Matisse Thybulle (SG/SF, PHI): Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 47% of leagues

ANALYSIS: As ridiculous (but gratifying) as it is, nobody seems to be discussing anything related to the infamous COVID-19 virus these days when it comes to it in relation to the Association. About damn time, man. That doesn't mean COVID has kept from hitting individual targets here and there, such as Sixers' bonafide superstars Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris... and fantastic off-the-pine forward Matisse Thybulle.

Yes, Philly's squad went down infected (or at least testing positive somehow) as a whole missing a bunch of games during the past week. Tobi just came back on Friday while both JoJo and Thybs remained out. But he should be inching closer to their comeback games which should be taking place early next week. Before getting out of the team, Thybulle had been great and getting even better. While Thybulle only topped 23 minutes once in the first five games of the year, he then proceeded to log 23+ in all of the last four he played before hitting the shelves, even getting to start on back-to-back nights on Nov. 3 and 4.

Thybulle was able to average a nice 6-2-1-3-2 line in that span, which is low but reasonable for the role Matisse play in Philly: defensive specialist with high numbers on both the steals and blocks cats to go with safe-shooting and a marvelous FG% on super low volume. Thybulle is keeping up nearly a 50% field-goal clip from the floor, although he's doing so on just 4.5 FGA a day. But you don't roster Thybulle to feast on points; you do so to get you some bulky thefts (3+ steals in four of his past five matches) and blocks (3, 1, 2, and 3 in his past four outings).

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