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NBA DFS Process | DraftKings & FanDuel Picks, Plays & Slate Breakdown | Saturday, 12/06/25 · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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  Speaker 1: Hmm, all systems going clear. We lift on.
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  Speaker 2: What is happening ship at Nation Family. It is your boy,
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  Speaker 2: M Bellman Night six seven Here for another DraftKings NBA
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  Speaker 2: slate breakdown. Today is Saturday, December sixth. We got six
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  Speaker 2: games to talk about. Let's get it. A bunch of
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  Speaker 2: teams on back to backs tonight. So as always with these,
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  Speaker 2: I try to get them out early. Stuff is gonna
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  Speaker 2: change throughout the day. We're gonna have guys out that
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  Speaker 2: we don't expect. It's the weekend NBA, so just know
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  Speaker 2: that going in when you watch this video. I do
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  Speaker 2: the best I can with the information I have at hand,
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  Speaker 2: So bear with me. And with that said, let's dive in.
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  Speaker 2: First game on the slate. We've got Atlanta who played
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  Speaker 2: last night against Washington. The Hawks are favored by nine
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  Speaker 2: and a half here. Tough loss for Atlanta last night
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  Speaker 2: at home against Denver. They look to bounce back here
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  Speaker 2: against a bad Washington team. From the Atlanta side, not
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  Speaker 2: a ton of ownership coming here. Jalen Johnson, who just
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  Speaker 2: is phenomenal, I mean, one of the best players in
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  Speaker 2: the NBA.
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  Speaker 3: Fun to watch.
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  Speaker 2: First half triple double last night, ended up with seventy
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  Speaker 2: five draftings points wasn't really owned, doesn't project to be
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  Speaker 2: that highly owned here. You know, I think that that
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  Speaker 2: ownership probably is higher than we're projecting, just because how
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  Speaker 2: good he's been, lack of true spend up options on
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  Speaker 2: this slate. So I'm gonna go out on a limb
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  Speaker 2: and say he's going to be higher than that ownership percentage.
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  Speaker 2: I know other places across the industry haven't projected as
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  Speaker 2: pretty highly owned and a much higher projection than we're showing,
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  Speaker 2: So know that going in, I project him higher. He
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  Speaker 2: looks like one of the best plays on the slate.
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  Speaker 2: Expensive but shouldn't be that hard to get to.
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  Speaker 3: After him.
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  Speaker 2: Vit Crachie is getting a little bit of ownership, I
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  Speaker 2: get it. Okongwu with porzingis out, you know, not projected
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  Speaker 2: for anything at eight K.
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  Speaker 3: I don't mind him. This is a really good matchup
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  Speaker 3: for Atlanta.
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  Speaker 2: So price tags are stabilizing and probably where they should be.
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  Speaker 2: But this is a good enough spot where I could
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  Speaker 2: see getting on board with a bunch of Atlanta here.
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  Speaker 3: The Washington side's gonna be a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Tougher to break down, just because we don't know the
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  Speaker 2: statuses of Cam Whitmore and Chris Middleton. We know balaal
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  Speaker 2: Kulabali is out, so they're really shorthanded here. Will Riley
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  Speaker 2: at thirty four hundred, projecting to be one of the
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  Speaker 2: higher value owned plays on the slate, projects pretty well
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  Speaker 2: on DraftKings.
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  Speaker 3: I'm fine with it.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think he's like a must play at this
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  Speaker 2: point or anything, but I think he's a solid play.
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  Speaker 2: Marvin Bagley at fifty two hundred. I mean, we've read
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  Speaker 2: this book before. His price tag is middling enough where
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  Speaker 2: like he's not the must play he was at thirty
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  Speaker 2: five hundred, but still widely in play with upside of
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  Speaker 2: fifty two hundred, so you can get on board with him.
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  Speaker 2: Bub Carrington at four k, I think he's a fine play.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's not a guy I'm excited about playing,
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  Speaker 2: but at four k he can get the job done.
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  Speaker 3: Keyshawn George sixty seven hundred.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think if you're like playing a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: this game, he's going to be the top piece of Washington.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, him and McCollum are.
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  Speaker 2: Two guys that I like, but more so if I'm
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  Speaker 2: like playing this game as kind of a game, stack,
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  Speaker 2: which I think is totally viable on this slate with
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  Speaker 2: only six games and a couple of games that were
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  Speaker 2: not like that interested in moving on to Golden State
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  Speaker 2: at cleeveld Cleveland played last night, so another game where
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  Speaker 2: one team is on the second half of.
