Kenyon Martin Jr. (SF, HOU) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 17

February 6, 2023

Kenyon Martin Jr. is worth considering as a fantasy basketball waiver wire pickup heading into Week 17 of the 2022-23 NBA season.

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Wath a wild season it's been for the Houston Rockets and Kenyon Martin Jr. He was on the fringe of making the team at the start of the season but ultimately stayed put and played a reasonably important part in it. Then he saw his minutes go down a lot. And most recently, he's been absolutely on fire as the starter on the wing for nearly a month (12 consecutive games).

Martin has started all games from January 13 through Sunday. He's averaged a respectable 28 FPPG in 32 MPG in that span for a league-average 0.90 FP/min. If you remove the first and last games he has started in this run and look at the remaining 10 matchups, though, he's at a much better 0.98 FP/min and 31 FPPG.

Outside of those two aforementioned letdowns (mostly because of subpar shooting limiting him to six and four points scored on those games), Martin has been fantastic on all statistical fronts and he has contributed in the classic cats without much trouble.

Martin's averaging 13-8-2 in his last 12 games since he became a nightly starter while he's shot at a 40% clip or higher in all but two of those matches. Martin is a season-long 56% shooter from the floor, hoisting nearly 3.0 3PA per game and hitting almost 1.0 3PM a pop. In the past six games, he's shot about 65% from the field.

KJM doesn't have the appeal of other players as he is the most classic of classic fantasy players: it's down to scoring, rebounding, and keeping up good FG% nightly. He doesn't turn the ball over that much either, but that's not what we'd call his calling card.

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