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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 12% of leagues
ANALYSIS: The Nuggets had to do without backup-point guard Bones Hyland for a couple of games at the start of November but the sophomore returned to the team last Saturday in the game against the Spurt without having missed a single beat. After a season-best game right before getting injured (hip) in which he put up a 26-1-3-1 line with 7 (!) triples on 18 FGA and a monster 38.8% usage rate...
...all Hyland did in his comeback game was finishing with 24 points (6 treys), 5 boards, 7 dimes, and 2 steals shooting 53% from the floor on 17 FGA. It's now been back-to-back games for Bones scoring 24+ points and he's gone for 10+ in five of his seven games played. In the two he did not, though, he only played 14 and 17 minutes while attempting 5 and 12 FGA.
Hyland is one of the most efficient players in the NBA and he is not even close to the rest of the field. Hyland is averaging a staggering 1.18 FP/min (league average at 0.90) and that mark is on par with those of Zion Williamson, Paolo Banchero, Devin Booker, Cade Cunningham, and Kyrie Irving just to name a few (min. 130 MP).
Obviously, Hyland is the only player at such ridiculous levels of efficiency still rostered in fewer than 87% (Christian Wood) of ESPN leagues. Even on a per-game basis, and if you're hunting for snipers, only 21 players are currently scoring 2.8+ 3PM in the NBA, Hyland is one of them, and all except the second-year Nugget are part of at least 59% of ESPN rosters.
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