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  Speaker 3: A back to back. Golden State.
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  Speaker 2: We don't know the statuses of Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green,
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  Speaker 2: so again we'll wait and.
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  Speaker 3: See on those guys.
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  Speaker 2: As of now, they're projected in not a ton to
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  Speaker 2: love on Golden State, except for probably to Anthony Melton.
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  Speaker 2: Really good positional eligibility with shooting guard and small forward.
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  Speaker 2: You can roster them at five different spots. Thirty six hundred.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we know who Melton is. You know he's
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  Speaker 2: not going to have a massive, massive role when this
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  Speaker 2: team is fully healthy, but it's not, and he can
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  Speaker 2: do a lot of things, So thirty six hundred. I
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  Speaker 2: think he looks really good. I like him more than
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  Speaker 2: Will Riley. I think both are totally viable. Other than that,
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  Speaker 2: I think Golden State is a wait and see approach,
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  Speaker 2: not a team I'm like dying to get exposure to.
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  Speaker 2: But if both Green and Butler are out and might
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  Speaker 2: be forced to from the Cleveland side. Darius Garland projected
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  Speaker 2: in tonight he missed last night. We'll see if, like
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  Speaker 2: Mobley Spider, anyone who played last night is out, but
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  Speaker 2: right now we're projecting them all in. Obviously Allen's out.
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  Speaker 2: I don't love a ton from Cleveland here. We saw
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  Speaker 2: Donovan Mitchell start at the point guard last night. He
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  Speaker 2: wasn't great from a fantasy perspective. Garland's back, though, so
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think Mitchell totally totally good here, you know,
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  Speaker 2: not a priority for me, but we know he can
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  Speaker 2: spike upside in any matchup. You know, Mobley expensive enough, Like,
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  Speaker 2: I don't like this game that much from a DFS perspective,
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  Speaker 2: especially with Garland back in the fold. Here, Jalen Tyson
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  Speaker 2: has been really, really good. Uh six K. I think
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  Speaker 2: he's in play, you know. I like the shooting guard
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  Speaker 2: small forward eligibility. You know, I don't want to say
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  Speaker 2: he's like a spend up to be contrarian play because
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  Speaker 2: he's only six K, but I think his price tag
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  Speaker 2: is nice for what he's doing on the court right now. Again,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not like core coring him or anything like that,
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  Speaker 2: but I think he's his game and how he's playing,
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  Speaker 2: you know, makes him in play.
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  Speaker 3: Right now at this price tag.
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  Speaker 2: All right, moving on to a game, probably have a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more interest in from a DFS perspective.
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  Speaker 3: Milwaukee at Detroit.
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  Speaker 2: Both teams played last night, so could easily see some
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  Speaker 2: shenanigans with guys out that we don't know of as
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  Speaker 2: of yet.
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  Speaker 3: But we'll play it as we see it right now.
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  Speaker 2: Starting from Milwaukee side, Kevin Porter Junior, you know, likely
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  Speaker 2: to be the highest owned player on the slate, and
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  Speaker 2: it makes sense, you know, price tag one hundred dollars
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  Speaker 2: cheaper than it was last night when he was the
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  Speaker 2: highest or second highest owned player on the slate behind
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  Speaker 2: Steven Adams.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, sixty five hundred is too cheap for the
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  Speaker 3: role he takes on with no Giannis. We know that
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  Speaker 3: when he's.
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  Speaker 2: Given this opportunity, he's a very very good player for
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  Speaker 2: DFS purposes, and that's just what he is right now.
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  Speaker 2: So KPJ, you know, top player on the slate, one
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  Speaker 2: of if not so like him a ton here Ryan
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  Speaker 2: Rollins kind of the spend up to be contrarian guy,
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  Speaker 2: you know, not overly interested in him there, Kyle Kuzma
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  Speaker 2: at five K. We'll see what Milwaukee does with their
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  Speaker 2: starting lineup. You know, he's never a guy I want
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  Speaker 2: to play, but at this price tag, depending on you know,
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  Speaker 2: what they do with their starting lineup, he might easily
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  Speaker 2: be at least in play here. Bobby Port is same thing.
