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BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 35% of leagues
ANALYSIS: Although Saddiq Bey has (expectedly) come down to earth a bit of late, everything points in the right direction for the rookie as Detroit seems to be committed to run with him ROS. Blake Griffin is already a Net, the Pistons might trade other vets such as Wayne Ellington, and Bey has shown more than enough to stay in the starting lineup of these Pistons going forward.
Bey has started all 10 games Detroit has played leading up to the AS break and the one after it last Thursday. Not only is he starting those games, but he's also playing a very healthy 32 MPG while getting usage rates above 16%. The break didn't entirely fix Bey's slight shooting slump (31% from the floor in his last three games before the AS and 36% in his comeback), but prior to that Saddiq was hitting 46% of his 10 FGA as a starter, and doing it also from long range with 3+ 3PG.
Bey has both scoring and rebounding upside, and again, barring that late shooting slump, he was able to put up a stupid 75 percent true shooting in the second half of February. The per-minute production is not going to wow you because 1) he's a rookie going throw some growing pains, 2) he plays for Detroit..., and 3) his minutes are rather large for a freshman. The good thing about all of that? He will keep playing a ton, getting a lot of touches and opportunities, and racking up counting stats making him valuable if only because of the heavy volume he generates.
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