
Arenas is blowing up lately and making many owners regret passing on him in their drafts. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Game watch:
4 games: BOS, CLE, DAL, DET, HOU, MEM, MIA, NJ, NO, OKC, ORL, POR, SA, WAS
3 games: ATL, CHA, CHI, DEN, GS, IND, LAC, LAL, MIL, MIN, NY, PHI, PHO, SAC, TOR, UTA
Waiver-wire watch:
- Matt Barnes: decent source of threes and some other stats in deeper leagues
- Landry Fields: ownership has dropped off a bit, but still worth consideration
- J.J. Redick: he’s worth a look if Vince Carter continues to sit
- Nick Young: scoring machine continues to thrive
- Shannon Brown: a bit up-and-down, but averages are solid
- Brandon Rush: continues to be worth considering
- Shaquille O’Neal: doing a lot in limited minutes
- Luke Ridnour: worth owning in most leagues at the moment
- Donte Greene: starting for the Kings, putting up decent numbers
- Matt Bonner: worth a look if you need threes
- Kyle Korver: ditto
- Shane Battier: gives you small doses of everything, has blocked a shot in 10 straight games
- Ersan Ilyasova: past two games have been great, should thrive without Corey Maggette in the lineup
- George Hill: getting steady minutes, appears to be finding consistency
- Darrell Arthur: getting more playing time, decent source of rebounds and blocks
- Josh McRoberts: past two games have yielded solid all-around lines
- Hakim Warrick: has scored 48 points in his last two, getting lots of run and could start today
Injury watch:
- David Lee (elbow): returned Saturday and played nearly 43 minutes
- Jeff Foster (back): day-to-day
- Andrew Bynum (knee): wants to return in three weeks, but we’ll see
- Dwyane Wade (thumb): jammed it but continued to play on Saturday
- Drew Gooden (foot): plantar fasciitis makes him day-to-day
- Andrew Bogut (back): day-to-day
- Troy Murphy (foot): will be activated for today
- Ronny Turiaf (knee): day-to-day
- Vince Carter (knee): day-to-day
- Chauncey Billups (wrist): game-time decision today
- Corey Maggette (foot): day-to-day
- C.J. Watson (finger): monitor his status
- Eric Bledsoe (ankle): day-to-day
- Reggie Evans (foot): day-to-day
- Gerald Wallace (elbow): check his status
- John Wall (knee): day-to-day
Stock watch:
↑ Kevin Love: has averaged 26/20/2 in his past three games
↑ Brandon Roy: returned and put up a solid 27/3/4 line, which means it’s time to sell high
↑ Channing Frye: stuffing the stat sheet lately, doing everything — including blocking shots
↑ Jose Calderon: rounding back into form thanks to less-disputed minutes
↑ Gilbert Arenas: looks like he was worth the risk, putting up big numbers as John Wall continues to struggle with injuries
↓ David West: after 30/10 game, has looked pedestrian
↓ Tyreke Evans: ankle/foot issues are really hampering his production
↓ Danilo Gallinari: hot streak is a faint memory now
↓ Jason Terry: having serious issues with his shot lately
↓ Tony Parker: has cooled off from his hot start, looks more like himself
Carlos Boozer didn’t make the injury watch?
@Kevin: He’s mentioned in the more recent posts.