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BALLER MOVE: Target Around 40 Overall
CURRENT ADP: 58
ANALYSIS: For someone with so many doubts around his name and role entering 2021--not to mention he's part of the very putrid Sacramento Kangz--, Hield's ADP is rather high in peak draft-season. Even then, though, Hield's performance levels of 2020 were better than his current ADP would make you believe: Hield was a top-40 fantasy player in total fantasy points.
Buddy Hield was sent to the pine last year, but he was excellent coming off the bench in the 28 games he did so. On the season as a whole, Hield logged 72 games starting 44 of them and averaging 30.8 minutes per game. The shooting-guard (literally, shooting-guard) attempted 16.1 fga and 9.6 3pa (!) per game last year, hitting them at 42+ and 39+ clips respectively. He didn't travel to the free-throw line many times (1.9 fta per game), but he hit 84+ percent of those attempts, which was nice to watch.
Hield's 19-4-3 line on the season might go down a bit on a heavier usage if he's put back on starting lineups, but he's a super-efficient shooter as to keep his scoring up and more opportunities should mean more chances at keeping his boards/dimes up too. Hield will also have monster-fantasy-biggie Hassan Whiteside as a partner in crime this season, which should make it easier for him to rack up assists whenever Fox allows him to lead the offense.
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