God I love Friday Night basketball, so many games to watch, so much can happen. Anyway, you know the drill here, it's the weekend and I'm around for you to bounce ideas off of, or run your sauce and take a look, or just shoot the shoot. Some of you O G's out there, that got their team advice 2 weeks ago and are riding the wave, haven't heard from ya in a bit so check in and let The Thief know how it's working. Some guys still in transition, haven't INKED the big deal yet, let's work on it, weekends are for Trading! And to any new folk stoppin by, take this site in little by little, it's a lot to handle all at once and each tidbit is worth it. Be sure to read The Sercet Sauce and School Time posts for starters, and work from there. Don't worry, by the end of the night, you're gonna feel a lot better about your fantasy basketball team.
Let's get Saucy!
62 comments:
Whats good thief!
Got shot down for that Rondo for Tony Parker and Vanilla Gorilla trade. Manager still stubborn as ever about losing his assists. While he continues to get stomped 4 out 7 times in all the rebounding cats.
My sauce(for reference):
15.62pts
2.72 asts
5.98 rebs
1.08 3pts
.88 Stls
.72 Blks
I'm trying to move Frye, Dirk, Aldridge, B. Lopez, and/or Pryzbilla for Rondo.
The guy already has felton, chalmers, and J. Terry for assists. He figures that he has boards covered even though he remains at 6th or 7th in all rebs cats because he has Bosh, Boozer, Bogut, and Gasol.
What would be a mouth watering 2-1 that he couldn't refuse?
Good lookin out again. I'm trying to ink this deal before the weekend is out because the theft would boost my team overall.
Nice article on Duhon btw!
Sup Thief,
I'm trying to work some deals out for points, treys, and assits (goin for another pg or a good sg/sf i think)
Secret Sauce:
Pts: 14.875
Treys: 0.75
Boards: 7.01
Assist: 3.21
Steals: 1.12
Blocks: 0.725
Have a couple deals floating out there.
Giving al harrington for agent zero, but he hasnt responded in like 4 days now. Al Horford and J ONeal for Blatche and Amar'e. Then im gonna drop Blatche and pick up chandler or sheed.
My team:
Calderon, CP3, Iggy, Marion, Harrington, Dunleavy, Horford, Redd, Lee, J O'Neal, Haywood, Biedrins, Griffin
Thanks thief (my secret sauce discounts Griffin and uses Biedrins last years stats)
Eq, tell Jim to make you an offer where u get rondo. Flip the coin, see what's up.
Neel, right on target playa, keep up the ballin!
2 for 1 trade:
Give Kaman + Parker OR Jeff Green
Get Josh Smith.
Do I gain? Tnx
Team:
Westbrook
Turkoglu
Jennings
Dahntay Jones
Love
Maggette
Scola
Bosh
Jarrett Jack
Ellis
Hughes
Frye
Odom
AK47
Dalembert
SS:
Pts:16.76
Assist:3.53 <---
Rebounds:6.56
Three's:1.05
Steals:1.05
Blocks:.52 <---
Was considering trading jennings for billups (experience over rookie). watchu think?
Hey Thief
I have Tyreke Evans, and I am trying to move him for 3s....I offered him for mo williams straight up, but the owner is being balky.
Team:
Billups
Gordo, Eric
Evans
Carmelo
Josh Smith
Ilyasova
Camby
Varejao
Ellis
Devin Harris
Pau Gasol
Joel Pryzbilla.
Goal is Evans for about 2 3s a game. Any Ideas?
Thanks a lot
Gerry! Wassaaaaaap! Can u swing that deal? If so, it's a no brainer!
Renz, yup! Damn that'd be str8 thievin, good luck!
Mike, two ideas, either toss in varajeo or go after Ray Allen or J-Rich or even try for keV Martin.
