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Brockman

The burly PF had just two points in eight minutes, and it all came in garbage time. He’s not a fantasy asset.

Brockman is averaging four minutes in four appearances this season, so his absence (should he miss any games) will hardly be felt.

Leuer has played well all year in limited minutes, and when you consider the Bucks’ win and the fact that Ersan Ilyasova played fairly well as a backup, this move could stick. But this is Scott Skiles we’re talking about here. He has Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (knee), Drew Gooden, Jon Brockman, Larry Sanders, and Ilyasova to spell Leuer with any given night. Banking on more than 20 minutes out of Leuer is a fool’s mission, even if he looks like a good pickup today, because Skiles has a history of adjusting rotations nightly. He’s a risky, speculative add until he does this again.

The backup big man is a solid per-minute rebounder, but isn’t likely to have fantasy value even in deeper formats after averaging just 2.2 points and 2.9 rebounds per game last season.

This seems like a slam dunk for Milwaukee. The draft pick difference is minimal, Brockman and Leuer are both low-end NBA power forwards (an overflowing position for the Bucks), Livingston was expendable, and the Bucks address their most glaring roster need: a quality starting center. Dalembert (who will earn $6.7 million in the final year of his deal) immediately slots into the C position ahead of Ekpe Udoh, Larry Sanders and Drew Gooden, and he should easily exceed the 22 minutes per game he averaged for Houston last season.

Brockman could give Houston some blue-collar minutes off the bench, but his acquisition was more about the Rockets gaining financial flexibility and draft leverage. The 6'7" power forward is owed a flat $1 million this season, after which he’ll be an unrestricted FA.

Brockman was stretching with an elastic band and was injured when the taut band slipped off his foot. There is no timetable for his return, but surgery was not required and it sounds like he’ll be ready for Rockets training camp.

Brockman was hospitalized in early September with a right eye injury before being released, and he’s likely just in the latter stages of recovery. Since no surgery was required, Brockman should be cleared to play before too long.

Brockman’s absence at camp is somewhat alarming, since he hurt himself in a freak accident way back on Sept. 10, when an elastic stretching band slipped off his foot and whipped him in the eye. Every day he misses makes it more likely Patrick Patterson will hang onto the starting PF job.

Brockman was slowed in training camp with an eye injury, but he never had a long-term future in Houston.