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With injuries, lineup changes and other roster moves affecting playing time, it is important to keep your fantasy lineup up-to-date. Nike Air Max 1 Australia . Here are some under-the-radar players to take a look at to fill in the final spots on your team, as well as some who no longer warrant ownership. Take a look at… Kelly Olynyk (PF/C - Bos) – 28.7% owned: Olynyk has been the definition of peaks and valleys for his owners this season. He has struggled with consistency and playing time since being benched earlier in the season but he still remains valuable to owners as a big man who can knock down threes. With Jeff Green now gone, there aren’t many offensive options remaining on the Celtics aside from Olynyk. He may still come off the bench for now, but Olynyk will play a more important role for Boston going forward. Jusuf Nurkic (C - Den) – 22.7% owned: Now the starter in Denver after Timofey Mozgov was shipped to Cleveland, Nurkic’s upside should benefit his owners. While the sample size of two games is small, Nurkic looks to be an important part of a re-building Nuggets team that could see more veteran pieces moved out around the trade deadline. He is able to provide multiple blocks on a nightly basis, averaging 3.4 in his last five games, while remaining a double-double threat. His foul troubles are a problem, as he has picked up five-plus fouls in less than 22 minutes in five games this year. J.J. Hickson has been lurking off the bench, but Nurkic is the better option for now. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (SF - Cha) – 24.6% owned: Both Kidd-Gilchrist and Gerald Henderson have benefitted from the injuries of Lance Stephenson and Al Jefferson. While Kidd-Gilchrist shouldn’t be relied upon as a source of offence, he has scored in double digits in seven of his last eight games with a very good percentage. He won’t provide owners with much else aside from his rebounding ability, but those looking for boards from unlikely sources should snatch up the former second-overall pick. Hassan Whiteside (C - Mia) – 17.7% owned: He has been a revelation for the Heat as a big man off the bench and owners should enjoy riding Whiteside while he’s hot. Over his last five contests, Whiteside is averaging 12.8 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.2 blocks while shooting a ridiculous .725%. For a thin Miami frontcourt, Whiteside could continue to put up decent numbers. Until he comes back down to earth, he could be worth a look.< Maybe say goodbye to… Tristan Thompson (PF/C - Cle) – 42.8% owned: Thompson was a nice pickup for owners following the season-ending injury to Anderson Varejao but can now be dropped following the trade for Timofey Mozgov, who supplanted Thompson in the starting lineup in only his second game with the team. With the pending return of LeBron James and the stronger play of Kevin Love, don’t be surprised to see Thompson’s minutes decrease even further. He’s no longer worth owning. Jose Calderon (PG - NYK) – 24.9% owned: There aren’t many starting point guards available in Fantasy but Calderon should only be owned as a last resort. Once a reliable contributor for assists and field goal percentage, Calderon has struggled in both categories on an awful Knicks team. Despite the absence of many big names due to the injury bug, Calderon has not picked up the slack offensively. If it means anything to owners, he can still hit threes and has yet to miss a free-throw this season, but other than that it is tough to be attached to him. Harrison Barnes (SF – GSW) – 30.8% owned: By not being a focal point of the Warriors’ offence, Barnes has found himself with the inability to string together any amount of consistency. He has scored anywhere from two to 23 points over his last ten games, and his single digit outputs aren’t going to cut it for owners. He does provide decent rebounding for his position to go along with three-pointers and shooting percentage but owners can’t rely on him. Lance Stephenson (SG/SF - Cha) – 49.8% owned: The status of his pelvic injury seems to be improving but he remains day-to-day without a real timetable to return. His tantalizing ability to provide a balanced box score had been beneficial to owners but Stephenson hurt them with his poor field goal percentage. With the Hornets rolling, it remains to be seen what his role will be once he returns to the team. Those needing to free up a roster spot could drop Stephenson until more definitive updates on his return are available. Vapormax Sale Australia . PETERSBURG, Fla. Cheap Nike Air Max 95 Australia . The top-ranked Djokovic also beat Gael Monfils and then routed Roger Federer en route to his first Abu Dhabi title. "Its always great to win a title. This is the best way to start the 2012 season," Djokovic said. http://www.salenikeshoesaustralia.com/vans-clearance/old-skool-cheap.html . And like the near entirety of last season, Jonathan Bernier and Torontos goaltending tandem is up to the task.TORONTO - The Raptors have won seven of eight games, with just four remaining on the docket before the playoffs begin, but their head coach has been reluctant to celebrate his teams bittersweet late-season success. Thanks in large part to a soft schedule and their improved efficiency on offence, they are finding ways to pull out games that they have probably deserved to lose. In that way, progress has been made, as