Flagg’s All-Around, Jerome’s 45: Early Fantasy Picks — SkimNews
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- Cooper Flagg is the only player averaging at least 25.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game, with a 32-point opener and 29 points and 11 rebounds in his latest outing while the Mavericks sit 2-2.
- Ty Jerome scored 45 in the opener and averaged 34.7 points on 56.3% shooting over his first three games before posting 15 points and eight assists in his fourth.
- Tyrese Haliburton returned after missing last season while recovering from an Achilles injury and has scored at least 22 points in three of four outings, averaging 21.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 9.5 assists and 1.3 steals while making 10 threes.
- Yaxel Lendeborg rose from 12 points in his debut to 18 points and 13 rebounds, then 26 points, nine rebounds and five assists, before finishing his first four games with 31 points, 12 rebounds and six assists.
- Trae Young has logged three double-doubles in four games, averaging 22.3 points, 11.0 assists and 2.3 turnovers in 36.5 minutes per game after playing only a handful of games for the Wizards last season.
- Domantas Sabonis leads the league at 16.5 rebounds per game and has recorded at least a double-double in all four games, including one 27-point, 19-rebound, 10-assist triple-double; he is shooting 73.8% from the field as the Kings sit 0-4.
- Alperen Sengun has produced 24.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.8 steals per game over four games, shooting 58.1% from the field as the Rockets sit 4-0.
Why it matters: Fantasy managers have concrete waiver-wire and trade targets across the league: Flagg’s rare all-around production, Sabonis’s league-high 16.5 rebounds and Jerome’s 45-point opener. The list spans very different team records—the Rockets at 4-0, the Mavericks at 2-2 and the Kings at 0-4.
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