Dropping Dimes On The Daily is all about me looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly.  Goodly is a word, right?  Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!!  Please note that this is the fantasy basketball section of ElevationMag.com’s Daily Top Picks.  Check it out and see your daily rumors, quotes, headlines, and facts!  But read the fantasy section HERE!

The Fig Cap: “Yeah, that’s right, defend against the drive, dummy.  You’ll be calling me HEADACHE after the game because I’m gonna pop this pill from downtown like you’ll be popping aspirins later.”

I gotta give Sarge credit on this since he wrote about it first, but then again, he’s a Cleveland Browns fan and has nothing to do now.  Okay, okay, I’m talking about the wrong sport, so let me get back on track. 

The Memphis Grizzlies fired former head coach Mike Fratello because they didn’t like his slow and deliberate pace and wanted to run the ball more, which would utilize their personnel more.  Well, it looks like a good move right about now as the Grizzlins are sizzlins!  Add the fact that they matched up last night with another team that likes to run in the Golden State Warriors and it was a recipe that was more offensive than Howard Stern in his prime, me in a man-thong, and dead baby jokes combined. 

The final score of last night’s game was 144-135 in the Holy Shizzle My Grizznizzle’s favor and it was all about Mike Miller and Matt Barnes putting on a bombing display.  Combined they had 16 triples made - Miller had 9 and Barnes had seven - and both ended up number one (Barnes with 36) and two (Miller with 33) in scoring in the NBA last night.  Holy Shizzle for sure.

But, who else went big in that point bonanza of a game?  Damon Stoudamire who scored 18 points, which isn’t all that impressive relative to Miller’s performance, but what is impressive are the 16 dime drops Damon had.  Well, SOMEONE had to pass the ball off, right?  I’m not going full blast on him because of the presence of Chucky Atkins and Stoudamire’s age (33).  I just don’t think he’ll hang that long with the youngsters.  He’s a good get in deeper leagues though.

But enough about that Grizz/Warriors game.

Deron Williams only shot 1-for-12, but redeemed himself by getting 14 assists… If Baron Davis stays healthy, not only will that mean the end of the world is coming, but he’ll end up being THE BEST pick in your drafts… I loves me some Shaun Livingston (12 points, nine dimes)... Tracy McGrady had his third consecutive 30+ point game last night.  Could he possibly be BACK to the T-Mac we all knew and loved?... If it wasn’t for Agent Zero, Gilbert Arenas, Caron Butler and his 29/7/9 would have made more noise.  Yo, Caron, I’m hearing it!  Try trading for Butler because his price isn’t sky high right now.  Unfortunately when the Butler owner looks at Butler’s numbers, he may ask for more and it would be valid… Welcome back Chris Bosh (26/14 and two blocks)... Sorry, gotta get back to the Grizz/Warriors game and say, WHAT THE HECK?!?!  Stromile Swift had 26 points, 9 boards, and four blocks.  Well, there goes the annual Swift sighting.  Hope you enjoyed it… Andrei Kirilenko continues to stink worse than my abovementioned man-thong after a few dips in the Atlantic Ocean.  Four points and four boards?  Even the three steals don’t make it feel any better… Til next time.