Isaiah Stewart (PF/C, DET): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues

ANALYSIS: I have been telling you to add Isaiah Stewart for like two months. Seriously. And you'll still miss on him. Nah, really, go add Stewart to your squad almost no matter your fantasy league's depth, because this rook looks like the real deal more and more each passing day. Growing pains marked the start of Stewart's career, and he couldn't even play 25 minutes once in his first 21 games as a pro, from the tipoff to Feb. 11. That day, though, things changed for Stweart, he started a couple of matches in a row and turned into a much more productive player till this day.

While Stewart is yet far from being a fantasy-staple, everything looks toward him turning into a productive player earlier than not. He's gone from averaging 15 FP in his first 21 matches to a much higher 21 in his next 28 through Friday. That's nothing crazy, sure, but on a shorter span (from the AS break onward) he's fallen short of scoring 8+ points just five of 11 times, has nine games of 10+ points, and he's adding 6+ RPG, 1+ APG, and 1+ BPG to those scoring outings.

Stewart is scoring the random three-pointer here and there, but he's working inside most of the time. Nothing wrong with it, as that's allowing them to keep up a ridiculous 56 percent FG% on the full season and an even sillier 63% (!) since the start of March. Stweart has started two of Detroit's last three games, and has played 26+ minutes in three of the last four matches he's played. Oh, and he comes off his best game as a pro last Thursday against Sacramento when he put up a 16-13-4-1-1 line for his fourth dub-dub of the year. Not bad.

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