Gary Trent Jr. (SG/SF, TOR): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ROSTERED IN: 51% of leagues

ANALYSIS: I haven't really thought about it this way, but the Gary Trent Jr. for Norman Powell trade from last season was probably the most hockey-trade in the recent history of NBA transactions. No team lost, not team won, and things stayed pretty much the same on both sides of the equation. It was just nice enough. Trent, as ridiculous as it sounds, is still to turn 23 years old and seemingly far from his peak. Even then, though, he's already producing to rather nice levels of play.

Basketball-Reference.com has Trent projected to a 17-3-2-1 per-36 minutes average line this season. The numbers might get down a bit when it comes to his true-line as he's not going to hit that MPG mark (he'll probably sit around 30-to-32 instead), but it will be close enough to the final thing. We have seen two versions of GTJr. this season already, an off-the-pine one in G1 and his starting-lineup counterpart in G2. The numbers were much better on Friday, but Gary contributed stats all across the board in both outings.

Trent put up a low 6-2-1-3 line in his season debut (the shooting limited his FP back then as he hit just 22.2% of his 9 FGA) but his help in demolishing Boston last Friday was all Toronto needed: 20 pops (including 2 treys to reach 3 on the baby season), 3 rebounds, 4 steals, and a dime. The shooting, although a little bit overboard (53.8%) was more reasonable considering Trent's track record and the 13 FGA were healthy enough considering his low 18.5% usage rate. FVV should run the point, but odds are Dragic doesn't complete the season in Toronto. It can only go (more) upward in terms of chances and a higher upside for Trent going forward.

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