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NBA DFS Process | DraftKings & FanDuel Picks, Plays & Slate Breakdown | Saturday, 11/22/25 · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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  Speaker 1: What is happening? Shipping it ship? What is happening ship
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  Speaker 1: at Nation Family, It is your boy, m Melman nine
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  Speaker 1: sixty seven. Here to break down another NBA slate today.
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  Speaker 1: It is Saturday, November twenty second, another four games on DraftKings.
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  Speaker 1: I'm digging these four games slates, pretty easy to break
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  Speaker 1: down video for you guys. I know that's what people
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  Speaker 1: want on Saturday. So without further ado, let me pull
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  Speaker 1: up the stone and we will dive in or we
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  Speaker 1: should be good to go. Sweet. All right, four games
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  Speaker 1: in play tonight. I think there's pieces to like from
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  Speaker 1: all the games. We've got two early games and then
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  Speaker 1: a late game, all of which are not on the slate.
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  Speaker 1: So just this four gamer a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: sprint slate starting at seven ending at eight thirty. A
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  Speaker 1: bunch of teams played last night, so we'll get into
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  Speaker 1: that with those specific teams and let's just dive in here.
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  Speaker 1: So starting off, we've got Atlanta at New Orleans. Atlanta
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  Speaker 1: is an eight and a half point favorite here on
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  Speaker 1: the road. They're projected to score one hundred and nineteen
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  Speaker 1: and a half points. New Orleans coming off a win
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  Speaker 1: last night, but we know not a very good team,
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  Speaker 1: so Atlanta is just a better overall squad in this matchup.
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  Speaker 1: From an injury standpoint, Okannglu is questionable, so if he's out,
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  Speaker 1: I think that would make someone like Stops Porzingis that
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  Speaker 1: much more viable. Already in play at sixty seven hundred,
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  Speaker 1: projecting pretty well with a high ceiling as we know,
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  Speaker 1: So if Okanku's out, I think you start to look
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  Speaker 1: at Porzingis even more. Jalen Johnson would become a better play.
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  Speaker 1: He's already a great play as is. His projection is
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  Speaker 1: off from site to site. We're projecting him for only
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  Speaker 1: about forty Fantasy points. Other places have him for close
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  Speaker 1: to fifty, so we'll have to wait and see if
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  Speaker 1: that evens out. I think he's gonna look like one
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  Speaker 1: of the better plays on the slate at ninety seven hundred.
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  Speaker 1: He's just been so good. I like this spot for him.
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans is playing decent enough right now, at least
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  Speaker 1: they look decent enough last night where I think this
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  Speaker 1: game could be competitive and you get full Jalen Johnson run.
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  Speaker 1: He's my favorite piece of Atlanta. He's pretty much always
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  Speaker 1: going to be my favorite piece. O Kanku's in play.
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  Speaker 1: If he's in, don't love that he's nursing an injury.
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  Speaker 1: But if he's in, I presume he's good to go.
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  Speaker 1: If he's out, like I said, Porzingis becomes that much
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  Speaker 1: more viable. I think you can look at Ni Kile
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  Speaker 1: Alexander Walker little revenge spot for him if you're into
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  Speaker 1: that sort of thing. I like him over Dyson Daniels
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  Speaker 1: at a little bit cheaper of a tag, although their
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  Speaker 1: tags are close enough now or I think it is
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  Speaker 1: a close call there. Other than that, not much. I'm
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  Speaker 1: like loving from Atlanta right now. We just have a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of good spots on the slate. So speaking of
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  Speaker 1: good spots, New Orleans here Zion played last night, so
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  Speaker 1: he's not going to play tonight. Jeremy Fears with a
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  Speaker 1: really really big game last night. His price tag fell.
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  Speaker 1: He's all the way down to forty eight hundred. He
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  Speaker 1: looks good, doesn't project amazing, but he's got a high
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  Speaker 1: ceiling and his tag is nice and what should be
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  Speaker 1: a competitive, high scoring game. Trey Murphy looks good here.
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  Speaker 1: Seven k projects well high ceiling. Other than Queen, I
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  Speaker 1: would say he's My favorite piece of New Orleans then Fears,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, kind of burying the lead here, Derek,
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  Speaker 1: Queen arguably the best overall play on the slate. Fifty
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  Speaker 1: three hundred, only center eligible, which sucks, but we don't
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  Speaker 1: have that big opportunity cost at center tonight, at least
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  Speaker 1: not as big as we've had on other slates. Just
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  Speaker 1: projects too well at this price. Mont with a high seeing.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen it like he's just playing really good ball.
