WWW - 2024 Pickle Report Week 12
Some big dills around the league this week:
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Rootin' Tootin' Scootin' Henderson brought forward his first full week as a top contributor, achieving an 101 point week, with 31 assists and 16 threes.
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Alperen Sengun stuffed the stat sheet across points, rebounds, assists and steals. His block rate is Sabonis-esque, but there's never been a better season to punt blocks
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Jalen Green has been making shots, resulting in a 130 point week, he shot 60% from the field and 63% from 3, as well as 96% of his free throws, this brings his season average to a tepid 43/36/87%
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Trey Murphy III has led the Pelicans to a 3 game winning streak playing over 36 minutes a night. He has been providing great contribution across all categories, with a huge leap across points steals and free throw shooting from last season.
Overdrafted is a phase that gets thrown around highly when it comes to players who have not yet hit their skill ceiling. This week's winner has been accused repeatedly of having his charisma exceed his skill when showing up on draft boards. I've had this discussion repeatedly over the past 3 years of what exactly Anthony Edwards needs to do to elevate his fantasy game to first round value. Well, this week Anthony delivered what the Truthers has been dreaming of. Leading the league with 21 threes and a lucky 133 points, he also hit 96% of his free throws at huge volume while providing excellent rebounding for a guard. He did league the league in turnovers, but countered with an uptick in assists and field goal percentage. While it is unlikely he will continue to shoot 50% from 3, he is hitting 4.3 for the season just behind Steph Curry, LaMelo Ball and some dude named Daeqwon Plowden (who his 5 3s in his only game). After waiting a very long time to see the rise of this heir apparent, we are delighted to christen Anthony Edwards with the bread and butter pick of the week.
