What Does 'Boom-or-Bust' Mean?

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A player whose weekly output swings between huge scoring performances and near-total busts, with little consistency in between, making them a high-variance roster decision.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Classic boom-or-bust, either he drops thirty points or basically nothing."

LORE & ORIGIN

Standard fantasy sports vocabulary for describing a high-variance player profile, borrowed from the general boom-or-bust economic phrase.

FIRST SEEN

2012

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (Fantasy Sports Internet)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Floor Play Ceiling Play

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