Wednesday, November 4, 2009

7 Minutes Nellie

A new nickname for every fantasy basketball player's favorite head coach. Seven minutes Nellie. Basically what it means is that if Nellie has anything good to say about a player on his team it is close to guaranteed that said player will only put in seven minutes in the Warriors next game. Case in point, Anthony Randolph. Mere hours after pontificating on the kind of spark Randolph could bring the Warriors as the first center off-the bench Nellie's first substitution for his current whipping boy Andris Biedrins with...wait for it.... Mikki Moore!

Moore then proceeded to play 29 minutes while contributing absolutely nothing. For what its worth, Randolph fans, he was able to outscore Moore 4-2 in 2/3 less minutes. Not all the news is bad, however. Knowing Nellie odds are that Randolph starts at PG and plays 48 minutes on Friday. Unless, of course, Acie Law looks good carrying Monta Ellis' bags to the hotel room.