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BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 35% of leagues
ANALYSIS: You know something's popping when P.J. Tucker's rostership goes from 13% (last Sunday) to a rather high 35% as I'm writing this. What is happening is that Miami is missing Markieff Morris, Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo (and Victor Oladipo, if you wish) and that means 1) someone has to do something to keep the Heat above water and 2) Tucker is an über-vet that the squad is always going to rely on, no matter how good or bad he performs.
There are very few players like P.J. Tucker in the League. At least when it comes to fantasy production. The Drip God has started every game this season while averaging a more than healthy 29 MPG of playing time. That's good, but what's not is his 11% usage rate on the year. That has changed a bit of late, though, starting back on Dec. 6 when Tucker logged a "high" 14.5 USG% and has stayed above that mark in all but one game when he dropped to 9.8%. On average, in a six-game span through Saturday, Tucker is using an average of 16% possessions on offense--the turnovers are a large part of that at 1.8 TOV per game, though.
In the past five games, Tucker has become a scoring machine to absolutely unexpected extents. He's hit 8+ points in five straight, 12+ in four of those, and 15+ on three games. He's yet to finish a game in the past week-and-change without hitting 2+ treys while topping at 5 triples against Cleveland on Dec. 13. The average line is sitting almost at a spicy 14-7-4-1-1 per game, which is sublime for someone with Tucker's upside in any other situation. Great three-point shooting, super-high FGA of late, and all of that while keeping up an excellent 53.7 shooting from the field. If only until some warm bodies come back to South Beach's courts, PJ is a bona fide WW target to consider everywhere.
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