WWW - 2025 Pickle Report Week 11
There are just over 3 weeks until the trade deadline and with Miles turner unlikely to be traded from the Pacers this year we have to search around for this years big deadline stories. Yer a wizard already Trae, or at least your salary is. As of now Trae Young's player option next season makes up over half of the wizards salary commitment for next season. Ja Morant has had a falling out with the Grizzlies leaving the shooter vulnerable to trade offers but what is the market value on a player who has only played 138 games over the last 4 seasons and is shotting at a career worst 40% and commiting 3.6 TO a game despite not getting over 30 minutes per game. Which of the kings spare parts will be able to fetch any return, with Lavine going quietly into the cold night and the only true signs of life seem to be coming from a 36 year old DeRozan.
So lets take a look at some of the breakout performances by players who might be moving around during the deadline:
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With Zubac out and Brook Lopez being old and slow the clippers have been looking for some creativity from their front court. And John Collins has answered the call. Putting together a league leading 11 blocks with 5 steals and 25 rebounds the defense was solid, and followed up with 13 3s and 77 points. This is likely Collins best week as it required him to shooting 65% from 3 to end up in the top 50% of scorers.
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Collin Murray-Boyles has been capitalizing on getting a run of starters minutes, putting up 39 rebounds and 10 steals on the week while keeping at nearly 60% on field goals.
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Donte DiVincenzo may not be part of the future in Minnesota but a hot streak from 3 had him sinking 18 this week with strong showings in points, rebounds assists and steals.
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Now unlikely to be traded with the current mile high big man situation Peyton Watson has been playing massive minutes and demonstrating a scoring touch that no one could have seen coming. Now the 70% from 3 is going to come down but even if it halves we are looking at going from 24 to 18 points a game and he will maintain his blocking and rebounding upside.
We've got an oldie but a goodie this week, a perennial first round player with a few extra miles, this 37-year-old is seeing a 3-year high in usage and has offset a loss in rebounding with generally improved efficiency. A week featuring 116 points with 18 3s combined with 28 assists and a reasonable 7 turnovers, this was done while shooting 8% below his career average on the long ball. This week we are proud to welcome back to the club Steph Curry to be our bread and butter pick of the week.