Hello,
I've got a question for a rather strange league here for you. It is a 12 team head to head league on yahoo with 15 categories, (FGM FTM 3PTM PPTS OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF TECH EJCT FF). Each team rosters 15 players. These are my sauce numbers including bench players
FGM - 5.21
FTM - 2.96
3PTM - 0.74
PTS - 14.12
OREB - 1.71
REB - 6.74
AST - 2.91
STL - 0.99
BLK - 0.75
Right now i'm trying to set up a 2 for 1 deal and then to pick up griffin off of waivers. I'm wanting to target somebody for some blocks and dropping warrick for a 3 point shooter from waivers. A few teams in this league won't bother trading so CP , kevin durant, kevin granett, al jefferson, caron butler, nash, antawn jamison and dwight howard are probably out of the question.
My roster is
PG - J. Kidd
SG - A. Igoudala
G - Raymond Felton
G - Wilson Chandler
SF - Hedo Turkoglu
PF - Dirk Nowitzki
C- Marc Gasol
C - Kevin Love ( do you think he's a good sell high?)
F - Mehmet Okur
F - Luis Scola
Util - Kendrick Perkins
Util - Udonis Haslem
Bench - Al Thornton
Bench - Hakim Warrick
Bench - Jameer Nelson
I have an offer for Mehmet Okur for Emeka Okafor which I'm highly considering for Okafor's blocks.
Do you have any other thoughts?
Oh and I'm in first in this league by 8 games at the moment however its with a bunch of friends so I'm not going to let up.
Thanks,
Adam H
or should i go after another three point specialist
Adam, this is a moot point. No way he says no to that offer. Another potential is okur n Thornton for aldridge.
who else besides rashard lewis should i try and obtain for paul pierce i need threes
his team is
MONTA ELLIS
TYREKE EVANS
BRANDON JENNINGS
CARL LEANDRY
DAVID WEST
WILSON CHANDLER
PAU GASOL
MEHMET OKUR
ANDRE IGUODALA
STEPHEN CURRY
RASHARD LEWIS
ANDREW BYNUM
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE
CHRIS DOUGLAS ROBERTS
DANNY GRANGER
aaron, pierce for j-rich, INK IT!
isnt he injured
hardly
sorry meant 2-2
arenas+cp3=melo+pierce
okay well i will make that deal if I dont include him in a deal for CP3 & arenas
the guy who holds cp3 said he really likes melo so i might just be able to pull of a 1-1 deal.
hopefully I might just be able to "thieve" him.
Thoughts on the new layout and colors anyone?
yeah its awesome!!
keep up the good posts too!!
GIVE:
HILL, O'NEAL
GET:
SALMONS, CONELY
thoughts?
the new theme is awesome. I spent some time on your site. New to this fantasy thing. I'm in a 12-team H2H standard league 9 cats: Fg%, ft%, 3pts, points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocks, and TO's
My sauce including all 13 players in my roster:
14 Points
2.9 in assists
5.8 in rebounds
0.58 3s
0.93 steals
0.82 blocks
My Roster:
Brandon Roy
Pau Gasol
Stephen Jackson
LaMarcus Aldridge
Chris Kaman
Derrick Rose
Brendan Haywood
Charlie Villanueva
Andrei Kirilenko
Mike Conley
Courtney Lee
Marreese Speights
You assistance is appreciated.
Hey thief what are your thoughts on Dampier. my league starts 8 guys with my starters being (including injuries):
PG: Billups
SG: Danny Granger
G: Rondo
SF: Boozer
PF: Josh Smith
F: Joe Johnson
C: Dwight
Util: Dampier
BN: Griffin
BN: Ben Wallace
BN: Pryzbilla
BN: Jarrett Jack
I would love to solidify my Utility spot with an all around good player. Once i get Granger and billups back i think i will be set in most categories. i guess i could use some treys. so a sg or sf would probably be good. I was thinking about pairing dampier and griffin for someone. do you see and better pairs i could make? Do you think i should trade griffin or hold on to him?
In a 12 team 13 roster spot h2h weekly redraft league.
Built my team to be strong in pts, reb, stls, blks
starters:
Monta
Tyreke
Westbrook
Jason Thompson
David West
Joakim Noah
Al Jefferson
Haywood
Beasley
Dirk
Bench: Ilyasova, Andrew Bynum, Blake Griffin
SS numbers:
FG% = 46.85%
FT% = 77.2%
3pt = 0.32
Pts = 17.23
Reb = 7.8
Ast = 3
Stls = 1
Blks = 1
TO = 2.25
Was trying to get rid of Westbrook for a more efficient Guard who's good at assists. I have hardly any guards....
