Kenyon Martin Jr. (SF, HOU): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 29% of leagues

ANALYSIS: There could be safer moves to make for the last week of the season, but if you're still fighting for something entering the last week of play, KJ Martin is looking as a monster-add for anyone managing in deep leagues stretching the competition till the very last day. Kenyon Martin Jr. enters tonight's game against Utah coming off the best two pro-games he's played for the Rockets in 2020 and with Christian Wood sitting injured. Even if you can't count on him today, he might still be valuable ROS with Houston not wanting to risk Wood's health just one bit.

Kenyon Martin has played four games in May through Friday and always topped 31 minutes of playing time. Even better than that is the fact that he's started the last two going for 44 and 39 (!) minutes on those nights against Philly and Milwaukee. Even even better than that, he's been able to put on back-to-back shows against the two-best teams in the East: 23-10-6 (with 2 blocks) against the Sixers and 26-7-7 (with 6 triples) against the Bucks. Uh, oh.

Martin will most probably get back down to earth a bit in the remaining games, obviously, but his numbers have come on not-so-weird or outlier stats. His usage has stayed pretty much the same at a low 18% in May, he's shooting 55% from the floor (he's at around 51% on the full season), and the only that has changed is his volume going from 6+ FGA on the year to 14+ FGA in May. KJ will stay on the floor for ample runs and this month's 19-8-3-0-1 line is one of the best out there still available in 70%+ of Yahoo leagues.

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