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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 11% of leagues
ANALYSIS: The New York Knicks, as is customary in Manhattan, live in perennial mediocrity. They started the season with a 3-1 record, then put up a 1-3 run, and they are coming off a sound loss to Boston last Saturday in which the Celtics dropped 27 (!!!) three-pointers on the Knickerbockers defense for a franchise record (both positive--in Boston's books--and negative--in New York's).
The Knicks were without starting C Mitchell Robinson, so it was time for summer-signee Isaiah Hartenstein to start his first game with the Knicks. Harty played a massive 39 minutes (because... Thibs) putting up his first dub-dub of the year to the tune of a 10-14 outing with one dime and one block on top of everything.
Harty has appeared in all prior games this season but only once (in the season opener loss against Memphis) had he played more than 28 minutes. Consider him a nightly 22 MPG player.
That's not bad. In fact, Hartenstein is so efficient on a per-minute basis that he's better coming off the bench than starting games by the look of it. He's averaging 1.07 FP/min in games he's logged fewer than 30 MP compared to 0.82 in the two games he started/logged 30+ MP.
Hartenstein will give you high FG% (on a very low volume, mind you) with the odd three-point made, and a good bunch of blocked shots. He contributes minimal assists and steals, but at least a couple combined per game if that helps you in someway.
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