Well, this week I’ll go through and complete the keeper review by pointing out what I think was the worst keeper decision made by each team – down in the Game Capsules! I know you can’t wait, so skip on down. Use your scrollbar. It’s easy!
The Slamson Memorial Virtual Round Robin
| Team | VRR Record | VRR % | Actual Record | Actual % | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Shaggers | 116-26-1 | 81.5 % | 7-5-1 | 57.7 % | -23.8 % |
| Sweet Sassy Molassy | 93-48-2 | 65.7 % | 5-7-1 | 42.3 % | -23.4 % |
| The Very Bad Team | 89-53-1 | 62.6 % | 10-3-0 | 76.9 % | 14.3 % |
| Lipsticked Pigs | 83-57-3 | 59.1 % | 7-5-1 | 57.7 % | -1.4 % |
| nutria on viagra | 75-62-6 | 54.5 % | 5-7-1 | 42.3 % | -12.2 % |
| The Bombay Runners | 73-66-4 | 52.4 % | 11-2-0 | 84.6 % | 32.2 % |
| Baker’s Poop Makers | 64-76-3 | 45.8 % | 6-7-0 | 46.2 % | 0.4 % |
| Slamson | 61-79-3 | 43.7 % | 7-6-0 | 53.8 % | 10.1 % |
| Rhymenoceros | 61-81-1 | 43.0 % | 6-7-0 | 46.2 % | 3.2 % |
| Bodacious D | 52-89-2 | 37.1 % | 7-6-0 | 53.8 % | 16.7 % |
| Hoops! I didit again | 41-100-2 | 29.4 % | 2-11-0 | 15.4 % | -14.0 % |
| Dry Heat | 35-106-2 | 25.2 % | 3-10-0 | 23.1 % | -2.1 % |
The Objective Stud
| Stud | SDAAs | Min | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | 3PTM | 3PT% | OReb | DReb | Ast | St | Bl | A/T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 21.45 | 145 | 44 | 53.0 | 26 | 78.8 | 6 | 60.0 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 2.00 |
| John Wall | 17.09 | 169 | 32 | 43.2 | 39 | 86.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 28 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2.36 |
| Mike Conley | 15.35 | 147 | 32 | 69.6 | 4 | 66.7 | 6 | 50.0 | 2 | 13 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 2.92 |
| Marc Gasol | 13.91 | 145 | 33 | 67.3 | 11 | 73.3 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 2.57 |
| Joe Johnson | 13.27 | 135 | 30 | 46.2 | 11 | 91.7 | 13 | 50.0 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2.67 |
| Luol Deng | 11.37 | 139 | 29 | 50.0 | 15 | 93.8 | 5 | 50.0 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1.71 |
| Ricky Rubio | 10.85 | 147 | 10 | 24.4 | 21 | 87.5 | 3 | 30.0 | 4 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 2.75 |
| Paul Pierce | 10.67 | 136 | 26 | 48.1 | 22 | 88.0 | 4 | 30.8 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2.00 |
| Kobe Bryant | 9.84 | 159 | 40 | 42.1 | 17 | 89.5 | 4 | 26.7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2.17 |
| Ryan Anderson | 9.76 | 132 | 23 | 41.8 | 14 | 93.3 | 13 | 38.2 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.50 |
The Objective Turd
| Turd | SDAAs | Min | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | 3PTM | 3PT% | OReb | DReb | Ast | St | Bl | A/T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Kidd | -5.93 | 137 | 4 | 16.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1.87 |
| Richard Jefferson | -5.88 | 116 | 8 | 25.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 23.5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2.67 |
| DeMar DeRozan | -5.76 | 132 | 20 | 27.4 | 17 | 81.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.40 |
| Jason Terry | -3.67 | 122 | 14 | 26.4 | 8 | 100.0 | 5 | 19.2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1.67 |
| Landry Fields | -3.11 | 114 | 18 | 54.5 | 7 | 46.7 | 2 | 18.2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1.40 |
| Nicolas Batum | -2.59 | 104 | 14 | 41.2 | 10 | 71.4 | 4 | 22.2 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Arron Afflalo | -2.07 | 114 | 14 | 42.4 | 5 | 55.6 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| D.J. Augustin | -2.02 | 115 | 16 | 45.7 | 5 | 62.5 | 3 | 23.1 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1.20 |
| Caron Butler | -1.89 | 127 | 21 | 40.4 | 5 | 45.5 | 4 | 22.2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1.80 |
| Brandon Bass | -1.78 | 112 | 16 | 41.0 | 9 | 81.8 | 0 | NaN | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.29 |
