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Josh Richardson is worth considering as a fantasy basketball waiver wire pickup heading into Week 19 of the 2022-23 NBA season.
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues
ANALYSIS: The Pelicans went fishing before the trade deadline and they chose San Antonio's Tanking Pond, landing veteran guard Josh Richardson. Richardson had started three games for the Spurs before getting moved and he already has three starts as a member of the pelicans, all three after the AS break.
Richardson has started the last three Pelicans games from Feb. 23 through Feb. 27, logging 29, 34, and 27 minutes while posting ground-level low usage rates not even at 18%. Not a problem, though, as he's still been good for an average 11-2-3-3 per-game stat line in that span. Yes, you read that right.
Richardson has stolen nine possessions in the past three games while dishing out the same number of dimes and grabbing seven total boards. The steals, though, shouldn't surprise you as J-Rich has had active hands all season long, averaging nearly 1.2 SPG through the full year.
J-Rich should retain his starting gig after overtaking Trey Murphy at that. The per-minute efficiency sucks a bit but that's mostly because of the large minutes he's getting more than anything, as his per-minute fantasy production was much better/more efficient in SAS on a smaller playing time dose. Make sure to land Richardson in any league if you're in the need of those scarce steals.
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