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NBA Fantasy Week 3: Waiver Wire Gems, Miles Bridges Trade Value & Cooper Flagg's Breakout · Hustle Sports Fantasy Podcast

• 0:01
  Speaker 1: It's week three in the NBA, and the election day
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  Speaker 1: gave us a break from the games so we can
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  Speaker 1: prep and go back to the drawing board and get
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: some doves.
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  Speaker 2: Look, today I got some names for.
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  Speaker 1: Y'all to help y'all get a dove.
• 0:17
  Speaker 2: Let's get it. Whoa, what's going on? It's your boy T-Will.
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Hustle Sports Fantasy Podcast.
• 0:38
  Speaker 2: It's the basketball episode.
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  Speaker 1: We're in week three of the 2026-2027 season.
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  Speaker 2: As you already know, we are here to get a dub.
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  Speaker 1: This episode is about staying locked in, being a manager
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  Speaker 1: that can get you to the championship. The championship run
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  Speaker 1: does not start in February, March, or April.
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  Speaker 2: It starts right now. Look, tonight I'm breaking.
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  Speaker 1: Down what I learned over the last week.
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  Speaker 2: I got one takeaway, just one. Got the hustler's pickup.
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  Speaker 1: That's the waiver-wide gems, the scoop, the waiver-wide scoop. The
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  Speaker 1: in-the-zone trade target pick, hustler's energy lock pick of the
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  Speaker 1: week where I throw away the key.
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  Speaker 2: I'm locking the lock. I'm done with it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm guaranteeing that this guy is going to have a crazy,
• 1:30
  Speaker 1: crazy week. And then before we get up out of here,
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  Speaker 1: I got a fantasy community debate, questions I find online.
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  Speaker 2: To help you get better.
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  Speaker 1: Just a deep conversation, decision-making skills to help you manage
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  Speaker 1: your team in the right way so you can get
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  Speaker 1: a dub.
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  Speaker 2: As you know, as always, it's numbers over narratives, baby.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get to it. Look, what I learned last week, hey,
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  Speaker 2: these injuries come out of nowhere.
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  Speaker 1: I'm telling you, opportunity pop up out of nowhere, bro.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like after, you know, who was that? Jaron
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  Speaker 1: Jackson got announced. Then it was like Jai. Then it
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  Speaker 1: was Chet. Like, bro, we saw like four or five
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  Speaker 1: names in like a two-day span of people who was hurt.
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  Speaker 1: And they might not be out for the year, but
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  Speaker 1: they gonna be out, you know, for a significant amount
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  Speaker 1: of time, a month, two months. Like, that's a long
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  Speaker 1: time in basketball. That's a long time in sports and fantasy.
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  Speaker 1: And look, opportunities can change overnight. So with those opportunities
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  Speaker 1: that's changed, look, we looking for usage, efficiency, repeatability. We
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  Speaker 1: don't want the one hit acquitter, the one hit wonder.
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  Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, that's cool. Shout out to them
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  Speaker 1: guys that do that on the pro level. But from
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  Speaker 1: fantasy perspective, we're looking for the guy that can carry
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  Speaker 1: the squad to the mountaintop, baby. Look, here are some
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  Speaker 1: names Based on an opportunity change. Like that's my one
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  Speaker 1: takeaway of last week. Opportunities can change overnight. They can
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  Speaker 1: pop up out of nowhere. Look, and with those changes
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  Speaker 1: in opportunities, here's the hustlers pick up, waiver wise scoop.
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  Speaker 1: Here's the first name I got on there. See, most
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  Speaker 1: of these people on this list right here are streamers.
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  Speaker 1: These people I like to go grab, use them for,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I don't want to say use. Have them
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  Speaker 1: on the team for however long I need them to.
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  Speaker 2: To help me get a dub.
