Drew Gooden to the Spurs – Fantasy Impact
March 7, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under NBA News, NFL Player Analysis
Drew Gooden was recently released by the Sacramento Kings after being traded from the Chicago Bulls. It didn’t take long for him to catch on, landing with the four-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs.
Although it’s expected that Gooden will come off the bench, there’s definitely a chance for him to carve out a substantial role. Next to Tim Duncan, the Spurs have only a selection of questionably talented role players.
In terms of fantasy basketball, Gooden will only truly hold value if he starts. As a starter and playing thirty minutes per night, Gooden could average somewhere around ten points and eight boards per game for San Antonio.
The players this news could negatively affect are Matt Bonner and Kurt Thomas. Bonner has been a very good source for three-pointers from the bigman positions in both the NBA and the fantasy world. If he finds himself coming off the bench, his stock would plummet.
Thomas doesn’t have much of a fantasy stock as it stands and this news lowers his status to a penny stock.
