Ben Gordon has not been impressive lately but there are plenty of reasons to stick with the shooting guard.
Analysis: Ben Gordon could only manage nine points on fourteen shots Thursday night. To make matters worse, the nine points came in forty minutes. Gordon has not posted a twelve plus point game in his last five contests. Although his play has been suspect, he’s just too talented of a player to drop from your fantasy squad and you have to stick by him.
On a positive note, Gordon is averaging well over thirty minutes per game and still has a solid stat line when considering his last two weeks of action has been awful. He’s still going to hit one to two three pointers per game and he’s still a virtual lock for a fifteen plus points per game average. Gordon has always been a stellar free throw shooter and he’s averaging a near career high of 3.4 assists per game. Going forward he is a valuable fantasy asset. His slow play as of late is worth putting up with when considering his threes, free throw percentage and points potential are exactly what you need from a lower tier fantasy shooting guard.