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ANALYSIS: Five games for the Wiz entering Sunday's matchup with Boston boasting a positive 3-2 record through Saturday. Not bad considering the .427 winning ways of yesteryear. The Wizards added Monte Morris to the fold this offseason in a trade with the Nuggets that also brought Will Barton but with Bradley Beal locked into the starting SG spot it was always going to be Monte alone cracking the starting lineup at PG.
So far, so good for MoMo as the Wizard of Oz. Morris' role is growing bigger by the day as he's played 22, 27, 27, 30, and 31 minutes in the first five games of the season. The results have stayed put with only one subpar outing in which Monte still contributed all across the board with a 9-4-3-1-1 line shooting 50% on 8 FGA in his second match with DC.
Morris is putting up some viable points (given the first-unit context and teammates) at around 8 PPG but he has more than good upside on both the rebounding and diming fronts for a point guard that tends to fly under the radar: 4+ RPG and 6+ APG. The usage rate is never going to reach sky-high levels because Beal, Kristaps Porzingis, and Kyle Kuzma will always shoot more.
Delon Wright got his hammy injured and is out indefinitely so there is no one between Morris and fantasy production in his short-term future at the very least. Morris is one of 20 players with averages of 4+ RPG and 6+ APG and the only one rostered in fewer than 87% of all ESPN leagues.
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