Talen Horton-Tucker (SG, UTA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

February 19, 2023

Talen Horton-Tucker is worth considering as a fantasy basketball waiver wire pickup heading into Week 19 of the 2022-23 NBA season.

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues

ANALYSIS: The Jazz finally decided to sell the house, or at least some of it, before the deadline and into the home stretch of the season. Too bad (good?) for them, their starting shooting guard went down injured in their last game before the break on February 15 and that might mean more minutes and a bigger role for Talen Horton-Tucker if he's forced to miss time after the break.

Even if Collin Sexton doesn't have to stay on the shelves for long, THT had already started to get an increase of minutes following his return to the hardwood on February 8 after missing time before that. THT has now played at least 19 MP in all five of the games he played right before the All-Star Weekend and more than 25 in four of those five matchups.

Horton-Tucker has averaged a 13-3-6 stat line in that five-game span, adding one block per contest to that. He's been either extremely great or horrid on the shooting front, though, with the last three games at an FG% of 30 percent preceded by four outings shooting at a gaudy 59% clip.

THT is not the most adept guy at hoisting three-point shots (2.6 3PA per game), let alone hitting them (26.1 3P%). That said, THT still boasts an average of 7+ PPG over the full season to go with 2.5 RPG and nearly three RPG along with 1.0 stocks per game.

The good thing about THT is that he's now the first guard/wing off the pine depending on (and no matter) who the Jazz start at the PG/SG positions. Even with Sexton and Jordan Clarkson starting, he would still come off the pine first and get some 20+ MPG through the remainder of the season easily.

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