Shake Milton (PG, PHI) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

Shake Milton is worth considering as a fantasy basketball waiver wire pickup heading into Week 9 of the 2022-23 NBA season.

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ANALYSIS: With the news of James Harden getting back to the court and having already appeared in a couple of games through Saturday (both of them played this week), it makes sense to find Shake Milton available in a few more leagues than the last time we checked.

Milton is now back to the pine with Harden available, but at least in the two games they have played with the Beard back, Milton has retained some of his production. That should remain the same at least until both Harden and Tyrese Maxey are back, with the latter expected to remain out of commission for a bunch of days and until mid-to-late December.

The minutes have gone down from 38 MPG as a starter to just 27 and 24 in the last two games playing off the bench. Milton finished those two by putting up 11-3-4-1 and 6-4-3 lines. Obviously, the scoring is way down from his double-digit figures in the past two weeks but that's reasonable as he won't be hoisting more than 10 FGA daily going forward.

Milton will keep up his assists and rebounds (almost 3.5+ in each category) most probably as the leading man on the second unit. He should take on more of a spot-up shooter role but that won't hurt him that much as he hit them from all places and distances.

Milton's shooting splits are terrific at 51/36/86. Even lowering the bar to a more reasonable 50/35/85, Milton makes the cut along with only five other players matching those percentages and shooting 8.5 FGA per game: Steph, Bojan Bogdanovic, Beal, Butler, and Brogdon.

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