Martell

Webster

Barea has a chance to make some noise in fantasy leagues, provided he can start to severely outplay Martell Webster at the two slot. We’ll see how it goes tonight.

Martell Webster started in his place for the third quarter, signaling that Ridnour’s night could be over. Stay tuned.

Ellington leaps ahead of starter Martell Webster (two points, six assists, 20 minutes) in terms of fantasy value with this effort, but that doesn’t say much, if anything at all. J.J. Barea (three points, eight assists, 15 minutes) is still the reserve shooting guard to keep an eye on in Minny.

Johnson was scoreless on 0-of-4 shooting and has done nothing to justify his starting role, but with Martell Webster (22 minutes) in the mix things aren’t looking good for Beasley. His iso-heavy style of play simply isn’t meshing with coach Rick Adelman’s philosophy, and owners need to cut him loose if they haven’t already.

Webster had just two rebounds and took only two shots, and this takes him back to the bottom of the mountain in the fantasy realm.

Neither player is a must-own in fantasy, but both are worth keeping an eye on in case they get hot.

He continues to start and was helped by the fact that Wayne Ellington was out with back spasms tonight, while starting small forward Wes Johnson also played well tonight. Johnson had 11 points, four boards, three assists, two steals and a 3-pointer on 5-of-8 shooting in 30 minutes, but all of these guys are borderline fantasy players due to inconsistency. Just keep an eye on them.

Webster wouldn’t normally generate a blurb after a night like this, particularly with J.J. Barea (ankle) out, but with Ricky Rubio’s knee the talk of the NBA he’s a guy you’ll just want to keep in the back of your mind. Luke Ridnour will slide to PG and somebody will fill the shooting guard minutes, but Webster has his work cut out of him to be valuable in fantasy leagues.

All season long the Wolves have been in need of capable SG/SFs, and even though Webster was hot tonight his counterparts were miserable. Wes Johnson had five points and one rebound in 22 minutes, Michael Beasley had eight points on 3-of-11 shooting, and Wayne Ellington played just 10 minutes off the end of the bench.

Beat writer Jerry Zgoda wondered how the near 300-pound big man would handle rolling his ankle, but this is good news nonetheless. We’re calling him day-to-day, and if the injury is at all serious it wouldn’t be surprising to see Pek held out through the All Star break. Michael Beasley (33 minutes, 17 points, seven boards) and Martell Webster (32 minutes, 10 points, steal, two blocks) looked like the beneficiaries of Pek’s lost minutes tonight.