Dion Waiters is finally becoming a productive fantasy shooting guard coming off the bench in Cleveland.
Analysis: Dion Waiters is on fire and it doesn’t matter whether he is starting or coming off the bench. Waiters is averaging 18.6 PPG, 1.2 3PM and is shooting 49% from the field over his last five games. Considering his field goal percentage this year is at 38%, he just may be developing and maturing before our very eyes. I know a lot of fantasy owners were crying when he began coming off the bench but he is still getting twenty-eight minutes per game and he’ll be back in a starter’s role at some point in the future(but who cares as long as he is producing).
Waiters is available in about one quarter of fantasy leagues and he is definitely worth the pick-up. His field goal percentage and free throw shooting has been improving over the past few weeks and he averages fourteen shots per game as a rookie. There isn’t much to hate on if he can keep his field goal percentage up but his rebounding could use a boost. Waiters is rebounding at a 2.4 per game clip in thirty minutes per game this year. Up next for Waiters is Portland Wednesday night.