WWW - 2024 Pickle Report Week 14
Some big dills around the league this week:
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Joker lead the league with 50 assists, second was lebron with 40, he also came top 10 in points, rebounds steals, and turnovers.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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.
