Tyrese Maxey (PG/SG, PHI): Week 3 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 56% of leagues

ANALYSIS: We're clearly stepping out of the 50%-rostership box here, but you better bear with me. In fact, don't even care about that now, and instead rush to your WW to see if you can still find Maxey there available for free, add him, and then come back to read this little post. Because folks, Maxey looks like a must-have in every slightly deeper format these days and has all of the upsides to becoming an All-League talent in fantasy this season.

It's been a while (a week) since the last time we heard about Ben Simmons. He's simply not coming back to don 76ers threads. Alas, Starting-PG Tyrese Maxey is now a thing around Philly. Maxey has started all five games for the Sixers while getting completely murderous playing time clocking in at 33 MPG. Obviously, the per-minute production is low because the minutes can't get higher, but precisely because of that bulky playing time Maxey is putting up very good counting stats.

Maxey is currently averaging 14+ PPG, 4+ RPG (remember, this guy mans the point), 3+ APG, and one stock per game. His shot-diet isn't the largest but he's attempted at least 8 FGA in all five games and he's hitting them at a good 47.5% clip while steadily visiting the free-throw line almost 2.5 times a day having dropped 11-of-12 tries. Maxey is not quite there for those in 9-cat leagues as he's still turning the ball over frequently, but if he is able to retain this role (we'll see what goes to Philly in return for Simmons) for a little while he will be a must-have player in pretty much every league out there.

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