Marquese Chriss (PF, PHO) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Marquese Chriss didn't start the year off with too much playing time, but has now played as many as 34 minutes for the Suns. Dragan Bender has been injured for a while, and just shed his walking boot a few days ago. Additionally, Tyson Chandler has picked up four consecutive DNP-CD’s, and it seems that the last-place team in the West has turned its attention to their young talent. In his last 12 games, Chriss has averaged 11.1 PTS on 45.0% FG%, 4.2 REB, 1.1 STL and 0.9 BLK in 24 minutes.

While Chriss is not the most efficient scorer, owners in deeper formats can still benefit from a young prospect who gets a ton of steals and blocks and is capable of hitting threes. And most importantly thing, we've seen that he is capable of doing it all better.