The Whitening

Hosens overhauls frontcourt - May, McGee Out - Birdman, Collison in

To save space, we're consolidating these two Later Hosens frontcourt moves.

In the first, former hot commodity JaVale McGee was dropped for dazzling and delicious, high-flying, tat-mongering, shotblocking specialst Chris 'The Birdman' Andersen. McGee's been unproductive at best. Though he's still hanging on to his starting job, he's managed a total of 23 minutes and 2 rebounds in his last 3 games, which is simply not acceptable. He's only reached double figure points once since his 'good' game on 11/14, and it's now clear that Blatche is the stronger play this season. JaVale does block some shots, but not like the Birdman!

 

The Birdman, back from his mysterious drug suspension, has 20 blocks in his last 7 games, in very limited minutes. He's not going to score a bunch, but he is averaging 5 rebs and 2.3 BLK in only 16 MPG. He's now getting more time with K-Mart out, and only the Nene stands between Andersen and huge PT.

We've discussed May I have Seconds many times now, but this might be the last for a while, as the big J-Rich trade appears gives Fat some competition from the versatile Boris Diaw. After his double-double on 12/1, Fat has managed just 20 and 12 total in his last 4 games.

The Hosens have replaced him with the hitherto underperforming Nick Collison. And Good Golly, Colly has woken up in his last few games - 14/8, 15/10, and 10/8 in his last 3. He's even blocked a few shots - though he's had 5 fouls in 2 of those games. 'Cox is injured, so SNC should get plenty of PT in the near term; if he can stay out of foul trouble, he can be a consistent double-double threat.

Judgment: We love both of these moves. Combined with Mr. Manboubben, this Frontcourt of Pallor is second to none in Hustle. This puts the Hosens in great shape in REBs and BLKs. Once the Hosens acquire Matt Bonner and pick up Walter Herrmann, they'll be unstoppable.

May getting in shape?

Hosen drop Rasho, snap up Fat

We've discussed Rasho a few times - the Hosen have now picked him up and dropped him twice. Despite starting, he's been limited to 18 minutes or less in 4 of the last 5 games, and we're not entirely sure why (the 5th game, on Tuesday, was a delicious 16/10 performance). Earlier in the season he was regularly playing 30+. It may be a matchup thing, as those games were against some good defensive C's. Some of the games were blowouts as well, and coach Jim O'Brien wants to get a good look at super tall (7'2") Georgetown standout Roy Hibbert, who was picked #17 overall by the Raptors and dealt in the ONeal/Ford deal. Hibbert has looked pretty good, and may eat into Rasho's minutes going forward. That said, Rasho is clearly the starter, and would be a useful contributor to many teams.

May has also been discussed before - he was picked up and dropped.rather quickly by Nor'Easter in mid November. May has again regained his starting job, and turned some heads with a 10/11 double, while playing a season high 27 minutes (Note - that was against the extremely terrible Thunder). He followed that up with a much more pedestrian 5/5 line, but managed to get to 20 minutes a game for the second time this season. Perhaps he's working his way into shape. If so, he could be a useful source of points and rebounds. That said, we imagine he'll end up in Larry Brown's doghouse again soon.

Judgment: We still don't see May contributing much soon, especially offensively, unless various the injury prone Bobcats (Okafor, J-Rich, 'Crash') actually get injured. He does have terrific longer term upside, if he can control his weight. We think it was too early to cut Rasho, as he's been pretty productive, and we especially like his bigManPassing.

sean may is fat

Is Sean May back for real.   Chris says yes.  I know what nick thinks about the Tar Heals, oh wait that's the Dukies.  Never mind.  Good job Chris.  

(I really have nothing to say just love the picture)

Miles from Good

Nor'easter drops May, picks up C.J. Miles

We looked at May quite recently, and perhaps Nor'Easter took a closer look as well, as they immediately dropped him. May is out of shape, and seems to have lost his starting gig to Alexis Ajinca(?!).

C.J. 'Can't Jam' Miles, the starting something (SF?) for Utah, has really taken advantage of the various injuries and absences in UTA, and logged significant minutes so far this year (18MPG, but over 25 in 3 of his last 4). He's a perimeter player and can hit 3s, but isn't much of a rebounder or playmaker. He scored 21 and 25 in his last 2 games (explaining the pickup), and with D-Will and now Boozer out, he'll keep putting up points for a while. He's only 21, and is probably a year or two away from being a consistent contributor. Warning - "C J Miles" is the name of a popular 'Sexy Filipina Model', in case you're looking for pictures of C J Miles while illegitimately blogging at work!

Judgment: A solid move - May is not going to get a great deal of run from Larry 'No Fatties' Brown in the short term, and Miles is useful, though by no means spectacular (the player, that is, not the model).

Packing on the Pounds

Nor'Easter drops Brooks, picks up May

Brooks was discussed originally here; Nor'Easter picked him up while he was filling in for suspended Rafer Alston. Brooks had a nice 14/8/3 game, but 6/2/2 and 8/0/4 in the next two games, along with Alston's return, were enough to convince Nor'Easter to drop him. He's in an interesting position, though, as supposed injuries to T-Mac, Yao, and Artest may make even more minutes and scoring opportunites available. Indeed, he had 15 pts tonight, but only 1 AST and no REBs. He might just be too one-dimensional to be much of a fantasy option. It's probably that he'll be the first player to be owned by three distinct teams this year, however.

Sean 'Fat' May shed enough flab to get back into the Bobcats rotation, and is indeed starting again. But he's gotten only 12 MPG in his last 2 games, and is only averaging 3/2 on the season. His coach gave him this vote of confidence yesterday: "It's obvious Sean is not ready to play. Nowitzki is a handful for anybody, but he is just not ready to play...I just want him to be able to run up and down the court without getting tired,"

Judgment: We all remember May dominating the paint at UNC, and he's shown 20/10 flashes on occasion - but he's both extremely injury prone and painfully fat, and seems unlikely to contribute in the short or medium term. That said, if he does get into shape, he'll have plenty of opportunity, unless the 'Cats sign another PF, as Jared Dudley is his only competition. We don't see the logic in this move at this juncture, as Brooks, while limited, is still producing, and May is no prize. That said, Nor'easter can afford to be patient.