Tayshaun Prince expected to start Tuesday - Tayshaun Prince | MEM

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Tayshaun Prince is expected to make his debut in the Grizzlies starting lineup on Tuesday against the Suns.

Fantasy Beat – Champ or Chump

Source: Baseball Guys by Ray Flowers

Justin Fensterman and Trevor Ray continue to break down the NBA. They discuss the impact of the Rudy Gay trade. Trevor will also throw out some surprise players to Justin and ask him if he sees those players as “Champs or Chumps” the rest of the season.

Rudy Gay, Jose Calderon, Ed Davis, Tayshaun Prince, Robin Lopez, J.J. Redick, Vince Carter, Metta World Peace, Nate Robinson, Larry Sanders, Tyson Chandler

Tayshaun Prince scores 14 in Memphis debut - Tayshaun Prince | MEM

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Tayshaun Prince made his Memphis debut on Friday, scoring 14 points with one rebound, three assists and one block in 32 minutes in a win.

Mostly NBA Notes: Andre Drummond, the Rudy Gay trade and down goes Rondo

Source: Roto Arcade by Dalton Del Don

Andre Drummond has the sixth-most dunks in the NBA despite averaging just 20:11 mpg. He’s one of only six players in the league to average at least 1.5 bpg and 1.0 spg and among those half dozen, his 0.8 tpg are easily the fewest. Drummond has grabbed 32 rebounds over the past two games (in modest playing time as usual), and did I mention he’s just 19 years old? Admittedly, he’s a terrible free throw shooter (he shot 29.5 percent from the line at Connecticut. 29.5!), but Drummond’s 3.92 blocks per-48 minutes rank seventh in the league, ahead of Dwight Howard. Playing with a true point guard (Jose Calderon) for the first time as a pro should be beneficial as well. In

Grizzlies newbies playing, but not starting - Tayshaun Prince | MEM

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Tayshaun Prince, Ed Davis, and Austin Daye will each play in Friday's game against the Wizards, but none of them will start.

Grizz wouldn't have done deal without Prince - Tayshaun Prince | MEM

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace said he would not have pulled the trigger on Wednesday's trade if he didn't get Tayshaun Prince back.

Update: Prince, Davis, Daye likely out Friday - Tayshaun Prince | MEM

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Updating a previous item, Tayshaun Prince, Ed Davis and Austin Daye are all likely to be out again for the Grizzlies on Friday.

Prince, Daye, Davis not available Thursday - Tayshaun Prince | MEM

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

New Grizzlies Tayshaun Prince, Ed Davis and Austin Daye are not expected to play on Thursday.

Rudy Gay Trade Fallout

Source: RotoSynthesis

So far, the 'official' part of the deal has Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddadi headed to Toronto, with Jose Calderon and Ed Davis moseying down to Memphis. Calerdon, however, is expected to be flipped to Detroit for what may be a package of Tayshaun Prince, Austin Daye and a second-round pick.

Here's a look at the fantasy impact of all the moving pieces:

Prince, Daye inactive amid trade reports - Tayshaun Prince | MEM

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Tayshaun Prince and Austin Daye are inactive for Wednesday's game amid reports they'll be sent to the Grizzlies as part of a three-team trade.

Rodney Stuckey starts for short-handed DET - Rodney Stuckey | DET

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Rodney Stuckey was in the starting lineup Wednesday with Tayshaun Prince inactive amid trade reports.

Prince, Daye inactive amid trade reports - Tayshaun Prince | DET

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Tayshaun Prince and Austin Daye are inactive for Wednesday's game amid reports they'll be sent to the Grizzlies as part of a three-team trade.

Rudy Gay: Headed to Toronto

Source: RotoWire.com NBA

Rudy Gay: Gay has been traded to Toronto in a three-team deal that sends Ed Davis, Tayshaun Prince, and Austin Daye to the Grizzlies and Jose Calderon to the Pistons, ESPN.com reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

Report: Calderon to Pistons; Prince to Griz - Jose Calderon | TOR

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Sources tell ESPN's Marc Stein that Jose Calderon will be sent to the Pistons as part of a three-team trade that will land Rudy Gay in Toronto and Tayshaun Prince in Memphis.

Day 28: Where The Bobcats Lose by 45 Points

Source: Give Me The Rock by Patrick

Line of the Night: I guess LaMarcus Aldridge’s (2.56) back is doing just fine, thank you very much. A night after sitting out with a sore back, Aldridge returned to the lineup against the Pistons and had his best game of the season, scoring 32 points, and adding 10 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks in 41 minutes on the court. Word is that the Pistons focused their defensive efforts on stopping Damian Lillard, leaving Aldridge (relatively) free to do his thing. The result was a huge night for Aldridge, a quiet one for Lillard, and one win for the Pistons. Still, its great news for anxious Aldridge owners, who can now relax just a bit.

