Saturday, December 19, 2009

Weekend Team and Trade Analysis

I'll be available all day, as usual. Leave your question in the comments section, and we'll work together to make sure your deal is Straight Thievin!

39 comments:

  1. Hi there! =)
    Could you help me by defining the terms "buying low" and "selling high" for a first time fantasy player as myself? What qualifies a player to be in either category? Could you also offer some examples of each please?

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  2. Should I Try and Trade Gallanari or Frye For Okafur or jus wait for beindrins to get healthy and pick him up off waivers and use Gallanari in a 2 for 1 situation if possible???

    My Team.
    PG - DWill, Lou Will, Westbrook
    SG - Dwade, Ben Gordon, Iverson
    SF - SJacks, Gallanari
    PF - Boozer, Love
    C - Lopez, Al Jeff, Frye

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  3. Decree, a buy low is trading for a top player that is slumping. Earlier examples were Caron butler and a current example is David west. Sell high is trading a player when he's producing at a rate above normal, like Carmelo Anthony or Paul pierce. We try to buy low with our poor players and sell high to get top tier players (like dealing pierce for Amare).

    Clint, try dealing Gallinari n Biedrins for okafor n a stud. Good luck!

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  4. hey man this is my team it is a h2h keeper league with 16 teams in it so it's fairly deep im looking to trade for a top 6 pg with out giving up-wallace, amare,gay, johnson...i would trade either parker or nelson obviously in a trade a 2 for 1 most likely
    .....who should i go after and with what


    Tony Parker, SA PG K
    SG Joe Johnson, Atl SG, SF
    SF Gerald Wallace, Cha SF, PF
    PF DeJuan Blair, SA PF
    C Amare Stoudemire, Pho C, PF
    UTIL Boris Diaw, Cha PF, SF
    Bench Josh Howard, Dal SG, SF
    Bench Andray Blatche, Was PF, C
    Bench Rudy Gay, Mem SF
    Bench Ty Lawson, Den PG
    IR Jameer Nelson*, Orl PG
    thanksss

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  5. hey how are ya today.
    well the work my team is going good
    here is my sauce
    3pt 1.14
    pts18.53
    reb6.44
    ast2.79
    st 1.33
    blk.85
    my team
    PG Monta Ellis (GS - PG,SG)
    SG Manu Ginobili (SA - SG)
    G Richard Hamilton (Det - SG,SF) INJ
    SF Caron Butler (Was - SG,SF)
    PF Carl Landry (Hou - SF,PF)
    F Mike Dunleavy (Ind - SG,SF)
    C Tim Duncan (SA - PF,C)
    C Channing Frye (Pho - PF,C)
    Util Andre Miller (Por - PG)
    Util Dirk Nowitzki (Dal - PF)
    BN Zach Randolph (Mem - PF,C)
    BN Anthony Morrow (GS - SG,SF)
    BN Ben Wallace (Det - PF,C)
    ok so i am in a roto league and i am in first place by 2 points but i only have a 7out of 12 in 3s,assists and steals so even through my sauce is decent i would like to improve do u think i could swing a CP3 trade dirk and who would get him? or do u have a better idea

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  6. Trade Help:

    I will receive(12 place out of 16):
    John Salmons
    Jose Calderon
    Kevin Durant

    Team B (who is in first place):
    Steve Nash
    Amar'e Stoudamire

    Should I accept or not I'm also currently in need of good rebounders/blockers

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  7. Jj, lol, not gonna happen bro. But why not try Parker n gay in a 2-1 for say arenas? That's a good deal. Or just wait til jameer comes back n heats up, then sell him high.

    WB, that's EXACTLY what u gotta do. Try Dirk n zach Randolph for CP3 and a big man from him. Love that deal for you. Also if it doesn't work, send Randolph for jameer alone, that'd b good too

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  8. Erwin, it's OK. Try countering without losing salmons though. Keep him, send the rest. INK IT BRO!

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  9. the guy that has CP3 here are his big men
    PF Al Harrington (NY - PF,C)
    C Andray Blatche (Was - PF,C)
    C Brook Lopez (NJ - PF,C)
    BN Jermaine O'Neal (Mia - C)
    should i try for jeromy o neil and CP3 for dirk and randolph?