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  Speaker 2: He was pretty good last night. They just don't play
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  Speaker 2: him a ton.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think as a contrarian fifty, as a contrarian option at
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  Speaker 2: fifty three hundred, I could see it, and certainly if
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  Speaker 2: he starts, then you know, I'd want to play a
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  Speaker 2: lot of him from the Detroit side. The good matchup
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  Speaker 2: for Detroit, but they're pretty healthy and price tags are
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  Speaker 2: likely where they should be. Jalen Durant I think is
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  Speaker 2: my favorite piece at seventy seven hundred. Tobias Harris looks
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  Speaker 2: okay at fifty one hundred. You know, Kid always in play.
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  Speaker 2: I like this matchup, so I could see Kid and
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  Speaker 2: KPJ going at it. You know, I'd rather play Jalen
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  Speaker 2: Johnson than Cad, but you know, Kate certainly has slate
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  Speaker 2: breaking upside on every slate he's on, so interested if
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  Speaker 2: nothing else, especially depending if we get more value right now,
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  Speaker 2: Detroit just doesn't look that appealing. Again, if guys are
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  Speaker 2: out though, that can make them look a lot better
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  Speaker 2: because I like this matchup, all right, Kings at Miami,
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  Speaker 2: This should be a great game from a DFS perspective.
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  Speaker 2: Blowout concerns for sure, because Sacramento sucks, but you too,
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  Speaker 2: catch Miami on the second half of a back to back,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, good situational spot for Sacramento if nothing else.
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  Speaker 2: From the King side, Malik Monk is projecting well and
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  Speaker 2: gonna get ownership.
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  Speaker 3: I'm always a Monk guy, so five K for him,
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  Speaker 3: sign me up. I'm interested there.
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  Speaker 2: Maxim ray Nod starting to play more minutes coming off
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  Speaker 2: a monster game last time out in to blow out
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  Speaker 2: forty five hundred.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's in play for me too here this game.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's gonna draw the most ownership of all
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  Speaker 2: of them, and it makes sense, you know, really high
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  Speaker 2: total two teams that don't play a ton of defense.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, I like this game a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Certainly, the Miami side looks better because Sacramento stinks, as
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned, but my Sacramento itself looks looks good, especially Monk.
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  Speaker 2: Reynad Zach Levine sixty three hundred Levine, Yeah, I can
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  Speaker 2: get on board, and then DeRozan Russell Westbrook's send up
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  Speaker 2: to be contrarian.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think a lot of Sacramento looks good here, with
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  Speaker 2: Monk and Reynad the two best pieces from the Miami side,
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  Speaker 2: everyone getting ownership, probably as they should. Yeah, I'll start
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  Speaker 2: probably with the top three of Norman Powell, Bam and
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  Speaker 2: Haima Hackez.
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  Speaker 3: Now, Tyler Hero might be back tonight.
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  Speaker 2: If he's in, I think it makes all the other
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  Speaker 2: guys just look a little bit worse. Hero himself would
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  Speaker 2: be in play. But even if he's in, this team
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  Speaker 2: just looks really good. Dave I, Mitchell, Andrew Wiggins, Kell
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  Speaker 2: el Ware, Drew Smith. I think he definitely wants some
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  Speaker 2: Miami exposure here, just depending on how much. We'll have
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  Speaker 2: to wait and see what other news we get on
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  Speaker 2: the slate. But they look as of right now like
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  Speaker 2: the top team to target, all right. Moving on to
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  Speaker 2: the Clippers and the Timberwolves. Clippers played last night, really
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  Speaker 2: tough spot for them. I can't see myself wanting too
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  Speaker 2: much from the Clippers unless Kawhi is out, which back
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  Speaker 2: to back, I mean, why wouldn't he be out? I
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  Speaker 2: feel like James Harden in that case would look really.
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  Speaker 3: Good at ninety three hundred.
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  Speaker 2: He's I don't want to say matchup proof, but he's
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  Speaker 2: so good offensively that he can get it done in
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  Speaker 2: any matchup. If this game is competitive, I would expect
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  Speaker 2: Harden to have a big game after him. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Kawhi himself is projected to get ownership right now, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, again, we have to wait and see what
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  Speaker 2: the Clippers do here.
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  Speaker 3: That team is a mess anyways, I don't love much
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  Speaker 3: else from the clip show. Uh. You know, Collins is
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  Speaker 3: playing okay right now, so I could get on board
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  Speaker 3: with him.
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  Speaker 2: Zoo nice price tag. I just don't love the spot.
