Watch. AJ Johnson's usage is up to 24.3% over his last 5 games against a 15.8% season mark, under the zach_league scoring format.
That's the signal that triggered this: a usage jump since 2026-04-03. But the supporting minutes signal is weak, only a 0.1 strength read, with minutes at 12.2 over his last 10 against 9.5 for the season.
Production has followed some. He's at 10.0 FPG over his last 10 against 6.4 for the season, up 3.6. Still low-end territory in any format.
He's 8% rostered and ranked 437th in FPG, so he's available almost everywhere. This is a speculative stash, not a pickup for immediate lineups.
The risk here is sample size: five games is not enough to know if New Orleans is actually feeding him more shots or if this was just a stretch where teammates were out. One quiet game against IND and this trend looks like noise.