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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues
ANALYSIS: Three games, three starts, three nights of ass-whooping for the veteran Terrence Ross but not the Orlando Magic as a whole--cue the 0-3 record through Sunday. I like what I've seen coming from Disneyworld, but of course, the Magic are going to ultimately keep losing games because they tend to suck more than anything else.
This must be the year Ross gets traded away from Orlando, right? We've been telling this story for five years and we're now in the sixth of doing it. It has to happen at some point, let alone with Ross playing his age-31 campaign in FL.
The only reason Ross made it to this column is the absence of healthy players in the current Magic roster. All of Jalen Suggs, Gary Harris, and Markelle Fultz have either yet to debut or got injured and missed time, opening a wide door for Ross to go through and rack up minutes on the court. Remember: Ross has started 22 of his 283 games while playing a full season in Orlando and just two total in the past four seasons combined (259 games).
Cole Anthony has been fantastic as the makeshift point guard of the Magic but once Jalen Suggs and Gary Harris are back this will get ugly in terms of playing time and rotations. Until then, though, Ross is a very legitimate WW target. The vet has scored at least 11 points in each of his three games played averaging 17+ PPG shooting at a 55.5% clip from the field and scoring 9 3PM total.
The turnovers have been surprisingly low with just one in three outings, and the rebounds have stayed put at 4-4-4 in those three matches. Ross won't give you much more than that, but if you think about it twice his contributions are those often coming from what he truly is: an off-the-pine microwave only now playing a starter role because of the extraordinary circumstances.
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