Tag: Ben Gordon

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.

Ben Gordon has been relegated to coming off of the bench for the Pistons the last few games and his performance has been the same as when he was starting- completely disappointing.

Analysis: Fantasy owners love Ben Gordon for three reasons- threes, points and free throw percentage. At this moment he’s only a one category player with his threes. Gordon is averaging just 8 PPG with just two free throw attemtps in his last five contests. He’s also only averaging 19 minutes on the floor per game in that span and with the lack of talent in Detroit it has become impossible for him to get off like he used to with the Bulls a few years ago. The only thing he’s fantasy relevant with is the three ball. He’s buried double digit threes in three of his last four games and it appears his long range shooting is the only thing he has left to offer fantasy owners. You just cannot have shooting guards on your fantasy squad that cannot crack 10 PPG or cannot get to the stripe with frequency.

Projection: It’s time to dump Gordon as he shows no signs of multi category success the rest of the season. Consider Denver’s J.R. Smith if you are looking for a shooting guard getting some minutes who can contribute in threes and points.