Last week’s hot adds included Nate Robinson and Eric Bledsoe, point guards who have been lighting it up in the last few games. There are so recent injuries that have given some young blood more grind and may make a fantasy impact on your team. Bledsoe and Robinson are both now owned in more than 2/3 of ESPN fantasy leagues so they still may be on the wire, but if they aren’t take a look at…
- Time to Check Out "Taj" 2.0?
Not a point guard, but big man Taj Gibson (PF/C, Bulls) has logged significant minutes with both Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah not quite ready to return. He has responded by posting nearly four straight double-doubles (just missing with nine rebounds on back to back nights of the first two). In his last five, Gibson has averaged 13.2 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3 blocks while shooting a tidy .564 from the field. He’s averaged 39.0 minutes in that stretch so monitor Boozer and Noah’s returns when deploying him. He put up 19 and 19 at the Hawks on February 2nd; he will continue to provide double-doubles when given playing time.
- Successful Free-Lance "ing"
Lance Stephenson (SG, Pacers) has started a lot of games at the two for the Pacers but hadn’t really done anything fantasy-relevant until his last five games. The Pacers have been insisting Stephenson get more aggressive and something clicked with him. And clicked it has; in the last five games he’s been a consistent offensive threat for Indiana—15.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and a healthy 4.2 dimes. This is a guy with some fantasy upside that is available on the wire now. He’s up to 37% from downtown and shoots a high percentage from the field for a two (.487). Only downside is that he doesn’t have multi-position eligibility like so many other swingmen and Danny Granger will eventually return. It’s quite possible that he remains fantasy-relevant as the first guy off the bench when a deep Indiana team is all 100%. Stephenson has interesting fantasy potential because of his ability like Eric Bledsoe, the week before him, to help you in mutliple categories.
Another “two” guard in the East is making all sorts of fantasy waves (on waivers); Nick Young (SG, Sixers) has put together some nice games in the absence of Jason Richardson. In the last seven games, the big shooting guard has averaged 16.9 points, 3.7 boards, and nearly two threes per contest. He’s gotten a major increase in playing time and Richardson could be out much longer than originally expected (knee). The offensively-challenged Sixers will miss Richardson, but Young and possibly Damien Wilkens will be major benefactors of run.
- Up All Night Playing Speights
Cleveland has been missing a big man presence to compliment their franchise point guard Kyrie Irving ever since Anderson Varejao went down over a month ago. Enter in newly acquired Marreese Speights (PF/C, Cavaliers) who has shown to be a pretty consistent source of scoring. He doesn’t have Varejao’s rebounding prowess but with increased playing time his offensive skill set may be more diverse than the big Brazilian. In his last five, Speight has averaged 15.4 points, 6.8 rebounds a game while shooting 87% from the line and 53% from the field.
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