The Nets may have found an offensive facilitator in an unlikely place.
With Brooklyn’s young backcourt battling injuries, 6-foot-10 center Day’Ron Sharpe has emerged as one of the team’s primary distributors.
After averaging just 1.2 assists in five games in October, Sharpe, who took over as the team’s starting center after Nic Claxton’s departure, is averaging 6.5 through six November contests in one of the more unexpected developments of the Nets’ young season.
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Sharpe recorded a career-high eight assists against the Hornets on Nov. 4 before eclipsing that mark three days later with 13 against the Hawks, setting a franchise record for a center and getting his first career triple-double.
He’s kept it up over his past two games, dishing out 11 assists in just 39 combined minutes.
Even without that 13-assist outburst, Sharpe is averaging 5.2 assists this month and has recorded at least four in five of his six November games, including each of his past four.
Despite this sudden uptick in assists, sportsbooks haven’t quite adjusted and appear to be betting on Sharpe to come back to earth in this category.
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The Nets have been a more efficient offensive team with Sharpe as the offensive hub, shooting 45.8 percent from the field in November after shooting just 42.5 percent in October while cutting down on turnovers.
Even with point guard Egor Demin back on the court, expect the Nets to continue running plenty of their offense through Sharpe in Memphis on Saturday against a Grizzlies team playing on the second night of a back-to-back after beating the Pelicans on the road 142-111 Friday night.
The play: Day’Ron Sharpe Over 3.5 assists (-150, FanDuel)
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