Just for discussion sake, here's a quick breakout of the first round of waiver pickups:
Drinkers: Arnett Moultrie - Shrew and a little surprising pickup by the champ. Moultrie been really good this preseason. There are plenty of minutes available in the Sixers front court. A little bit of an injury risk and may fall back in coach's dog house.
RR: Bojan Bogdanovic - A very nice pickup by the two time finalist. Bojan is the defacto starting SF for the Nets. He had a solid, but not great preseaon. He should get better as the year goes on. Alan Anderson, AK47, Jack, and maybe Karasev will push him for minutes.
CK: Solomon Hill - CK landed a young former first round pick for Andre Miller's caracas. Much like Bojan, Hill received a lot of preseason minutes, but was not great... maybe not solid in Hill's performance either, but he should get better as the season progresses.
Birdman: Chris Copeland - Cope can score like nobody's business. The only person who has been able to slow him down is Frank Vogel! He may lead the Pacers in scoring this season... if Vogel let's him. On an upper end, I can see him averaging 15pts, 2.8 3PTs, 5rebs this season. Maybe 10ppg, 2 3PTs, and 3rebs as a low. Regardless, that's pretty good.
TB: Kostas Papanikolaou - I had Kostas going to TB since his errant Papanikolaou picture posting in the draft thread. Initially, I wasn't a fan, but his preseason play opened my eyes. As an owner of Motiejunas & former owner of TJones, I don't quite fully trust anything with the Rockets outside of D12 & Harden though.
UF: James Ennis - Was it good timing or foreshadowing that after Ennis tore up the first few preseason games, he played only 3 minutes & then DNP'd? I am not sure. I am hoping that it was just fortunate timing for the UF franchise as he was my top choice. I have been following Ennis since he was drafted & went over season last season. Last Spring, I actually picked him up as FA in the Points League!
Eja: P.J. Hairston - I was more than a little shocked that P.J. was first dropped and then fell right into Eja's lap! Sure, he's a knuckled, but he has played pretty well so far. Unless he tried to go toe-to-toe with Lance, I think he's a real steal.
Kissing Cousins: Andre Roberson - Scott Brooks loves him some 0&D guys! Andre Roberson may start at SG/SF for OKC for the next 10 years and never average more than 6 points per game.
GC: Glen Rice Jr. - More fortunate timing? Rice's injury helped Rice slip all the way to the commish. He wasn't playing all that well before the ankle injury, but will get huge run with Beal & Webster out.
Bad Dream Team - Chase Budinger is a rich man thanks to David Kahn. This is a typical sneaky TWW pickup. Not the sexiest name, but as one of the vets on the Wolves, he will produce.
Juggs: Ray McCallum - GC & I were sad when the Kings went out and signed Collinson & Session b/c Ray can ball with the best of them! The Juggs may be the most patience GM in the league... although YH did post "Mitroc is the 16th spot" for like, 7 seasons.
Kwhit: Hollis Thompson - Did you know that Hollis shot 40% 3PTs as a rookie last season? He's the one rock on the disaster that is the Sixers. He's inline for a big season... well maybe like 12pts, 6rebs, 1.5 3ptr,- ish.
Whew!
So there u have it.
Mk