Kevon Looney (PF/C, GSW): Week 22 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 21% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Do you know about the Miami Heatles? Do you know who started at the C spot for them back when LBJ/Wade/Bosh were all at the peak of their careers doing it in Florida? Joel Anthony was the man. If I ask you in 10+ years who was the franchise center of the Mighty Warriors, you probably won't remember either. Enter already-oft-forgotten Kevon Looney. Give this man the respect he deserves!

Draymond Green is back for the Warriors, which on the other hand have just lost Steph Curry for the remainder of the regular season at least. Green will grab the headlines, but Looney will stay on his steady path of starting games at center, playing nearly 25 MPG, and providing some nice-enough stats to consider him a viable addition in most deeper-league formats. At the end of the day, it's not that you can find starters out there in the fantasy wild not rostered in four of each five leagues, I guess.

Looney is dumping 6 PPG to go with 7+ RPG, 3+ APG, and more than a stock per game. Forget about three-pointers, of course, because Looney won't stretch the floor an inch to save his life. That said, he's a great shooting percentage kid as he operates exclusively inside the paint while providing solid rebounds given his perennial presence in the zone. The turnovers are always low, the steals are quite high for a biggie, and the blocks pop up here and there too. As is always the case with this type of player, Looney is one of only 28 players putting up a 6-7.5-2-0.5-0.5... and the only one doing so in fewer than 25 minutes of playing time.

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