He isn’t on your Big Board.  He isn’t even in your thoughts on draft day.  He isn’t even allowed to practice with his current team.  Jamaal Tinsley has worn out his welcome in Indiana.  Not so much for lack of skills or on-court production, but mostly for being prone to injury, a large chunk of change left on his contract and multiple off-court issues.  In the past few days I have read about possible trades to Denver and Miami.  Need I say more?  When healthy, Tinsley can be a very solid PG when it comes to fantasy value.

Tinsley averaged over 8 assists last year for Indiana.  Can you imagine what he could do feeding Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson or Dwayne Wade and Shawn Marion (and don’t forget Michael Beasley)?  His shooting skills are not top notch but in either of those two offenses he wouldn’t be required to score as much.  He could just sit back and get you 9-12 assists per game with 1-2 stls (2-3 with Denver’s fast paced approach), 10-15 pts, 1-2 threes…  As long as he is healthy (and playing), Tinsley should be on somone’s roster.  If you have room for him on your bench I suggest picking him up.  The Pacers are NOT going to keep him on the roster.  They have already replaced him with T.J. Ford.  He will be traded and when it happens, you will be thanking me.  What’s the worst that could happen?