Raptor teams of the past would universally find creative and increasingly frustrating ways to squander winnable games. The red flag is routed in their recent slippage on defence, Dwane Caseys bread and butter. With the postseason around the corner, Casey knows that mental and physical toughness is about to become more important than ever. He cant help but be concerned with what hes seen. "If we havent taught defence by now we shouldnt be coaching," he said following a Thursday afternoon practice session. "Its a mindset right now, its a focus. Its this time of year throughout the league, its an epidemic." Over the last two games, Toronto has allowed Milwaukee and Philadelphia - the NBAs two worst clubs - to score 212 points combined, shooting exactly 50 per cent from the field, with each team exceeding 60 points in the painted area. On the season, the Raptors are surrendering 102.0 points per 100 possessions, the eighth-best mark in the association. Since Mar. 25 - a span in which theyve played nine games, six against sub-.500 competition - that number has ballooned to 107.2, ranking 17th, below league average. Offensively, theyve picked up the slack. Over that same stretch of nine games, the Raptors have scored 4.1 points more per 100 possessions than their regular season mark. Simply put, their shots are falling. Theyve connected on 44 per cent of their three-point attempts in the last four contests. That said, theyve made it this far with their commitment to defence. Thats what Casey knows, thats what he preaches and for whatever reason, his team has struggled to regain their identity at the most inconvenient time of the year. "Weve just got to get back on track," DeMar DeRozan said, following Torontos 125-114 win over the lowly 76ers on Wednesday. "Weve got to get out of whatever were not doing on the defensive end before the playoffs start. Just clean that up and use the next four games for that. Understand what were not doing and get back to the basics of what got us to this point." "We saw it on film, we showed the film, we talked about it, went through it this morning," Casey added the next day. "Its something thats going to have to be internal. Guys have to decide individually, Imma guard my yard and Im not going to let a guy blow by me." For the most part thats been the most glaring issue, containing speed and quickness on the perimeter, something the Raptors have been burned by consistently throughout the latter part of the season. Its easy to look at the 126 points Torronto has given up in the paint over the past two games and assign blame to the teams interior players but most of those buckets have come as a result of blow-bys and mental lapses on the perimeter. Asics Shoes Sale Australia. "Its a lot of things that factor into it and weve got to understand and learn that weve got to bring the same effort and focus every night," Casey said. "Its not something you teach. I mean, were not going to change defensive fundamentals. You cant drill it, its too physical. So its a mindset of understanding where we are in the season and understanding what were playing for." "Its not a lack of energy. Guys are playing hard, were just not focused on what we need to do and what were trying to do scheme-wise and playing smart." Surely some of the drop off can be attributed to injuries and having to shift rotations. Kyle Lowry returned to the court Wednesday after a three-game absence with a knee injury while Amir Johnson, the teams most valuable help defender, has missed most of the last four contests nursing his sore ankle. Johnson participated in a light practice Thursday and is nearing a return to game action, though the coaching staff will be cautious with his playing time when he is able to suit up, as early as Friday at home to the Knicks. "Its a day-to-day thing," Casey said of Johnsons status. "He probably could have went [Wednesday] night if it was totally needed but we need to get him healthy." With or without Johnson, the Raptors will be pursuing history when they host New York Friday evening. With a win, or Nets loss - theyre at home to Atlanta - Toronto would clinch its second division title in franchise history, while also matching a team record for most victories in a season with their 47th. Theyll also have an opportunity to go 15 games above the .500 mark for the first time in their 19-year existence. "That would definitely be an accomplishment," Johnson admitted, "but our main focus is just going game-by-game until we get to the top and then we can celebrate all our accomplishments." Meanwhile, the Knicks are a desperate team, sitting two games behind the Hawks for the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Well rested after four days off, they could present a challenge for Toronto and its ailing defence. "We expect nothing but theyre best shot," Casey said. "Theyre going to come out guns blazing, playing hard, as we should after our defensive performance [Wednesday] night. So I expect both teams to come out, I think itll be a hard fought game but weve got to play hard and smart." DeRozan and Lowry are also chasing history as their career seasons come to a close. Lowry needs just one three-pointer to tie Morris Petersons single season franchise record, previously set in the 2005-06 campaign, while DeRozan is 10 made free throws away from matching Chris Boshs mark of 504 from 2008-09. ' ' '
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