Game Capsules
The Bombay Runners def. Hoops! I didit again, 11-2-0 – The Roaches didn’t have a great week in the VRR, but when you get to go against From The Bottom Of My Broken Team, you can still have a pretty good result. Andre Iguodala recorded a Triple-20 for Mumbai (20 FGM, 24 DRebs, 22 assists), but his biggest contribution might have been from Samuel Dalembert, whose 8 blocks were big in a 3-block win. As for the Keeper Hindsight, I don’t think David West at 240 KP was a great keep, but maybe that keep wasn’t as bad as the Jarrett Jack drop. Jack was a relative bargain at 85 KP, and has done nothing but put up 6 FGs and 7.3 assists per game on a weak Hornets team. On a team with only two legit PGs (CP3, Calderon) Jack would have been a great third guy. Meanwhile, Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Draft has been working on locking up a lottery slot again this year. Sure, LeBron James dropped a Quad-20 (44 FGM, 26 FTM, 27 DRebs, 28 assists) on his way to dominating the Stud List, but after that the team fell short yet again. Kyrie Irving had a nice shooting week (29/50), but 17 assists to 18 turnovers ain’t so hot for a PG. I can’t really fault the Britneys for any of the guys they dumped in the keeper portion, but nobody they did keep has really hit, either. I’ve got to give Rip a pass as he was cheap (55 KP) and his lack of production stems from an injury, so instead I’ll single out Kevin Garnett. 195 KPs isn’t chump change, and Garnett is on the way down. He’s not the 10 FG, 10 rebound, 2 block guy he used to be – he’s a 5.5 FG, 7 rebound, < 1 block guy. Pick him up in the 6th/7th if he’s there, but don’t burn picks on him at this point.
The Very Bad Team def. Dry Heat, 10-3-0 – Not to take away from the second-place VBT, who had a solid week in the VRR, but what happened to the Dry Heat this week, down at 25%? The VBT pulled down a Quad-20 form #2 Stud John Wall, who stepped it up to give 32 FGM, 39 FTM, 28 DRebs and 33 assists. That’s 2 DRebs away from a Quad-30, folks, and that don’t happen too often. In the Keeper Review, I’d have to say that keeping Channing Frye at 169 KPs was probably not quite defensible at the time (yeah, we know, he’s a center and he hits threes!) but given his current stats (3 FGs, 1.3 threes, 6 rebounds) he was definitely not worth it. The Dry Heat’s woes this week may have just been due to some rough scheduling, with only Gay and Jrue Holiday breaking the 120-minute mark. Gay had 35 FGs and Jennings added 33 (10 from deep) to anchor the Dry Heat. Odd as it is to say, the Dry Heat’s worst keeper decision was letting Mike Conley go at 103 KPs. Yeah, he’s got a PG-deep team (kept Westbrook and Holiday, picked up Jennings and Teague), but if nothing else, Conley would be a great trade piece to help fill out the team.
Lipsticked Pigs def. nutria on viagra, 7-5-1 – After the first two matchups, the rest of the week was quite close. The Pigs and ABRs only had two terribly close categories (and one tied) but the end result was tight as they excelled in different things. For the Pigs, it was rebounds, assists, and minutes. The aformentioned Conley had 32 FGs, 35 assists, and 12 steals for the Pigs, and MarShon Brooks came on string with another 30 FGs. There were probably a few mistakes made in the Pigs’ keeper phase, but holding on to Andray Bi-yatche at 108 KPs may have been the worst. Not only has he been a poor locker room presence (granted, there’s no stat for that) but he’s coming through with 38% shooting and a somewhat disappointing 8 rebounds and 1 block per game. Nutria got a big week from Carbos Loozer, who had 38 FGs and 36 total rebounds, but couldn’t have been happy with Boris Diaw’s 1-8 from three. Beno Udrih was cheap enough (93 KP), but he’s been legitimately terrible this year (3 FGs, 2 assists per game) and probably wouldn’t make the cut if the keeper phase were redone.
