63 posts tagged with "pickle"

Some big dills around the league this week:

• Scottie Barnes likely had an excellent fantasy output with a unique combination of steals, blocks and ft% whick putting together respectable points, boards and assists

• Naz Reid had a break-out week with a 90 point campaign featuring 16 3pts, 90 points, and 34 rebounds.

• Dyson Daniels has been improving his offensive output over the last few weeks during the Hawks latest injury outbreak. He's still producing elite steals, strong blocks for a guard and contributed 28 assists on the week.

• Michael Porter Jr. had an incredible 105 points this week shooting 58% from 3. He did this while managing to stay under 2 ast per game. Absolute legend.

• Pascal Siakam went a flawless 23/23 from the line and shot 53% from the field for 94 points on the week. While he has been seeing 3 fewer shot attempts per game that his recent tenure on the Raptors there has been a clear increase in his shooting efficiency.

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Amen Thompson

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REB37

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TOV19

Fresh off a 5 game week while contending with a number of key injuries the Houston Rockets managed a 1-4 record which is considerable improvement over last season. Leading the team in Assists, steals, blocks and turnovers while having the second highest points, rebounds and field goal percentage was Amen Thompson. He played 192 minutes last week, which is above 38 mins per game. Amen has been displaying XLNC in his growing role in Houston, showing tremendous growth across all 9 categories. Over the last 30 days he's been averaging 17 points which is considerable growth from his average of less than 10 last season. So for showing such amazing growth potential and no longer being A Minor, we here at picklytics are proud to declare him bread and butter pick of the week.

Some big dills around the league this week:

• Joker lead the league with 50 assists, second was lebron with 40, he also came top 10 in points, rebounds steals, and turnovers.

• Austin Reaves aka 'the Grim Reaver' has been putting up solid contributions as the 3rd option on the Lakers, seeing about 50 fga over the past week. He should see an uptick in usage for the next week or two and his year over year increase in 3 points made can only get better with Doncic in the backcourt.

• Kevin Durant remains just inside first round value but has slowed in all categories except blocks from last year. Following this progression in 6 years he should be performing at a Tim Hardaway Jr leve3l.

• Ivica Zubac lead the league in rebounds last week while going 10/10 from the line. While historically an extremely good FG% guy, we are seeing an extra 4 points and 3 rebounds a game. Could this be the absence of Mason Plumlee or the addition of James Harden?

• Guerschon Yabusele has been the 2nd brightest spot on the 76ers roster after Maxey and he's made it on the back of impressive steal numbers. Steal numbers so Impressive they make up a third of his total for the season. I'd move along cause there's nothing to see here.

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Kristaps Porziņģis

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Well some weeks you get the big thing, this week it's the big Ping! Kristaps Porziņģis with his delightful Latvian accented g has managed to put together a four game week after missing time with 6 different injuries. If he was a horse he'd be glue by now, but he's no horse this right here is a bonafide Unicorn. He plays high, he gets 3 triples against the Bulls, he goes low and its 4 blocks vs the Pelicans and 5 blocks against the 76ers. He's finally up over the 30 minute threshold and his unique blend of 3 point shooting and rim protection have managed to find him a place amongst the picklytic greats. May his long balls fall and his DTD's be in the past. We are proud to announce Kristaps Porziņģis as our bread and butter pick of the week.

Some big dills around the league this week (Wizards Alumni Edition):

• Daniel Gafford the 16 minute wonder has been getting full run with Lively out and has been putting the work in with double doubles in 4 of his last games. He managed an incredible showing against the hornets with 31/15 with 7 blocks. He ended the week with 14 blocks, second place was Anthony Davis with 8.

• Jordan Poole has had uncharacteristicly sticky hands wioth 10 steals on the week and been moving the ball much better than past seasons. This uptick in assists can be explained by his TO rate being 1/3rd of his season average, giving us a peek in a what a poole lead offense would look like if the rest of the lineup didn't have stone hands.

• Tyrese Maxey has been a solid contributor all season perpetually showing up in the top of the BIGDAWG ratings. He's just been so consistent which is probably the only bright spot in the 76ers season

• Deni Avdija has been providing solid contributions in all categories. Honestly if there was an all mid team, he should make first team

• Kyle Kuzma shoots 42% from the field and 59% from the line, the only thing he appears to be good at accumulating is Turnovers. Somehow Marvin Bagley III has been even worse. Honestly the wizards lineup is worse than being punched in the mouth by Draymond

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Donovan Mitchell

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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.

