Coby White (PG/SG, CHI): Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 46% of leagues

ANALYSIS: As much as it sucked for us basketball fans, it probably (?) was good for Coby White to get news about Lonzo potentially missing a good chunk of games back in late December. Ball went on to miss all games from Dec. 21 to Jan. 2 and that opened a small door to White's starting chances, something he did for Chicago in five straight games while Lonzo stayed out. White came back to the pine with Ball starting for the first time last Monday.

We can marvel at White's numbers while starting games, but it's not that his minutes have gone down substantially before and/or after that. Yes, he was playing around 23 MPG in November, but he's already logged a couple of games into the 32-to-35 minutes range with Ball starting. White has dropped 13+ points in all but one of his past eight games (8 points) while he's been able to become absolutely automatic at hitting three-pointers: 27 total 3PM in the past two weeks of play, seven of eight nights scoring 2+ threes, and six with 3+ of them.

Scorching hot is falling short of describing White's shooting these days. He's kept up a ridiculous 53.7% from the field since Dec. 20 and an even better 67% since Jan. 1 (three games in that span through this Saturday). Not to mention his 100% freebie accuracy on those last three outings scoring all six of his attempts. Not very valuable outside of all scoring cats, though. White can get some boards and steal some balls but the latter seems more of a minutes/role-related thing than a true development on that part of his game.

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