"According to ESPN BET, Thunder point guard Ajay Mitchell (+750) has the second-shortest odds to win Sixth Man of the Year, behind the Heat's Jaime Jaquez Jr. (+425) and ahead of Quentin Grimes (+1000) of the Knicks. Mitchell was not on the radar when the season began, but his stellar play in the first month of the season has him among the early-season favorites for the award. Should he be? And is there value in betting Mitchell for Sixth Man of the Year? Let's explore."
"Using the ESPN Fantasy Basketball scoring system as a one-number metric of player production, Mitchell is currently averaging 33.8 fantasy PPG on the season. That is better than last season's Sixth Man of the Year, Payton Pritchard, who averaged 29.7 FPPG. In fact, if you go back over the last decade of Sixth Man of the Year winners, only Lou Williams in 2018 (34.5) had a higher fantasy scoring average than Mitchell's 33.8."
ESPN BET lists Ajay Mitchell at +750 for Sixth Man of the Year, second-shortest behind Jaime Jaquez Jr. (+425) and ahead of Quentin Grimes (+1000). Mitchell averaged 17.2 PPG, 3.9 RPG and 3.9 APG with 1.8 SPG and 1.3 3PG in 28.3 MPG through 12 games, primarily off the bench. He moved into the starting lineup due to multiple injuries and in four starts averaged 19.3 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 4.8 APG, 2.0 SPG and 1.5 3PG in 31.3 MPG. Mitchell averages 33.8 ESPN fantasy PPG, a mark higher than recent Sixth Man winners and among the highest in the last decade.
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