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BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 50% of leagues
ANALYSIS: It took Daniel Theis a couple of years to get reps as a starter in the NBA, but he finally did so last season when he was part of 64-of-65 starting lineups for the Celtics. That has stayed the same this season, with Theis starting 30-of-35 games so far along with offseason acquisition Tristan Thompson. And while there are voices (mine being one, for example) that are calling for guys like Robert Williams to have a heavier presence on Boston's frontcourt, the truth is that Theis has played relatively well every time he's been relied on.
With a rostership of 50 percent in all Yahoo leagues, I included Theis in this weekend's set of WW posts by a hair, and most probably won't be writing about him going forward if that number goes up even just a couple of percentage points. Theis is playing 25 MPG on the season, but that's a little misleading because he has 10 games through the year in which he logged fewer than 20 minutes and six in which he didn't even reach the 15-minute mark. Removing those outliers, he'd be up at a more realistic 28+ MPG.
In the 29 games Theis has played 20+ minutes, 14 of them since the start of February, Theis is averaging 11-6-1 line with 2 stocks per game to go with. In the games played one week before the AS break, and on Mar. 11's comeback from it, Theis has put up an impressive 16-7-1-1-1 stuffed line, he's shot 60 percent from the floor on 9+ FGA per game, and he's hit at least one triple in three of the four games he's played. While that is a small sample, this is the Theis that Boston needs going forward if they want to be treated as a true contender. It's a coin flip to find Theis in the WW these days, but if you do, no matter the league you play in, go add him.
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