Keeper League question
 

I can only keep 4 guys and it's based on draft position.

Currently I have 5 guys who are no brainer keepers.

Amare 1st round
Josh Smith 2nd round
Dwill 3rd round
Al Jefferson 4th round
Durant 5th round

So I can't keep them all. Who do I keep and therefore the 5th one, I will try and trade them for a vetern stud that plays the same position. I am considering trying to get Nash for Dwill straight up (using the keeper aspect as added Dwill value). Nash was a 1st rounder, so I wouldn't keep him over Amare. Both Jefferson and Amare are C eligible.

I also have solid keepers in Tyson 6th rounder and RJ 9th rounder.

Thoughts/advice? Thanks!

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I wouldn't keep Durant over Josh Smith, Amare, Deron, and Al Jeff. Your boys are all 1st and 2nd rounders in a redraft league.

Kevin Durant is a fine player for years to come. Probably a multi-cat player in the shape of...dare I say...Kobe and Rashard. Scoring beast while hitting all cats. Not Arenas(assist beast), Nash(assist Beast), Dirk(rebounds, and %'s), Marion(Mulit-cat specialist without being a primary offensive weapon), Garnett(Rebound, %'s, minus the threes), Lebron(actually closer than i thought)

You want to trade for Nash..Releasing/trading Nash down the road? Bad idea... Deron(younger, much younger) and Nash are 10+ assist men. Locking one category down all by themself. Not to mention their all-around fantasy prowess. Scorers like Durant can be found all over the place during the draft.

Other 10+ assist men:
Nash
Chris Paul
Deron William
Jason Kidd

Couple honorable mentions
Bdiddy
Tj ford

Tyson and RJ don't hold a light next to your other keepers. Keeping them to open up your draft round is another bad idea.

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So you think that trying to deal Durant would be the best idea, with Amare, Jefferson, DWill and Smoove as my 4 keepers?

If I deal Durant, I want a vet I assume that I would have no intention of keeping. Any ideas? Ray Allen type guy maybe?

The reason I mentioned Tyson etc was because it's also about value in addition to pure talent. Buy you're saying Tyson as a 6th rounder isn't as valueable as Amare as a 1st or Jefferson as a 4th etc?

Thanks for the input.

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Your keepers are solid. Deron is the most untradable piece you have. Surprised?

Amare is a beast...im afraid of his knee holding up after the next 2-3 years.

Al Jeff is a beast as well, but doesn't bring enough blocks to the table.

Smoove with improved fg% and ft% would be AMAZING. Al Jeff and Amare make up for that beautifully.

My remark about finding scorers in the draft is a bit hasty. 30 point nights are going to be common place for durant. Maybe package Durant and 1 of your big 4...for an upgrade into the top 10. Now that is a better idea.

Tyson and RJeff have beatiful value and maybe you can add Tyson to the Durant package. With your Big 4 i almost dont care who else you have. Keeper wise.

Anytime...your welcome.

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I might be able to get Paul Pierce and Mo Williams for my Durant and Jameer Nelson. Is this a good deal?

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PP and Durant is a wash. But the Vet edges him in every category except maybe ft%.

MO is poor mans jkidd,chris paul, steve nash. Filling the stat sheet across the board with 3', points, 5+ass,5+rebs, and stls, Half the time he puts up klunkers like last night. Reducing you fg%.

Gaining PP doesn't improve you keepers and may be untradeable to owners later. For that top 10 upgrade down the line. Overall your team vastly improves with two mutlicat players.

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This is what I think as well. I still have Amare, Big Al, Smoove and DWill as keepers, and since I only have 4, I need to move one. This Pierce deal helps me win this season.

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If you want to trade for 4 keepers only, try out

Durant+Al for Kobe
Deron+Tyson for Paul

Amare, Josh, Paul, Kobe

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So you think I should try and upgrade the keepers I have?

Obviously you wouldn't know this, but we can only keep 1 guy per round, and both Amare and Kobe were 1st rounder and SMoove and CP3 were 2nd rounders.

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Ah ok gotcha. I'd go for kobe over amare and keep Al as your big man. I'd think about Amare+Durant for Kobe+filler.

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Then my keepers would be Kobe, Big Al, Smoove and Dwill. Solid plan. Got most categories covered with those guys.

Is Kobe worth that much though? Durant + Amare? The filler I would think should be pretty darn good.

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Was offered VC for Durant. Is that enough?

Also can be expanded to Amare/Durant for Dirk/VC. I would then drop Diaw for Haywood.

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Well like you said, there's 5 possible keepers, so you can afford to get rid 2 of those guys and get a better keeper back. You can afford to lose amare with Chandler+Al. I still say try and trade Amare+Durant for Kobe+someone else you like.

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Again, info you wouldn't know, but the team with Kobe has NO blocks, and I would need to get some in return to make that deal work othrwise I might drop significantly in blks.

I won't keep Tyson. If I dealt Durant/Amare for a better keeper, I would keep Dwill, Smoove, Big AL and then the new stud (kobe etc).

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Based on my team needs, I have proposed the following deals:

1) Durant/Amare for Yao/Pierce

2) Durant/Amare/Diaw for Duncan/Josh Howard/Granger

Thoughts? Yao would be my keeper if deal 1 went through. If the 2nd deal went down, upgrade overall talent to win this season, but Granger would be a sneaky keeper as he was taken in the 7th round.