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In order to ascend past your peers in a competitive fantasy basketball league, youll need to score on a few bold calls. http:///...er-navy-blue-jersey/ . Trusting last seasons surface numbers rarely delivers fantasy glory, as we must work to project and price in shifts in usage and development for various NBA talents.With audacity in mind, we break down eight players and provide bold predictions for the upcoming NBA season.Evan Fournier averages more than 20 points, flirts with a top-10 scoring rateThe average scoring clip for finishing 10th in the league in per-game scoring over the past three seasons was 22.2 points per game. Fournier averaged 15.4 points last season, so this claim certainly qualifies as daring, given that were projecting a nearly 30 percent leap in scoring output from the French swingman. The reasoning begins with the premise that hes the Orlando Magics best perimeter scorer in the wake of Victor Oladipos?trade, and he is the teams best shooter, as he was one of just nine NBA players to shoot at least 45 percent from the field, 80 percent from the stripe and 40 percent from beyond the arc.As the teams most effective and efficient outside scorer, we could see Fournier command the ball-dominant wing role Paul George has served in Frank Vogels offense the past several seasons. It costs only a midround pick to find out if Fournier -- who turns 24 later this month -- will make a sizable surge in scoring.Dennis Schroder finishes as a top-five fantasy point guardEven in a down season, Jeff Teague finished 13th among point guards on the Player Rater. The index is a standard deviation model that essentially rewards statistical balance and positive differentiation from a given position pool. With Teague in Indiana, Schroders rare usage rate the past season, combined with an expected uptick in minutes, touches and shots this season, could see him become a full-fledged fantasy stud in his first year at the helm of the Hawks fantasy-friendly offense.ESPN Insider Kevin Pelton is a fan of the upside?for the upcoming campaign: SCHOENE projections have him averaging 17.0 points and 6.2 assists in 30 minutes per game, similar to (and in fact slightly better than) Teagues averages of 15.7 points and 5.9 assists last season while splitting time with Schroder. To go full meta, Schroder doesnt have Schroder to compete with this season, as in a high-usage asset on the same point guard depth chart. Given that he was tied with Blake Griffin for 18th in usage rate?last season, the sky is the limit for what could be a breakout campaign.Hassan Whiteside becomes a top-five fantasy optionThis isnt entirely bold, considering Whiteside is being drafted in the middle of the second round on average in ESPN leagues, yet the leap from that range to a top-five asset is sizable, given the sheer number of superstars hed need to surpass. Whiteside is a Ron Popeil All-Star in that you can set it and forget it in regard to dominating blocks in your league if you draft him. Although we worked hard to get that analogy to work, the idea is that if you invest in Whiteside, who led the league in blocks last season and was third in rebounds, you can then spend the rest of your draft sourcing high-usage guards without much allocation on big men. With Dwyane Wade and Luol Deng off the court, both top rebounders for their positions, and Chris Bosh looking unlikely to return, Whitesides minutes, usage, scoring and rebounding opportunities should soar.Devin Booker hits 200 3-pointersIn league history, weve seen 52 seasons of an NBA player hitting 200 3-pointers. Booker, who turned 19 last fall, hit 99 shots from beyond the arc last season in becoming the fourth-youngest player to tally 1,000 points in a season. The Suns backcourt is led by Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight, and though it would make sense for roster balance to see one of them dealt this season after trade rumors swirled around both this past summer, we buy Booker taking a sizable leap, even with these high-usage assets in place.With Bookers size, he can net minutes at small forward, and hes already clearly the teams best perimeter scorer, thus minutes and workload shouldnt be an issue for the second-year star in Earl Watsons rotation. If one of those guards is traded, Booker could vault into the top 30 of fantasy assets. With his shooting prowess and our bold prediction for 200 made 3-pointers, Booker delivers a high fantasy floor and an impressive ceiling.Rondae Hollis-Jefferson leads the NBA in stealsAs a rookie, Hollis-Jefferson ranked 38th in the NBA in steals per game, with 1.34, while Steph Curry led the league with a rich rate of 2.14 thefts per game. Why then are we proclaiming a nearly 60 percent leap in steals for the second-year wing? Minutes, for one. The Brooklyn Nets thin depth chart at the wing should see Hollis-Jefferson top 30 minutes per game.As Pelton noted in a recent breakdown of the 2015 draft class on the doorstep of their sophomore season, When he was on the court, Hollis-Jefferson ranked fourth among rookies who averaged at least 15 minutes per game in ESPNs real plus-minus. Chad Ford called RHJ a