Evans playing at high level: Sacramento PG Tyreke Evans was solid scoring the basketball on Monday night in what was a comeback victory over the Hornets. Evans shot 7 of 16 from the field in the game to score 20 points for the Kings. He added five rebounds, four assists and a steal in the performance over 37 minutes on the floor. (Updated 02/06/2012)
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 2/12/12).
Fantasy Analysis
Evans is averaging 23.4 points per game over his last five contests. That is almost seven full points per game more than his season average. He's really scoring the basketball well right now for Sacramento, which has won three straight games. Evans is averaging 7.2 assists and 6.0 rebounds per game over his last five as well and should be active in all Fantasy formats at the moment. (Updated 02/06/2012).
02/12/2012 00:50 Suns make easy work of Kings
Jared Dudley had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Phoenix Suns, who never trailed in defeating the Sacramento Kings 98-84 on Saturday night.
02/10/2012 01:48 Kings step up at home, defeat Thunder
Tyreke Evans scored 22 points, DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and nine rebounds and the Sacramento Kings rallied to beat Oklahoma City 106-101 on Thursday night, dropping the Thunder to second overall in the NBA.
02/07/2012 22:49 Timberwolves 86, Kings 84
Nikola Pekovic had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Michael Beasley added 17 points and 14 boards to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to an 86-84 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night in their first game without the suspended Kevin Love.
Tyreke Evans was plagued by plantar fasciitis in his left foot last season, limiting him to 57 games. The injury forced him to play at less than 100 percent even when he was able to withstand the pain enough to play through it, causing a dip across his stat line compared to what was a highly productive rookie season. It affected his shooting to the point his field-goal percentage dropped from 45.8 percent as a rookie to 40.9 percent. An offseason of rest and recovery should go a long way toward getting Evans back to the point he may able to improve upon, or at least match, his rookie production and Fantasy owners who are not scared away by concerns of his ailment lingering may be able to land him at a very reasonable price late in the second round or early in the third. At full strength, Evans should average over 20 points per game. He may be asked to play more point guard this season with Beno Udrih out of town, but his role alongside rookie Jimmer Fredette is something that could change over the course of the season. Expect around five or six assists per game with a healthy amount of steals. Beware of his high turnover rate, however. (Updated 12/19/11)
