http://www.rotorob.com/2007/03/19/three-in-the-key-an-early-look-at-free-agency/ Fantasy Sports Analysis With an Edge Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.rotorob.com/2007/03/19/three-in-the-key-an-early-look-at-free-agency/#comment-4615 RotoRob » Archive » Early Small Forward Rankings Fri, 04 May 2007 21:45:34 +0000 http://www.rotorob.com/basketball/three-in-the-key-an-early-look-at-free-agency/#comment-4615 [...] 2. Rashard Lewis, SEA – Coming off a career season, Lewis is sure to up his draft day value significantly. He’s also going to up his value on the free agent market, something he’s expected to test when he opts out of his contract this summer. Orlando, seeking a scorer, is said to be interested. Perhaps the Sonics should have dealt the 3-point specialist at the deadline. A tendon injury limited him to 60 games, the fewest he’s played since his rookie season, but when he was in the lineup, Lewis was awesome, parlaying a 39 per cent accuracy from beyond the arc into 2.5 3-pointers per game, while averaging a career-high 22.4 PPG and shooting a personal best 84.1 per cent from the line. He also had a career-best 2.4 APG, but obviously this isn’t an area where Lewis helps. His FG percentage (46.1) dipped slightly and he was just middling in steals with 1.1 per game. Expect Lewis to go early in the second round. [...] [...] 2. Rashard Lewis, SEA – Coming off a career season, Lewis is sure to up his draft day value significantly. He’s also going to up his value on the free agent market, something he’s expected to test when he opts out of his contract this summer. Orlando, seeking a scorer, is said to be interested. Perhaps the Sonics should have dealt the 3-point specialist at the deadline. A tendon injury limited him to 60 games, the fewest he’s played since his rookie season, but when he was in the lineup, Lewis was awesome, parlaying a 39 per cent accuracy from beyond the arc into 2.5 3-pointers per game, while averaging a career-high 22.4 PPG and shooting a personal best 84.1 per cent from the line. He also had a career-best 2.4 APG, but obviously this isn’t an area where Lewis helps. His FG percentage (46.1) dipped slightly and he was just middling in steals with 1.1 per game. Expect Lewis to go early in the second round. [...]

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