We have a typical jumbo-sized Wednesday slate with 11 games on tap, offering us a bevy of options across the salary cap. As customary, there are some players who are shaping up as strong potential point-per-dollar values, while others that look like they are carrying salaries that aren’t commensurate to how they’ve performed thus far.
As customary, we’ll highlight multiple advantageous positional matchups to exploit at each position for your Yahoo Fantasy lineups, as well as a good trio of candidates that may be best to steer clear of due to a combination of circumstances/salary.
Guards
LaMelo Ball, CHA vs. TOR ($44): Ball has gotten the new season off to a stellar start, averaging 50.4 Yahoo points per contest over his first four games. Ball has already flashed a ceiling north of 60 Yahoo points and is shooting a career-best 41.7 percent from three-point range on a whopping 12.0 attempts from behind the arc per contest in his first three games. Although Toronto has made shooting difficult for point guards in the early going this season, Ball’s usage and across-the-stat-sheet upside makes him a potential steal even at his elevated salary.
Jeremy Sochan, SA at OKC ($22): Sochan is a prime example of a player who’s outperformed his salary to date, as the third-year pro has opened the season averaging 34.3 Yahoo points per game while shooting a career-best 52.3 percent. The 2022 first-round pick has also upped his aggressiveness offensively, taking a career-high 14.7 shot attempts per contest while pulling down 9.0 rebounds per game as well. Considering how integral he’s been to the Spurs on both ends of the floor thus far, Sochan could deliver very strong value relative to salary Wednesday.
ALSO CONSIDER: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC vs. SA ($55); Dennis Schroder, BKN at MEM ($23)
Guard to Avoid
Donovan Mitchell, CLE vs. LAL ($45): The issue here with Mitchell is primarily salary. The fact is, he just hasn’t quite lived up to it yet early this season. The standout guard has been at 37.9 Yahoo points or fewer in three of his first four games, posting solid numbers that are not necessarily to the level you’d want to…
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Publish date : 2024-10-30 10:37:00
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