- Carter Can Still Assist You (But Not in Assists)
Vince Carter, SG/SF, Dallas Mavericks (18.2% ownership and rising)
A warm feeling overcomes when recommending the artist formerly known as Vinsanity to your backup guard spots. He’s a shell of his former self, but is averaging 12.3 points a game with 3.7 rebounds. He’s seen an influx of fantasy adds with guys banged up across the league (think Brandon Roy) and in leagues where he has small forward eligibility he adds some depth in the 3-pointers and steals to go with points and boards.
Luke Ridnour, PG/SG, Minnesota Timberwolves (49.6% ownership and rising)
One of the hottest adds for Week 3; he’s averaging a tidy 4.0 rebounds and 4.4 assists to go with nearly 2 turnovers. Someone’s gotta produce in Ricky Rubio’s absence and he is definitely taking advantage of the injury to the aforementioned Brandon Roy. He’s has four games with 5 or more rebounds – this is a big deal considering he has average less than half of that during his 648-game career. He’s underrated and should be on your radar if in need of point guard depth.
- Sanders: A Young Double-Double Source (Triple, If You Count Fouls?)
Larry Sanders, PF/C Milwaukee Bucks (80.4% ownership and rising)
All he’s gotta do is stay out of foul trouble and Larry Sanders can get you and me double-double with regularity. Seriously, he’s owned enough to the point where if some fellow owner is frustrated and cuts him, scoop him up with this caveat. He’s had exactly one game with less than five fouls called on him all season. He’s averaging 10.1 with 8.6 boards; and 2.3 blocks in 25.0 minutes a game. He could be a major fantasy asset if he keeps shooting 65% from the field.
Jason Richardson, SG/SF, Philadelphia 76ers (20.8% ownership and rising)
J-Rich has been banged up in early part of this year and has played only 4 games in the season so far. He dropped 20 on Milwaukee on Monday night
in 36 minutes so her appears to be healthy. Again, much like Vince Carter he has significant injury history but will fill in nicely depth-wise at the “2” or “3” position. He’s likely going to have carte-blanche to hoist shots up while Andrew Bynum recovers.
in 36 minutes so her appears to be healthy. Again, much like Vince Carter he has significant injury history but will fill in nicely depth-wise at the “2” or “3” position. He’s likely going to have carte-blanche to hoist shots up while Andrew Bynum recovers.
Metta World Peace, SF, Los Angeles Lakers (20.3% ownership and rising)
Don’t look now but World Peace has put up double digits in points in all but two games this season. He’s averaging 35 minutes so far with 11.8 points, 5.0 rebounds. The former Ron Artest can steal passes, too. It seems that his production will be tied to new coach Mike D’Antoni’s run and gun offensive system, in which someone’s got to be able to knock down threes. Artest is averaging 7 three-point attempts a game in the last five games which is twice as his career average. He’s hitting 31% of those but will need to get up to 35-36% to be able to be effective for the new Lakers and your fantasy team.
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