Monta Ellis is finally going to return from the offseason injury debacle that has kept him out for half the season. He has been practicing for a couple of weeks and is scheduled to return tonight against the Cavaliers.

As he is only owned in 70% of Yahoo leagues (and chances are likely that similar numbers exists in other Fantasy leagues), it’s worth a look to see if he is currently available in yours.

And in case you can’t remember how good he was last year and why he was given such a monstrous contract in the offseason, let me refresh your memory.

• 20 points per game
• 5 rebounds per game
• 4 assists per game
• 1.5 steals per game
• 53% FG

Coming back to you now?

He is likely to be out of shape for the next week or two, but look for him to return to those type of numbers after the All-Star Break at the latest.

He can rest him on your bench until you see the kind of numbers that make you willing to play him in your starting roster.

On Fantasy Draft night there was a lot of wondering on which rookies were going to pan out for their respective teams, and which ones wouldn’t be worthy of the hype that they were receiving.

Now that we have come about half-way through the NBA season, things are a lot more clear.

Let’s take a look…

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Even for people who have no taste for the NBA, you have got to love the situation that the Portland Trailblazers find themselves in at the current time.

Let me set this up for you.

Darius Miles had a career-ending injury that required micro-fracture surgery. There are certain rules in place by the NBA and by insurance companies insuring the teams that will prevent horrible injuries to players from damaging teams and their viability as a contender in the league for longer than a couple of years at the most.

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The official trade involves Jason Richardson and Sean Singletary being sent to Phoenix in exchange for Boris Diaw, Raja Bell, and Jared Dudley.

How will this affect the players individually, as well as their teams?

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As part of a second trade by the Knicks on Friday, New York shed itself of Zach Randolph’s enormous contract in a purely cost-cutting measure in the hopes of landing one of the major free agents of 2010. The Knicks sent Zach Randolph and Mardy Collins to the Clippers for Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley.

Fantasy-wise, does this mean anything to you?

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