Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Pop! Goes The Karma In Charlotte, The Karma In Charlotte Goes Pop!

So, mere hours after I suggest that fuzz-faced Bobcats bricklayer Adam Morrison could one day reclaim his status of diabetic-hero and slowly shake off the stigma of bust --I mean, no one calls Tony Battie "El Busto" anymore, right?-- he goes and does his knee and will now sit for the season. Joining fellow Big Orange baller Sean May in the stable. Whilst I'd never be so egotistical to suggest some sort of curse, maybe I'll have to watch whom I'm seeding the love on from hereon out.

In other news: that Walter-Herrmann-as-deluxe-sleeper column I penned after the Sean May injury now seems doubly poignant. The Bobcats're growing thinner by the day, meaning the Argentine Fabio'll definitely get some sort of gig in even the tightest of eight-man rotations. But, more importantly, Sam Vincent finally —finally!— went with the small lineup we've all been waiting for on Sunday; with former 'starter' Ryan Hollins getting only 9 minutes of tick from deep on the bench. Felton/Richardson/Wallace/Herrmann/Okafor ran most of the game together, and, whilst Charlotte's meagre 88-point return (against Phoenix, no less!) hardly validated the lineup change, our hursuite Herrmann answered the bell. Starting at the four, Amo El Walter! hauled in 14 rebounds. If he can clean the glass at such a rate, to go with his sweet three-ball stroke, Herrmann will earn some serious fantasy value.

The Morrison/May injuries have thinned the ranks to the point where all of the Bobcats' five projected starters must be considered to have solid to extremely-high fantasy value. J-Rich, in particular, is starting to warm up as we get close to the season; his 23/4/4 with 5/11 threes versus Phoenix an elite, top-30 type line. Both he and Wallace could probably be worth bumping up a few spots on your draft-board now that there's very little depth behind them.

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