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ANALYSIS: Our favorite shooting forward with guard-only eligibility, that's KCP for you. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, with Bradley Beal and Spencer Dinwiddie manning the Wizards backcourt, was either going to hit the pine nightly or downsize Washington's lineup mightily starting on the wing. And it turned out the latter was the case. KCP has yet to miss on starting a game for the Wiz and it's been 26 and counting for him already through Wednesday.
And it is not that KCP is playing low minutes or getting low usage rate percentages due to that starting role, far from it. KCP is logging a healthy 29 MPG and 9 FGA per game this year, and he's at an even higher 28 MPG and 11 FGA a day in the past couple of weeks. His usage rate in that eight-game span has gone all the way up to an above-average 22.1% mark compared to his prior of just 15.5% since the start of the season to Nov. 24.
Makes sense to find KCP playing more and getting more chances, though. He's been fantastic on the three-point department (2.4 3PM per game in the last two weeks, 4-2-3 in the last three games he's played), is averaging almost 15 PPG, and is contributing low-but-nice numbers in the rebounds (3.2 RPG), assists (2.3 APG), and most interestingly steals (1 SPG) since Nov. 26 (included). The turnovers are kinda ugly, though, while he's hitting virtually every freebie he's attempting and shooting 49.5% from the floor on the past eight matches.
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