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After a bit of a rollercoaster schedule in Week 3, we’re back to some normalcy in Week 4. There’s pretty even distribution between four- and three-game schedules, and the pool of candidates with ample opportunity to boost our High Score lineups is therefore deep.
Without further ado, here’s our six players to consider for your Week 4 High Score lineups.
Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers
Week 4 schedule: @CHA, @NYK, @MIA, DAL
Mitchell is the first of our two superstar inclusions for this week, and the newly minted sharpshooter is off to another signature start this season. Spida has produced averages of 24.0 points on career-best 48.8% shooting, 5.6 assists, a career-high-tying 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals per contest. Mitchell is also draining a career-best 38.1% of his 3-point shots, and he’s currently getting to the line at a clip of 6.1 visits per game, which also equals his previous high-water mark.
Mitchell’s four-game schedule this coming week affords him some particularly favorable matchups in the form of the Hornets and Heat, as Charlotte is allowing 39.6% 3-point shooting to Mitchell’s SG position and Miami has been generous across the board while also playing at one of the league’s fastest paces. The Mavericks have also struggled defending two-guards, and Mitchell comes into the week having posted 44 to 58 Yahoo High Score points in his last four games alone.
Alperen Sengun, Houston Rockets
Week 4 schedule: DEN, GSW, UTA, @WAS
Sengun is off and running in the new season in his own right, already supplying new career highs in points (21.5) and assists (7.8), as well as a co-career-high 1.1 blocks per contest. Sengun is still a force on the glass as well (8.8 RPG), and he’s starting to experiment with spacing the floor a bit more and has found the net on 50.0% of the 16 3-point attempts he’s put up thus far.
Sengun already has his first triple-double of the season on the board, and he’s double-doubled on three other occasions as well. He checks into Week 4 with some massive Yahoo High Score point tallies on his early-season resume, having delivered 53 to 77 on four occasions. With four opportunities to keep climbing this week and especially welcoming positional matchups against the Jazz and Wizards to wrap up the schedule, one of those high-percentile performances could very well be in the cards.
Miles Bridges, Phoenix Suns
Week 4 schedule: SA, LAC, CHA, LAL
Bridges can sometimes get a bit lost in the shuffle when talking about top-tier fantasy forwards, but the veteran has a track record of providing reliable, higher-end production irrespective of what jersey he’s donning. He’s gotten his Suns tenure off to a trademark start, providing 16.9 points, a career-high 8.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and a career-best 1.4 steals per contest. Bridges’ offensive involvement is right at the same level as last season in Charlotte – he’s putting up 13.4 field-goal attempts per game after logging 13.5 a year ago – and his current 46.7% success rate from the field is his best since the 2021-22 season.
Bridges has shown some nice upside for a mid-tier fantasy asset by averaging 38.8 Yahoo High Score points per game and scoring between 40 and 50 fantasy points in each of his last five outings. This week’s schedule opens with a tough matchup against the Spurs, but his subsequent meetings against the Clippers, Hornets and Lakers see him face a trio of squads ranked in the bottom 10 in offensive efficiency rating allowed to Bridges’ power forward position.
Ty Jerome, Memphis Grizzlies
Week 4 schedule: @TOR, DEN, @NOP, BKN
Despite dropping three straight, the Grizzlies have surprised with an early 6-3 mark entering Week 4, and Jerome has been one of the main factors. The veteran point guard is maximizing what is set to be his most extensive starting opportunity yet if good health prevails, as he’s putting up 26.6 points, 5.3 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game, while shooting 50.3% from the floor. Jerome is boasting a massive 30.5% usage rate as well, a number fueled by the 18.4 field-goal attempts per game he’s taking.
Jerome’s average of 44.2 Yahoo High Score points per contest is driven by a trio of games where he’s scored 52 to 67 fantasy points, corroborating the significant spikes he’s capable of thanks to his versatility. With Cameron Boozer and a healthy Zach Edey working alongside Jerome to make the Grizzlies much more competitive, the latter should continue to log heavy minutes and has a good opportunity for one of his top-end efforts during a Week 4 schedule that features two teams in Denver and New Orleans ranked in the bottom 10 in defending point guards.
Andrew Nembhard, Indiana Pacers
Week 4 schedule: @DAL, WAS, NYK, @PHI
Nembhard is a bit of an exception this week in the sense that his schedule includes a couple of especially tough defensive units in those of the Knicks and 76ers. Nevertheless, the talented guard is currently in an elevated role due to the ongoing absence of Tyrese Haliburton (hamstring), who remains without a timetable for return, and Nembhard is generating career-high scoring numbers with a notable hand from his career-best accuracy from behind the arc.
Nembhard checks into Week 4 averaging 17.8 points on 40.8% 3-point shooting, the latter figure coming via a career-high 6.1 3-point attempts per contest. The fifth-year veteran has picked it up on the offensive end in recent games as well, scoring 22 or more actual points in three of the last four entering this week. Nembhard is still available on the wire in 22% of Yahoo High Score leagues, and he’s flashed some appealing upside by already recording 41 to 49 fantasy points on three occasions.
Jeremiah Fears, New Orleans Pelicans
Week 4 schedule: @GSW, BKN, MEM, DEN
Fears is already taking another step forward in his second season, opening his sophomore NBA campaign with averages of 15.8 points (45.6% shooting), 4.7 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.2 steals per contest. Fears is still available on the wire in 28% of Yahoo High Score leagues, even as he approaches Week 4 on a clear upward trajectory. Fears has delivered 24.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.0 steals in his last pair of outings against the T-Wolves and Clippers, shooting an incandescent 63.3%, including 50.0% from 3-point range.
Fears has boosted his field-goal-attempt average from his rookie-season figure of 12.3 to 13.6 as well, helping lead to a solid 24.7% usage rate. He’s registered 45 and 47 Yahoo High Score points in the aforementioned last two games, but he also has an elite 74-pointer that he generated against the Kings back on Oct. 29. With a schedule that includes some projected wire-to-wire battles in solid matchups against the Warriors, Grizzlies and Nuggets, the 2025 seventh overall pick makes for an intriguing consideration this week.