Risers and fallers: Filipowski, da Silva should be rostered, but what about Mathurin, Johnson?
Tristan da Silva is rolling, Matas Buzelis is popping it on and Kyle Filipowski has lastly arrived this season in Utah. Meanwhile, Benedict Mathurin and Cooper Flagg are struggling down the homestretch, and Cameron Johnson‘s worth is within the tank.
Let’s break it down within the newest version of Risers and Fallers.
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Risers
Tristan da Silva, SF, Orlando Magic (19.7% rostered in ESPN leagues)
With Franz Wagner and Anthony Black On the shelf in Orlando, da Silva has all of the sudden grow to be a fantasy issue, and he went off for a career-high 26 factors to associate with seven boards, 4 steals, two blocks and three 3-pointers in Thursday’s additional time win in opposition to the Wizards.
That got here on the heels of his second-best recreation of the season when he had 23 factors and one other full stat line in opposition to Cleveland on Wednesday. He’s having a pleasant month, scoring in double figures in 5 of his seven March video games whereas getting properly over half-hour per recreation.
The Magic play 4 instances in every of the ultimate 4 weeks of the season, and it is potential that Wagner and Black may miss a majority of Orlando’s remaining video games. Given the elite schedule and the massive minutes, da Silva should be rostered in every single place.
Matas Buzelis, SF/PF, Chicago Bulls (72.2% rostered)
Buzelis was my favourite participant to draft this season, and I used to be made enjoyable of greater than as soon as for reaching for him within the fifth spherical in a few of my drafts, but he is having the final giggle. He has been a top-50 fantasy participant this season, because of staying largely wholesome and contributing closely throughout the board whereas enjoying 29 minutes per recreation.
Buzelis can be peaking simply in time for the fantasy playoffs, averaging 23.0 factors, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 3.3 3-pointers in March previous to Thursday’s recreation. He scored a career-high 41 factors with six boards, two steals, two blocks and 5 3-pointers in Tuesday’s win over Golden State and had one other huge recreation in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday evening with 22 factors and one other full stat line.
The solely concern with Buzlis is that the Bulls are (largely) out of the playoff hunt and won’t have a lot motivation to play him till the top of the common season. Having stated that, he has been wholesome for many of the season and is younger sufficient (21) that they could simply preserve rolling him on the market till the top. Either approach, when you drafted Buzelis, it has been a enjoyable season to have him. The Bulls play simply thrice within the upcoming week.
Kyle Filipowski, P.F., Utah Jazz (48.0% rostered)
Filipowski completed final season sturdy for the Jazz, propping up his demand on this season’s drafts. And though he was disappointing for a lot of the season as a result of Jazz merely not giving him sufficient enjoying time, he is lastly turning it on simply in time for the fantasy playoffs.
Filipowski’s rise coincided with Jusuf Nurkic‘s season-ending nostril surgical procedure a number of weeks in the past, and he has been enjoyable to roster ever since. He had a stable February with 12.6 factors, 8.0 rebounds and 1.7 steals per recreation in simply 22 minutes, and he has blossomed in March, pushing his numbers as much as 15.5 factors, 11.0 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.2 steals, 1.2 blocks and a 3-pointer per evening, whereas his minutes are all the way in which as much as 28 per recreation.
Even with the Jazz tanking, Filipowski is likely one of the few wholesome huge males left on their roster. I do not see why they would not proceed to let him develop via the remainder of the season, and he may publish huge numbers over the past 4 weeks.
The solely problem is the Jazz play simply thrice within the upcoming week and thrice within the last week of the season, but Filipowski should be rostered in each league, no matter what number of video games the Jazz are enjoying every week.
Fallers
Bennedict Mathurin, SG/SF, LA Clippers (66.7% rostered)
After starting the season in Indiana, Mathurin has shortly grow to be a key participant for his new staff by racking up 28.2 minutes per recreation and 18.3 factors over the previous two weeks.
Although the function, minutes and scoring are all good, he is struggling in fantasy due to a scarcity of 3-pointers, assists, steals and blocks, and a less-than-ideal capturing proportion from the sphere. Over the previous two weeks, he has averaged simply 0.7 3-pointers, steals and blocks whereas hitting simply 43.6% of his pictures from the sphere.
Mathurin is a superb play in factors leagues, but when you’re in a playoff battle in a roto/classes league, he is actually not serving to a lot in some other areas. The Clippers play 4 instances in every of the subsequent two weeks, but you probably have him and end up struggling to win every week, his lack of peripheral stats might be the explanation. Move him for a extra well-rounded participant, if you will discover one in your league’s waiver wire.
Cooper Flagg, PG/SF/PF, Dallas Mavericks (95.5% rostered)
Flagg is again from the foot harm that stored him out for eight video games, but he hasn’t been enjoying in addition to he’d like as he battles Kon Knueppel for Rookie of the Year. In his 5 video games since returning, he’s but to attain greater than 18 factors and is capturing simply 34.6% from the sphere.
His rebounds, assists, steals and blocks have all been stable, but he hasn’t been hitting 3-pointers and he is wanting in a capturing droop. I’m not suggesting anybody drop Flagg at this level, as he may make a late run to separate himself from Knueppel and go away no questions about the ROY race.
But Dallas is tanking, Flagg is the way forward for the franchise, and Mavericks administration has to be just a little involved about protecting him wholesome because the season winds down. Keep rolling him on the market and hope that he breaks out of his capturing funk before later.
But if his poor subject aim proportion goes to harm your possibilities within the playoffs, now would possibly be a very good time to assume about swapping him out for a extra steady possibility, because the Mavericks play solely thrice in every of the subsequent two weeks.
Cameron Johnson, SF/PF, Denver Nuggets (20.1% rostered)
Johnson was a scorching pickup when Aaron Gordon, Peyton Watson and Christian Braun They have been all injured, but he by no means lived as much as the hype. And now that Gordon and Braun are again, and Watson may be again subsequent week, Johnson’s fantasy worth could not be a lot decrease.
Over his previous six video games, Johnson has scored simply 9.2 factors with 1.2 3-pointers, 4.2 rebounds and 0.5 steals in 27 minutes per recreation. And along with his teammates all getting wholesome, his stats may get even worse going ahead.
Nearly each league has gamers on the waiver wire who’re higher than Johnson is correct now. Drop him for da Silva (or one other scorching free agent) and do not look again.
