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According to Woj, D’Antoni is expected to pursue head coaching opportunities again in the future. He was reportedly a finalist for the Portland opening this offseason, and will likely be a finalist for openings again next offseason. D’Antoni has over 20 years of NBA coaching experience, including 16 as a head coach.

Over the past week, Darryn Peterson has gotten more confident, aggressive, and the Jazz have been letting him lose. The peripheral stats from college have started to come back, and it’s been exciting to watch. You want more in terms of efficiency, but with Lauri Markkanen out for a month, Darryn is a must roster if he hasn’t been picked up in your league already.

Ace Bailey has been great this season and has been one of the best shot blockers in the NBA. His ability to havoc defender at this point is a great sign for his long-term development. He’s coachable and is a great teammate. The efficiency wasn’t great in this one, but it’s hard to complain with the peripheral stats that he gave you in this one.

Brice Sensabaugh has had a rough month of November, but it was good to see a bounce back game from the scoring department. Sensabaugh kept the Jazz afloat in the fourth quarter on the offensive end when the Magic shut off the water on everyone else. He remains a stream guy for points and 3’s in redraft leagues, but not a high priority one.

Back-to-Back great games against the Kings and the Jazz. He was aggressive in looking for his shot and it helped lead them to the win. This season, he’s been awesome from a statistical perspective and hitting his 3’s. The Magic are going to need to make a decision to trade one of their core places if they want to keep him around.

Desmond Bane’s 3PT shooting was a massive weapon to the Magic in this one and was a big reason why the Magic were able to pull away in the fourth quarter. You would want more in the peripheral stats, but this is about what you would expect from Desmond Bane on a night-to-night basis.

Franz Wagner led the way for the Magic in this one and he really helped spearhead this offense. These are the types of performances that you want as a Franz owner without Paolo. It’s easier when you’re going against the Jazz, but it’s good see him hit some 3’s in this one. He started talking smack to the Jazz and really got going in the fourth quarter.

Smart’s night ended prematurely after getting tangled up with Warriors center Charles Bassey late in the third quarter. The Rockets guard threw a punch that grazed Bassey’s nose. Smart finished with six points (2-of-2 FGs), two rebounds, one assist and two three-pointers. If he’s suspended, Reed Sheppard should get more minutes.

Largely, Edey has been disappointing this year. His numbers are down from his rookie year and the minutes are a career low. His FG% is down 11.4% from last season. His value with size is important to this team, but the Grizzlies have good backup centers with Isaiah Stewart and Quinten Post who can take minutes from him. It’s getting harder to hold in redraft leagues with the ups and downs.

Jerome has had 5 straight games of at least 20 points which is awesome for fantasy owners. He led the team with a +9 in a five point loss. If you got Jerome at ADP, you got an absolute monster of a steal on draft day. Unless he gets traded, there’s no sign of this slowing down. He fits very well with this team and he’s really contributing to winning.

After starting Tuesday’s loss to the Knicks, Rollins found himself back on the bench with Tyler Herro (knee) available to play. Efficiency was an issue for the Bucks guard, who finished with more turnovers (five) than assists and shot 30 percent from the field. Making matters worse for Rollins was a clash of heads with Lakers guard Collin Sexton with just under seven minutes left in the fourth quarter. Neither player returned to action, which may cast some doubt on Rollins’ availability for Friday’s game against the Magic.