Posts Tagged Rodrigue Beaubois

The Week 19 Recap will be a little different this week because, amazingly, I only spent 5 minutes checking fantasy stats while vacationing in Central America, with just one mid-week check-in on my main H2H squad to make sure Gerald Wallace and Dwight Howard weren’t pummeling me too much.  (A special thanks to Andrew Bogut for making me rest easy the rest of the week.)

The final fantasy tally from my trip? About 13 fishies devoured, 2 oceans dipped in, 1 cave spelunked, 1 river rafted, 1 military coup averted, 30+ mosquito bites, 3 fire ant bites, 1 sprained ankle, 1 allergic reaction, and 1 cartoonishly swollen foot.  (Unfortunately, the last four items all occurred to the same foot.  I’d post pictures but they’re NSFW.)

And now back to reality.  Or, uh, fantasy.  After a Sunday of devouring stats and updates, here are the…

WEEK 20 PICKUPS

First of all, make sure guys like Drew Gooden (49%), Taj Gibson (42%), and George Hill (48%) aren’t taken.  You might also want to consider Richard Jefferson, who’s owned in 50+% of Yahoo leagues but might have been dropped anytime in the last several weeks.  He carried some of the offensive burden when Tony Parker exited the Spurs’ last game with a broken hand.  Carlos Delfino (46%) is another guy who might have been dropped recently who is putting things together again.

Quentin Richardson (21%)

He’s on fire, with 12 makes from downtown over his last 2 games.  It’s hard to fully endorse him because he’s been streaky his entire career, but with Jermaine O’Neal out, Q is taking more shots and could singlehandedly decide 3’s in H2H leagues.

Anthony Tolliver (17%)

I probably overhyped him the first time I mentioned him several weeks ago, but with Andris Biedrins out, Tolliver is a nice Channing Frye-ish (pre-Robin Lopez) clone.  Ronny Turiaf is also useful for blocks, although I’d rather own the guy two spots below.

Rodrigue Beaubois (14%)

Beaubois was my first pickup upon returning stateside.  He’s posted back-to-back-to-back career highs in scoring his last three games with Jason Terry out of commission.

JaVale McGee (21%)

He’s slowly rounding into the form that made him one of my “must-owns” (at least in deeper leagues) in the aftermath of the trade deadline, averaging nearly 4 bpg over his last 5.

Jonas Jerebko (18%)

Posted near-1/1/1 stats last week and is getting plenty of touches as DET continues to jostle for lottery position.

Keep an eye on:

James Harden (32% — his up-and-down rookie season was “up” last week), Jrue Holiday (11% — ditto), J.J. Hickson (17%), Matt Bonner (6% — another candidate to hoist more shots sans Tony P), Matt Barnes (20% — playing well + nice sked this week), Bill Walker (5%), Serge Ibaka (4%).

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