Jan. 11 -- Let's get Machiavellian.

There's always the happy ideal when making a fantasy trade: when everybody wins. Both teams involved in the trade fulfill a need, and walk away happy.

Yes, it's all very nice to make nice deals with nice people and move up, very nicely in the standings. It is good to cultivate a reputation as a fair trader; people remember an obvious nogoodonik.

But it's January. And you're in third place. As noted Fantasy Basketball enthusiast Thomas Hobbes once said: life is nasty, brutish and short.

Sometimes you have to embrace the Dark Side. To paraphrase Bill Murray in Rushmore, "Take dead aim on the first-place team. Get the first-place team in the crosshairs and take them down." Okay, it wasn't "first-place team." The point I'm getting at is that it's much better to make a deal that both sides are happy with while secretly screwing other teams in ways that they cannot comprehend.

Let's use my LA-based auction keeper league as an example. My team—Glorious 5 Year Plan—is currently in third place. Now, there are many ways to slip a Poison Pill, but for right now, I'm going to contain this discussion to one area.

If I look through the standings, I see several ways to close the gap. The obvious ones are there - try to make a move in points scored, three-pointers, etc.

But then, I take a longer look at Field Goal Percentage. The first-place team (Man Enough to Use It) is, conveniently, first in this category.

FG SHOOTING %

Team	Total	Week	Pts	+/-
Man Enough To Use It	47.2	46	10	0
Electric Mayhem	47.1	47.5	9	0
The Buchwaldians	46.9	48.7	8	0
Glorious 5 Year Plan	46.4	51.9	7	1

First, let's shorten that idiotic team name to M.E.U.I.

Second, let's note that M.E.U.I. is running away with points scored. (I'm a distant second).

Now, the easiest Poison Pill to slip M.E.U.I. would be to simply deal them a high-points guy with a terrible field goal percentage. People like people that score. If a player scores, people tend to forget things like the fact they may like to shoot more than they actually should.

Before this year, I'd just acquire Antoine Walker, figure out a way to deal him to a team above me, and enjoy. I used to call Walker "The Perfect Storm." You'd trade him to a team and watch gleefully as they sank somewhere beneath the Marianas Trench. Unfortunately, Walker's now in semi-retirement in Miami, the Lion in Winter, plotting future campaigns of rotisserie doom.

So, who currently are some of field goal percentages' heaviest lead balloons? I did some looking, and these are players that are trending downward that could do the greatest amount of damage to another team.

Antawn Jamison, F, WAS: Jamison has been described as "mired." Not mired the way that you normally describe it in common sports vernacular. Mired lasts a month. Jamison is beyond "mired." The Wizards' struggles are nice if you're a Gilbert Arenas owner, but Jamison can't hit the broad side of a barn right now. And he doesn't do much more than score and rebound. Jamison has put together a couple of nice games in a row. This would be a good time to see what you could get.

Tracy McGrady, G/F, HOU: If you read this column, you know my season-long advice on McGrady has been "wait until he has a nice week, then deal him." Well, back concerns aside, he's also a huge drag on field goal percentage. You won't be able to get value for him this week, but if you own him, refer to that previous sentence.

Baron Davis, G, GS: I always try to cut Davis some slack because he's so productive (when healthy). It's easier to forgive poor field goal percentage when someone's getting you gobs of three-pointers. But the cold hard truth is that he's shooting a career-low 37.5%. If you can make up his positive production in other areas, deal him and beam with pride the next time he goes 7-for-21.

Zach Randolph, F, POR: It's odd seeing Randolph on this list, isn't it? Two years ago, he was percentage gold. Well, he's been shooting under 45% for quite a while, as he tries to find his legs following offseason surgery. You don't want him in your imaginary locker room anyway.

Speedy Claxton, G, NO: Look, I really like Speedy Claxton. He's been a solid waiver-wire pickup this year. He scores in droves. He's the personification of why I love mediocre NBA teams: they give good players the chance to put up great fantasy numbers. But Speedy shoots 40% from the field. Which would be more acceptable if he hit some frigging three-pointers. How many three-pointers does Claxton have this year? Ten. And, thankfully, he's one behind his career high of eleven. Yuck.

Mehmet Okur, F/C, UTA: Okur's having a nice year. I never recommend dealing a center unless you have a good replacement. But, he's been throwing up a lot of 6-for-17 nights of late. The stats don't lie, and that's why he's on this list.

Deron Williams, G, UTA: I have two words of advice for Williams: set shot. I've had this theory that if a prominent NBA player employed this shot, it would be SportsCenter manna from heaven for said player. Did you see how everyone flipped when Flutie hit that drop kick? People dig old school. Imagine Williams squaring up Hickory-High-style, 10 feet behind the arc, dead-eyeing the Blazers to victory. There wouldn't be a dry eye in the house. And it's not as if his current shooting style is reaping untold dividends.

Sebastian Telfair, G, POR: But back in reality, Telfair is the kind of guy that I like to pick up off the waiver wire, and then throw into a trade. If he plays his way back into 30 minutes a night, he'll do some damage.

John Cregan is a fantasy expert for NBA.com. His column Grand Theft Roto runs every Wednesday as part of the NBA.com Premium Scouting Report. Contact him at g5yp@TalentedMrRoto.com.

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