These first 3 add/drops were all made by the same teaminosity. The same team, I might addify, that picked up Matt Carroll before I could (after the news hit that Adam Morrison would be out for the season).
Kyle Lowry (Mem - PG,SG) Add
Anthony Parker (Tor - SG,SF) Drop
Craig Smith (Min - SF,PF) Add
Matt Carroll (Cha - SG,SF) Drop
Theo Ratliff (Min - PF,C) Add
Jose Calderon (Tor - PG) Drop
Itchy trigger finger much? Kyle Lowry was a consensus pickup-of-the-day, but I also feel like it's jumping the gun and/or jumping on the bandwagon. I mean, in the second game of the double-header, he went from trip-dub and 44 minutes to 4/2/4 and 14 minutes. I guess the 2-4 from the field is better than Aaron Brooks 3-16, though.
Not sure why you'd pick up both Theo and Craig Smith just because Ricky Davis and Mark Blount are gone. Minny did get Antoine Walker and Mike Doleac back? And there's still Big Al Jefferson who will be doing most of the damage down low anyway. Also, this particular foe/owner now has T-Rat as his second starting C (next to D-Diop). No personal offense intended (since this person is probably reading the blog), but these moves smack of a certain pre-season desperation, and there's a certain foreboding aura when knee-jerk moves come this early on.
The following two drops were in a different league, but also made by a single teamination:
Rashad McCants (Min - PG,SG) Add
Dorell Wright (Mia - SG,SF) Drop
Earl Watson (Sea - PG) Add
Martell Webster (Por - SG,SF) Drop
The Wright for McCants is kind of an enigma wrapped in a conundrum stylesque move. The thought process must run that McCants will be the Randy Savage in Minnesota since Davis is out, while Davis will now be gaffling minutes from Wright. I can't argue with the former, but I was actually thinking that with Walker out of Miami that Wright might see an increase in PT there. Of course, P-Rilez doesn't seem to be very fond of Wright despite the fact that the blogosphericalityness seems to think D-Wright should be playing more.
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