Ball Shaggers def. Sweet Sassy Molassy, 7-5-1 – The top two VRR teams clashed this week and had a predictably close matchup. The Shaggers had two Triple-20s, one from the Mayor of Lob City, Blake Griffin (33 FGM, 20 FTM, 45 DRebs), the other from the Most Reviled Man In Sports® Kris Kardashian (23 FGM, 22 ORebs, 26 DRebs). The Shaggers’ biggest blunder in the keeper phase was holding on to Granger for 296 KP — that’s the price you pay for a top-five talent; Danny would have been available in the second or even third round. SSM countered with a Triple-20 from DeMarcus Cousins (26 FGM, 21 ORebs, 25 DRebs) and another from Ricky Rubio (21 FTM, 20 DRebs, 33 assists, and 15 steals to boot). Youth be served! There were really no mistakes in SSM’s keeper phase – maybe if he had it to do over again he’d have kept Roy Hibbert (6 FGs, 10 rebs, 1.5 blocks) at 165 KP instead of drafting Nene (5 FGs, 9 rebs, 1 block) but even that’s not a surefire mulligan.
Bodacious D def. Rhymenoceros, 7-6-0 – Bo D squeaked out a win (by 15 minutes, no less) over a Rhymenoceros team that didn’t even change its lineup this week. That’s how bad this Bo D team is turning out to be. Dwight Howard (29 FGM, 20 FTM, 57 DRebs) and Tyreke Evans (20 FGM, 20 DRebs, 27 assists) both recorded Triple-20s this week (Howard with 75 total boards), but outside of that it was pretty much a bucket of nothing. Bo D made any number of bad mistakes in the keeper round, from dumping Paul George at 72 KP only to draft him for 99, to keeping the disappointing Noah, but the cherry on top was definitely spending 110 KP on J.J. Hickson (yeah, those 2.4 FGs and 6.6 rebounds are really helping right now). Rhyme-Time kept it close with not one, not two, but three Triple-20s from Chauncey (22 FGM, 20 FTM, 28 assists), Carmelo (35 FGM, 30 FTM, 22 DRebs) and Pierce (26 FGM, 22 FTM, 24 assists). You can’t really complain about who Rhymenoceros kept (just Carmelo and Josh Smith), but Emeka Okafor at 96 KP (drafted at 103) might have been a decent keep.
Slamson def. Baker’s Poop Makers, 7-6-0 – Slamson won a close one with the White Wizard, where something between 5-7 categories were in play. Still, the matchup, in VRR terms, was hardly more exciting than the Bo D/Rhyme matchup, and Slamson’s biggest contribution came from Ryan Anderson, who had 13 threes and 9 steals. Slamson spent 244 keeper points on Jason Kidd in what is looking to be his worst decision this year. Kidd is way down to 5.4 assists and 1.4 FGM (at 27%) – could have had a 6th and 7th round pick for that, and why wouldn’t you? Baker got the expected Triple-20 from Kevin Love (28 FGM, 23 FTM, 37 DRebs) and the other expected Triple-20 from The Rooster (22 FGM, 27 FTM, 20 DRebs), and got 29 assists from Nash and 26 from Kobe to get solid wins in the passing categories. Although Landry Fields was cheap enough (72 KP), he was probably Baker’s worst keeper move this year. Fields is down in almost every category this year – he’s up an assist, but down three rebounds and shooting only 20% from three. 3.4 FGs, 3.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists isn’t really a line that you go crazy over, and if you let him go, Ryan Anderson’s available at that pick you kept. Oh, well.