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  Speaker 1: He does a little bit of everything. I think he's
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  Speaker 1: a must play in all fourmats, and I would doubt
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  Speaker 1: that anything comes across the slate to change that, and
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  Speaker 1: we might get a lot more value, but it's not
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  Speaker 1: going to change Fear or Queen being one of, if
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  Speaker 1: not the overall best player on the slate. I don't
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  Speaker 1: hate Alvarado at thirty six hundred, especially like I said,
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  Speaker 1: with New Orleans on a back to back, but again,
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  Speaker 1: I think this game is competitive, so I like starters
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  Speaker 1: all the way around here. Jalen Johnson, my favorite piece
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  Speaker 1: of Atlanta is always Queen. Clearly the best piece of
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans. Alrighty Washington at Chicago. Washington and the Bulls
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  Speaker 1: kind of were big disappointments last night. Washington in particular, though,
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  Speaker 1: was just not very good. Sorry and badly both questionable here.
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  Speaker 1: Tristan Vuksevitch was awful last night. As one of the
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  Speaker 1: highest owned players of the year so far, it happens
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  Speaker 1: he was a thirty two hundred dollars starting center and
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  Speaker 1: a good matchup. You live and you learn. I didn't
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  Speaker 1: have hundred percent exposure, but I had enough where he
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  Speaker 1: was good for me, so not happy about that. If
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  Speaker 1: both Sar and uh and Bagley are out, let me
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  Speaker 1: make sure he's not hurt himself. Yeah. No, if both
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  Speaker 1: Sara and Bagley are out, I think we can go
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  Speaker 1: back to Vuksevich if he's starting, but clearly won't feel
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  Speaker 1: as good about it. If Sara is out and Badley's starting,
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  Speaker 1: sure priced up now and he's coming off an injury,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm not excited about it. But forty five hundred
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  Speaker 1: starting center with no bat with no sorrow would be okay.
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  Speaker 1: Sarr himself, sure, again, don't love coming off an injury,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't know if he plays here but projects
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  Speaker 1: well at that price point, which would be again another
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  Speaker 1: game that is definitely gonna be high scoring, whether with
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  Speaker 1: Whether Washington can keep it competitive or not remains to
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  Speaker 1: be seen. But I'm not like scared of Chicago. They're
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  Speaker 1: not a team where I'm too afraid to pick on,
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  Speaker 1: even with these also rans. But Washington is about as
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  Speaker 1: bad as it gets, so they can get blown out
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  Speaker 1: by anyone. I think they got blown out by at
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  Speaker 1: least one of the if not wrote both Brooklyn and
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  Speaker 1: Indiana recently, So yeah, that's rough. Other than that from Washington,
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  Speaker 1: I like some pieces here. So we saw CHAMPENNI get
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  Speaker 1: the second half start over Rukesavich. If he starts here
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  Speaker 1: like Sara is out and he starts, yeah, thirty one
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  Speaker 1: hundred starter sure, never like dying to play him, but
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  Speaker 1: at that price point in this matchup, if he starts, yes,
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  Speaker 1: even if he doesn't start, I think he's at least worth.
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  Speaker 1: Looking at Heshawn George, big disappointment last night, but man,
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  Speaker 1: I have no problem going right back here. Sixty three
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  Speaker 1: hundred missed a lot of his fourth quarter run, had
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  Speaker 1: gone on a little mini spurt too right before they
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  Speaker 1: took him out. So he's just too cheap for his upside.
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  Speaker 1: I mean you look at his game log and not
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  Speaker 1: even to be a game log watcher, multiple games that
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  Speaker 1: would be more than paying off his price tag out
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  Speaker 1: of the last five, so I'm not playing him because
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  Speaker 1: of that. I just think his price is now a
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  Speaker 1: little bit too cheap, So I'm interested in George here
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  Speaker 1: McCollum even cheaper, a little more resident of him on
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  Speaker 1: a back to back, But again, if you think Washington's
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  Speaker 1: really competitive here, he's too cheap. A fifty nine hundred.
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  Speaker 1: Trey Johnson a good game last night. I think he
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  Speaker 1: was on a minute's limit, so wouldn't be surprised if
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  Speaker 1: that continues here. Not excited about that with that minute's limit.
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  Speaker 1: If that's somehow we're off, though, I would be interested
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  Speaker 1: Coolibali I'm fine with, not excited about. Really, it's well
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  Speaker 1: to wait and see on the big men and then
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  Speaker 1: George McCollum and Champagne from the bull side kind of
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  Speaker 1: a wait and see approach here. Also, we're not projecting
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  Speaker 1: buzzellis in he didn't return last night. A Korol also
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  Speaker 1: got hurt, so they might be very shorthanded. Giddy's always
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  Speaker 1: going to look good, especially in a matchup like this.
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  Speaker 1: He's expensive now, though, so you need big games from him. Clearly,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm not saying he can't do it. Clearly he can.
