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ANALYSIS: In a night that marked the debut of this new and weird Pistons iteration, the Mason of Plumlees started at center and played all of 32 minutes. His usage was absolutely horrific and nightmarish ending at 10.7 percent by the game's end, but Plumlee was still able to put up a 14-8-6 line that, it happens to become his season average or approach it, could turn Plumlee into one of the biggest steals of the year through waivers.
In a very limited offensive role, Plumlee needed to be as efficient as it gets and he did so to a pretty great 87.5 percent shooting from the floor while committing no turnovers at all in his 32 minutes of run. Last season, playing for the Nuggets, Plumlee logged 1,000+ minutes in 61 games and was already great at his interior-loaded shooting hitting shots at a 61.5% clip.
For someone who ranked 74th in fantasy points per minute, finding Plumlee available in more than three of each four Yahoo leagues at this point into the year seems reasonable. The Pistons, though, got rid of Christian Wood and only have Jahlil Okafor as a viable, present-day play at the C position (they drafted Isaiah Stewart but he'll be limited as a rook). Mason Plumlee should keep racking up minutes and putting up numbers, most of all in the boards and FG% cats.
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