7th. KMAC:
It's been tough sleding for the defending champ through the first half of the season. A shaky draft and a litany of injuries has forced Kmac into 14 transactions and a 6-player trade. Carmelo Anthony was the big chip in the trade for Kmac, but he's been mostly on the bench due to injury since he arrived. His presence along with Zach Randolph will be critical to the champs making a run for the money in the second half of the season.
Only 4 active players remain from the draft. 2 others, Terrance Jones and Ricky Rubio have been on the injured list since November. First round pick Chris Paul has been solid but not spectacular. Cliff Paul has occassionally shown up in his place with stinkers every once in a while.
8th. BnG:
If you're in a situation where you trade your 2nd and 3rd round picks for somebody else's 5th and 6th round picks, your season is probably not going the way you expected. That's the situation here as Barry acquired Jimmy Butler and Marcin Gortat for Andre Drummond and Tyreke Evans in mid December. As discussed in Midseason Report I, Butler has been solid upon his arrival. Gortat, not so much. But the free agent acquistion of Gorgui Dieng (C) has helped ease the pain in the middle.
4th overall pick Kevin Love has struggled to find his way in Cleveland, thus he has handicapped this fantasy team. His current slam is 39 (23rd overall). Barry only has half his players (6) remaining from the draft. 8 transactions have been used so far.
9th. DC Ballers:
DCB struggled early, posting three sub 30 point weeks in the first 9 weeks of the season. However the emergence of the Piston's Greg Monroe the past couple of weeks has given this squad a shot in the arm. Blake Griffin has been a solid producer (10th overall Slam ranking). A healthy Al Jefferson would provide a solid rotation the 2nd half of the season and provide a ray of hope. DCB has been quiet on the transaction front with only 3 spent. Thus 11 of his 12 draft picks remain on the roster. Unfortunately the results don't suggest that's a good thing.
10th. Nellie:
On paper this looked like a very good squad to begin the season. But it has imploded in epic proportions the past month. Josh Smith got released in Detroit and picked up in Houston. Chris Bosh was hampered by injury for awhile. Derrick Rose has been in and out of the lineup, and hasn't been good when playing. The result has been the weekly low score 3 of the past 4 weeks. Nellie has used half of his transactions, and still has 3/4 of his draft class.
11th. Buc:
The other rookie of the league had a good first round pick in John Wall. But then the draft kind of imploded after that and he's been pretty much M.I.A. ever since. All draft picks are still in place and no transactions have been used to try and improve the team, even though 2nd round pick Kawhi Leonard has missed most of the season due to injury.
12th. GFCrew:
An interesting draft strategy of drafting Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant back to back backfired, and put GFCrew in a dicey situation to begin the season. And while the starters struggled with poor production and injuries, the bench players did nothing to plug the holes. An early season trade of Melo for Deandre Jordan solved the problem at center, but the other players in the deal, Demar Derozen and Tony Wroten immediately went down with injuries the moment they arrived. All the injured parties are now back and healthy. They should be able to move GFCrew out of the basement by season's end. 7 of 12 players remain from the draft, and only 5 transacations have been used.
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