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  Speaker 1: But he's not like a lock for me that I
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  Speaker 1: think he is for some people, especially with Kobe White
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  Speaker 1: back now, it's a great matchup and they're shorthanded. I
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  Speaker 1: like Iddy here, don't get me wrong, though, if choosing
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  Speaker 1: one for one right now, give me Jalen Johnson over
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  Speaker 1: Giddy basically the same price tag, I like both. Giddy's
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  Speaker 1: the best piece of Chicago. Kobe White looked good since
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  Speaker 1: he's returned, and he's only gonna play more minutes in
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  Speaker 1: each game he plays, I would presume, So seventy four
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  Speaker 1: hundred fine tag. Good matchup. Yeah, I can dig that.
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  Speaker 1: Williams and a Korro No thanks, I think to soon move.
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  Speaker 1: You know? Is okay? These guys are kind of pricey
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  Speaker 1: and we'll just have to wait and see all the
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  Speaker 1: injury stuff here. Yeah. Really for me right now, it
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  Speaker 1: would be Giddy kind of White. I guess you could
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  Speaker 1: play Booch, but I'm not like ever excited about playing Booch.
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  Speaker 1: Good good, good spot for him though. So Potal was
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  Speaker 1: really really popular in the exact same spot last night.
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  Speaker 1: He was not good, but he was really popular. For
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  Speaker 1: a reason. Moving on, this was a little bit weird
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  Speaker 1: to see Detroit an eight and a half point favor
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  Speaker 1: in Milwaukee against the Bucks. Now, I know Giannis is out,
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  Speaker 1: but still that just shows goes to show you how
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  Speaker 1: well Detroit's playing. And they've got some pieces in play here.
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  Speaker 1: Now they've got some Q tags. See. Yeah, So the
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  Speaker 1: only real guy we're waiting to hear on is Tobias Harris,
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  Speaker 1: who hasn't played in like nine games. I don't think, well,
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  Speaker 1: just again, if he's out, it's gonna make all the
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  Speaker 1: other guys look a little bit better, But they're all
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  Speaker 1: priced for him to be out. If he's in, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not really interested in playing him personally. My favorite piece
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  Speaker 1: of this of Detroit here, and it sounds weird to
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  Speaker 1: say because he hasn't played all year, is Jade and
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  Speaker 1: Ivy three k on DK we're projecting him for twenty
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  Speaker 1: four minutes. Like I'm a fan of Ivy. I like
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  Speaker 1: his game a lot was a top five pick a
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  Speaker 1: couple of years ago, by Detroit certainly hasn't lived up
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  Speaker 1: to it and then struggled to share at the back
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  Speaker 1: court with Kid. But at this price tag, all those concerns,
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  Speaker 1: even the minute concerns are mitigated. He could ten X's
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  Speaker 1: tag in twenty minutes. Give me Ivy here at three K.
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  Speaker 1: My favorite piece of Detroit Cad at ten six, perfectly
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  Speaker 1: spine spending up on Kate for perfectly fine, spending up
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  Speaker 1: on Kid. He's been great this year and has shown upside,
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  Speaker 1: and I think this game to me at least is
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  Speaker 1: more likely, is likely, at least is likely more competitive
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  Speaker 1: than the spread implies. Milwaukee at home, et cetera. Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Duran been a beast this year, seen the tag rise,
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  Speaker 1: but for good reason, projects well for thirty six fantasy
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  Speaker 1: points high ceiling. Yeah, Duran, Cade Ivy. I think Asar
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  Speaker 1: is fine, but I don't like him as much as
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  Speaker 1: the other guys, Ivy, K Duran. I'd list those guys
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  Speaker 1: is how I like them. With Ivy right now the
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  Speaker 1: only priority piece for me. That three K tag is
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  Speaker 1: just too good to be true. Maybe it is too
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  Speaker 1: good to be true, and maybe he barely plays here
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  Speaker 1: because I mean, we get like Ivy's gonna play twenty
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  Speaker 1: five minutes here or twenty three minutes here. I'm in
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  Speaker 1: on Ivy Alrighty moving to the Milwaukee side. So my
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  Speaker 1: favorite piece of Milwaukee really, the only guy that I
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  Speaker 1: want to play here is Ryan Rollins. He's just been
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  Speaker 1: phenomenal for Milwaukee this whole year, especially when Giannis has
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  Speaker 1: been out out projects for a nice score at seventy
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred with clearly a big seiling in a game again,
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  Speaker 1: I think is going to be competitive, or at least
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  Speaker 1: more competitive than the spread implies. So yeah, give me
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  Speaker 1: Rollins here. I like him quite a bit. I think
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  Speaker 1: one of the better guard options on the slate. After
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  Speaker 1: that Kuzman portis priced up. I mean, I think any
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  Speaker 1: one of Kuzma portas Turner fine, but fine not playing
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  Speaker 1: them as well if you get my drift Cole Anthony
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  Speaker 1: I think is a nice pivot off of Rollins at
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  Speaker 1: a much cheaper tag coming off the bench. But really
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  Speaker 1: that's all it is for me at this point. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think playing both of them is crazy on this slate.
