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With David Lee on a lucrative deal and the team having just traded for Andrew Bogut at the 2012 deadline, we’re not putting a ton of stock into this one. Golden State has a massive hole at small forward, and it would make much more sense for the team to target a prospect who would fill that void. Additionally, No. 7 seems awfully high for Sullinger to be selected.

Fox had a poor shooting night, but he was still able to record a well-rounded stat line. This was their third straight win, and they’ll look to make it four in a row against the Nuggets on Monday, which would be their longest streak of the year. Fox’s 3-point percentage is down in comparison to last year, but his field goal and free throw percentage are both up from last season. He’ll continue to be one of the premier fantasy hoops options, but he hasn’t played his best yet.

It has been a difficult season for Adebayo and the fantasy managers that have him rostered, but he has started to figure things out recently. Prior to this game, he had made at least 50% of his shots in three straight games and still shot fairly well in this one. Adebayo has had one of the worst shooting seasons of his career, but his value will rise if he continues to shoot like he has recently. They’ll have a few days off before he’ll look to keep this up in Detroit on Monday.

Herro’s excellent season continued in this game, and he has been especially hot as of late. He has shot better than 50% in each of their last four games while averaging 26.3 points, 5.5 assists and 4.8 triples per game. Herro is in the midst of the best year of his career, and he has been Miami’s top option on offense. The rumors have been swirling about a potential Jimmy Butler trade, but Herro won’t be impacted by any move that may or may not happen. He’ll just keep cooking.

Murray continues to struggle with efficiency, but the counting stats have been better for him recently. He is averaging a career-high in turnovers while boasting the worst field goal percentage of his career in his first year with the Pelicans. He has only played nine games, so it isn’t time to freak out yet, but it has certainly been a frustrating start to his tenure with the team in what has been a disappointing year for them. Though it hasn’t happened yet, he’ll eventually start to figure things out.

Sabonis dominated the Pelicans from the opening tip, and it showed up in the box score. He had a 20-point double-double before halftime and ended up setting his season-high for points and tying his season-high for rebounds. Sabonis has been a top-10 player in 9-cat leagues this season, which is partially due to him averaging career-highs in points and 3-pointers. However, the main reason is that he has been shooting a career-high in both field goal and free throw percentage. His FG% has always been strong, but FT% was a weakness for him prior to this season. This was the fifth time in his career that he has made at least nine free throws without missing.

Jovic hasn’t been part of the rotation even when healthy recently, but he was able to log 24 minutes off the bench in this game and make a big impact. He fell one point shy of tying his season-high for points, which was encouraging to see after a mostly disappointing season. Jovic and Dru Smith (11/3/3/1) led the bench unit in this game with Pelle Larsson still sidelined and Terry Rozier still struggling. Jovic isn’t worth adding off the waiver wire just because he played well in this game, but he’s worth keeping an eye on.

With Scottie Barnes set to miss “several weeks”, Mogbo was able to slide into the starting unit and provide decent numbers. He logged 30 minutes and was able to record solid production in rebounds and assists, though he didn’t do much scoring. He hasn’t been much of a scorer this year, but he has been able to provide defensive stats in limited minutes, so those should come as he starts more games. Mogbo is available in 97% of Yahoo leagues and should be a worthy streamer until Barnes or Immanuel Quickley returns to the lineup.

Darko Rajakovic opted to roll with rookie Jonathan Mogbo in the starting unit in place of the injured Scottie Barnes, which means that Barrett will be the team’s primary playmaker moving forward. That helps explain a lot of his production in this game. He was able to record the first triple-double of his career, but he shot the ball poorly and turned it over a lot. The blocks were an unexpected boost, but managers should be able to rely on him for assists moving forward until either Barnes or Immanuel Quickley returns to the lineup.

After being held to a season-low seven points in their last game, Dick got back on track in this game. With Scottie Barnes set to miss multiple weeks, they’re going to need more games like this from Dick just to keep games close. Most of his impact in fantasy basketball has comes from points and 3-pointers, and that isn’t going to change. However, he had some massive performances earlier this year when the team was playnig without Barnes, and managers should expect him to be a focal point of the offense moving forward.

Holland took advantage of garbage time in this game. He scored 20 of his career-high 26 points in the fourth quarter, with 17 of those coming in the final six minutes of the game. That isn’t trying to discredit what he did, since Boston doesn’t have a weak lineup. The rookie shattered his previous career-high of 14 points, and it was great to see him get something going on offense after he scored a total of 21 points over their last five games. Holland isn’t worth rostering in redraft formats, but dynasty managers have to be excited about this performance.