Gilbert Arenas getting suspended indefinitely was almost the best thing that could’ve happend fantasy-wise to any owner who has a Wizard not named Gilbert Arenas.

Seriously.

Last week, during the weekly watch, I said to pick up Randy Foye.  I also mentioned, briefly, to pick up Brendan Haywood if you needed boards and blocks.

Now I’ll be the first to admit, I did NOT expect Haywood to do what he’s done over the last few games.  Over his last four games, his rebound stat line reads like this: 15, 14, 15, 10.  Yes, that’s pretty outstanding.  I was expecting a few games in double digits, and a few games with about 8 rebounds or so.  What a putz I am, right?

I’m also noticing that Allen Iverson being in the Philly lineup pretty much sinks every other Sixer’s fantasy value down the toilet.  Well, not really, I guess… considering Andre Iguodala will have his assists and some boards.  But seriously, Lou Williams has seen his scoring become maddeningly inconsistent.  Elton Brand was just held to five points tonight.  Iguodala was in the low single digits in scoring.  Thaddeus Young continues to be inconsistent, with or without AI.  Meanwhile, AI scored 16 points and the Sixers lost to the Knicks, of all teams.

Basically, because of the AI disease, Lou Williams has become borderline unownable in about 50% of leagues.  People probably will keep him, hoping for AI to be released in real life or maybe he’ll retire.  Young is droppable.  Iguodala and Brand are must keeps, but their stock definitely goes down with Iverson in the lineup.  The worst part of all this is that Iverson himself is pretty unreliable fantasy-wise because he can’t do much else besides score a little above 15 points.

In Minnesota, Al Jefferson was a STUD.  26 points and 26 boards.  And his team lost to the Rockets, who had a STUD of their own – Aaron Brooks with 43 points.  By the way, the guy Jefferson was supposedly offered for in a trade, Danny Granger of Indiana, scored 33 tonight with 5 3-pointers.

Hockey-wise… Michal Neuvirth had his second straight POOR performance where he got pulled and Jose Theodore came on in relief and performed decently in the last game, and then pretty admirably tonight.  Keep an eye on this situation.  Also checking out Guillaume Latendresse and Josh Bailey to see if their recent strong efforts continue.