Grayson Allen (SG/SF, MEM): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues

ANALYSIS: It's funny how Grayson Allen drove all college basketball fans crazy back in the day due to his antics, how he kept those feelings heating once he became a pro, and how these days he's still driving Grizzlies (yes, his own team) fans mad because they thought it should be De'Anthony Melton and not him starting for Memphis. LOL. No hate around this crib, though, as we stan Allen here and have been telling you to roster him for long now.

Grayson, as you might imagine, is a daily feature on Memphis' starting lineups. It's been 13 in a row and 21 of his last 22 matches in which he has started. And, let's be real for a minute, he's been far from bad. At least far from bad as some folks out there want to make him look, that's for sure. Allen's 0.96 FP/min mark is above average (0.90) and he's reached at least 25 FP in five of the nine games he played in that span. He might not be the ultimate fantasy player (obviously, just look at his rostership; fantasy GMs are not all bad at this) but he's way better than the perception says he is.

Allen has scored 10+ points in six of his last nine games, and 15+ in five of those. He's a three-point threat (2.1 3PG on the season, 2.7 3PG since Mar. 22), comes with reasonable upside on both the rebounds and assists categories (considering he plays against a possession-hogger in Ja Morant, that is) and while he won't ever command high usage rates (again, the likes of Morant/Valanciunas/Brooks often eat more than him) he makes the most of his chances. I get the low rostership to an extent, but for someone super-stuck into starting lineups nightly as Allen is, the 14% looks incredibly low to me and I think this guy's worth a spot in most deep-league (starting at 10 or 12 teams) formats.

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