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  10. WB, perfect BUT, start by askin for lopez, then al, then jerm. Might be able to thieve a lil more outta him!

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  11. hey man!
    i need some serious help with my team..im not sure whats wrong with it..i need help everywhere
    its a 10 team h2h league with 10 starters and 3 bench

    my sauce:
    3ptms- .99
    pts- 16.64
    reb-6.6
    asts-5.5
    st-1.05
    blk-0.71

    my team is
    pg- russell westbrook
    sg-anthony morrow
    g-mike dunleavy
    sf- lebron james
    pf- gerald wallace
    f-antawn jamison
    c-brook lopez
    c-joel pryzbilla
    utl-kevin garnett
    utl-jason terry
    bn- andris biedrens
    bn- anthony randolph
    bn-johnny flynn

    who are good candidates to trade..and who should i trade for?

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  12. Yo thief! I have a 10 team h2h, 8 standard cats + TO, 12 roster spots (4 bench)

    the team is

    CP3
    Eric Gordon
    Mike Dunleavy
    jason thompson
    brook lopez
    jeff green
    chris kaman
    brendan haywood
    rondo
    david lee
    billups
    carl landry

    heres the sauce using every guys season #'s

    Points: 16.45
    Assists: 3.55
    Boards: 6.44
    Treys: .66667 (2/3)
    Steals: 1.13
    Blocks: .82

    I have some trades proposed: 1) give billups and lee for LBJ 2) give billups and kaman get pau and devin harris 3) give JT billups and lee get amare and gilbert arenas 4) give chris kaman and carl landry and get dwight

    what do you think?

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  13. trade got switched up a bit.

    should i trade my joe johnson and westbrook and ariza
    for
    deron and j rich and stephen jackson

    AM I THIEVIN??

    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

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  14. Yes, without a doubt, so long as you'd be able to play both as starters.

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  15. think i should pull the trigger?

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  16. LA, sorry i missed ya there. DEFINITELY, love that deal. Selling Ariza high is nice too. INK IT

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  17. Hey Thief....I just took over a dead team in a 12 team h2h cats league in year 2, we keep 3 per year. The last owner was a genious and managed to get LBJ, CP3, Granger, Arenas. I have no depth at all and am about to go to 0-8. So I've decided to try to upgrade granger to Wade and set myself up even better for next year. The owner just happens to love Wade and the only way I get Wade is with Granger and Arenas. I'm thinking yes since only 4 teams make the playoffs and the 4th place team is about to go to 6-2. Good deal for my keeper situation?

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  18. I think you missed me up there with LA lol

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  19. I just got offer Dirk and J Johnson for CP3, should I accept? I feel like I should only trade him for LBJ. Thinking I need to keep my tier 1 guy. Please tell me if I am wrong.

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  20. Mike, if you're set up to punt the season, then ABSOLUTELY!

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  21. Thief,

    Is Biedrins worth picking up and taking the hit of having one less player for a couple weeks until he is healthy?

    Do you think he is going to play well and about 30 minutes a game?

    Thanks for the insight.

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  22. Stodds, sorry brosam. I like those deals, but def the LBJ deal the best. Hit me up when u ink one, we gotta get u some treys!

    Drew, dead on right bro. CP3 dominates Dirk, end of story.

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  23. hey its your boy. I need help because I'm just in a jam with my team. Its a 14 Team H2H all cats

    Luke Ridnour
    Dwayne Wade
    Ersan Ilyasova
    David West
    David Lee
    Ray Allen
    Chris Duhon
    Mike Bibby
    OJ Mayo
    Wilson Chandler
    BENCH: Hill, Shaq, Taj Gibson

    I know I really need a big man, but I would also like to sure up assits(since they are rare), steals, and threes. Also, since most big man suck at FG, i don't start them since my players shoot high % but no attempts, so one miss kills me. Who should i target. Any good 2-1 I can do. Thanks man, I can always count on your advice.

