Gary Harris (SG/SF, ORL): Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: You might want to give Gary Harris a few days before committing/rostering him because of what happened on Friday: rookie Jalen Suggs made his comeback to the court after missing all games since Nov. 29. If you remember, Suggs was the starting PG/SG for the Magic in the first 21 games of the season while he was available as Harris was relegated to an off-the-pine role. That might happen again, or Harris might keep the starting nod at the SG position with Suggs taking on lead-guard duties (not so clear with Cole Anthony excelling this season, though).

Even if Harris hits the pine, the vet has turned into a superb performer for the Magic this year (about time, bro!) and, all things considered, he might join Terrence Ross in hitting the trade market as we approach the Feb. 10 deadline. Harris is not the oldest of guys out there (27 years old) but he doesn't entirely align with the Magic's rebuild/timeline so it could make sense for Orlando to move him soon, even more doing so now that he's probably hit peak-value levels of play.

Harris is averaging a fantastic 16-2-2-1 line on a per-game basis that pretty much highlights what he is and why he will stay a valuable asset even as part of a second-unit: scoring, buckets, points, baskets, field goals, you name it. Harris is a heater, full stop. He contribs some boards, some dimes, and very good steal numbers (almost one per game), but his turnovers are at 1.2 (not overboard but a bit high for his 1.9 APG), and at the end of the day he's hoisting 4.9 3PA-- 50% of his total shots come from beyond the arc. Harris is putting them in at a 36.4% clip while shooting 44.7% from the field on the year and almost 85% from the charity stripe.

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