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After spending his first two years with the Pistons, Lee hitched his wagon to Phoenix last season, a team that he will now suit up for on a more permanent basis. He played 23 games for the Suns, most of which came during the period from mid-January to mid-February. Across that time, he averaged 6.0 points, 2.7 assists and 0.8 steals in 14.9 minutes per night. He does have some upside on the defensive end of the floor, typically providing close to a steal per game despite playing limited minutes. While he isn't worth drafting, managers may want to monitor his role moving forward. If an opportunity opens up at some point, he could have sneaky streaming value.
While Lee has demonstrated a small amount of upside during his two years in the league, he has yet to establish himself as an every-night part of a rotation. He may have a chance to see some depth minutes for the rebuilding Jazz, but there are also young players with more upside ahead of him. He's hardly targetable in even the deepest of fantasy formats.
After being drafted in the second round last year by the Pistons, Lee showed signs of being a decent player throughout his rookie year. The Vanderbilt product averaged 5.6 points, 3.6 assists and 2.0 rebounds while playing 16.3 minutes per game. While those numbers do not quite stick out, Lee was used more during the second half of the season as the year went on. The rookie even found himself in the starting lineup for seven contests, where he averaged 19.7 minutes per game in those outings to go with 6.6 points and 5.0 assists. Over the offseason, Lee resigned with the Pistons but still has competition all around him for playing time. Killian Hayes and Cade Cunningham seem to be the starting guards for the team while the bench still has Corey Joseph, Josh Jackson, Hamidou Diallo and Frank Jackson in the rotation. The 22-year-old guard is not someone to be targeting in fantasy leagues due to his questionable playing time this year.