Brian

Roberts

Roberts is 26 years old and played in Germany last season, where he won a title with Bamberg while averaging 8.6 points and 2.2 assists in 25 minutes per game. He’s not certain to make the regular season roster, and those averages from Germany should be enough to scare away fantasy owners.

Roberts scored eight points on 3-of-5 shooting, and remains a non-entity in standard-sized fantasy leagues.

The Hornets’ backup point guard is averaging 12.3 points over the past three games, but he doesn’t get enough minutes or do enough across the board to warrant fantasy attention in average formats.

Roberts logged 23 minutes tonight but won’t surface with reliable value as long as Greivis Vasquez is healthy.

Roberts has been a pleasant surprise this preseason, filling in capably while the Hornets dance around Eric Gordon’s absence in the backcourt. His odds of making the team are improving on a daily basis.

Garbage time was a factor, but Roberts has looked solid in his limited time on the court during the season as well as during the preseason. Even though Greivis Vasquez is struggling shooting the ball, Roberts is not even close to being a threat to start.

Roberts benefited from Greivis Vasquez’s struggles tonight, but we doubt Vasquez is going to go 1-for-10 from the field all that much, nor is Roberts going to be nearly perfect. The Hornets aren’t a deep team, so theoretically there is room to improve, but barring an unlikely face-plant from Vasquez he’s going to have a hard time accumulating real fantasy value.

He was taken out from the game and replaced by Brian Roberts. He got his ankle taped up and has returned to the game.

He’s just trying to make the team, but is also turning heads in the process. With Greivis Vasquez and Austin Rivers around, it’s hard to imagine Roberts making a fantasy impact, but if he continues to play well in the preseason, he’ll at least be worth keeping an eye on.

He will begin his rehab immediately and should be ready to go for the start of next season. Vasquez’s ankle cost him the last two games of the season and he missed some time with left ankle issues in March, as well. No player had more than GV’s 704 assists in the regular season and he should be the starter next season even though Brian Roberts had a strong second half.