Risers and Fallers: Ionescu struggling, Canada returning to form

Change is the 1 happening you tin ever number on, some successful sports and successful life. While consistency is what phantasy managers strive for, the world is that subordinate show tin plaything wildly implicit a agelong season.

Trying to support up with each the highs and lows crossed 44 games and 4 months tin consciousness overwhelming. That's wherefore breaking things down week by week makes it easier to enactment grounded and focused connected what matters close now.

That's the extremity of my Risers and Fallers column. It helps you way momentum shifts arsenic they happen, utilizing insights pulled straight from ESPN's phantasy metrics.

Fallers

Sabrina Ionescu, G, New York Liberty (100% rostered, 0.0)

Ionescu continues to conflict shooting, which is particularly frustrating for managers who drafted her successful the archetypal round. She has averaged conscionable 23.3 phantasy points per crippled implicit her past 3 games, compared to 34.2 FPG dating backmost to the commencement of past season. She has changeable a dreadful 21.6% from the tract and 23.1% from 3-point scope implicit her past 4 games. While affirmative regression is likely, it is uncertain erstwhile it volition hap for Ionescu. In the meantime, managers volition request to thrust retired the slump.

Tina Charles, C, Connecticut Sun (97.8% rostered, -0.9)

Charles has scored 10 oregon less phantasy points successful 2 consecutive games and has played good beneath her play mean of 27.8 MPG successful each (21 MPG oregon fewer). The Sun are 1 of the worst teams successful the league and volition besides beryllium without their points and assists leader, Marina Mabrey. Charles, present 36 and successful the twilight of her career, could proceed to spot reduced usage, particularly with rookie Aneesah Morrow (41.5% rostered) playing well.

Risers

Jordin Canada, G, Atlanta Dream (53.7% rostered, +1.8)

Canada is returning to signifier aft missing the archetypal 7 games of the season. She has played 30 oregon much minutes and scored 30-plus phantasy points successful 2 consecutive games and her versatility is invaluable arsenic she contributes crossed astir each statistical category.

Tiffany Hayes, G, Golden State Valkyries (57.4% rostered, +6.8)

We weren't definite what to expect from Hayes aft she returned from a lengthy absence. But she's played 26 oregon much minutes successful 5 of her past six games and scored 24-plus phantasy points successful 4 of them. With the team's starring scorer, Kayla Thornton, injured and a pugnacious roadworthy agelong ahead, Golden State would beryllium omniscient to thin connected Hayes.