Brandon Clarke (SF/PF, MEM): Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Brandon Clarke is playing fewer minutes per game than in the prior two seasons he spent in the NBA. Brandon Clarke is also part of a team that is winning more than it ever did since Clarke arrived in Memphis as a rook three years ago. Oh, and even though the minutes are lower, the efficiency and the numbers are as high as they can get, so you know what to do!

The average FP/min in the NBA sits at around 0.90. Brandon Clarke has played 34 games through Friday... and posted an 0.90+ FP/min mark in 25 (!) of them while averaging an impressive 1.11 FP/min over that full sample of games. That, simply put, is incredible. Clarke is putting up the fantasy numbers averaged by the likes of Beal, Shai, Jaylen Brown, Ingram, Edwards, or LaVine just to name a few. Of course, Clarke is playing just 19 MPG on the year and only a slightly higher 23 MPG since the start of January, but you get an idea of how productive this guy has been when on the court.

Clarke is one of only five players logging fewer than 20 MPG on the season while putting up a baseline of 5-5-1 per game, and one of only two with a 10-5-1 among those. While he's only shooting half a three-pointer per game, Clarke's stupid 65% shooting from the floor is the 8th-highest among players attempting at least 6+ FGA on the season. He's also hitting nearly 68% of his freebies (almost 2 FTA per game). Here are all players averaging 10+ PPG, 5+ RPG, 1+ APG, 6+ FGA, and fewer than 1 SPG: Clint Capela, Lauri Markkanen, and Brandon Clarke. And none of the former two is shooting above 57% from the floor, by the way.

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