This is Manu Gilobili’s ninth season in the NBA and he is currently averaging a career high in points per game. He’s also playing a career-high 32 minutes per game at the not-so-ripe age of 33.
Add to it that in the six games he’s played in December, Ginobili is only averaging 14.5 points and 28.7 minutes, and it would seem you have yourself an ideal sell-high candidate.
But I’m not so sure that’s the right move to make here.
The first thing you are going to look at when you are analyzing the stats for Manu this year is his season scoring average of 20 points a night versus his career average of 15.2.
That’s a pretty big leap for a guy in his ninth season, but the difference can be justified and might not be the fluke that some seem to think it is.
Let’s look at some of the factors contributing to this change. The big thing here is that while the team is largely the same as it has been for the last few years, it is a different team at the same time.
The biggest difference is that Manu Ginobili is option one on the offensive end of the court, which is something that has ...
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Fantasy Basketball: Is It Time To Sell High on Manu Ginobili? Not So Fast…
December 15th, 2010 by Will Overton Leave a reply »
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