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NBA Quick Hit | February 24, 2024 | DraftKings DFS Picks, Plays and Process · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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  Yah, all systems going clear? Left? What's going on? Guys?
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  Rio here gonna be breaking down this three game Saturday NBA Slate. It looks
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  like a pretty pretty straightforward one, some low ish totals, so won't spend
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  a ton of time on it, but yeah, make sure you guys hit
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  do appreciate that a lot. But yeah, let's get right into it.
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  First game of the night, or Lando versus Detroit. It should be a
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  pretty good game to kick things off. Pretty solid game environment on the Orlando
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  side of things, Pistons have been a really bad defense all year long.
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  But a team that we've been looking to attack, the room protection has been
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  pretty awful all season long. They're dead last and defensive ratings since the start
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  of twenty twenty four, bottom three room defense over that stretch, also allowing
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  the third most points to pick and roll ball handler's the third most ISO points
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  as well, and then they're dead last to pick and roll roll men.
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  So some of the guys that I'm considering on the Orlando side of things,
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  I think Paula Bencaro is in a really good spot here. Tonight eight point
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  four K. I think he has a ton of upside in this matchup,
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  and a ton of upside at that price tag. He is the Magic's lead
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  pick and roll ballhander as well as being the lead ISO scorer for that team.
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  So I think this is a really good spot for Polo. Next is
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  Franz Wagner likes to match it for him a lot as well, probably going
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  to be a little bit higher owned than Polo, maybe you know, a
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  couple of points, but this is a really good spot for him as well.
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  He's been a guy that historically beats up on teams with weak rim defenses.
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  Some of the teams team very similar to the Pistons Washington Wizards. They're
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  dead last and rim defense. He's had three matchups against them this season,
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  put up fifty five and a half fifty two point three forty six d K
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  points in those three games, and in the two meetings versus Detroit this season
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  he's put up forty eight point eight and thirty five DK points. I like
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  Frowns here. I think he has a big game tonight at seven point three
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  K. Wendell Carter Junior, I think he's a pretty solid value option minutes
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  have been kind of down for him as if late, but he is the
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  second best pick and roll roleman for the Matgic this season. Pistons are also
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  bottom four and DVP to centers. I think that he could have a good
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  game if he sees the minutes get closer to thirty minutes tonight. Like the
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  upside for him. I think Sucks is okay as value option, seeing a
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  ton of ownership on him right now. Should be back to his full role.
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  He missed a lot of the last game with a with a head injury,
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  but I think he's good to go tonight. Pistons are dead last and
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  DVP to point guards this season, so there is the upside case for him,
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  and then a couple of these value guys I'm considering, not really Gary
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  Harris, Jonathan Isaac is okay, been getting more minutes. But one guy
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  I'm kind of looking at is Mo Wagner three point six k power forward center
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  eligible. He's the top pick and roll role man for the Orlando Magic this
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  season. I think he has a couple avenues to pay off this tag as
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  well. Should be good to play in a blowout. I think he'd be
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  out there for the garbage time minutes. He showed really big upside just one
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  game ago against the Cleveland Cavaliers, putting up thirty three point two five DK
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  points. Not saying he's gonna do that here tonight, but I do think
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  that the matchup is really good for Mo Wagner, and you know, even
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  in twenty minutes, I think that he has really big upside. So I
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  like him as a value option. And then on the Detroit side of things,
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  not too much to consider. Magic defense has been really solid all long,
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  but they are bottom five and pick and roll points per game to pick
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  and roll ball handlers. Kid is eighth in the league and pick and roll
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  points per game and just one game Go put up fifty points seventy five DK
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  points versus the Pacers who are dead last and pick and roll defense this season.
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  So I do like Kid as A as a low ish owned, you
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  know, upper or lower eight K value option or mintier option tonight. Not
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  looking at Jalen Duran tonight for me, I don't really see the upside case
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  for him in this matchup. Jade and Ivy same thing. I think a'sar
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  Thompson is finely keeping your player pool. He should be out there a lot
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  for his defense. Did get up to thirty five minutes last game, put
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  him a pretty solid game in that one thirty seven point two five DK points.
