Gary Harris (SG/SF, ORL): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues

ANALYSIS: If you go check Gary Harris' fantasy profile you're going to think he's been a rather putrid option all season long. Makes sense on an FP/min basis considering Harris started every game (29 of them) from Nov. 20 to Jan. 26 while averaging a ridiculously high 33 MPG. Nobody is going to keep his numbers up on that bulky amount of playing time while 1) having a small role with a 17.5% or 2) playing for a team barren of talented players. It is what it is, but looking under the hood things look much better when it comes to Harris true value.

Harris, mind you, is now back to the Magic's pine. It's been like that for almost two weeks now, and while it's not that the efficiency has sky-rocketed in that span (Harris is at 0.79 FP/min compared to his prior 0.69 as a starter), the truth is that he's been able to stay on top of his shooting splits (50%+ from the field, 93%+ from the free-throw line) while hitting buckets nightly for an average of nearly 14 PPG to go with 3 3PM per game and at least two in each of the past five contest playing with the second unit.

We're just mere days away from the trade deadline, and it's not crazy to think Harris might get moved to a contender looking to add a three-point threat for the postseason. I don't think Harris has anything more to prove his worth. He's averaging tons of points and shooting phenomenally, and although the rest of the cats aren't that high he's still averaging nearly one steal per game on the year while not turning the ball over at all of late (0.3 TOPG in the past month).

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