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ROSTERED IN: 56% of leagues
ANALYSIS: If there is anything defining the current era of NBA play that's Kawhi's favorite term: load management. Good for Aaron Gordon, he's had his health issues here and there but never a true concerning problems such as teammates Michael Porter Jr. and Jamaal Murray.
Murray and Porter sat one game each in the first week of play to Gordon's none. I'm writing this after the roughest stretch of performances in Gordon's season, though, so you might have a window of opportunity to land him in a trade or via WW if the rostership drops a bit as fantasy GMs get worried and release him.
Gordon is coming off back-to-back putrid outcomes in which he scored six and three points, pulled down 10 total rebounds, and dished out five dimes. That's not incredibly bad, but when put next to his prior four games (17-7-2 with 1 BPG) pales. The truth is that Gordon only enjoyed usage rates of 14 and 13 percent in those last two games and added wood to that fire shooting 25% in both matches on just 8 and 4 FGA.
Gordon should bounce back to his first-week averages while staying on the floor some 28-30 MPG nightly. That is a must-roster player in most if not all leagues, and a starter in all but 1% of them--the odd, special, super-weird and niche-configured ones.
Having reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and Murray playing along with him will obviously remove some chances from his diet but it will also free him on offense opening the door for random scoring binges and steady high-scoring averages with the eyes off of him and into Jokic/JM.
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