Ty Jerome (PG/SG, OKC): Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will miss a significant amount of time due to plantar fasciitis in his right foot. That is what we learned last Wednesday via the very own OKC coach Mark Daigneault. Even though the Thunder seem to not know how to tank a season for their own good, this is a low blow to their postseason aspirations--in case there were any of them still alive. The biggest winner, other than OKC's high-draft-pick odds? Ty Jerome.

Jerome is a second-year man out of Virginia, was drafted as a first-rounder in 2019 by Philly, later traded to Boston, then flipped to Phoenix (he played 31 games there in 2020), and ultimately he landed and debuted for the Thunder this year--just a month ago on Feb. 26. Since that day, though, Jerome is getting 27 MPG while coming off the bench at the PG spot, though that could very well change with Shai out of the picture (whether it means Jerome gets the starting nod at the PG or SG position).

Jerome's scoring can't get much better than it's been this year, so far. The kid is shooting 46% from the floor and hitting 44 percent of the three-pointers he's attempting. No joke considering he's bombing an average of 5+ long-rangers per game and almost 10 per 100 possessions. The only players on his level on both volume and accuracy this season are Joe Harris, Joe Ingles, and Marcus Morris. Uh, oh. Jerome is a good rebounding-guard (3.5 RPG) and he can do it on the dime-department too (3.5 APG). Those numbers might seem low, but keep in mind he's part of the second unit and playing below 30 MPG, something that could rise quickly bulking up his production ROS.

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