Any comments on the merits of strengthening my strengths and giving up my weaknesses would be appreciated.
Who should I give up to try to swing for Brook Lopez? Who should I target, who should I trade away?
Thanks Aaron!
Yizzie, I say do it. Salmons is going to be good going forward, Shaq barely plays, Hill is being marginalized and Conley has been fairly steady.
H^2, thanks! One quick move is Lee for Salmons, and you need some dimes too so try to move Speights for Duhon too. Those two will solidify the cats you're low in. Give Pau some more time to heat up, then maybe we can deal him for a Nash or Deron.
Eso, Bigs ain't the issue for you! Did you see CP3 tonight, he's all you'd need to sure that up. Maybe think of moving Dirk and Westbrook for CP3 and a big from him (it'd be sweet if he has Okafor or Bogut).
Konner, Granger scares me, that injury tends to linger. You just don't know what he'll be like when he comes back. I would look to move him with Dampier in a deal. Think you could get Wade for them? Keep Griffin, his value will go up. Nothing lost starting Pryz when Dampier is gone.
Hey thief just got turned onto your blog through a friend, very insightful. Wish i could show you my SS but i just made a big 4 for 2 trade (Jennings, Sheed, Beasley, Haywood for Billups and Dwight) so its not what it use to be. what are your thoughts on Dampier? im in a 13 team H2H league. my league starts 8 guys with my starters being (including injuries):
PG: Billups
SG: Danny Granger
G: Rondo
SF: Boozer
PF: Josh Smith
F: Joe Johnson
C: Dwight
Util: Dampier
BN: Griffin
BN: Ben Wallace
BN: Pryzbilla
BN: Jarrett Jack
I would love to solidify my Utility spot with an all around good player. Once i get Granger and billups back i think i will be set in most categories. i guess i could use some treys. so a sg or sf would probably be good. I was thinking about pairing dampier and griffin for someone. do you see and better pairs i could make? Do you think i should trade griffin or hold on to him till he gets back?
I would love to have CP3, but there's no way the person who has CP3 will trade him. Which is why I've just punted assists (and 3PT for that matter), and decided to become unbeatable on enough categories to win on a weekly basis.
I was thinking of trading away westbrook and dwest for luol deng and nene (both of whom are on your sell high list!)
Do you really think it's worth it to try to strengthen my assists? I just don't think I can win on assists, short of acquiring CP3, which is not going to happen.
Eso, I hear you, but then why have Dirk? A lot of his value is his treys which you dont care about. In my experience those strategies of punting cats never work the way you want em to. BUT if you're gonna do it, I'd try to move Dirk still, but get something like D Howard and another back, or Garnett or Duncan ya know.
should i trade my joe johnson and westbrook
for
deron and j rich
my team:
d harris
westbrook
joe johnson
ariza
redd
lou williams
t mac
josh smith
jeff green
t murphy
d west
brand
haywood
Sauce:
threes .84
points 15.11
bounds 6.07
steals 1.19
blocks .84
Absolutely!! Deron is a STUD! Hell I'd deal Joe and Westy for just him! J-Rich is some sweet icing on that cake!
o and 10 team h2h
konner, i answered u up a few
Hey thief just got turned onto your blog through a friend, very insightful. Wish i could show you my SS but i just made a big 4 for 2 trade (Jennings, Sheed, Beasley, Haywood for Billups and Dwight) so its not what it use to be. what are your thoughts on Dampier? im in a 13 team H2H league. my league starts 8 guys with my starters being (including injuries):
PG: Billups
SG: Danny Granger
G: Rondo
SF: Boozer
PF: Josh Smith
F: Joe Johnson
C: Dwight
Util: Dampier
BN: Griffin
BN: Ben Wallace
BN: Pryzbilla
BN: Jarrett Jack
I would love to solidify my Utility spot with an all around good player. Once i get Granger and billups back i think i will be set in most categories. i guess i could use some treys. so a sg or sf would probably be good. I was thinking about pairing dampier and griffin for someone. do you see and better pairs i could make? Do you think i should trade griffin or hold on to him till he gets back?
