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Could this be the year of Cousins? (Kings.com)

Depth chart:
PG: Beno Udrih, Pooh Jeter, Luther Head*, Donald Sloan
SG: Tyreke Evans, Francisco Garcia, Antoine Wright
SF: Omri Casspi, Donte Greene
PF: DeMarcus Cousins, Carl Landry, Darnell Jackson
C: Samuel Dalembert, Jason Thompson, Hassan Whiteside

Relevant fantasy players and projected draft positions/per-game stats:
Tyreke Evans – G (Rd. 3-4): 22 Pts, 1 three, 5 Reb, 5 Ast, 1.5 Stl
Carl Landry – F (Rd. 9-10): 13 Pts, 5 Reb, 1 Stl
DeMarcus Cousins – F/C (Rd. 9-11): 14 Pts, 8 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk
Samuel Dalembert – C (Rd. 9-11): 9 Pts, 10 Reb, 2 Blk
Beno Udrih – PG (Rd. 10-11): 13 Pts, 1 three, 6.5 Ast, 1.5 Stl
Jason Thompson – F/C (Rd. 11+):  8 Pts, 6 Reb
Omri Casspi – G/F (Rd. 13+): 10 Pts, 1.5 threes
Donte Greene – G/F (Rd. 13+): 8 Pts, 1 three, 1 Blk
Francisco Garcia – G/F (Rd. 13+): 8 Pts, 1.5 threes

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B-Diddy triple-doubled in a bizarre game in Memphis last night. (NBAE via Getty Images/Joe Murphy)

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Beast of the Night: Baron Davis notched a triple-double to the tune of 27 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, 5 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers. He hit a three and shot 52 percent (11-21) from the field and 100 percent (4-4) from the line in a strange game in Memphis that included a 20-minute evacuation of the arena in the third quarter.

Notable lines:
Randy Foye – 8-15 FG (53%), 2-3 FT (67%), 2 3ptm, 20 Pts, 5 Reb, 10 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 2 TO

Trevor Ariza – 7-16 FG (44%), 3-6 FT (50%), 2 3ptm, 19 Pts, 6 Reb, 4 Ast, 2 Stl, 4 TO

Stephen Jackson – 15-22 FG (68%), 10-11 FT (91%), 3 3ptm, 43 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Ast, 3 Stl, 2 TO (continue reading…)

Calm down, 'Sheed - your value's not going to be this high for the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Buy Low:

Vince Carter

Ben Gordon

J.R. Smith

Trevor Ariza

Tyrus Thomas

Danny Granger, Pau Gasol, Kevin Garnett, Deron Williams, Kevin Martin and any other productive fantasy players who are injured (continue reading…)

Nate was absolutely great in his return after a long run on the bench. (NBAE via Getty Images/Scott Cunningham)

Game watch:
4 games: ATL, CHI, LAL, MEM, MIA, NJ, NO, ORL, POR, UTA, WAS
3 games: BOS, CHA, CLE, DAL, DEN, DET, GS, HOU, IND, LAC, MIL, MIN, OKC, PHI, PHO, SAC, SA, TOR
2 games: NY

Waiver wire watch:

• Omri Casspi: playing like a stud lately, deserves a spot in most leagues
• Matt Barnes: starting nowadays, doing well with it
• Rasual Butler: good for threes
• Roger Mason: “showing signs,” as Marv Albert would say (continue reading…)

T-Mac is proving his (lack of) worth lately. (Flickr/Keith Allison)

Game watch:
4 games – CHA, CLE, IND, LAL, MIN, NY, OKC, PHI, SAC, SA
3 games – ATL, BOS, CHI, DAL, DEN, GS, HOU, MEM, MIA, MIL, NJ, NO, ORL, PHO, POR, TOR, UTA, WAS
2 games – DET, LAC

Waiver wire watch:

• Yi Jianlian: successful return so far
• Kirk Hinrich: with starting job in hand, he’ll produce well
• Jarrett Jack: continues to play well in Jose Calderon’s absence
• Devin Brown: hitting lots of threes, stealing lots of balls lately
• Keyon Dooling: back from injury, putting up solid numbers (continue reading…)