WEEK 20 PICKUPS:

First of all, make sure guys like Drew Gooden (49%), Taj Gibson (42%), and George Hill (48%) aren’t taken.  You might also want to consider Richard Jefferson, who’s owned in 50+% of Yahoo leagues but might have been dropped anytime in the last several weeks.  He carried some of the offensive burden when Tony Parker exited the Spurs’ last game with a broken hand.  Carlos Delfino (46%) is another guy who might have been dropped recently who is putting things together again.

Quentin Richardson (21%)

He’s on fire, with 12 makes from downtown over his last 2 games.  It’s hard to fully endorse him because he’s been streaky his entire career, but with Jermaine O’Neal out, Q is taking more shots and could singlehandedly decide 3’s in H2H leagues.

Anthony Tolliver (17%)

I probably overhyped him the first time I mentioned him several weeks ago, but with Andris Biedrins out, Tolliver is a nice Channing Frye-ish (pre-Robin Lopez) clone.  Ronny Turiaf is also useful for blocks, although I’d rather own the guy two spots below.

Rodrigue Beaubois (14%)

Beaubois was my first pickup upon returning stateside.  He’s posted back-to-back-to-back career highs in scoring his last three games with Jason Terry out of commission.

JaVale McGee (21%)

He’s slowly rounding into the form that made him one of my “must-owns” (at least in deeper leagues) in the aftermath of the trade deadline, averaging nearly 4 bpg over his last 5.

Jonas Jerebko (18%)

Posted near-1/1/1 stats last week and is getting plenty of touches as DET continues to jostle for lottery position.

Keep an eye on:

James Harden (32% — his up-and-down rookie season was “up” last week), Jrue Holiday (11% — ditto),J.J. Hickson (17%), Matt Bonner (6% — another candidate to hoist more shots sans Tony P), Matt Barnes(20% — playing well + nice sked this week), Bill Walker (5%), Serge Ibaka (4%).