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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 5% of leagues
ANALYSIS: In a season in which the Mavs are performing a little bit below expectations--they come off putting up the best offensive performance ever in 2020--they have been forced into a constant search of solutions to their woes. One of better contributors of late, which has proved to be way more productive coming off the bench, is Jalen Brunson.
Brunson rode the pine until Jan. 7, then missed a span and when the Mavs came back in full force on Jan. 18 they did so with Brunson manning the starting PG spot. It took five games for the Mavs to send Brunson back to the bench, making him a second-unit player once more. It made sense, as even though his numbers when starting were good, his per-minute levels of production were way below league-average.
It's been 10 games in a row coming off the bench now, and Brunson is putting up 23+ FP per game with an above-average 1.05 FP/min since the start of February. He's scoring 10+ points almost nightly these days (12+ PPG in Feb.) while grabbing rebounds (4.5+ RPG) and dishing out dimes (4+ APG) easily. The shooting percentage from the floor is quite high (54%, more than a three-pointer per game too) on a healthy usage rate (18%) and Brunson adds value in 9-cat leagues as he hasn't turned the ball over more than once in the past 11 games.
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