Kevin Huerter (SG, ATL): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Kevin Huerter missed ample time from Dec. 17 to Jan. 3 but once he was back for good he's not surrendered the starting gig more than two games in a row--and that happened all the way back before mid-January. It's now been 10 games and counting for Huerter at the starting two-guard spot next to Trae, and that shouldn't change any time soon. In other words: score yourself a starter with a very defined role as soon as you can, and reap the rewards.

Huerter is fantastic at this thing they call shooting. Yes, there were some bumps on his road from mid-Dec to mid-Jan, but those are mostly solved now. The shooting is up to 52% from the field in the past eight games he's played and he's yet to shoot below 40% in a single match since that run started back on Jan. 19. Not bad. Huerter is hitting 2.1 3PM since we flipped the calendar page, and an even better 3.0 treys per game in the past week of play including back-to-back 5 three-point outings on his last couple of games played through Friday. The total points in those two matches? 26 against the Raps and 19 against the Suns.

The minutes are so high (29 MPG on the year, 31 MPG in the past three weeks of play) that Huerter is obviously not the most efficient fantasy player in terms of FP/min performance. That doesn't matter that much precisely because of his long daily runs. I'm not too comfortable with the turnovers (1.3 TOPG) and dimes (2.8 APG), but the shooting/points/three-pointers and spare steals make up for the negatives. Don't overthink it, though, and consider adding Huerter for what he truly is more than anything else.

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