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BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 56% of leagues
ANALYSIS: There is no point in arguing that Jarred Vanderbilt is the bonafide starting PF of the 2022 Minnesota Timberwolves. With a healthy rotation available, he's kept hold of the starting nod and that has been the case for all last 12 games played by Minny getting all the way back to Nov. 12. That, my friends, isn't changing any time soon as Jaden McDaniels is the only big man currently on the shelf that could fight Jarred for that role... only it is most definitely not happening.
Vanderbilt is playing 28 MPG from Nov. 15 on. It's been 10 games through Friday in that span, and Jarred has absolutely thrived playing next to KAT. Of course, the usage rates are always ground-level low because he's not there to drop buckets with the likes of D'Lo, KAT, and Ant Edwards playing in his unit, but Vanderbilt's value is to be found in other, more scarce statistical cats.
Namely, Vanderbilt is excelling at pulling down boards (8.3 RPG on the year, even better 12 RPG in the past 8 games) and he's stealing rocks like a madman (1.3 SPG this season, 1.6 in that 8-game span). The turnovers don't often go past one per game, and the shooting percentages are always high because the volume is super low (4.5 FGA, 50+ FG% on the year). Vanderbilt is a bonafide starter in Minny, is playing 30+ minutes at the very minimum now (it's happened three games in a row already) and his rebounding is absolutely celestial these days.
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