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ANALYSIS: While Bennedict Mathurin is obviously the most rostered and most appealing player coming off the Pacers pine, it's worth checking on Andrew Nembhard's availability if you are managing a deeper-league squad in fantasy basketball.
Nembhard has taken on primary combo-guard duties for Indy and he's actually started 13 of the last 14 games he's played. Even if we focus on the first half of that run, in which the rookie played only 25 MPG compared to 34 MPG of late, he still was good to put up 8-2-3-1 nightly lines.
The bulkier playing time has unlocked Nembhard's next-level numbers, though, as he's put up 11-4-6-1 lines in his last seven games/starts. We should expect something in the middle or actually closer to the first line than the second one ROS, but the upside is definitely there and the minute everyone goes down (and even if everything stays the same on the health front), Nembhard will be poised to eat big time.
Nembhard had a melting-lava-hot start to December (20-6-10 per-game averages with two double-doubles and a 31-burger) but that was totally unsustainable. Some GMs might have grown tired of "bad" Nembhard after his next (and most recent) three games fell from those gaudy standards so you can take advantage of that.
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