defensive monster in that same piece. With strong rebounding metrics and per-36 rates that equate to 2.3 steals and nearly a block per game, Hollis-Jefferson could help you secure a valuable volume of steals this season.Andrew Wiggins becomes a second-round fixture in 2017 draftsLost in Anthony-Towns amazing rookie season was the quiet surge we saw from Wiggins across the board as a professional sophomore, as he significantly improved in scoring efficiency. To continue on the bold theme, Wiggins will become a top-five scorer this season, which has meant finishing in the mid-20s the past several seasons.Glowing offseason reports combined with a new coach prone to ride his starters with heavy minutes and high usage bode well for Wiggins statistical stock. If we see any marked improvement from 3-point range, Wiggins could truly become an elite fantasy asset, and hes already poised to become a plus-version of DeMar DeRozan in just his third season.Clint Capela is a top-10 fantasy centerWith nearly a steal and 1.2 blocks in just 19.1 minutes per game for the Houston Rockets?last season, Capela is a fun fantasy investment, given breakout ingredients heading into the new season. With Dwight Howard in Atlanta, Capela becomes the rim protector of choice for the Rockets, as hell anchor the teams interior defense.Per-36 rates can distort expectations for Capela, as we dont expect him to ever near that exposure rate, so if we just adjust to 30 minutes per game based on last years rates, Capela averages 9.3 points, 9.9 boards and nearly two blocks. This young, emerging pivot could thrive in Mike DAntonis up-tempo scheme. The Rockets were 22-11 when Capela played more than 20 minutes last season, a sign that he should see increased usage this year.Myles Turner is also a top-10 fantasy centerWith a massive 7-foot-4 wingspan and elite per-36 rates, Turner is due for a massive leap this season. If you dont want to spend on Whiteside early, wait on the duo of Capela and Turner, and you might still dominate your league in blocks. We saw Turner earn 28.1 minutes in the playoffs this season, as he led the postseason in blocks per game and block rate, compared to just 22.8 minutes during the regular season as a rookie. He is still just 20, and pricing in a leap in minutes and production for Turner could prove profitable for those willing to invest in him in the later rounds, as hes going 89th off the board on average in ESPN drafts. http:///...ng-navy-blue-jersey/ . 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Last year, a fourth-place finish at Dover was a little unexpected, and to perform that well and not advance? Well, that could be chalked up to a little bit of faith.Going into the race Sunday, McMurray sits five points out of the current cutoff -- behind Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Kyle Larson.As an organization, you hope one of the guys in front of us have problems and we both can make it in, McMurray said. Im not going to race Kyle any different than anyone else. Youre going to let the race play out and get the best finish you can.McMurray considers Dover a place of feast or famine. He hopes its a day like last year, when he had a big ol feast even if he missed the dessert.We havent had any drama with anyone in the Chase being eliminated from part failure or being caught up in a wreck McMurray said. This is just one of those places that a lot can happen.I havent worried about it at all because there is nothing I can do about it.Larson is taking a similar approach. He was fastest in practice Friday but starts in the row behind McMurray; the race field was set by points since qualifying was canceled because of rain.Known for not getting too excited about anything, Larson seemed quite calm heading into what some would consider the biggest race of his career.Im not nervous, Larson said. Anything can happen at Dover. That is the only nerve-wracking thing.Its nice to be on the positive end of things. ... Weve just got to run how we normally run at Dover, and hopefully thats enough to advance us.Larson hhas four consecutive top-10s at Dover, so he knows he can get the job done here. http:///...ki-navy-blue-jersey/. With a five-point cushion on McMurray and Austin Dillon, Larson at least knows that if he finishes fourth, hes in the Chase as long as one of those drivers, or Tony Stewart or Chris Buescher, doesnt win.Dillon will take an approach similar to McMurrays.I know what my job is to do -- to beat Kyle by five or six positions or win the race, and I am automatically in, Dillon said. We have one goal, and thats just to finish as high up as we can, and weve got to beat people. ... Im excited for it.And Im going to step up to the challenge and make it happen.The whole point of this Chase elimination game is to increase the intensity and the pressure.I feel like I handle pressure well, Larson said. I dont think too much about it. Ill go out there and race, and I go out and try to do the best job I can, like I do at every race. If we run how we normally do, I hope that will be enough to transfer through.Some would say these drivers should be just happy to have made the Chase. 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