutes, he would rack up assists. There's no reason to think he'll overtake Steve Blake anytime soon, but he might creep from 15 to 20 MPG if he reins in his poor shot selection.

Judgment: It's hard to assess the Hosen's needs, given the pending blockbuster trade. One would think they need big man cats more than little man stats, but they're leading the league in DREBs and are second only to Nor'Easter in blocks in week 3. Neither player looks to be reliably productive in the short term, but Sergio's situation looks to be a little bit stabler than Wright's. Plus the Hosen's love their chocolate!

Noah!

The Hosen drop Joakim for Brandan Wright

 

Joakim Noah, the Bulls worst draft pick since Eddy Curry, has been quite a (fantasy) disappointment so far this year. I haven't seen him enough to know what the issue is (it might be the reefer) - he's clearly capable of fine defensive numbers (though he can't shoot) - but he doesn't presently get enough rebounds (4.6) or points (3) for him to be rosterable; he's also losing minutes to people like Aaron Gray, which is not a good sign.

Brandan Wright, on the other hand, looked amazing yesterday - 18/12/3 BLK - and, now that it looks like he's going to get minutes with Baby Al supposedly done in GS, will perhaps rank as the best pickup of the year. He's 21 and awesome - perhaps a bit scrawny for a PF (he's 6'10") - he is, however, subject to Don Nelson's PT whims.

Judgment: Mostly, I'm just sad I didn't pick him up as CJK and I were watching the game. Noah's a bum, and B-Wright has unlimited upside. A fine pickup for a McCain-like Hosen squad seeking a 'game-changer'.