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ANALYSIS: While Jae Crowder started the season as Phoenix's starting PF after his great days with Miami last year, things changed quickly in the desert and after 11 games it was Cam Johnson who was trusted as the starter along with Mikal Bridges, sending Crowder to the bench and making him part of the Suns second unit. That didn't last long, though, as Devin Booker's injury forced Phoenix to rebuild the lineup and put Crowder back on the starting five next to both Mikal and Cam.
Crowder has started Phoenix last three games and that will remain the same for as long as Book is out. In that short span, from Jan. 23 to last Thursday, Crowder has been incredible while playing a season-high 44 minutes against Denver after logging 32 and 28 in the other two games. Anyway, Crowder finished all of those three matches reaching at least 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and a steal. He also has scored 12 treys in that span.
One of Crowder's yet-to-fix traits this season are his shooting percentages. He's currently boasting rather bad 38/35/87 splits while attempting 9.1 FGA and 7.1 3PA per game. Assuming he rebounds a bit from that (he should, as a 42/34/78 career-shooter), Crowder should be one of the best bench players still available in more than half of Yahoo leagues.
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