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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues
ANALYSIS: While veteran Garrett Temple logged his second start of the season last Monday, that was all thanks to Patrick Williams opening him the door while being off the squad. The rook came back on Friday, and that threw Temple back to the bench. Even then, and as a second-unit and utility player, Temple has been good enough this season to consider him an interesting target in deeper fantasy leagues.
Temple has played 14 games this season with the Bulls averaging a rather heavy 27 minutes of playing time per game, although he's only used 14.4 percent of the team's offensive possessions. That's a low usage rate, sure, but Temple's 1.4 TO per game are super low and we're Temple finish most of his plays either going to the line or shooting the rock--and he's been great at it. Temple is shooting 55.6 percent from the floor in his last eight games going back to Jan. 5th, has from then on he's scored 8+ points in every game and 11+ in six of those eight.
Triples are a staple of Temple's game. The vet is averaging 2.8 3PM per game in that eight-game span, on 8.9 FGA and 4.8 3PA on the season. Those numbers don't jump off the page, but they are fantastic for what Temple is. The guard is scoring 1.39 points per shot (including FTA) since Jan. 5th, and only two other players are at that mark since that date while logging 8+ FGA: Seth Curry (in just 2 games) and Duncan Robinson.
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