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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 41% of leagues
ANALYSIS: Burks started in place of Reggie Bullock for the first time a week ago in which some folks saw a change in Thibs' plans, but that wasn't the case at all. Burks is back with the Knicks second unit, but that hasn't made him any bad, though. It's been a couple of games riding the pine for Alec Burks since that start against Orlando, and the truth is that he has kept up his numbers even playing a kinda-worst environment.
Burks season has been all about playing some 25 MPG almost always coming from the bench (he started three straight in late January but that was it). From the season's tipoff to the AS break Burks was putting up a reasonable 11-4-2 line good for around 22 FP a night. That line, paired with his minutes, wasn't nearly efficient with just an average of 0.85 FP/min, a little bit below the league average on the year. That has changed since he's come back from the break, though, as Burks is now playing more minutes and more efficiently on top of that.
Burks has played seven games through Thursday in which he's logged exactly 1.00 FP/min and 30MPG. He's scored at least 12 points in all of those matches, and 15+ in six of them with three straight getting into the 20-point realm. Not only is he scoring a lot, but he's also raising his averages in rebounds (4.4+ RPG), dimes (2.7+ APG), and steals (1.1+ SPG) while keeping TO at a bare minimum of one a pop. He's the no. 1 offensive option on the second unit getting usage rates above 25% while shooting almost 15 FGA, which is something to love.
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