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  Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate your services. First up, I got
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  Speaker 1: Colin Gillespie from the Phoenix Suns. Look at his numbers
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  Speaker 1: right here. Not crazy, right? That's why I say we
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  Speaker 1: don't chase the name, we chase the role. Look, opportunity
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  Speaker 1: always beat reputation, and Colin Gillespie, opportunity is solid, and
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  Speaker 1: it's been solid for a while. He's 37% rostered in
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  Speaker 1: ESPN leagues, 26 minutes a night, averaging two made threes
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  Speaker 1: a game, 7.8 points, as you see here, five assists,
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  Speaker 1: two rebounds.
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  Speaker 2: But what I like is the 2.8 steals.
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  Speaker 1: If you're in a points league, that is almost 12
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  Speaker 1: points any given night because he's closer to three than
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  Speaker 1: he is two. So that's almost 12 points that he's
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  Speaker 1: getting you in ESPN leagues. And for my category of players,
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  Speaker 1: look at the numbers. You need help in that steals category. 2.8
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  Speaker 1: is great.
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  Speaker 2: It is great.
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  Speaker 1: Look, he got a back-to-back tonight and tomorrow. He has
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  Speaker 1: three games remaining for the rest of the week. So
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  Speaker 1: he got a busy schedule from tonight until the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: So Colin Gillespie is a name that you can go grab.
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  Speaker 1: You can stream him and get you a Doug. Next up,
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  Speaker 1: Zaire Williams from the Los Angeles Lakers. 3.9% roster. So
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  Speaker 1: he is widely available. He's coded as a small forward
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  Speaker 1: and a shooting guard. So there's multiple positions.
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  Speaker 2: That you can get opportunity in. 10.8 points a game.
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  Speaker 1: 2.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists.
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  Speaker 2: Not lovely, right?
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  Speaker 1: He had the guard wing position. Here's another guy, what
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  Speaker 1: I like. 1.4 steals a game. Three games remaining this week.
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  Speaker 1: So Zyre Williams is a name that you could definitely
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  Speaker 1: benefit from. And look at that free throw percentage. From
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  Speaker 1: my category, guys, look at that free throw percentage. 85.7%.
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  Speaker 1: He is great at the line. Now, I ain't going
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  Speaker 1: to lie. I ain't too keen on the 62.5% of
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  Speaker 1: games played. But what that tells me is he may
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  Speaker 1: be a short-term stream, but that don't matter.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? It ain't that it don't matter.
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  Speaker 1: It's the fact that you can still benefit from using
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  Speaker 1: Zaire Williams.
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  Speaker 2: In your lineup.
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  Speaker 1: From the Los Angeles Lakers, Zaire Williams. Next up, man,
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  Speaker 1: Max Struess. Now, look, I know he got a reputation
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  Speaker 1: that people are really high up on him, especially with
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  Speaker 1: what he did on that finals run.
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  Speaker 2: For Miami a few years back.
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  Speaker 1: But right now, 2026, 2027, he's 2.7% rostered. He's from
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  Speaker 1: the Clippers. He's coded as a small forward only, but
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  Speaker 1: he's averaging 11 points, four rebounds, six assists, three threes
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  Speaker 1: in 23 minutes. Now, he only got one game under
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  Speaker 1: his belt this season so far, but I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: be honest. He can replicate any of that. Going forward, 11-4-6. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: this might be a stream to stay guy. 3-3 is
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  Speaker 1: a game, too. A stream to stay guy. But he
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  Speaker 1: only has two games remaining this week. So not a
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  Speaker 1: crazy busy week for the Clippers. They got a game tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Tonight is November 4th, Wednesday. And they play again later
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  Speaker 1: on this weekend. So it's all good, though, because two
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  Speaker 1: games is enough for you to stream a guy and
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  Speaker 1: get a dub. You only need one chance to get him.
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  Speaker 1: So don't let that scare you. Yeah, it ain't lovely.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of work.
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  Speaker 1: But it's work, and that's what you're looking for, the work.
