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ANALYSIS: There are many big names in Atlanta these days, and they're doing great. Trae has put back-to-back 23-13 games with three boards as a baseline. Dejounte hasn't dropped from a 20-5-9-4 baseline. Even John Collins has gone for at least 23-8 twice with a 13-13 dub-dub baked into those two first games.
Of course, not every game the Hawks play will involve Houston and Orlando. On the other hand, every game will definitely involve De'Andre Hunter. Hunter has logged 32 and 33 minutes in the first two matches of the season with more than palatable usage rates of 21.7% and 17.5% shooting the hell out of his body by hitting 66.7 and 41.7 FG% while hoisting 15 and 12 FGA.
Hunter can give you everything but he will have it hard to post high assists numbers while playing on the same unit as Trae/Dejounte. If you don't mind that bump, then you should definitely chase a season-long starter in Hunter with a viable way toward some USG% in the 20s and a baseline of 10-4-1 at the very least to go with hyper-low turnovers.
The good thing about being part of the first unit, of course, is that against teams with low potential such as Orlando/Houston in the first two games of the season, there is a chance Trae and Dejounte get minute-managed and Hunter gets a bulkier load when it comes to dishing out dimes (he can do it) and finishing plays both inside and outside of the three-point arc.
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