Fantasy Basketball: Byron Mullens Scoring Big

Charlotte Bobcats Center Byron Mullens averaged 1.1 points in his 2009-10 rookie season for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Last year, he increased his average output to 1.9 points.

Not many people could have seen his success coming. In his one year of college ball, Mullens averaged 8.8 points for Ohio State.

Regardless of how Mullens got to this point, the fact is he enters today's Martin Luther King matinee averaging 13.0 points on the year.

He's been even more ridiculous of late. In his past four games he averaged 18.5 points and 7.0 rebounds, while shooting 47.5 percent from the floor and 88.2 percent from the line.

Mullens isn't your prototypical big man. He's only averaging a half a block per game. He only has one game with multiple blocks in his 13 appearances. He didn't even record a block in eight of the games he played in.

While he isn't helping in the block category, he does give you an unexpected boost in the free throw percentage category. He's shooting 93.8 percent from the charity stripe this year.

If you want to get Mullens, you better get while the getting's good. He is still reasonably available in Yahoo! leagues at 49.0 percent ownership, but he's been jumping off the shelves in ESPN leagues, as he's up to 77.7 percent ownership.

Will his scoring spree continue? Hard to say, especially given his track record. For now, ride him while he's hot.

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