![]() ![]() ![]() Forbes Media, LLC Investor's Business Daily, Inc. Each of the company logos represented herein are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Dow Jones & Company Nasdaq, Inc. 2.This page has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved or endorsed by the companies represented herein. The Thunder suffered the worst loss in NBA history with a 152-79 trouncing at the hands of Memphis on Dec. ![]() An NBA-record 14 different players scored at least 50 points this season.Boston, Memphis and Milwaukee were not far behind. James Harden (12), Joel Embiid (3) and Tyrese Maxey (57) had an average fantasy finish of 24. The best fantasy team this season was the 76ers based on the combined average finish of the team’s top-3 players.Three pairs of teammates finished in the top-12 in 9-cat per-game scoring this season: Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid and James Harden.Oklahoma City will pick 2nd (and 12th), Houston will pick third and Detroit will pick 5th. Orlando’s tremendous tanking paid off as they won the NBA Draft Lottery and will get their choice of Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren or Paolo Banchero. The Thunder, Rockets, Magic and Pistons finished with the four worst records for the second straight season. Four teams stayed motionless from a season ago.The Cavs won 22 games last season and 44 this season, while the Timberwolves went from 23 to 46. Two teams showed dramatic improvements this season and doubled last season’s win totals.Sacramento extended its NBA-worst playoff drought to an astounding 16 straight seasons after failing to make the postseason yet again.Nine of the 12 players drafted on average in the first round of fantasy hoops leagues finished in the top-12, with the only exceptions Damian Lillard (injury), Bradley Beal (injury) and Luka Doncic (FT%).He became the first Grizzly to ever shoot better than 90% from the charity stripe for an entire season. Part of Bane’s fantasy success is owed to his elite FT shooting.Josh Giddey and Tomas Satoransky joined Norm Van Lier on this.umm…illustrious list.ĭESMOND BANE CAUGHT STEPH □ /1cgcSxxDWX- SportsCenter January 12, 2022 Only three players in NBA history have recorded a double-double with zero points, and two of them came this season.Bridges has yet to miss a game in four professional seasons after starting every game at Villanova in two collegiate campaigns. Only five players played 82 games this season: Dwight Powell, Saddiq Bey, Den Avdija, Kevon Looney and Mikal Bridges.I hope you enjoy reading these as much as I enjoyed putting them together! Most importantly, I’ll touch on fantasy values from the 2021-22 season, ranging from breakouts Desmond Bane and Tyrese Maxey, to let-downs like Bradley Beal and Damian Lillard. I’ll get into historic team win totals, shooting percentages, player durability and even the rare zero-point double-double (sorry Draymond fans, he’s not included). Below, you’ll find 32 more facts I dug up that don’t fit neatly into any of the aforementioned categories. ![]()
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