Taurean Prince (SF/PF, CLE) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues

ANALYSIS: It was rather evident that Taurean Prince would have a very difficult path to playing time with a Brooklyn Nets squad featuring Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving (when he chooses to play), and through the first twelve games of the season, his contributions were at their lowest level since his rookie year in Atlanta, posting just 8.1 points and 2.8 rebounds over 18.2 minutes per game. Then, as you might've heard, James Harden was traded to Brooklyn in a four-team deal between the Nets, Cavaliers, Rockets, and Pacers. Caris Levert was sent to Indiana, Rodions Kurucs to Houston, and Jarrett Allen and Prince headed to Cleveland.

It was initially unclear as to how large Prince's role would be for a team already touting Larry Nance Jr. and Cedi Osman in prominent slots, but Prince was immediately off to the races. In his first two games with the Cavs (hilariously played in back-to-back victories over the Nets) he tallied a combined 31 points, 10 rebounds, two steals, and two blocks in a span of about 54 minutes. In Cleveland's 38-point loss to Boston on Sunday night, he kept the party going after a slow start, finishing with nine points, one board, five assists, three steals, and a block in 21 minutes off of the bench, simultaneously going two for five from three-point range and bringing his success rate as a Cavalier to 53.9% (seven for 13). When given the chance, Taurean Prince can admirably fill up his stat line with points and rebounds, and is a constant contributor in the defensive categories with his long frame and physicality. If he's back to shooting with the accuracy he displayed in Atlanta from 2017-2019 from three-point range, he'll have made a triumphant return to a list of coveted options for those in deeper formats.

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