Hey Thief,
I need your help big time! My team is getting a little weak these days...getting crushed for the second straight week and I think changes need to be made!
I'm in a 14 team H2H league with the standard 9 categories. I was on vacation for 2 weeks and now the FA pool is wearing thin.
My weak sauce:
3's: 0.9
Pts: 13.1
Rebs: 5.1
Asst: 3.2
St: 0.8
Blks: 0.6
My Team:
Steve Nash
Ben Gordon
Grant Hill
Lamar Odom
Chris Bosh
Troy Murphy
Brendan Haywood
Andre Miller
Chris Douglas-Roberts
Jamal Crawford
Jason Williams
Donte Greene
Maurice Evans
Would be great to hear from ya man!
Ar, Yeesh, alright, couple things here. You need to do a 1-2 trade, you need depth. Let's try to cash in Nash for 2 guys. Maybe target the owner of Jameer Nelson (back from injury) and see if you can get Caron Butler with him or LaMarcus Aldridge, something around there. Also, Jayson williams has no value anymore, toss him in the nash deal if you can. Let me know the top 5 on your WW too.
hey! how do u think Tim Duncan'sFG% and FT%
Is it a little freak?
Scola, I hear ya, but I looked into it a bit further and he's had full seasons shooting %'s like this in the past. In 99 and 02 he shot 79% from the line. Still the 55% FG is def due to fall down to 50%, no doubt there. So to answer your question, the FT doesn't concern me but the FG does.
Just sent off the trade request to the owner of Duhon. Speights is playing really well, so I highlighted that fact. Hopefully he could use the rebounds. I picked up Speights after his first game back because I felt he was the best FA and had the most attractive upside trade potential once he started performing. Which he is already doing...
I took your advise on Courtney for Salmons previously...i read your blog a couple days ago on that tip...but the owner wont budge...Salmons is kind performing now, I really did want to catch him during his slump.
What else should I be doing?
12 team H2H: FGM,FG%,FTM,FT%,3PM,3P%,PTS,OREB,DREB,REB,AST,STL,BLK,TO,A/T
i have a trade waiting to be accepted that the other owner said he liked before i even offered it..
I Get: D Howard and Andre Miller(i out him in a conselation
I Give: Russell Westbrook and Al Harrington
My team now:
Billups
Wade
Westbrook
Nelson
Redd
Thompson
D West
Harrington
Bargnani
Przybilla
Dampier
Biedrins
then next i was going to drop either Dampier or Pryzbilla for Lou Williams, but im not sure who will produce more.. After this trade i would assume i need to preserve my scoring so i was leaning towards dropping Przybilla.. What do you think about everything????
Holla, I love LOVE that deal, great move. I don't think there's much difference between dropping damp or pryz, so no worries there. Lou is worth having too. Don't be afraid to move Redd after a couple hot games, beware the injury risk.
H^2, it's tough, ALL my buy lows have turned it around now. Gilbert dropped 45 tonight, butler had like 20 and 10, like you said Salmons turnin it around and Stephen Jacksons been solid too. Try sliding Charlie V for Nelson too, otherwise I'll work the list tomorrow and see if I can't drum up some new Buy Low players
So thief it is Aaron here
so i came across something tonight and not sure if u seen it or not cuz i know u are busy with everything you do here. but i definately think u should do a sell high on zach randolph tomorrow have u seen his month of DEC!!!
2009-10 MEM 25 35:53 7.4 15.1 48.7 0.1 0.3 28.6 3.5 4.3 82.2 4.5 5.5 10.0 1.8 2.3 0.9 0.4 2.6 18.3
Career 531 30:18 6.6 14.2 46.7 0.2 0.6 28.7 3.3 4.3 77.2 2.6 5.7 8.4 1.7 2.2 0.7 0.3 2.4 16.8
well that looks on messed up when i posted it but more or less just look at his year this year compared to his season . i am just a thief in training but i see a very strong candiate for a sell high!i just felt like giving a little back with all the help u have given me recently i am still tring to work a deal for nash and deron but still havent heard back from the managers
yea Redd is definitely on the trading block for another OK or solid SG/SF once he flashes some more life.. most likely package Andre Miller and Redd for someone, if they are willing..