Some big dills around the league this week:

• 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.

• 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

• 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%

• 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.

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Anthony Edwards

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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.

Some big dills around the league this week:

• Zach LaVine led the league in scoring with 135 points on the week, he's been carrying the Bulls offense averaging 28.7 pts over the last 30 days

• Anthony Edwards managed to put his best showing of the season, dropping 17 3 pointers and 105 points.

• Bam Adebayo seems to be finding some rhythm in his game, he attempted 10 3s this week and led the league in steals, however he's been showing an uncharacteristic Ben Simmonds level of Free throw shooting.

• Anfernee Simons attempted 43 shots from deep and hit over half of them. Questionably he also managed to only draw a single free throw in 77 shot attempts.

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Devin Booker

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This week we have another first time pickle grabber. Despite being the top 2nd round pick for the last 4 seasons running, he has never been able to truly elevate above his peers. He did achieve lesser accolades such as an appearance on the cover of NBA 24. Devin Booker was a monster on the ball this week. Attempting a shocking 102 shot attempts and leading the league combined with 44 assists, he came second in league scoring with 133 points. No Blocks? No problem when you are hitting 13 4s and being in the top 20% for steals. We are glad to elevate Devin Booker to join the esteemed ranks of the bread and butter pick of the week.

Some big dills around the league this week:

• with the conclusion of the Jimmy Butler era in Miami, there is a big role to be filled in the heats starting 5, is Nikola Jovic ready to step bigger role having eclipse with the lack of front court players or could we see Kel'el Ware step into a rim protecting role? Where will jimmy end up? This could be an opportunity for the Suns to get even older!

• Wussell Restbrook is showing signs of life again seeing a large uptick in both steals and assists, reinforced by a 64% from the field. The secret to this was setting what is at least a season best he only missed 6 3s this week.

• CJ has been red hot from deep, hitting 19 3-pointers on only 35 attempts.

• Jamal Murray had a great bounce back week, going 11/11 from the line and grabbing 9 steals.

• Derrick White tied with Wemby for most blocks on the week at 11, the fack he is a 6'4" is what makes this most impressive, 2nd highest blocks for a guard was SGA with 5.

• At this point I need to start excluding Jokic from player comparisons, he lead the league in scoring and assists again, and came in 2nd on rebounds. He also went 24/27 on free throws and hit 10 3s.

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Karl-Anthony Towns

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I've been waiting for this moment for the last 3 years, a previous ironman dethroned after getting the longest covid, getting hit by a bus and having multiple season ending injuries it's finally time. The big kat in manhattan strung together an amazing 4 games, featuring 4 massive double doubles, one with 44/16, and two with over 20 rebounds. Thats not to mention he has some all time great facial expressions and a truly impressive 72/1 rebound:block ratio. For his commitment to displaying all the emotions of the game, we are honored to proclaim Karl-Anthony Towns the week 10 bread and butter pick of the week.

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Victor Wembanyama

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This week's top performer has given us and absolute masterclass across 4 counting categories. Leading the league in both 3s(19) and blocks(20) while adding 121 points and 42 rebounds. This sophomore continues to develop consistency in his long game while absolutely mashing competition down low. It is with great festive cheer that Picklytics is proud to declare Victor Wembanyama as the bread and butter pick of the week.

With great jubilation we would like congratulate Doc Rivers and the Bucks on winning the 2nd nba cup. This is the 3rd award Doc has received aside from his 2008 championship with the celtics and coach of the year in 2000. For the first time in 12 years he was able to close out 3 series in a season.

• Sabonis has been cleaning up on the glass this week, with a rocking 66 boards, he's even got a scatter 3 falling. Lets hope his free throw shooting woes are just a Christmas anomaly.

• Jamal Murray is begging to show signs of life, despite having trouble getting his shot to fall, he's been a cross category contributor and the return of Aaron Gordon can only be good for him.

