Jakob Poeltl (C, SA): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: I'm sorry for my friends because they must be tired of me telling them to go pick up Jakob Poeltl from waivers. Seriously, I've been reminding them for days now. Just in case you don't know Poeltl, he's the most Spursian of Spurs Poster Boys. Born in Austria, he can do a little bit of everything. He just another piece making the whole system work smoothly.

In the 48 (!) games Poeltl has played he's averaged almost 18 minutes of playing time. He has only started nine of them (two of the last three, though), and only six times all season has he broke for a usage rate higher than 20%. This is how the Spurs work, and Poeltl fits the scheme like a glove. Although his season-long averages read a low 5.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, and 1.8 apg, he has improved a lot as of late: in his last four games he's scored 48 total points for an average of 12 per, is grabbing 8.8 rpg, and dishing out 1.8 to go with another 1.8 blocks per game.

Poeltl, as a big man totally careless of three-pointers, is shooting 61.7% from the floor this season and 72.7% in his last seven games. The points have started to pile up with three games of his last four reaching 11, 16, and 17, and the same has happened to the boards with records of 7, 13, 8, and 7 in that span. DeMar DeRozan and even more LaMarcus Aldridge will keep chances from Poeltl, but even with that the young man is evolving quickly and finding a more than an appealing role in his team. Go make him part of your roster before more owners start noticing his true value.