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BALLER MOVE: Target Around 80 Overall
CURRENT ADP: 97
ANALYSIS: In a more-than-complicated trade, the Sixers finally got rid of Al Horford this offseason, sending him packing to Oklahoma. The Thunder also traded Steven Adams away, so Horford profiles as the starting center for OKC in 2021. Is Horford a league-winning player these days? Not much. Is he a very valuable asset? Indeed, he is.
Even while steadily disappointing Philly fans and not convincing them in his tenure there, Horford finished 2020 as the 51st-best fantasy players in total FP. He played 30.2 mpg in his 67 games, is eligible at both PF/C positions in Yahoo leagues, and his 4.2 3pa per game were only reached by 10 players with those positions eligibility last season, including Al. Oh, and I must add that he hit treys at a 35 percent clip and shot 45 percent from the floor and 76 from the free-throw line. Can't get much better for a biggie.
With a low 17.5 usage rate, Horford could only average 11.2 ppg in Philly, but he paired that scoring with 6.8 rpg and 4.0 apg to go with just-below a steal and a block per match. Horford put up a rounded 1.00 FP/min and he won't have to battle players of Embiid/Simons/Harris pedigree anymore, which should boost his usage in OKC. Again, not a league-winning pick, but definitely a do-it-all big man to have in your roster.
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