Honorable Mentions: The Thunder absolutely destroyed the

Day 8: Kyle Lowry Injury Means Opportunity

Source: Give Me The Rock by Nels

For people who like politics as much as I (and hopefully you) like fantasy basketball, last night was like the Finals, and seeing all those bar charts of blue and red just made me wish that we could allow 16 teams in our system to compete for that eventual Presidential Championship prize. I mean, we all know that it’s going to be the Heat and the Lakers in the Finals this year, but at least we have different teams competing; James Harden stepping up to lead the Rockets, the new-look Nets, the Bulls are-they-hanging-in-there watch, the quiet-but-always-solid Spurs (with the league’s best record

Day 8: I Hope Everyone Traded Kyle Lowry

Source: Give Me The Rock by Nels

For people who like politics as much as I (and hopefully you) like fantasy basketball, last night was like the Finals, and seeing all those bar charts of blue and red just made me wish that we could allow 16 teams in our system to compete for that eventual Presidential Championship prize. I mean, we all know that it’s going to be the Heat and the Lakers in the Finals this year, but at least we have different teams competing; James Harden stepping up to lead the Rockets, the new-look Nets, the Bulls are-they-hanging-in-there watch, the quiet-but-always-solid Spurs (with the league’s best record

Tayshaun Prince due back on Thursday - Tayshaun Prince | DET

Source: Rotoworld Basketball

Tayshaun Prince, who was rested on Wednesday, will be back in the Pistons lineup on Thursday.

Day 95 of 124: Where Deron Williams Doesn’t Feel the Love

Source: Give Me The Rock by Patrick

Line of the Night: Amazingly, Deron Williams (2.94) edges out Kevin Love’s 40 point performance with a 30 point, 4 three, 9 assist and 2 steal game against the Pacers. How did he do it? Williams shot better from the floor and the line than Love, had more assists and fewer turnovers. Of course, the big negative is that he didn’t have 19 rebounds like the #2 player on the night.

Honorable Mentions: Just how good has Kevin Love (2.62) been recently? Love’s 40 point, 19 rebound and 4 three game against Charlotte just missed out on the fantasy line of the night, which would have been his third line of the night in four days. Love is now #3 on our player rater for the 2011-12

Day 81 of 124: Where Mike D’Antoni Hits the Emergency Eject Button

Source: Give Me The Rock by Patrick

Alternative Title: Where Dwight Howard Will Definitely Consider Possibly Staying with the Magic, Maybe.
Alternative to the Alternative Title: Will Monta Ellis and Stephen Jackson Really be the Big Deadline Deal?
Alternative to the Alternative, Alternative Title: Trade Deadline Chaos!

A lot of news going down yesterday, although it wasn’t necessarily trade related. In a surprise move, we had Mike D’Antoni resigning as head coach of the Knicks after coaching them to a disappointing 18-24 record this season. According to reports, he asked

Day 55 of 124: Can’t Win ‘Em All

Source: Give Me The Rock by Nels

Line of the Night: Al Jefferson (2.95) must have been lying in wait like a lion, ready to attack the next team that strayed near his den. He tore apart the Wizards – JaVale McGee or no – for 34 points (16-23 from the field), 12 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 block, and 0 turnovers. It’s kind of ironic, because I just saw this article in a Google Alert today about how Greg Monroe is a better value pick than Al Jefferson in daily fantasy leagues. That’s probably true in general, but you would have been very disappointed if you’d made that decision last night, with

Court Report: Where have you gone, Dirk Nowitzki?

Source: Roto Arcade by Matt Buser

Dirk Nowitzki's protracted offensive issues continued Wednesday - and arguably hit a low point - as he scored eight points on 2-of-15 shooting and missed all five of his threes in 38 minutes of a 95-86 loss to the Thunder. Nowitzki has now averaged 9.3 points on 28-percent shooting in three games since returning from his rest period and has missed all 11 of his long-range attempts. Dirk says the swelling in his knee is gone, and now it's just a matter of working to get his shooting rhythm back and find confidence in his shooting stroke. We're in a situation where he have to take him at his word that he's feeling fine

Court Report: Bad news for MarShon Brooks

Source: Roto Arcade by Matt Buser

A Monday X-ray revealed that MarShon Brooks has a broken right pinky toe, and he's now on the shelf indefinitely. The Nets aren't sure when or how the injury happened and won't establish a specific timetable until after team doctors have a look at him. It's been all bad for Brooks lately, who also has been dealing with Achilles tendinitis and was looking at having his minutes limited in any case. This injury news means Anthony Morrow is locked in at shooting guard, Jordan Farmar will see

Day 35 of 124: Where Kemba Walker Joins Stephen Jackson and Boris Diaw

Source: Give Me The Rock by Patrick

Line of the Night: It has been one wild ride this year for Tyreke Evans (2.57 WARP). Horrible shooting performances and single-digit scoring games followed by games like this against the Jazz: 31 points, with 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals. Evans owners would surely appreciate a little more consistency from Evans this season, but his highs keep them coming back for more.

