'Nilla Gorilla

Odensque claims Thrilla, drops anderson

my$hkin dropped Joel Przyzbilla recently, and he continues to play quite well, even in a bench role (11/11 with 2 BLK last night).

Rookie Ryan Anderson, discussed here, just hasn't done much - he's getting maybe 18 minutes a night, and does hit the occasional 3, but isn't scoring or rebounding enough to justify a roster spot.

Judgment: This is a move we can get behind - we were somewhat shocked that the Vanilla Gorilla was shown the door so unceremoniously by P.M.P., and Joel's BLK/OREB combo should fit well with odensque's team style.

Dixon not the Juan

odensque drops Dixon, picks up R. Anderson

 

Recently picked up Juan Dixon, discussed here, has been very ineffective (2 points in 15 minutes tonight), despite starting 4 of his last 6 games.

Ryan Anderson is an interesting prospect. He's a big, white PF/C type in his first year out of Cal. The exciting part is that he's shown good range and can hit 3-pointers (10 for 16 from 3 thus far). He's getting pretty limited minutes overall, but he had two very nice games (admittedly against the defensively challenged Hawks) last week, averaging 16/5 and 3 3s. He came back to earth on Tuesday ( 2 pts, 3 reb), but still got 17 minutes. His minutes prospects are unclear: the Ba-Boone is still out, but word is that Yi is hurt.

Judgment: We like this pickup - Anderson was certainly on the collective radar, as the 3 shooting big man, though often the bees in ones pants, is nonetheless a scarce commodity. Dixon isn't getting much done, in any event.