One of the most conflicting things about fantasy basketball is season ending injuries. While most people don't wish an injury on any athlete, you have to take advantage of injuries (especially season ending injuries) on fantasy values. On Sunday morning, as soon as I heard that Michael Redd was out for the season with ACL and MCL tears, I immediately went to see how I could fit Ramon Sessions (PG - SG) on my fantasy squad. Sessions was available in about 70% of leagues.
Due to how my squad is currently constructed, it didn't make sense for me to pick him up. I would've had to make multiple moves (i.e. drop/add another player, or make a trade) to make it happen. In the end, it wasn't worth it (for me at least) since my team is soooo stacked! (I can hear the other owners now, but I can talk as much trash as I want since I'm 13.5 games ahead of everyone else!) Anyway, back to the topic on hand. Sessions is a must pick up. With the increased minutes, he'll instantly be a 15-18 points a game scorer and probably average around 6 assists. He would add more assists, but it seems that Scott Skiles is intent on letting Luke Ridnour get the majority of minutes at the point, so many of Sessions' minutes will be off the ball. If given the opportunity to run the point full time, he would put up numbers similar to what he did last April when he averaged a double-double when inserted into the starting line-up. (FYI.... In his first game without Redd, Session had the following line - 18 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asts, 3 stls)
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