Terrence Ross (SG, PHO) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues

ANALYSIS: The Magic didn't play veteran guard Terrence Ross at all after January 21 and the Suns acquired him before the trade deadline, with the guy debuting in Phoenix as recently as February 16, right before the All-Star break. He's now appeared in five more games, including three in the past seven days.

Ross has logged 13, 24, and 23 minutes off the pine in his last three games with the Suns with wildly diverging results. In the first outing of those three, he finished with a ridiculous 0-1-1 line, shooting 0-for-1 and getting a usage rate of 3.4% (no typo).

In the following two games, though, Ross went bananas for 24 and 18 points, hitting six and four three-point shots, respectively. Those last two games saw the vet reach 36.5 and 25.8 FP against OKC and the Kings, averaging a full 21-1-1-2 stat line with 13 FGA in each of those games, connecting on 57.6% of all of his 26 FGA and also going 2-for-2 from the charity stripe.

Ross missed a couple of games with a foot issue between late February/early March but he's now back available and fully fit. Of course, the Suns have a stud SG in Devin Booker but Josh Okogie is the only viable alternative they have at SF now other than Ross with KD out for at least a few more weeks.

In other words: Ross will get minutes whether the Suns like that or not, so you'd do well grabbing some shares of the veteran wing for the remainder of the season if only because of his extraordinary scoring/three-point shot prowess. Not a lot to like outside of that, but that's not a reason to fade him entirely considering his bombastic shooting.

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