Kelly Oubre Jr. (SF/PF, CHA): Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 58% of leagues

ANALYSIS: The 50-percent self-imposed threshold gets absolutely blasted by Kelly Oubre Jr.'s near-60% mark, but you'll surely be thanking me later if you go looking for the man and find him setting in your league's WW this weekend. You see KOJ available, you just add KOJ. Don't overthink it, folks. The Hornets snatched Oubre from Golden State with the idea of playing him off the pine, and although he had a kinda-rough stretch at the start of November he's been sublime to date both starting (first chunk of games) and as a reserve (of late).

Injuries forced Oubre to start five of the seven first games of the year, and he was good for an average of 28 FP and a 16-5-1-1 line in that October span of outings. What came then truly sucked, as Oubre became virtually an unrosterable/murderable fantasy player. But now he's back on the good track and he's put together a good set of five performances starting Nov. 10 with a season-high 51-FP tally to the tune of 37 points (!!!), 5 rebounds, one assist, and a couple of steals to go with it. The shooting was ridiculous at 76.5% on 17 FGA against the Grizzlies that night, and obviously unsustainable, but Oubre has been on the 50%+ more often than not since Nov. 5.

Oubre has scored at least 2 triples in six consecutive games, and 1+ in eight straight (he's averaging 2.5 3PG on the year). On top of that, the rebounds aren't bad for a reserve-man playing no more than 30 minutes a night (3.5 RPG in the past 8 games). The points are sitting at a high 17.8 PPG average in the past five matches, and Oubre has also put up great steal numbers (1 SPG in that span) of late. The shooting is back on track at 47.7% from the field since Nov. 5 compared to his prior-to-that-date 34-3 percent. Not the best at avoiding turnovers, though, but a massive asset on the points/treys/steals cats.

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