Killian Hayes (PG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

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ANALYSIS: France is already into the knockout stages of the World Cup, Kylian Mbappe keeps bagging goals for the French side, and--oh, yeah, this is supposed to be a fantasy basketball blurb about a wive wire target. Hmmm... what about keeping it Rouge et Bleu talking about fellow (to an extent) France international Killian Hayes?

Hayes, as much as haters will, well, hate it, seems to finally have settled in the NBA. It's taken him more than expected, but Hayes is surely getting there--and he will now enjoy at least a few weeks/months of free reign (if not the entire ROS) with Cade Cunningham pondering surgery to fix some injury issues.

The former seventh-overall pick by the Pistons in 2020, Hayes played 92 games over the last two years but he's already belted 21 of them starting eight and logging 23 MPG. Since Cade got injured on Nov. 9, though, Hayes has started all but one game (Nov. 11) averaging a much healthier 29 MPG in those eight starts.

Hayes' shooting is mediocre at best. He's gone 31-of-83 from the floor as a starter (37%) and scored more than nine points just three times out of eight attempts. That's no bueno, I know, but Hayes is contributing on all other fronts and he's shown some shooting skills at some points, so at least we know it can happen.

In the past 15 days (eight games) through Saturday, Hayes is averaging 3.3 RPG, 5.7 APG, and 1.2 SPG. He's stolen three balls in five different games through the season and in three of the last eight.

Watch out for the shooting percentages if those are heavily factored in your league scoring settings: Hayes is one of three players league-wide averaging shooting splits at 32% from the floor and 30% from beyond the arc at most while hoisting 8+ FGA per game.

On the other hand, he's one of just 13 players with averages of 2+ RPG, 4+ APG, and 1+ SPG with fewer than 2 TOPG, and one of only two doing that in fewer than 28 MPG over the full season through Saturday games.

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