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  Speaker 2: Collins' price tag is nice for how he's playing, but
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  Speaker 2: it's Harden.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And then probably you know, obviously a big dip after him.
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  Speaker 2: But then Collins and Zuboch would be in play. Certainly,
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  Speaker 2: I would like the rest of the Clippers more. If
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  Speaker 2: Kauiet is out and if he's in, he's playing big
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  Speaker 2: minutes right now for him, and he's been good, so him,
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  Speaker 2: he himself would be in play, and I would like
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  Speaker 2: Harden a little bit less. From the Tea Wolf side,
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  Speaker 2: the Clippers play so slow. Not like loving anything from
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  Speaker 2: Minnesota here. I think that you know and in play
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  Speaker 2: on every slate he's on, but you're paying full freight
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  Speaker 2: for him, So like there's other routes. I'd rather go
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  Speaker 2: Devincenzo and Nick Daniels, two cheaper options. I can get
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  Speaker 2: on board with nas Reed. Don't love the price tag,
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  Speaker 2: but certainly upside coming off the bench, So I don't
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  Speaker 2: think I want to spend up on Minnesota here, but
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  Speaker 2: like the de Vincendo McDaniels nas Reed types look pretty
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  Speaker 2: good last but not least We've got Houston at Dallas.
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  Speaker 2: Both teams played last night, so again kind of a
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  Speaker 2: who knows is to who's in or out as of
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  Speaker 2: right now. Sangun missed last night and made Steven Adams
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  Speaker 2: and Katie two of the top players on the slate.
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  Speaker 3: I played a lot of them. They were both really,
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  Speaker 3: really good.
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  Speaker 2: Fortunately Katie didn't need to play it in the fourth
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  Speaker 2: because of the blowout, but he got there anyway, so
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  Speaker 2: can't complain. If Shangun is out, I'll run it right
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  Speaker 2: back with Katie h right now we have oh.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Adams is out tonight, so if Shingun is out.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think Capella would then step in and
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  Speaker 2: look really really good. Shangun himself, if he's in, would
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  Speaker 2: look good. If he's out, I'll want a lot of
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  Speaker 2: Houston here, certainly not afraid at Dallas. So yeah, kind
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  Speaker 2: of a not kind of a definite wait and see
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  Speaker 2: approach on Houston. They might look really really good here
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  Speaker 2: if shan Gun is out. If he's in, I still
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  Speaker 2: think those guys are in play like Durant and Aman Jabari,
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  Speaker 2: but certainly would would not like them early as much
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  Speaker 2: as if he's out. From the Dallas side. Ryan Emhard
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  Speaker 2: forty nine hundred. Yeah, he's just playing good ball right now.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously liked him a little bit more when he was cheaper,
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  Speaker 2: but who didn't, So yeah, I think he would be
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  Speaker 2: a guy.
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  Speaker 3: I'm looking at Anthony Davis. That whole play tonight was.
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  Speaker 2: Awful last night, But I still think there's meat on
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  Speaker 2: the bone at ninety six hundred. You know, Najie Marshall
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  Speaker 2: looks okay here, depending on the PJ. Washington News. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to this game, especially being the last game.
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  Speaker 2: It's not that much after the first game, so we'll
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  Speaker 2: probably know, But you know, if everyone's in for Dallas,
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  Speaker 2: they don't look that appealing. What to wait and see
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  Speaker 2: if guys are out.
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  Speaker 3: PJ.
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  Speaker 2: Washington hasn't played in a couple of games. Davis set
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  Speaker 2: whole play, but we'll see. Yeah, really tough to break
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  Speaker 2: down this game, just because both teams played last night.
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  Speaker 2: Older players kind of all around here. So yeah, just
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  Speaker 2: pay attention to the news. Certainly there could be some
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  Speaker 2: really good spots all the way around there. All right,
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  Speaker 2: That is what I got for you guys. Hopefully you
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  Speaker 2: enjoyed it. As always, any feedback is appreciated. My core
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  Speaker 2: players will be up on the site if you're a
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  Speaker 2: member later this afternoon, you know, before the slate starts again.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously tough to you right now because we're waiting on
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  Speaker 2: so much news, but I appreciate you guys as always.
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  Speaker 2: Hope you have a great weekend. And that's all I got.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks again, Pigs.
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  Speaker 4: And Nuns.
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  Speaker 1: And Pigs and
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  Speaker 3: The s