Hailfire4 (510 posts)  9/27/2012 7:20 PM

I drafted him at 81 in the BOSF draft. I used the best player on the roster focal point of team reasoning. His projections baffle me. He is negative in every category. He is close to baseline in 4 categories solid red in the other 5. This is a 16 team league projection. The thing is, if he is that bad he will never keep the playing time to stay that bad. Think Evan Turner. He sucked his way out of the starting lineup every chance he has been given. This year Evan starting again (for now). I understand MKG may not score, steal, rebound, hit shots, hit FTs, handle the ball, assist with the league leaders but to have him fail at everything? Can we at least believe he will do 1 thing adequately? Maybe put his turnovers at green? If he is that red the bench he will be a riding.

tonika_zr (986 posts)  9/27/2012 8:14 PM

 Hilarious post

# 6361 (32 posts)  9/27/2012 8:26 PM

Whenever I watched Kentucky and focused on MKG I thought this guy doesn't have one skill that jumps out at me and yet for some reason I still feel like he's awesome. He's sort of like a young Ron Artest, I felt the same way watching him in college. He just has presence and toughness and plays harder than everyone. 

When you factor in that he plays for Charlotte I could easily see him leading the team in scoring. I could see him averaging 14 & 6 with a good FG%.

drstats (16 posts)  10/1/2012 2:41 PM

The biggest knock against him is that Michael Jordan drafted him... ;)

mbuser (4320 posts)  10/1/2012 3:35 PM

I was more optimistic about MKG's fantasy outlook before I sat down and looked at the "by the numbers" projections. The defensive stats should be useful, and he's going to be very easy to root for, but he's an unrefined offensive player on a bad offensive team. Outside of transition, it's going to be a struggle.

floppymoose (17 posts)  10/1/2012 11:41 PM

I drafted him at 89 in a league that has a some of the same members as BOSF.   In general I stay away from rookies but I feel pretty good about him at 89.  I watched his one SL game closely and had no trouble dealing with nba-level athleticism in his opponents.  I think he could be a guy who has a good rookie season and a shot at ROY.

Hailfire4 (510 posts)  10/2/2012 12:56 AM

I drafted MKG in that BOSF draft FloppyMoose. His projections are pretty bad all red but he has a wee bit of green in rebounds now. When i ran my BOSF team I just omit MKG altogether and just input the other 13 guys. I haven't noticed any other projections that caught my eye either too good or too bad. I am not saying MKG won't flop BBM may be right in their outlook. But if he is this bad I will bench the bum within a week. Are u in the auction league Floppy?

floppymoose (17 posts)  10/13/2012 7:24 PM

Yes, I'm in FFML (the auction league).

Hailfire4 (510 posts)  2/3/2013 1:20 AM

Yikes that injury looked horrible. Sadly I have just cut MKG in every league 12 teams and lower. BOSF I am still holding him for now. Truth is he has been kind of sucking for a while now from a fantasy standpoint. Concussions are such hard things to gauge. Patience is easier when the WW looks like our BOSF wasteland.

mbuser (4320 posts)  2/3/2013 2:02 AM

First off, you wish him nothing but a speedy recovery. And yes, the cold truth is that the shine has been off his fantasy impact for some time now.

ZeroStatic (164 posts)  2/3/2013 2:25 AM

I don't mind him in fantasy to be honest, he can be a bench glue guy for a strong team, kind of like Parsons at the end of last year. Good percentages are useful from waiver wire guys, especially if they come with STL and BLK and a bit of upside too.

floppymoose (17 posts)  4/22/2013 8:02 PM

I was way too optimistic on MKG.  He finished at 136.  I drafted him at 89.  Double plus ungood on me.