Bridges continues to improve year-over-year. His scoring has gone up each year in the league, and he's on pace to put up career highs in almost every fantasy-relevant category this season. His preseason ADP was 59.4, and he's providing second-round value five weeks into the season.
When Lillard is off the floor this season, Simons is averaging 28.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 4.8 3PM and 0.8 stocks. The Blazers have three games left in Week 6, and Simons already put in a 29/5/4 performance versus the Bucks on Monday night. Though his usage rate remains around 27% with Lillard on or off the court, he attempts more shots and gets to the line more frequently when Lillard is in street clothes.Personally, I'm holding.
The former two-time MVP is outside the top 100 in fantasy basketball. Giannis Antetokounmpo is proving why fantasy managers should've deployed a"punt free-throw strategy" when selecting him as an early first-round pick this season. He is single-handedly tanking that category, shooting an abysmal 58.7% from the foul line five weeks into the season.aside, Giannis is shooting 48.4% from the charity stripe over his previous five contests.