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ANALYSIS: It has taken Hamidou Diallo a bunch of years to getting playable in both the real and the fantasy game, but he's surely gotten there in the past few weeks of play, folks. Diallo, a four-year pro and former Slam Dunk Champ in case you had forgotten, is now a starter for the lowly/rebuilding Pistons, is putting up mollywhopping numbers, and he should stay put on his current role with Detroit ROS.
Diallo started just one of the first 18 games he played this season leading up to his second start back on Dec. 12. He's played--and started--all 16 matches since then with gaudy averages: 15+ PPG, 6+ RPG, 2 APG, 2 SPG, and some astonishing 53% shooting from the field on a more than healthy 13 FGA a game.
Of course, that's not the average line on his full season, and the sample is 18-game small, but when you check the names of the players averaging those figures on the year you know what Diallo is doing since he got Detroit's full trust is truly sublime: Dejounte Murray, LeBron James, LaMelo Ball, and Paul George are the only ones putting up a 15-6-2-1.5 average line. Don't count on a lot of free throws nor triples coming from Diallo, but surely expect tons of points, sky-high percentages from the field (54%+ since he became a starter, 52% on the season), and fantastic steal numbers for such a scarce stat.
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