They're both better than Mo-Peet

Digits drop t. Allen, pick up g. Hill

 

Tony Allen was discussed here and here. Nothing has changed fundamentally, as far as we can tell, but in the 4 games since his 23 point outburst, he has only 5 total points - 1 for 11 from the field. His minutes have been slashed to about 13 minutes (only 10 tonight in an OT game). For whatever reason (perhaps because he's actually hitting his shots), Eddie House has been getting more play.

George 'Benny' Hill is the new PG for the Spurs. He's a shoot-first PG, type, in his rookie year out of IUPUI. IUPUI is the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, for what it's worth. He averaged 36 PPG in High School, which is pretty impressive. Hill went to IUPUI (rather than Florida or Temple) because his grandfather was quite ill, and he wanted to be close to him. At IUPUI, Hill played only 3 of his 4 years, missing his Junior year with a foot injury. He shot over 50% in each season, and in his senior season averaged 21/4/7 with 2 SPG. This was Summit league competition, but the Spurs thought enough of him to draft him 23rd overall. Hill has a giant 6'9" wingspan (which helps his rebounding numbers). He's scored 17, 4, and 12 in his 3 starts for Tony Parker (he was in foul trouble in the middle one), with 5 RPG and 3 APG. He should keep scoring, though it's too soon to tell if his PCTs will be any good, or if he'll hit many 3s.

Judgment: Allen just was begging to be dropped after one of the worst weeks of his career. Hill is going to get 30 MPG for a few weeks, and produce at least something, which is, on the whole, better than nothing. We're surprised that Hill lasted this long, frankly. Excellent move for the Digits.

No Mo Peet

Les Digits drops Peterson, snaps up Tony Allen

Mo-Peet was amazing in 2005-6 in TOR 17/5, with 2 3s, but regressed in each of the past two years, and now looks to be more or less Keith Bogans. On a per minute basis, he's been only a bit worse, but his minutes have been cut in half. There's no reason to think he'll 'explode' anytime soon, though he's a moderately consistent, low-negative guy, and he still seems to have a starting job, fending off Posey and Rasual Butler.

It's looking like the Celtics are going to blow a lot of teams out this year, and Tony Allen may be the beneficiary. Now that he's two years removed from his knee surgery, he looks a lot faster than last year, and has provided quite a bit of offense off the bench (11PPG), including a 23/5 outing on Sunday. He doesn't shoot 3s (that's Eddie House's job), but he is a good thief and even blocks a shot here and there. He's like a poor, blind man's D-Wade, and like D-Wizzle, is prone to a lot of TOs.

Judgment: Like any 6th man, there will be inconsistency here, but for a point starved Digits squad, TAllen is a recipe for success. We speak from experience, however, when we note that those 20 point lines make him hard to drop, even when he's not producing.