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GPP Tips: Stacking and the Butterfly Effect

Fantasy Football
February 10, 2017

If you’ve read through my most recent series of articles, you may have picked up how important it is to roster players on shorthanded teams due to injuries. Even what some might consider a minor tweak to a roster can create a butterfly effect, resulting in massive opportunities for players that may go unnoticed by both projection sites and the public. A very recent example of the butterfly effect came into play when Aaron Gordon was ruled out last night, bringing Mario Hezonja and CJ Watson into the starting lineup, and Elfrid Payton to the bench. This change made Evan Fournier a terrific play, as he was only projected to play around 34 minutes. What was unseen is that with the starting lineup in play, Fournier was all but guaranteed to be the primary ball handler, allowing him to put up a 43 minute line of 24 pts, 9 reb, 8 ast. The minutes are what stands out to me most, but this was likely due to excellent play from him in a close game, and the Magic’s need for a strong ball handler. Making plays like Fournier on a team with lots of injuries allows for these special types of

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