Max Strus (SF, MIA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 17

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Just taking the quickest of glimpses at Max Strus' stat line will tell you all you need to know about him. Still in doubt? Well, it's very simple: spot-up shooter with little upside outside of that but murderous long-range shooting tendencies.

Strus is hitting 2.6 3PM per game this season. That's something only 41 guys in the NBA are doing through Sunday. On top of that, he's attempting 7.5 3PA nightly this campaign. That's something only 24 dudes are doing through Sunday. Of course, Strus is probably the worst player overall among all those in that group, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have fantasy value.

While the Heat reserve won't give you many more things outside of his points and three-point shooting, he's adding 3.5+ RPG and 2+ APG per game to his stat lines. Strus comes with a depressed usage rate of around 17% as part of Miami's second unit, but that's always going to be the case because he just touches the ball to shoot it (10+ FGA) without really turning it over that much and staying on his spot to launch them damn treys.

Even with the trade deadline a few days away, a change of scenery (whether that means Miami moving another player or Strus getting traded away) won't probably foster any change in Strus' numbers. He is what he is and that won't change overnight. What you get in Strus is limited production concentrated in a few categories, but at least you know for sure what you're getting, and if it fits your needs, then he should be a go-to WW target clearly under-rostered.

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