Should i wait a few more days and squeeze out these last two weekend games from Pryzbilla before i drop him for Lou Williams or get him now, because im sure no one in my league has seen the updates i have seen on Lou???
tyler hansbrough would be a decent buy low in deeper leagues he been putting up pretty good numbers since he has been filling in with granger being out
another possible consideration for sell high would be marc gasol
he has a great game tonight too
2009-10 MEM 25 35:23 5.4 8.7 61.9 0.0 0.0 N/A 3.6 5.2 68.7 2.8 6.9 9.7 2.1 2.0 1.0 1.5 3.5 14.4
Career 107 31:48 4.5 8.2 55.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.7 72.1 2.5 5.4 7.9 1.8 2.0 0.8 1.2 3.3 12.5
what is your take on holding onto TMAC?
Alright, to recap
My weak sauce:
3's: 0.9
Pts: 13.1
Rebs: 5.1
Asst: 3.2
St: 0.8
Blks: 0.6
My Team:
Steve Nash
Ben Gordon
Grant Hill
Lamar Odom
Chris Bosh
Troy Murphy
Brendan Haywood
Andre Miller
Chris Douglas-Roberts
Jamal Crawford
Jason Williams
Donte Greene
Maurice Evans
Here is the team that has Jameer Neslon(This team is in the same boat as I am.):
Mike Conley
Kobe Bryant
Mickael Pietrus
Vince Carter
Rudy Gay
Omri Casspi
Emeka Okafor
Jameer Nelson
Yi Jianlian
Matt Bonner
Jermaine O'neal
Tyrus Thomas
Ron Artest
Top 5 WW (as per Yahoo! ranking)
Jared Dudley
Anthony Parker
Thabo Sefolosha
George Hill
Derek Fisher
Ty Lawson
Rudy Fernandez
Ryan Anderson
JJ Redick
Kyle Lowry
also (to name a few more):
Tyler Hansbrough
Ramon Sessions
Drew Gooden
Delonte West
Nate Robinson (whats happening with him?)
Steve Blake
Charlie Bell
Brandon Rush
hey thief,
to clarify earlier, i was offered his cp3 for my LBJ. should i take cp3?
SAUCE NUMEBERS:
pts:16.96
rebs:6.82
ast:3.57
3pt:1.72
stls:1.3
blks:.9
Hey theif....Do you consider Wade a better keeper than Granger?
Hey thief, need your help
in an 18 team H2H league with 12 players, NO BENCH. What moves you think i should make
durant
e.gordon
dunleavy
hilario
thornton
carter
bierdrins
haywood
evans
lawson
udrih
green
sauce -
pts - 15
ast - 2.7
rebs - 5.4
stls - 1
blks - 0.6
3ptm- 0.8
havent included percentages , i usually win them. and rebs are split between oreb and dreb , but i included them in one. im currently 2nd in the league. the waiver wire is dirt thin so i need trade help.
Aaron, good lookin out! I've been waitin for just the right moment on Z-Bo, but yeah we signaled a Sell high on Marc Gasol a couple weeks back. You're a full on thief here plata!
Holla, def no need to rush. Even if they knew, they'll struggle with droppin someone an stall ya know.
LA, if I had TMac, I'm holdin an waitin for the first 20+ point game, then shoppin him HARD to everyone. Some fish will bite.
AR, perfect! Start by offerin him Nash, CDR, n Williams for Vince, Nelson n Okafor, see if he bites! Good luck, keep me in the loop!
Carlo, I wouldnt. You're solid as is.
Mike, who doesn't?
Luke, two suggestions for you. Try to move Evans for J Rich and Durant for Wade. These two would round you off nicely. Good team tho bro, nice job.
So thief do u think the dirk vs landry collision it gonna effect either guy much? i could see landry missing the next game but i see dirk not missing anytime but i could see his % drop a game or 2.also what type of offer would i need to make to land a guy like kevin love right now any suggestions?
