Delfino leads the way for Bucks: Bucks F Carlos Delfino led his team in scoring on Wednesday night against the Raptors. He finished with a season-high 25 points and nine rebounds in the 105-99 win. He went 7 for 12 from the field, including 6 for 8 from downtown, and made 5 of 6 free throws. Delfino, who played 33 minutes, also chipped in with four steals and two assists in the victory. (Updated 02/08/2012)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
Delfino scored in double figures for just the seventh time on Wednesday and posted his first 20-point performance of the year. He is averaging 10.8 points with two assists and 2.8 rebounds in his last five contests, and is shooting 45 percent from 3-point land over that span. While Delfino can fill up a stat sheet from time to time, owners should consider the 29-year-old merely a low-end in deeper formats at this point in the season as he is an inconsistent contributor. (Updated 02/08/2012).
02/01/2012 11:18 Waiver Wire: Versatile Booker worth a look
The schedule is starting to even out, but injuries continue to shape who gets playing time and who doesn't. If you need help filling out your injury-riddled roster, Ed Gauna is here with his look at the waiver wire.
There are many unknowns surrounding Carlos Delfino coming into the 2011-12 season. The Argentine forward missed nearly the entire first two months of the year after suffering a concussion during the first week of the 2010-11 campaign, but played well upon returning. Despite being limited to just 49 games (40 starts), Delfino averaged a career-best 11.5 points to go along with 4.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals per contest while averaging around 32.5 minutes. He also put up back-to-back 30-point games in March and led the club with 105 three-pointers made while shooting 37 percent from downtown. After a strong finish to the season, the Bucks picked up his player option back in April and Delfino was expected to once again be a starting forward heading into the new season. However, that might not be the case now as Milwaukee shook up its roster by landing Stephen Jackson and Beno Udrih in a pair of Draft Day trades back in June. Jackson will most likely now assume the starting-small forward role, which leaves Delfino’s role a bit uncertain heading into training camp. If he does in fact find himself coming off the bench, owners should be prepared to see a decrease in stats. He will likely see around 20 minutes per game coming off the pine, and based on how he fared with the Raptors in a reserve role, owners are probably looking at around 10 points and a handful of rebounds a night. With the way things look right now, Delfino is not worth drafting in most formats. (Updated 8/28/11)
