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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 5% of leagues
ANALYSIS: Tate has started the last nine games Houston has played from Jan. 20 on, and 11 of the last 12 expanding back to Jan. 14. Although his minutes of playing time have fluctuated from a low of 17 to a high of 37, Tate's average MPG comes out at 28 in those 12 matches and he just played 31+ in back-to-back games this past Wednesday and Thrusday.
The Rockets are trying to figure things out. Wall and Cousins are resting games here and there, Oladipo is an upcoming free agent that could be traded before the deadline, and now Christian Wood is out injured and expected to miss a month. That has made it possible for the likes of Tate to find a place in the team and not precisely on a small role.
Tate, rostered in only one of each 20 Yahoo leagues these days, has averaged 12+ PPG, 6+ RPG, 1+ APG, and 2 stocks per game in the past week, with a season-high fantasy score last Saturday against NOLA when he put up a 13-9 line, hit a trey, and stole 3 rocks while shooting 75% from the floor and committing no turnovers at all. Oh, and he did all that in just 24 minutes on the court for an average of 1.28 FP/min, which is way above-average mark league-wide.
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