• Norman Powell is shooting the lights out from 3 shooting 46%. The clippers have been sorely lacking a number 2 option with Kawhi banished to the shadow realm. Hopefully we can see another couple weeks of this level of production before big changes to the clippers roster.

• With the offensive titan Dennis Schröder out of the way in Brooklyn Cameron Johnson has been taking a much more active role, he's been shooting 81% from the line on 7 attempts per game and throwing up an average of 23/5/5

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De'Aaron Fox

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The Sacramento Kings players came into this week with an advantage due to being the only team fielding a four game week. It was no surprise that they had 3 players in the top 3. But this week we had a triple threat scorer who lead the league in points and went 26/29 from the free throw line. This combined with contributing across assists, steals, 3s and a little bit of holiday allowed De'Aaron Fox just just squeeze past Sabonis 66 rebounds on his way to becoming the week 8 Bread and Butter Pick of the Week!

Looks like the NBA Cup finals are set to be the Bucks vs the Thunder in Vegas, could this be Doc Rivers crowning achievement or just another time that he failed to get the final win to close a series? Some updates around the league:

• Jokic and Luka continue to be head and shoulders above the rest of the pack this season

• Derrick White has been a little bit of everything this season making for one of the most interesting top 30 players of the season, with his impressive rebounding and blocks for a guard, he's been filling a Josh Hart but can hit 3s which has proved very desirable.

• Dejounte Murray is thriving being the top dog in New Orleans, much like when he was tank commander for the Spurs we are seeing huge usage combined with very sticky hands and a very capable playmaker, if he could replicate last seasons 36% 3 point shooting, we'd likely be seing a top40 player.

• Jalen Suggs has taken on the entirety of the Magic offense and defense with the loss of Franz and Paolo. The 3s are ugly but there's enough of them to combine with his defensive output to suggest and exciting upcoming few weeks.

• Apparently Josh Hart has shot better from 3 than Derrick White this week. Generally a counting stat generalist he plays much like a Derrick white without a 3 point shot. Well this week he shot 10/21 from 3 so thats quite the good showing.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo

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There was a interesting statistic floating around this week that Giannis has shot over 50% in every game this season so far. This includes Free throws over the past month. While seeming to have removed 3 point shooting from his game, he has still scored 30+ in his last 5 games. In fact over his last 10 games his lowest point total was 28. While the assists may inconsistent from night to night, Giannis fg efficiency combined with solid rebounding and blocks is more than enough to outweigh the known deficits in his game. As a stanch demonstrator that 3s and Free throws are not the way forward we are proud to announce Giannis Antetokounmpo as the bread and butter pick of the week.

Currently with a win streak of 6 games we have the Magic, Bucks and Grizzlies quickly moving up the season standings. The Wizards have managed to lose their last 14 games. Is Jordan Poole making his case as a hall of fame tank commander? The pistons are currently gingerly holding on 10th in the east showing considerable progress from last week. The Rockets are probably the surprise of the season, while many expected the young core to take a step forward they are currently 2nd in the West and 3-0 in the NBA Cup.

Some updates around the league:

• Franz Wagner continues his campaign as one of the top steals of the draft while filling in for the injured Paolo, providing contributions from all categories.

• Tyrese Haliburton has had his first week performing as a first round talent after having difficulty from 3 in the first few weeks.

• Karl Anthony Towns seems to be settling in with the Knicks, leading the league with 60 rebounds.

• Walker Kessler is showing a more rounded game than just blocks, he's been adding hyper-efficient scoring mixed with the occasional steal and assist

• Malik Monk has made his return shooting a scorching 19 3s on 49% efficiency. Just in case you weren't aware Malik means King

• Jalen Johnson has been performing at his absolute peak, showing meaningful contribution across all categories and highly elevated shooting %s

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James Harden

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All too often the clippers are an overlooked team. With their new branding consisting of a boat ball, they relied heavily on a veteran presence to fill the new fan wall. Despite being riddled with injuries to every capable scorer they've managed to hold up a winning records in a tough western conference. This is all thanks to the system, despite dipping in assists we have seen an absolute torrent of 3s providing high volume scoring as well as massive defensive contributions. Averaging along with 30/5/8 4 3s and 2 steals per game we are proud to announce that the weeks six Bread and Butter pick of the week is none other than the mayor of McCheese Town, James Harden.