BACKBOARD BROWN | WEEK 2 IN REVIEW | NBA Supercoach

We thought we had it all figured out after week 1. Tyrese Maxey proved 4 games will always be better than 3. Might be time to throw that out the window with Wemby, Giannis, Luka (played 3 of 4 scheduled games) and Cooper Flagg soaring to the top of the scores for this week, despite the 1 game “disadvantage”.

TOP 10 TRADED IN

• Trevon Brazille - 36 - The Nuggets have found a 2nd round gem in Brazille, and he should do a job for Supercoach, with a couple at least another week of price rises.

• Ty Jerome - 20 - Sometimes maybe win, sometimes maybe lose. With no injury designation for Monday’s game, owners will have a tough decision on whether to hold for another week, or cut your losses. He might need to be collateral damage if you want a Flagg or an SGA (or both).

• Austin Reaves - 65 - Owners left disappointed, especially considering he had a Luka free game

• Domantas Sabonis - 90 - The drums are beating, Sabonis’ time in Sacramento is closer to the end then the start, and its Sabonis beating the drums. Still managed to score well and rewarding owners. Took only 7 shots in one game this week. I would be moving him on, this is going to blow up very soon, and not in a good way for Sabonis.

• Jalen Johnson - 81 - An underwhelming score on a 4 game week, but the bigger news here is a QUESTIONABLE designation to play today. Need to watch this. If he plays, I think you should  hold. Easy sell if he misses.

• Jayson Tatum - 118 - Survived a HIA in his last game of the week, the Celts are rolling and so is Tatum

• Yaxel - 99 - The rookie of the year battle is officially a race in 2 between Yaxel and Boozer, with Yaxel making the Warriors surprisingly SC relevant this year. He is shaping up as the cash cow of the year also

• Tyrese Haliburton - 30 points - Injured. Gone. Goodbye.

• Walker Kessler - 107 - 7th best score for the week, and good for 6th overall in total points through the first 2 weeks. His numbers aren’t as glamorous as some of the bigger names in the PF/C position, but elite FG% and STOCKS make him a nice to own.

• Donovan Mitchell - 88 points - Will always be the concern with Mitchell that there is 4 mouths to feed in this team, and this week it was Allen (105) and Mobley (102) who raised the bat for the century.

TOP 10 TRADED OUT

There were 10 century scores in this week of Supercoach, and 4 of them feature in the top 10 traded out.

• Cooper Flagg - 114 - Plenty of sellers regret in this week’s list, but Flagg sellers should be the ones doing the most reflecting. The QUESTIONABLE tag against his name was gone our Tuesday morning, so he should not have been traded. Now you have to trade him back in. Supercoach is a cruel mistress at times.

• Wemby - 147 - 38 points in STOCKS. Can understand a lot of teams traded one of either Wemby or Giannis to fund other moves, but Wemby looks to have established himself as a must own, even in the 3 game weeks like this one. Sits second overall in total points behind Luka

• Mikel Brown Jnr - 18 - There is potential for him down the road, but not now

• Rui - 34 points- Finally showed some signs of life against the Warriors, but too little too late.

• Brandon Miller - 110 - If you looked up quantity over quality in the dictionary, there is a picture of Miller time - Leads Supercoach with minus 106 in missed shots, including minus 59 last week - Still scored 113 real NBA points, and filled the stat sheet, with owners questioning where this was in week 1.

• Giannis - 125 - What changed from week 1 to week 2? The Heat started making 3’s, and Bam remembered that he was actually good at basketball. I have trade regret, as I moved Giannis on to fund a Joker trade, which didn’t work out to well for me. For now.

• Jaylen Brown - 38 - Missed a game this week, but not sure of his relevance regardless, as he might be the 3rd banana when the big 4 all play.

• AJ Dybantsa - 36 - Trade him back in! 2 games into his NBA career, the stat sheet is a bit empty outside of points, but the rest will come. Should be a great downgrade trade to help fund an SGA or whoever you have your sights on.

• Anthony Edwards - 42 - Heading into a 4 game week, not sure why he was on the traded out list, but its a win for those that did trade him as he is staring down a 6 week ish absence. Bummer cause the Wolves were fun.

• Moritz Wagner - 62 - Nice bounce back in Supercoach, and has carved out a real NBA bench role, topping 20 minutes in all 3 games this week. If you held, your patience is admirable. If you sold, you should have no regrets

TOP 10 SCORES

• Wemby - 147

• Luka - 139

• Giannis - 125

• Tatum - 118

• Flagg - 114

• Brandon Miller - 110

• Kessler - 107

• Steph - 106 

• Jarret Allen - 105

• Evan Mobley - 102

Only Luka, Steph and Brandon Miller with guard position eligibility in the top 10, but when you push out to look at 11-20, the big man trend continues - 

• Scottie Barnes - 99

• Yaxel - 99

• Jokic - 98

• KD - 96

• Jabari Smith Jnr - 96

• Jamal Murray - 94

• Moussa Diabete - 94

• KAT - 92 

• PG13 - 91

• Sabonis - 90

Now I am not going to tell you how to build your Supercoach roster, but the top scorers by position this week - 

3 x Point Guard - Luka, Steph, Murray

4 x Shooting Guard - Luka, Murray, PG13, Miller

7 x Small Forward - Flagg, Tatum, Miller, Barnes, Yaxel, KD, PG13

11 x Power Forward - Wemby, Giannis, Tatum, Kessler, Mobley, Barnes, Yaxel, KD, Jabari, KAT, Sabonis

9 x Center - Wemby, Giannis, Kessler, Allen, Mobley, Jokic, Diabete, KAT, Sabonis

Players not in the top 20 this week, but top 20 on averages through first 2 weeks (who are healthy, ruling out Ant, Hali and Paolo - 

Point Guard - Maxey

Shooting Guard - Maxey

Power Forward - Zion, JJ

Center - Sengun, JJ

Its a big man’s game right now. Use this information as you so desire. Or don’t.

TOP 20 OWNED

• Yaxel - 99

• Cameron Boozer - 81

• Darius Acuff Jnr - 79

• Luka - 139 

• Caleb Wilson - 66

• Darryn Peterson - 46

• Wemby - 147

• Haliburton - 30

• AJ Dybantsa - 36

• Khaman Maluach - 26

• Dylan Harper - 68

• Joker - 98

• Giannis- 125

• Tatum - 118

• Mikel Brown Jnr - 18 

• Jalen Johnson - 81

• Cooper Flagg - 114

• Moritz Wagner - 62

• SGA - 64

• Isaiah Evans - MINUS 1