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Al Jefferson ’s season got off to an extremely slow start thanks to an ankle injury, but he’s rounded into form since. He averaged 17.7 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 1.1 spg and 1.3 bpg during December, and the main reason he’s barely been a top-50 fantasy player this year is the sudden drop in FT%. After shooting 76.1, 77.4 and 77.0 percent from the charity stripe over the past three years, he’s down to 65.6 this season. But assuming that regresses to the mean, there’s a lot to like here with the big man moving forward. Jefferson’s Usage Rate (24.2) on his new team is his highest mark since 2008/09, and his 5.4 Turnover Ratio ranks fifth-best in the entire league (and no one ahead of him touches the ball nearly as much. Although it’s probably worth noting LaMarcus Aldridge has a higher Usage Rate and just a 6.0 Turnover Ratio, which is equally as impressive). Jefferson was a questionable offseason signing for a Bobcats team that should be tanking, but his poor defense doesn’t matter to fantasy owners, and he’s getting more shot attempts from both the field and the line in Charlotte than he did in Utah last year, so fantasy owners shouldn’t be complaining. Expect better numbers the further he’s removed from the early season injury and hopefully the FT struggles are just a random sample of bad luck. Jefferson could easily be a top-15 type fantasy asset over the rest of 2014. Here’s Blake Griffin posterizing Kris Humphries . This clip of the Rockets mascot scaring the team’s players is moderately funny, but it’s mostly worth watching to see just how bad Dwight Howard is at acting. Here are the top-10 circus shots from 2013 .
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