Watch. Joan Beringer's usage over his last 5 games is up to 24.4% against a 15.5% season mark.
That is a real jump, not noise, and it lines up with a minutes trend: he is playing 10.9 minutes per game over his last 10 versus 7.9 for the season, and 17.2 over just his last 5.
The production has followed at times but is wildly inconsistent. He is at 16.0 FPG over his last 10 against 9.3 for the season, a jump, but two of his last five games were 4.2 and 4.0 FPG with only 3 minutes played. The other three were 63.6, 29.3, and 25.1 FPG with real minutes.
He is 29% rostered and ranked 405th in FPG, which tells you the market has not caught up to the spike, or does not trust it yet.
The risk is obvious: Minnesota's frontcourt minutes are volatile, and two of his last five games show he can vanish from the rotation just as fast as he appeared in it.