Nicolas Claxton (C, BKN): Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Even with all of the drama surrounding Kyrie Irving's situation, the Nets can't really complain that much about their health bill these days: only Kyrie (because of his home/away availability issues, though) and Joe Harris (ankle surgery) are out and sitting on the shelves. That's more than good news for a team knowing the ongoing wave of COVID cases forcing tons of players into the protocols. One not missing a single day from the Christmas Showdown on has been Nicolas Claxton, who including that one has played seven games in the span of matches running through Saturday.

Claxton has been the starting center for Brooklyn for three games in a row now and for eight of the past nine contests he's played going back to Dec. 14. Only one time in that nine-game span did Claxton miss on putting up double-digit points. That's great considering he shares the floor with Certified Shot-Chuckers in KD and Harden--Claxton's low 16% usage rate highlights that). But where Claxton is really providing true value to his fantasy GMs is on the scarce steals/blocks categories.

Claxton is averaging exactly 1.0 SPG since Dec. 14, and he's also been good to swat 1.8 BPG in that same span. The shooting percentages are absolutely ludicrous from the field (66.1% on the season attempting 6+ FGA) as there are no treys in Claxton's resume, but the FT% isn't great at just 62.9%. Not many turnovers (0.7 TOPG) but some high fouling (4.1 PF per 36 minutes) might cut his upside down a nail. Nothing to worry too much about, tho.

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