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  He's got really big rebounding upsides. I think that you're just kind of
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  hoping he can grind his way to a double double, but don't love it
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  for him. And then last guy, I'll mention all the way down low
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  three point two K James Wiseman really gross value option, but Monty Williams has
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  said that they plan to continue to helping him, so I think he's going
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  to be in the rotation. And you know, big men, they could
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  pay off their price sacks pretty easily, get a bunch of rebounds. He'd
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  definitely be out there if this game were to blow out. So I think
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  that he is an option. And then Evan Fournier as well, three point
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  six K shooting guard, small forward eligible. We know he's got some pretty
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  decent scoring up set off the bench, so I don't think that he's the
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  worst value option. Next game, Boston Celtics versus the New York Knicks should
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  be a really good game tonight. From a viewers standpoint, this is a
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  nationally televised game. Both these teams are you know, top Eastern Conference teams
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  playing really well right now, two really good defenses as well, So matchs
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  kind of don't mean as much in this one. We can kind of throw
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  that stuff out of the window. I just think that you're going to see
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  really big We already know we're going to see big minutes from these guys on
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  the Knicks. Thibodeau is going to play guys like Brunson, Devincenzo, Precious,
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  Josh Hart as many minutes as they can handle, which is, you
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  know, forty forty two probably for these guys. See, I think all
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  these guys are in play. I'll start with with Jalen Brunson because I think
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  if there were ever an area to attack with the Celtics defense, it's with
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  their pick and roll defense. They're alling the six most points per game.
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  Jalen Brunson is awesome in pick and roll. He's the third highest pick and
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  roll scorer this season. Yes, he's gonna see load Drew Holliday, a
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  lot of Derek White, which make things a little bit difficult for him from
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  a matchup standpoint, but we know he's gonna be out there for a ton
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  of minutes, and this is definitely a big game for the Knicks, So
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  I like Brunson as a spind up options to night. Nine point seven K.
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  De Vincenzo gonna play a ton of minutes. Like I said, he's
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  been launching it from deep, taking nine plus three pointers in ninth straight games.
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  Should easily clear forty minutes tonight. So I think you have to consider
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  somebody even at seven point four K. You know, not so great matchup,
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  but he's pretty much the second scoring option for this Knicks team, So
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  don't mind him. I don't think I'll get some pressure shot at some point
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  one K, although he's been playing really well right now, so I wouldn't
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  hate to keep him in the playerpool, but I don't think think I'll get
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  to him. Josh hart prefer him at six point five K. He has
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  a really big rebounding upside. For as long as Isaiah Hartston is going to
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  be on this minute limit, gonna play forty plus minutes in a close game,
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  I'm gonna be out there a lot for his defense, just hoping that
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  he can crack double digit rebounds and double digit points in this one to get
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  you the double double bonus. I don't think I'm gonna get to Isaiah Hartston
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  right now, just the minutes are way down. Not sure when they're gonna
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  lift the minutes restriction on him, but he played really short stints last game,
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  only played eleven minutes. But then one guy all considered, so this
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  is the super negative hamd which value play Bojan Bogdanovic. I like him tonight,
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  even though projections are not gonna agree with me. I gonna be pretty
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  much unknowned tonight. He's he played how many minutes last game? Played only
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  twenty four minutes last game, but shot six of six from deep. I
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  think that this could be a spot where they gave him a little bit more
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  minutes. I think this is a guy that they're going to be playing a
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  lot down the stretch. Just a trusted veteran that has really good scoring upside,
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  and the Celtics have been a slight three point funnel all season long.
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  See I like him as a low and value option, and I think projection
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  systems are just going to be way way behind him, kind of like the
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  DeAndre Hunter last night. But those are the main guys I'm looking to on
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  the knick side of things. On the Celtics side, Jason Tatum the lon
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  ten K plus options, and I like him, especially if we're looking to
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  game sack this game, which I think is viable route tonight. I could
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  see this game playing really close, and we could see really high minutes from
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  the main rotation pieces on the Celtics side as well. Tatum. This is
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  kind of a narrative to buy into. You know, he's been in the
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  news a lot lately talking about, you know, being the best player in
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  the league, talking about he should be in consideration for MVP. I just
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  think that if there was a spot for him to show that he is an
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  MVP candidate, this would be one playing in the Garden against a surging Knicks
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  team, nationally televised game. So yeah, if you want to buy into
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  that narrative, But yeah, I like Tatum at ten point three K.
