I would like to announce that from now on the Monday S&D will not include wrap-ups of games — unless of course there is something that needs to be covered — but will include the weekly S&D. These will be players who had performances even higher or lower than what normally qualifies them to appear in this space. I will also keep an S&D list which will run the best games of the year so far and will have even higher and lower standards. Here are the first versions…

Weekly Studs

1. Carmelo Anthony (11/1 vs. Grizzlies) – 15/26 FG, 1/3 3PT, 11/12 FT, 7 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL, 42 PTS
2. Brandon Roy (10/31 at Rockets) – 12/20 FG, 5/7 3PT, 13/13 FT, 6 REB, 4 AST, 42 PTS
3. O.J. Mayo (11/1 at Nuggets) – 17/25 FG, 4/8 3PT, 2/2 FT, 5 REB, 4 AST, 40 PTS
4. Tim Duncan (10/29 at Bulls) – 13/19 FG, 16 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, 3 BLK, 28 PTS
5. Louis Williams (10/31 at Knicks) – 10/12 FG, 7/8 FT, 10 REB, 7 AST, 27 PTS

Weekly Duds

1. Matt Barnes (10/30 at Nets) – 0/6 FG, 0/2 3PT, 1/3 FT, 4 REB, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 2 PF, 1 PT, 24 MIN
2. Nick Young (10/30 at Hawks) – 0/8 FG, 0/2 3PT, 0/0 FT, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 PF, 0 PTS, 13 MIN
3. Nate Robinson (10/28 at Heat) – 0/8 FG, 0/5 3PT, 1/2 FT, 2 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 2 PF, 1 PT, 21 MIN
4. Stephen Graham (10/28 at Celtics) – 2/11 FG, 0/1 3PT, 1/3 FT, 4 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 3 PF, 5 PTS, 29 MIN

So those are your Week 1 Studs. Unfortetly for the Studs and fortunetly for the Duds, none of them reached the level to be put on the list for the year. Too bad. Maybe this week.

After the jump are last night’s highlights and lists…

Studs

1. Carmelo Anthony – 15/26 FG, 1/3 3PT, 11/12 FT, 7 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL, 42 PTS
2. O.J. Mayo – 17/25 FG, 4/8 3PT, 2/2 FT, 5 REB, 4 AST, 40 PTS
3. Ryan Gomes – 10/13 FG, 2/2 3PT, 15 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL, 23 MIN
4. Kobe Bryant – 15/29 FG, 1/2 3PT, 10/11 FT, 8 REB (3 OFF), 3 AST, 5 STL, 41 PTS
5. Chris Bosh – 10/20 FG, 2/2 3PT, 16 REB, 35 PTS
6. J.J. Redick – 8/14, 5/8 3PT, 6/7 FT, 6 REB, 5 AST, 27 PTS
7. Joe Johnson – 8/16 FG, 3/6 3PT, 8/10 FT, 9 REB, 4 AST, 27 PTS
8. Nene – 6/6 FG, 9 REB, 6 AST, 18 PTS

Duds

1. DeMarre Carroll – 0/5 FG, 1 REB, 0 AST, 1 STL, 0 BLK, 3 TO, 2 PF, 4 PTS, 23 MIN
2. Kevin Durant – 3/21 FG, 0/5 3PT, 10/14 FT, 5 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 2 BLK, 1 TO, 3 PF, 16 PTS, 41 MIN

Guyinthecorner is an author here at spartyandfriends.com. He writes the NBA section, X-Games section, and contributes to College Basketball and MLB. He doesn’t watch hockey except when the circumstances are dire. He’s not sure how to rate Michael Phelps on the scale of athletes not only because he doesn’t directly compete against people, but because he is a fish. He doesn’t understand the hate for the 2002 National Champion Maryland Terrapins and wishes everybody would just shut up by now. He is known for having statistical formulas and might be Bill James or Joe Lunardi depending on who you ask. His identity is as hidden as many times over as the number of internet memes he employs in his comments. Some have called him “The Riddler.” He can be reached at gitc@spartyandfriends.com. “GITC” is an acronym for guyinthecorner in case you aren’t that perceptive.

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