    Sauce:
    PTS: 15.02
    3s: 1.06
    REB: 4.98
    AST: 3.47
    STL: .98
    BLK: .5

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  24. Mike, so far so good is what I hear about Biedrins. In which case, yeah I'd do it. You're talking about MAYBE losing a week or two, in exchange for a bona fide starter for the rest of the season. Take a gamble and we'll both keep a lose eye on his heath.

    Yizzie! What's up playa playa. Look bro, YOU NEED A BIG MAN, can't say more than that! Tell ya what tho, let's try to get Jameer on your squad too. He'll offer some good treys an dimes to help out. I'd like to see you work Ray Allen and Luke Ridnour for Jameer and a cheap (okafor level) big man. That'd be perfect. If he doesn't want ole ray ray, we can try to work D West too. Good luck!

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  25. aight, heres the offer
    GIVE:
    Hill, shaq, ridnour

    GET:
    nelson, perkins

    lets see how it goes

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  26. hey thief..i think u missed me up there too

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  27. Loho! So sorry! Treys n blocks is all u need. Try to hook up Bargnani for that. Maybe move Biedrins with Morrow or Dunleavy. Prolly Dunleavy should do it. Let me know how that works.

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  28. the guy who has bargnani also has

    calderon
    roy
    bibby
    salmons
    scola
    thad young
    david lee
    jason thompson
    okur
    peja
    beasly
    and lou williams

    so he is reluctant to trade bargnani cause he doesnt have many blocks...any other players i should go for...or should i just push hard for bargnani?

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  29. Don't give up hope, but if he's not down, go after Okur next. Same deal, big man who drops treys.

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  30. k im thinking of offering dunleavy and morrow for bargnani and peja or for bargnani and salmons...which is better?

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  31. Dood be real. Biedrins must be in any offer for bargs. End of story. You MIGHT get Okur for morrow n dunleavy....maybe

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  32. Hey man, I needed a little help with a trade I was offered. It might be vetoed but in case it doesn't I wanted your feedback

    I give: LaMarcus Aldridge and Okafor
    I get: TJ Ford and Boozer

    my team is joe johnson, bosh, nash, dunleavy, redd, nene, roy, mo williams, okafor, aldridge, jeff green, scola, aaron brooks, brook lopez, and anthony morrow

    What do you think?

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  33. Nate, I'm not too high on TJ Ford, but no matter, this is a classic 2-1 Aldy n Okafor for Boozer. I do like boozer but can you get by losing all those blocks? I'd say check your sauce numbers n make sure. That's quite a hit to take!

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  34. hey heres my team im probably top 50 in yahoo but what can i do to trade? Thank You for any help!
    PG Chris Paul
    SG Kevin Durant
    G Jason Kidd
    SF Carmelo Anthony
    PF Dirk Nowitski
    F Pau Gasol
    C Carlos Boozer
    C Brook Lopez
    Util Tim Duncan
    Util Andrew Bynum
    Bench Channing Frye
    Bench Monta Ellis
    Bench Louis Williams

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  35. Max, good stuff, welcome to the site. First things first, we need to figure out where your teams strengths and weakness are. Please read the post Secret Sauce, in it I describe exactly how to get your Sauce numbers that tell us what we need. Then report back!

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  36. my team
    20 team h2h
    starter

    pg cp3
    sg eric gordon
    sf josh smith
    pf david lee
    c frye

    bench
    jermaine
    juwan howard
    peja
    taj gibson
    casspi
    will bynum
    ilyasova
    varejap

    sauce
    sauce
    Points16.66
    rebs6.34
    assist4.36
    treys1.16
    steals1.44
    blocks0.78

    i think you are right that i should not love my players so i am planning to get howard and caron for lee and smith.. should i do it?

    thanks!!! ^^

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  37. okay ,but right now, i just wanna have an extra sg and center. i know peja is great but i want iverson because i have learned from you that injured players are easy to get and i know that he can still drop many 20 point games.. i also know that jermaine is great but his prone on injuries right now and i want players like sammy d or b wallace who can steal,reb and block.. who do you think should i trade in my roster for iverson and sammy d or b wallace? thanks.. ^^

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  38. hello thief, i have some problems in my bench players especially the pg and sg spot.. can i please know who should i ship on my players because i see myself in a real trouble when my starters have a 1-game week? thanks!

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