1. Prince
2. Hunter
3. Culver
4. Hardaway
5. Melo

Prince is the most established and his team needs him the most of the bunch (aside from Melo but not for great reasons). His inconsistency is hurting you right now but he's a much better player when this team is fully healthy.

I'm a Hawks fan and Hunter has been my jam this season, so take note of the possible bias here. However, I do think he's entrenched in a large role with this team and will get better as the season progresses. The offensive stuff he's doing right now is cool but is also built out of necessity. I think the reps are great for him and could help him become a more efficient player when his volume decreases once this team gets Collins and Huerter back. The defensive numbers need to come around for him too. If they do I could see him becoming a solid 9-cat guy down the stretch.

Culver has all the counting stats to make him an appealing guy, but the shooting is so bad that he's not usable in standard settings quite yet. They're so bad that I can't imagine them not improving eventually, but until they do he's a stash guy. For reference on how much I like his game I think he'd be the top of this list by far if his FG and FT numbers were at least average.

I know he's been named the starter moving forward, but call me skeptical on Hardaway's outlook. He's just not useful when the shots aren't falling and there are just too many guys threatening him for playing time to make me feel comfortable with his ROS outlook. Feel like his minutes, like other Mavs guards, are just going to be all over the place based on how well he's shooting to start off a game.

Melo is PTS and REB only with rough percentages from the floor. He's essentially a less efficient Rui Hachimura at this stage of his career in terms of fantasy value.

Thank you so much Alan, this is an excellent breakdown man, much appreciated!

Alan bringing the FIRE

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