Gordon joins the 3-team club!

Nor'easter drops Jack, picks up E-Gordon

We discussed Jack a while back, and, since Nor'Easter picked him up, he's been predictably, doing his 8/3/3 thing with extraordinary consistency. He's one T.J. Ford injury away from doing his 11/4/4 thing with starter's minutes.

E-Gord, discussed often, was impetuously dropped by the Spoonful, and was certainly (after his two breakout games) going to be picked up on waivers. He looks more or less locked into a starting gig, given the terrible-ness that is Ricky Buckets v.2008, and will be quite useful if his shot falls.

Judgment: The rich get richer! An excellent pickup for Nor'Easter - if E-Gord turns into a pumpkin, Jack or the equivalent will surely be available (and, honestly, and E-Gord-O-Lantern may be more productive than J.Jack anyway).

Whoops!

Spoonful drops e. gordon, picks up landry...again

But this is the last time. We discussed E-Gord here, and Lando many times. Despite rushing to drop Landry for Gordon in the aftermath of the trade. Landry again demonstrated the power of the 'Brooks/Landry effect' - instant production from a recently dropped player, by having some fine games. This time, though, he's had 4 solid games in a row - bumping Hakim Warrick into the Spoonful's 'about-to-drop' doghouse. Gordon, however, went off, in his second game as the Clips SG (25 PTS! 4 3s!) and again in his third (24 PTS! 4 3s!). We're still skeptical - the kid's 19 and couldn't shoot in college - or in his first 13 games. He doesn't produce much outside of PTS and 3s, and will surely make a lot of rookie mistakes. Plus, when Z-Bo gets in the flow, no one else will be allowed to shoot. We predict 11 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, and 1.5 3s the rest of the way - but that's not bad!

Judgment: Clearly a mistake and a lack of patience on the Spoonful's part - the only saving grace is that Landry's REBs are more in line with team needs. But to negate a timely, if hastily managed, acquisition such as this, will haunt the Spoonful for some time.

Buckets-a-go-go

NBA trade causes Spoonful panic - landry for gordon

In moves involving three of the handsomest men in the NBA (see above), the Spoonful, reading about the exciting NBA trades between the Knicks, Clippers, and Warriors (more to come), flew, ill-considered, into action, dropping (for the 2nd time) semi-promising, gap-toothed HOU forward Carl Landry, profiled here, for Ricky Buckets, discussed previously, who may garner more minutes in LAC with Mobley gone. Then, realizing that Ricky Davis isn't good, dropped Davis for the higher upside of rookie Eric Gordon, dropped a while back by thenopp, as detailed here. The Spoonful are hoping that reuniting the brothers Gordon will help young Eric take advantage of the opportunity that may be coming his way.

Judgment: As was the case last time, Landry, upon being dropped, had a terrific game tonight - his first in weeks. We're entitling this widespread phenomenon 'the Brooks/Landry effect' in honor of Houston's two 7th men who have been prone to blowing up after being dropped. Gordon may prove useless, but one has to try to capitalize on NBA upheaval. Still, given the Spoonful's need for rebounds, patience with Landry might have been more prudent.

Clipper Droppings

thenopp drops Eric gordon for DaeQuan Cook

Eric Gordon, the 7th overall pick in the NBA draft, is 19, and played 1 year at Indiana. While he looked OK in the preseason, there's no reason to think he's ready to contribute yet. He's shown nothing in his first two games, even with B-Dizzle ailing.

DaeQuan Cook has had 13 points in each of his first two games. I would caution that those points and minutes have come in (a) an extremely uptempo game against the Knicks, and (b) a blowout victory over the Kings. Backing up injury-prone Wade isn't a bad place to be, as the Heat will likely limit Wade's minutes. Cook is a fine shooter, and should be good for 8 or 9 PPG

Judgment: Gordo looks useless for a while, so this is a risk-free move for thenopp. A few more points won't hurt, but it looks to me that rebounds are in short supply in noppTown.