Robert Williams (C, BOS): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 44% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Robert Williams' rostership is growing--and not slowly--by the day. Every time I check it, it's gone up a couple of percentage points, and at the time of this writing and entering the AS break he's nearing the 50% mark. How come, with RoWill being a reserve playing barely 20 MPG? Well, it's all about efficiency and making the most of his short-yet-very-productive time on the court.

Williams has been productive all year long, but it wasn't until mid-February that he started to be an efficiency-monster while logging reasonable minutes at the same time. From the start of the season to Feb. 14 Williams was averaging just 14 MPG in 19 games. From that day to Mar. 4 he's played 10 games--all of them off the bench--averaging 20 MPG and putting up an impressive 1.30 FP/min (the league average is around 0.90). Call me stupid, but for a struggling Celtics team (although getting it right of late) I'm convinced Williams should be seeing more court than he currently is.

The counting stats Williams is dropping are not going to win you the league, of course, but that's only because of his low playing time. If that changes even in the slightest of upticks, start drooling. Even on those 20 MPG, Williams has averaged a 9-7-2-1-2 line in the past two weeks. He's scored 10+ points in four games, pulled down 7+ boards in six, and blocked 3+ shots in five of them. The shooting is a bonkers 74% from the floor, and although Williams doesn't go the line often he's still commanding a nice 16% usage rate on the second unit being a reliable source of points, rebounds, and most importantly blocks for those in deeper leagues.

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