Max Strus (SF, MIA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

Max Strus is worth considering as a fantasy basketball waiver wire pickup heading into Week 13 of the 2022-23 NBA season.

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues

ANALYSIS: The Miami Heat found themselves lacking warm bodies in November and that helped Max Strus rack up as many as 12 consecutive starts back then, only missing on doing so on Nov. 1 (though he still had himself a day playing off the pine). Strus is more of a bench player than a starter these days, but he's retained most of his value.

Strus has started three games after Christmas while playing four more coming off the pine. In this recent seven-game span, Strus has stayed on the court for an average of 28 MPG while putting up a daily 14-3-2-1 stat line. Not bad! Strus has been on both sides of the shooting coin recently, though, having three games of sub-33% shooting from the floor and two above 53% with nearly nothing in the middle.

The guard/forward has enjoyed Tyler Herro's recent absences and is coming off a start on Friday against Phoenix in which Strus got to play 38 minutes scoring 19 points (including five three-point shots) to go with a packed stat line reading 19-2-3-1-1.

The Heat have their bench wild card in Max Strus this season, with the oft-reserve playing 30+ MPG over the year. He can cover the two-through-four positional spectrum so that's a bonus when it comes to Coach Spoelstra giving him minutes, and he can do a bit of everything when on the court.

Strus is one of just four players (min. 900 MP through the season) along with Al Horford, Kevon Looney, and Monte Morris to average 3+ RPG, 2+ APG, and fewer than <1 TOPG per game.

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