With the
NBA season coming up fast, many fans will be heading into fantasy
basketball drafts. Keeping that in mind, I've decided to write up an article on some mystery players to select that will take your team from being a middle of the road team to a league-winning team. So without further adieu, here we go!
Last year with the Warriors he put up solid numbers. He averaged 19.8 PPG and 5.3 RPG. Like I said, he doesn't sound like a flashy player but given those numbers, you can see that he will make an impact on your fantasy team.
2. John Salmons, SG/SF, Milwaukee Bucks
Down the stretch of the season, Salmons was putting up almost 23-25 every single night, but he wasn't heralded much about it. Last season, he averaged 15.4 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.8 APG, and 1.2 SPG.
Last season, Jefferson put up 17.1 PPG, 9.3 RPG, and 1.3 BPG. Look at those numbers and tell me that Jefferson isn't a huge factor when he's on the court? Sure, if he gets injured you'll just have to drop him for another big man, but almost averaging a
double-double is something you can't pass up on.
Last year Randolph averaged 11.6 PPG, 6.5 RPG, and 1.5 BPG. Take into consideration that he 749 minutes all season in 33 games because of an injury. That's pretty impressive, because if you do the math that comes out to only being 22.7 MPG. If he can put up those kind of numbers in that kind of time, what will he do in New York if he is somehow able to win the starting power forward job?
Personally, I would make Blatche a Top Four round pick, if not Top Three or Top Two. He proved last year that he could put a team on his back, and even though he did make a couple judgement mistakes because of his youthful thinking, he still put the team on his back and carried them.
Blatche averaged 14.1 PPG and 6.3 RPG, but again I would challenge you to look up what kind of numbers he put up in the last half of the season. He's going to pick up his numbers again this year after an offseason of hard work, although he did break his foot and that has hampered some of his ability to work on his game.
Most defenses will be focusing on John Wall, and with the growth of
JaVale McGee, that opens up some post room for Blatche to go to work.
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