So for those of you who don't know, here's the situation in the mile-high city of Denver, Colorado: starting point guard Ty Lawson is nursing a strained rotator cuff in his shoulder, back-up point guard Nate Robinson just underwent surgery on a torn ACL, third string point guard Andre Miller has unofficially been released from the team, and starting shooting guard Randy Foye stepped into the point guard role and filled Lawson's shoes by dropping 16 assists.
True, Foye also had 8 turnovers and shot 4/13, but regardless, Foye is officially an elite option if he wasn't already before. Over the past month, the Nuggets guard is averaging 16.9 PPG, 3.5 RPG, and 4.2 APG, while knocking down 3.2 three pointers a game. Lawson will most likely return in the next one or two games, but even then, Foye has additional value in Robinson's absence. Foye will command the normal role as starting shooting guard in addition to filling in as the second-string point guard. We know he can shoot the ball, and now we know he can create plays for his teammates.
Bottom line: Randy Foye is only owned in 57.2% of ESPN leagues and even less in Yahoo! leagues, and is a must-add in all leagues, points or categories, head-to-head or rotisserie. He's a true shooting guard who can shoot the three about as well as anyone and can make plays for his teammates, and he now has an elevated role in the offense and will be clocking about 40 minutes per game. He's everything you want in a fantasy basketball player, and he's hot right now and is showing no signs of cooling off.
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