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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.
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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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