Honorable Mentions: Memphis lost to the hot mess known as the Phoenix Suns, but Marc Gasol (2.18) had the second best fantasy line of the night with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks in the game. Thanks Phoenix and your 36% shooting as a team. Or more specifically, thanks Channing Frye (more on that below).

Court Report: Bargnani, Bogut headed for MRIs

Source: Roto Arcade by Matt Buser

Andrea Bargnani called Wednesday's calf injury "much worse" than the the first one, which cost him six games. Bargnani is due for an MRI on Thursday but figures to be lost for a while in any case. As we saw during his first stretch of missed games, the Raptors will struggle mightily on offense for as long as he's out. Aaron Gary will likely remain as the starter center by default, but will top out at 20 minutes on most nights. That leaves a combined 124 minutes behind Gray at center and between the two forward spots, which will be divided between James Johnson (SF/PF), Linas Kleiza (SF/PF), Amir Johnson (PF/C), and Ed Davis (PF/C). That means regular playing time for all four players - Johnson deserves near-universal roster

Day 32 of 124: Where Tyrus Thomas Beckons You with his Sweet Siren Call

Source: Give Me The Rock by Patrick

Line of the Night: Anyone who listens to the podcast knows that I went all in on Stephen Curry (3.58 WARP) this year in my personal leagues. Well, I couldn’t be happier this morning thanks to a season-high 32 points from Curry, who shot 12-19 from the field and added 6 threes, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals in a 101-93 win over the Blazers. Does it make the two weeks he was stashed on my bench all forgotten? No. But it is nice to see him playing like the Curry of old in his third back from that ankle sprain.

And now I can almost guarantee he sprains his ankle in the Warriors’ next game.

Honorable Mentions: Kevin Love (3.17), the number one fantasy PF over the

GMTR Podcast #26: MotherDirker

Source: Give Me The Rock by Patrick

Erik and Patrick are back to talk about even more NBA injuries, specifically the lack of news surrounding Dwyane Wade’s foot, Dirk Nowitzki shutting it down for the week to “work on his conditioning” and the fact that Eric Gordon is going for additional testing on his sore right knee (cue ominous music). We also talk about what to do with increasingly invisible Boris Diaw and throw out our weekly waiver wire pickups.

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Fantasy Basketball: Why Tayshaun Is the Fresh Prince of Motown

Source: Bleacher Report NBA

Detroit Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince is feeling it. Over his past five games, he's averaging 38.4 minutes, bringing his season average up to 33.4 mpg. He has made the most of his extra playing time.

During his five-game stretch, he's averaged 20.0 points per game. His high coming in the form of a 29-point explosion on January 18th against the Timberwolves. He's been in double figures in his past seven games to raise his scoring average to 12.2 ppg on the season, which is his lowest mark since his second

Court Report: Channing Frye, please report to the bench

Source: Roto Arcade by Matt Buser

Alvin Gentry adjusted his starting five on Wednesday - replacing Channing Frye and Jared Dudley with Markieff Morris and Ronnie Price - in what he described as an effort to get more scoring out of his team's second unit. Morris only last six minutes because of stomach flu but his two-way play to this point of the season means this move clearly can stick. While this should largely remain a timeshare with Frye, a more consistent 25 minutes for Morris will produce good numbers - he's averaged 11.1 points, 1.6 threes, 6.9 boards, 0.7 steals, and 0.7 blocks in the eight games where he's

Day 25 of 124: One Painful Season

Source: Give Me The Rock by Patrick

Line of the Night: Monta Ellis (2.72) scored 30 points in a loss to the Nets, adding 5 assists and a category-winning 6 steals in 37 minutes on the court. If you were presented with a decision between drafting Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry before the start of the season, who would have thought that Ellis would have been the correct answer?

Honorable Mentions: Here is something you’re won’t hear often – the New Jersey Nets were the best team for fantasy purposes last night. Deron Williams (2.21) nearly triple-doubled with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists. Kris Humphries (2.33) added 18 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. And MarShon