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  Speaker 1: I just think there's better options now we get to
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  Speaker 1: I think my favorite game of the night. From a
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  Speaker 1: DFS perspective, we've got two bad teams. I mean, to
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  Speaker 1: put it mildly, just what it is. Dallas got rolled
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  Speaker 1: by New Orleans at home last night, Memphis coming off
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  Speaker 1: will win against one of the other worst teams in
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  Speaker 1: the league, Sacramento. But both these teams you never know
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  Speaker 1: what you're going to get on any given night. One
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  Speaker 1: and a half points spread here, Dallas is a one
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  Speaker 1: and a half point home favorite. I like a lot
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  Speaker 1: from this game. If I were stacking the game, even
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  Speaker 1: without like the crazy high total, this is my favorite
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  Speaker 1: game to stack. I think you see turnovers are really
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  Speaker 1: close game. So I'm in on this game Dallas obviously
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  Speaker 1: on the second half of a back to back, Memphis
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  Speaker 1: coming off that trouncing of the said Kings, as I mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: So starting off with the Memphis side. Vince Williams, he's
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  Speaker 1: just been awesome. Price tag's up there, fifty seven hundred,
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  Speaker 1: but I don't think it's it's he's not too expensive.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it's where it should be at this point, but
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  Speaker 1: I think, if anything, it's only going to grow a
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  Speaker 1: little bit because I like him in this spot. I
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  Speaker 1: think he's projected a little bit too low. I like
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  Speaker 1: him quite a bit. Coward and Aldama price tags are up,
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  Speaker 1: but I like them here. They've been good. No Jared Jackson, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: no job I like the same guys we like. Lastly, Aldama, Coward,
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  Speaker 1: Zach EDI's been good. I think Cam Spencer off the
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  Speaker 1: bench is in play. Williams, Aldama, Coward, Edie are the
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  Speaker 1: four guys I want to get too. And I think
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  Speaker 1: Wells is finding tournaments is like a flyer at forty
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  Speaker 1: three hundred. All right, last, but not least, We've got
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  Speaker 1: the aforementioned Mavericks here. So D'Angelo Russell missed last night's game,
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  Speaker 1: no idea if he's gonna play here. If he's out,
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  Speaker 1: I'll go right back to Brandon Williams put up a
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  Speaker 1: pretty decent score last night and couldn't make a shot,
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  Speaker 1: So presuming he shoots a little bit better here, I'm
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  Speaker 1: in on Williams in a good spot against Memphis. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I like Brandon Williams quite a bit if he loo's out,
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  Speaker 1: even if Delos and I don't mind him, but a
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  Speaker 1: priority for pay a priority play for me if Delos out. PJ. Washington,
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  Speaker 1: I like Cooper Flag, I like I think I like
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  Speaker 1: Flags slightly more than Washington, But I think you're quibbling there.
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  Speaker 1: What to wait and see on the centers? I think
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  Speaker 1: for me, the only priority play from Dallas for me
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  Speaker 1: would be Brandon Williams, But then I do like Flag
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  Speaker 1: and PJ. Washington in a game that I think is
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  Speaker 1: more competitive or not more competitive. I think is as
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  Speaker 1: competitive as the spread indicates to good teams, and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: when those games happens. Sometimes when those games happen, you
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  Speaker 1: get shit show for dhit shows for DFS purposes, but
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  Speaker 1: sometimes you get the nuts. So I like pieces in
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  Speaker 1: this game, especially from Memphis. I like Brandon Williams from
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  Speaker 1: Dallas to roll back them when I said a little
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  Speaker 1: bit though, price tags are up on the Memphis guys,
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  Speaker 1: so they're not as likey lockish as they were a
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  Speaker 1: couple of days ago, but still very very good plays.
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  Speaker 1: With Jared Jackson being out again tonight, that is what
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  Speaker 1: I got for you guys. Hopefully you enjoyed it. Any
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  Speaker 1: and all feedback is always appreciated. I'll be around this
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  Speaker 1: weekend if you have any NBA questions. If you're a member,
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  Speaker 1: the slate plan and chor will be up later this afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: And that's all I got for you, guys. I appreciate
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  Speaker 1: it as always, have a great weekend and have a happy,
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  Speaker 1: happy Thanksgiving next week.
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