About twenty games into my season, I called up two rookies, a SG/SF and a SF/PF.  They've both been playing extremely well, and I have been able to play them more minutes than I would have expected. 

Though I've played several theme leagues, this is my first open league, and I don't know how hard I can ride these rookies.  I've got players with real salaries on my inactive roster, and, if I can rely on the rookies, I can waive one or more veterans and upgrade some other position.

These are their per-48 minute stats.  HAmmond is a "D" and McElroy is a "C."

                                                                   pts     fg%    3p%  ft%     oreb  reb    a     t       st   bl      to

2011 Henry Hammond (R)		0	-	31.5	43.6	43.8	83.3	1.5	3.4	4.8	3.9	3.4	0.5	6.8
73-74 Matt Guokas	17	0	-	13.6	33.3	33.3	75.0	0.0	5.1	6.2	3.4	0.6	0.0	4.5
2011 Roy McElroy (R)		0	-	26.7	44.4	0.0	100.0	6.4	16.0	3.2	3.2	5.3	0.0	6.4

Are these stats totally unsustainable?

cs and ds can play 8-12 minutes per safely

Generally speaking, is it advisable to have a few 239,000 guys on an open league team, so that you have somebody inexpensive to cut and replace?

Posted by terryyale02 on 2/10/2011 5:32:00 PM (view original):
Generally speaking, is it advisable to have a few 239,000 guys on an open league team, so that you have somebody inexpensive to cut and replace?

Draft 3 minimum salary players so you can replace them with the 3 rookies.

Posted by ncmusician_7 on 2/10/2011 5:51:00 PM (view original):

Posted by terryyale02 on 2/10/2011 5:32:00 PM (view original):
Generally speaking, is it advisable to have a few 239,000 guys on an open league team, so that you have somebody inexpensive to cut and replace?

Draft 3 minimum salary players so you can replace them with the 3 rookies.

Yup.  This is pretty S.O.P. for OLs now.

Thanks - I wish I had thought of it for this league.  If nothing else, the rookies are great for eating up minutes at the end of one-sided games, so your Tim Duncans and Fat Levers can rest. 

All of my sim experience has been in high-cap theme leagues, so I don't know open league strategy as well.  I may just waive my greater-than-minimum-salaried inactive players and try to pick somebody better up off of the waiver wire.