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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 16% of leagues
ANALYSIS: Cody Zeller played all the way back on the NBA's tipoff night (Dec. 23) and then missed every single game up until Jan. 22 when he came back for the hornets and played a low 10 minutes. The team has been getting the big man into rhythm slowly, giving him runs of 10, 14, 18, and lastly 29 minutes this past Wednesday in what also was his first start this season at the C position.
With Bismack Biyombo getting nightly starts as Zeller's replacement, it wouldn't make much sense for Charlotte to put Biyombo back as a starter now that Zeller is back and ready to go. That bodes well for fantasy GMs out there in possession of Zeller, as he's the clear team's starter at C. Don't get it wrong, though as Zeller's upside isn't that great.
Zeller will give you points, rebound, and great percentages from the floor as he doesn't know the meaning of long-range shooting. The per-minute efficiency is always going to be there because he plays the easy game and that should be good enough to put up some 10-8-2 lines nightly. With playmakers around in LaMelo/Graham/Rozier around, it's more probable than not that he finds his way to good points and boards nightly, but that's pretty much all he offers. Nice WW-target for those in deep leagues, though, that's for sure.
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