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BALLER MOVE: Target Around 50 Overall
CURRENT ADP: 62
ANALYSIS: It took Michael Porter Jr. (or better said, Denver) time to look like the late-season version of himself, but it finally happened. After red-shirting for a year in 2019, Porter debuted last season for the Nuggets and the truth is that his 55 games (and most of all his bubble-run) were more than enough to make him the no. 3 player in the Nugs squad entering 2021.
Although he played 55 games all year long, MPJ could only log 903 minutes on the regular season averaging a low 16.4 mpg. That's the main reason why Porter finished just inside the top-190 fantasy players of the year. His per-minute numbers were much better than his totals, with MPJ ranking as a top-60 player in FP/min at 1.14.
That's no joke. Porter ranked third in FP/min among players with 900+ total minutes and fewer than 20 mpg, only bested by big men Enes Kanter and Ivica Zubac. The sample is small, sure, but Porter shot 50+ percent from the floor (7.0 fga per game), 42+ percent from three (2.7 3pa), and 83+ percent on freebies. That efficiency won't probably hold on a larger role, but MPJ should make up for that by bulking up his raw/total numbers through the year as the third-best player in Denver this season.
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