Rui Hachimura (SF, WAS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 12

January 2, 2023

Rui Hachimura is worth considering as a fantasy basketball waiver wire pickup heading into Week 12 of the 2022-23 NBA season.

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues

ANALYSIS: It took Rui Hachimura a while to return to the court after he last appeared back on November 18, but he did so a little over a week ago, returning in time for the game against Utah on December 22. It's been five games since then for Hachimura through Dec. 30 and a matchup against Orlando then and there, and Hachi has been quite impressive since returning.

Hachimura is playing off the pine and has not reached 30 minutes in any of his last five games (only once over the entire season). Even then, he's hoisted an average of 11+ FGA on those five games, scoring 17.5+ PPG while shooting a blistering 60.7% from the floor and finding 3-point-paydirt five total times in that span.

At this point and with nearly 35+ games in the books already, it's fair to assume that it will take a Kyle Kuzma trade for Hachimura to be inserted in the starting lineup of the Wizards. That is not really a crazy possible development, though, considering that Kuzma has said that he's entering free agency this summer, so Washington might prefer to move him now rather losing him for nothing later.

Anyway, Hachimura is providing value even playing off the pine as he's adept at finishing with 10+ points while contributing bulky rebounds (nearly 5.0 RPG on the year) and extraordinary shooting percentages (51/32/78 splits).

Hachimura is one of eight players putting up a 13-5-1 per-game statline while shooting those percentages through Dec. 30, and one of only four non-Centers doing it (along with Kevin Durant, Jimmy Butler, and Lauri Markkanen).

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