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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues
ANALYSIS: If this was, say, Anthony Edwards we were discussing, then it might be seen as a risky bet. With it being Jaylen Nowell and the youngster being available in nearly 95% of all ESPN leagues, not so much. I say that because Nowell's minutes went down to 21 and 16 in a back-to-back series played Friday and Saturday.
This could actually be an interesting moment to land some shares, precisely because of other fantasy GMs worrying about that downtick in playing time. In the five games before that back-to-back, Nowell had actually dumped 14+ points each time, scoring 21+ pops in three of those games. He had hit at least one 3-point shot in six consecutive matches before Saturday's.
Nowell pulls down a good number of rebounds (almost 3 RPG over the full season, 3.5+ in the last two weeks) considering his position and role in Minny. He's shot above 37.5% from the floor in eight consecutive games, attempting at least eight FGA in each of them, and he barely turns the ball over.
Only eight players this season have logged at least 450 minutes of playing time through Saturday while keeping up averages of 2+ APG and <1 TOPG, Nowell among them. Of those, only Nowell, Al Horford, and Derrick White are also scoring 10+ PPG this season.
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