Vegas Over/Under: 39.5
The Record Projection: 37-45 of fromal The Bet: Beneath with marginal confidence
Rarely does the stars-and-scrubs strategy get deployed quite like this in professional leagues.
Most commonly utilized in fantasy sports, the thinking goes that you can conquer a distinct lack of depth and quality secondary players from top-loading a roster. Spend a great deal on a few men, then hope for mere proficiency around them.
Even the New Orleans Pelicans are now among the most significant examples of the strategy taking root in fact, since they’re surrounding Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins and Jrue Holiday with practically nothing. Rajon Rondo stays a shell of his old self–a helpful shell, but a shell nonetheless–and Solomon Hill’s torn hamstring can keep him out for up to eight weeks.
Who is notable? Have a look at every other man under contract and see whether it’s possible to determine the fifth-best healthful participant, assuming the above four are the top quartet: Alexis Ajinca, Omer Asik, Ian Clark, Jordan Crawford, Cheick Diallo, Frank Jackson, E’Twaun Moore and Quincy Pondexter.
It’s likely either Clark or Moore. And that is a problem, particularly when both bigs are still trying to suss out chemistry.
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