Morning thief, what's up man!
10 team, H2H, 8 cat
Sauce
PTS: 16.62
AST: 4.0
REB: 7.26
3's: 0.93 (below)
Stl: 1.12
Blk: 0.83
Starters
CP3
E. Gordon
Iggy
P. Gasol
T. Murphy
Billups
L. Aldrige
Okafor
Bogut
Bench (not included in sauce #'s)
Okur, CDR, Josh Howard
IR: T. Thomas
Q. I am a bit under in 3's. Should I go after Kevin Martin (currently IR, difficult owner to trade with? If so, what would be a good offer. I like my balance, but would not mind to add an additional scorer / 3's specialist as Kev Mart.
Love the blog man! Really great
WB, Dirk will be fine, he might miss a game. Landry will probably have to wear a mask now, which could definitely impact his value. I do like Kevin Love, problem is he's been great lately so I wouldn't pay the price to get him. Right now, it'd probably cost you a Tier 3 player, and that's way too much.
Gerardo, happy saturday to ya! Your team looks GOOD man. I don't think you need treys with that squad, I see the sauce but with those five shooters you should be all set? If anything, I'd rather see you try to move Bogut in a trade up. Maybe package him with JoHo or Okur and bring back an Al Jefferson. However you can try for a 3 point shooting big like Jamison too (or Bargnani) if you want to shore that up. Good luck!
ok i just got offer this trade in my keeper league.. 20 teams remember
he wanted my brandon roy and omri casspi
and he was offering his sharion marion and derrick rose?
i counter at asked for marion rose and dunleavy and i gave up omri roy and Oleksiy Pecherov
is that a good deal on my part if he takes it or should i of taken what he offered me?
You're basically dealing Roy for Rose n Marion. I'm not big on Marion, so I'd avoid this deal. Roy is awesome and tends to do better asthe year goes on.
Hey Thief.
The Butler for Deng deal didn't go through. CB's performance last night didn't help. Lol. That said the owner has tossed around the idea of trading me his D.WIll and Butler for my Iguodala and Brandon Roy. What are your thoughts on that one?
This is my Roster. I'm playing in a 9 team roto league with 9 standard CATS.
Rondo
Wade
Roy
Iguodala
Nowitzki
Garnett
Lopez
Brand
Salmons
Deng
Bench: Gordon, Lou Williams, Dunleavy
Sauce for starting 10 = (Pts-18.53) (3pts-.63) (Reb-6.49) (Ast-3.86) (St-1.36) (Blk-.94)
Side note: The new layout is nice but I really liked the white background before. It was so clean and professional looking. Not that this one isn't I just preferred the other one. Sorry to sound like a critic. I will continue to visit your site no matter what background you choose. Lol.
Sorry to post again but I'm thinking of making it a 3-3 deal with me including my Deng for his Ray Allen or Mo Will.
Something like his DWill, Butler & Allen or Mo.Will for my Roy, Iguodala & Deng.
RW, thanks for the feedback! I really welcome it so keep it up. I love both your 2-2 and 3-3 ideas. DWill dominates Roy, and butler is coming alive. Plus Ray Ray or mo r great for treys (I'd go for Mo first).
Hey Thief, as for dealing out Nash for Jameer, he has counter-offered.
Now he wants Nash, Odom, and CDR for VC, Jermaine O'Neal, and Will Bynum. I'm thinking to change Bynum and get Jameer back in the loop.
Thanks for helping out bro!
Nope that still not enough, hold out for more!
hey, i can you rate and analyze my team in a 14-team h2h league
rose
udrih
d. williams
j.green
josh smith
tyler hansborough
amare
noah
przybilla
c.j. watson
al jeff
marcus thornton.
the league has a max of 2 acquisitions per week, and i currently used all of my acqui so im waiting for next week to get from these pool of players:
k.mart
l.barbosa
tyrus thomas
lou williams
rush
yi jianlian
varejao
mc dyess
dj augstin
pls advise.
Hey Lorenzo, yes I can but SO CAN YOU. Please find the post titled Secret Sauce in the list on the right hand side of the page. Once you read it, you'll know what's up, I promise!
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