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ANALYSIS: Moritz Wagner had to wait until Nov. 25 to finally play for the first time this season but he's hit the ground more than running. Mo found a window of opportunity after Wendell Carter Jr. got injured at the end of November and he is starting daily this month. Not that fantasy GMs can complain.
WCJ was a game-time decision last Friday but ultimately missed that matchup. Orlando went ahead with deploying their Monster Jumbo Package featuring all of Wagner, Paolo Banchero, and Bol Bol for the fifth game in a row entering the weekend.
Wagner is usually handling the center position, and he's been absolutely great at it. In his five games this month (all of them starting), he's logged 31 MP in all but one (fouled out after 22 minutes) and has averaged a 14-8-2-1 per-game line. He's got to grab a couple of dub-dubs in that span with 19-12 and 20-13 outings against the Bucks and the Clips no less.
Wagner's days of logging tons of minutes might be over with the comeback of Carter Jr. around the corner but he's done more than enough to merit more chances ROS and he's still super raw and young for Orlando to stop betting on him.
Wagner's shooting has been great with the big man hitting 51% of his shots from the floor while scoring three total treys over the five games played this month. The fouling sucks and the turnovers are kind of high for a big boy (2+ in each start), but other than that, he's a fantastic under-rostered player these days with a lot of upside.
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