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  Jalen Brown at seven point seven K should play upper thirty minutes here, probably
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  gonna see the easier defender, probably sees a lot of Dante DiVincenzo on him
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  tonight. Nicks are slightly below average and transition defense. Jaylen Brown one of
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  the better transition scorers this season, so that's kind of the upside case for
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  him. Another revenge narrative here, Chris helps Porzingis if you want to buy
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  into that. But you know this is a really tough matchup. The Knicks
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  are top of the league and DVP versus centers allowing the least draftings points per
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  game. But he's been a really solid fantasy point for me to producer this
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  season. Seven point five K is a fine price tag for him. Nicks
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  are a little bit more vulnerable to catch and shoot scorers, not by a
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  lot, but we know Porzingis could pop off at any time. Derrick White
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  been shooting the ball really well lately, shot fifty percent from three over his
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  last three games. He's definitely gonna be needed to hear a lot for his
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  defense. I should touch upper thirty minutes in a close game, so I
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  wouldn't mind him at six point seven K. And then last guy to mention
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  Drew Holiday six point one K. Gonna probably see the easiest defender in Jalen
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  Brunton on defense. I just don't really see a big upside case for Drew
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  Holliday while everybody is healthy, Bee, I think you could definitely consider Drew
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  Tonight last game of the slate Brooklyn Nets taken on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Big
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  news in this one. Gridy Gobert Lissie question both with the sprained ankle he
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  strained it last night in the game versus the Bucks, said he's gonna be
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  good to go, but would not be surprised to see him miss this one
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  with it being a back to back versus a terrible NETS team. So I'm
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  probably gonna be approaching this as if he's out, and if he is out,
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  we'll probably see Kylie Anderson step into the starting lineup. I'm gonna see
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  more minutes out of nas Red as well, and those guys become really really
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  good value options. That's I think I'll break it down really quickly just because
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  I think it's pretty easy. I'm not gonna be considering any of these guys
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  to This is about as bad as the matchup as he can get versus the
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  top ranked defense this season, and this NETS team is just struggling right now.
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  They don'tly have any answers on offense, playing a pretty deep rotation as
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  well, So I just can't really get to end these guys that think that
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  if I were to keep any anybody in my playpool. Probably Nick Claxton six
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  point a K, maybe Ben Simmons, and you hope that he can grind
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  his way to a double double. But not excited about any of these guys
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  at all. Much prefer this matchup to the Minnesota or on the Minnesota side
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  of things. This Nets defense been allowing seventeen three pointers per game over their
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  last three games. Their defensive rating is one twenty eight point nine, which
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  is the second worst over their last three games. Anthony Edwards should be able
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  to have his way in this matchup. Would not worry too much about the
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  Mkal Bridges assignment. Mckel has not been the same defender as years priors.
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  Ants shot volume is just going to be massive. Here been taking twenty plus
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  shot attempts in six of his last seven games. Yeah, I mean the
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  Nets defense has just given up big games left and right to opposing opponents.
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  So I think that adds another one to the list. Here puts up a
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  big score at nine point two k. Cor Anthony Towns. I like him,
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  regardless of Ridy Gobert's availability, going to get much better. If Gobert
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  would be out, his upside rebounding upside would get a big loose, as
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  well as his usage, which goes up to thirty point four with Gobert off
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  the for the season, averaging around fifty d K points per thirty six minutes
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  with Gobert off the court this season. Pretty good matchup for Conthony Towns as
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  well versus this team that's given up a ton of three pointers. I already
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  mentioned Nasried think that he's a fine to consider even if Colbert were to be
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  in on a small slate, but it would be a great value option if
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  Gobert were to be out, and then Carl Anderson. I think the same
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  thing as well. He's a value option right now regardless of Gobert's status,
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  but would be a I would call it a near lock if Gobert to be
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  out. Going to see him starting in play upper twenties minutes at three point
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  nine k's really good value option that's going to do it here though. Thank
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  you guys for watching. Make sure to hit that like and subscribe button,
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  and hopefully everybody has a good weekend. See you, guys,