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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues
ANALYSIS: See, the Pistons might be going nowhere any time soon barring landing Ben Simmons on that "leaked" offer that would send Bey/Grant/Olynyk the other way. That doesn't mean they don't have a clear plan when it comes to the near-future: stay on the developing path and build from the ground, trying to both improve young players and bring reclamation projects such as Hamidou Diallo back to life.
Diallo has racked up starts of late. And by late I mean starting every game since Dec. 12! That is 20 straight through Friday's match against Utah. Diallo is well-deserving of the starting calls, don't get it wrong. Diallo's line is all the way up at 14-6-2-2 per game while playing a reasonable 29 MPG in that span. It's not that he's racking up numbers on brute force, but rather on quite efficient performances nightly.
In the past week of play, Diallo has appeared on five games in which he's averaged only 28 MPG while keeping up a solid 12-5-1-1. That's a downtick in production compared to his whole starting stint, but still quite high for someone available in almost two-thirds of Yahoo leagues. The shooting can't get better at 51.2% on the season (8.8 FGA) though the triples are just non-existent, mind you. Diallo provides value on all scoring cats except treys, comes with huge rebounding upside for a WW addition, and has been great at stealing possessions with 1.3 SPG over the full campaign.
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