Getting a start for the injured Mike Miller on Tuesday, Wizards SG Nick Young scored 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting, with two 3-pointers and four rebounds.
This performance solidifies Young's role as a starter, and he's worth a speculative pickup if you're in need of points and threes. Just as encouraging, if you own Young, is the paltry playing time of Randy Foye (14 minutes) and DeShawn Stevenson (one minute).
The Wizards defeated the 76ers on Tuesday, led by Antawn Jamison's game-high 32 points, 14 rebounds, three assists and one steal.
Jamison is averaging 25.3 points in his four games this season, and the only visible sign of his shoulder injury is the sleeve that he now wears. He made 13-of-23 FGs and 5-of-6 FTs, and eight of his rebounds came on the offensive end. Thoroughly impressive.
76ers center Samuel Dalembert had his best game of the season on Tuesday, finishing with 15 points, nine rebounds, three assists, one steal and four blocks in 26 minutes.
This was just the second time all season that Dalembert has scored double-digit points. He was active and effective on both ends of the court, but as usual our gripe with Sammy is that he's a different player from game to game. Feel free to pick him up -- hopefully the absence of Marreese Speights will bring out the best in him.
Lou Williams led the 76ers with 26 points on Tuesday, going 10-of-17 from the field with four 3-pointers, four rebounds, five assists and one steal.
Unfortunately, Williams missed a potential game-winner as the clock expired, sending the 5-9 Sixers to their third consecutive loss.
76ers forward Elton Brand left Tuesday's game with a sore right hamstring and will not return. He will be evaluated after the game.
Brand scored four points on 1-of-9 shooting before exiting the game, and clearly wasn't feeling like himself. Hopefully this is just a temporary inconvenience -- over the past three games he averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2.7 steals, and 3.6 blocks per game.
Shawn Marion will not play on Tuesday because of lingering pain in his sprained ankle.
It isn't too surprising to see the veteran forward take his time returning. He would have been running all night against the Warriors, in the first of back-to-back games. Consider him questionable for Wednesday's matchup with the Rockets.
The Blue Jays are reportedly interested in catcher Yorvit Torrealba, according to MLB.com.
Looks like a bidding war may be heating up as both the Rockies and Giants have previously expressed interest. The Jays currently have no options behind the plate as Rod Barajas is a free agent. It's becoming more and more clear it will take a multiyear pact to sign Torrealba, who wants to start. This would seem to position Toronto as frontrunners.
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