2019 Fantasy Basketball: Can these six early season disappointments turn it around?

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Part of the issue is Jokic is playing just 30.4 minutes per game — a low number for a superstar — but nearly all of his rate stats are down, including rebounds, assists and true shooting percentage, as well as usage rate and PER. He's still giving fantasy managers 16.4 points, 8.8 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.2 steals per night, but that barely places him inside the top 40 in Yahoo leagues — a far cry from where a player who was a near-unanimous top-nine pick was expected to land. The good news for fantasy managers is Jokic is attempting roughly the same number of shots as last season — and he's taking more threes — but he's getting to the free throw line at a career-low rate.

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