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  Speaker 1: I got his teammate up here, too, Derrick White Jr. Oh,
• 6:58
  Speaker 1: Derrick White Jr. Look at me making players up. Derrick
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  Speaker 1: Jones Jr. from the Los Angeles Clippers as well. He's
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  Speaker 1: coded as a small forward, power forward. He is 11.1% roster.
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  Speaker 1: As you see here, he's averaging 26 fantasy points a game.
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  Speaker 1: So he's having a decent season already out the gate.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, look, former Mav, where we at? Oh, yep, here
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  Speaker 2: we go. Former Mav.
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  Speaker 1: He helped us go to the finals in 2024. I
• 7:27
  Speaker 1: wish we would have re-signed him, too. But, hey, Dan
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  Speaker 1: Jones Jr., bro, he's a baller.
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  Speaker 2: Like, he does what needs to be done. He do
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  Speaker 2: what he need to do.
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  Speaker 1: 11.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.23 is a game.
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  Speaker 2: And, again, here's another guy who get 1.2 steals.
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  Speaker 1: Here are guys who can help you not only scoring,
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: you know, a little bit of rebounding, but they– are
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  Speaker 1: decent on the defensive end when it comes to steals.
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  Speaker 1: So my category watchers, I hope y'all paying attention because
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  Speaker 1: here are some guys that's giving you help in other
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  Speaker 1: categories aside from scoring.
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  Speaker 2: Take note of that.
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  Speaker 1: Look, and then he's 85.7% of games played. So he's,
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  Speaker 1: so far this year, he's been reliable. He's been reliable.
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  Speaker 1: Don't get it twisted. You could definitely stream DJ Jay
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  Speaker 1: and get you a dub this week. Next up, man,
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  Speaker 1: Mo Bamba from... The Utah Jazz.
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  Speaker 2: This is crazy.
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  Speaker 1: He's a vet's vet now. It's insane that he's made
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  Speaker 1: it around as long as he did. Look, from the Jazz, 3.2% roster,
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  Speaker 1: 9 points a game, 5.8 rebounds, 1.8 blocks. Here's a
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  Speaker 1: guy from my category of watchers out there. Here's a
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  Speaker 1: block guy. And then he's doing that in 18 and
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  Speaker 1: a half minutes. Now, he only got four appearances out
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  Speaker 1: of games, which is why his games played is 57%.
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  Speaker 2: But, It's better than half, right?
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  Speaker 1: It ain't like he missed a bunch of games because
• 8:50
  Speaker 1: I know y'all saw Max Struess had 14% of games played.
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  Speaker 2: Point of the matter is three games remaining this week.
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  Speaker 1: He has a lot of opportunity on the schedule for
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  Speaker 1: the rest of this week for the Jazz, including an
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  Speaker 1: NBA Cup matchup with my Mavs later on this week.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's a good opportunity to get him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, try to get some usage out of him.
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  Speaker 1: Jaron Jackson Jr. is out at least until mid-December. With
• 9:17
  Speaker 1: a torn MCL, hey, prayers up to JJJ2, Triple J.
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  Speaker 1: Make sure you get held to big dog. Prayers up.
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  Speaker 2: Good. Close to 100% as possible.
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  Speaker 1: But look, Mo Bamba, remember earlier, the takeaway for the week,
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  Speaker 1: opportunities can change overnight, and Mo Bamba is one of
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  Speaker 1: the players that's the epitome of opportunities changing overnight because
• 9:40
  Speaker 1: that Triple J injury, to me, came out of nowhere,
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  Speaker 1: and he's been able to benefit from that. So, Mo
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  Speaker 1: Bamba is a name that you can plug, throw in
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  Speaker 1: the lineup. Look at that true shooting percentage. Free throw percentage, decent.
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  Speaker 1: Getting blocks, nine points, 5.8 rebounds. So you can trust
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  Speaker 1: Mo Bamba to be in your lineup to help get
• 9:59
  Speaker 1: you a dub. Miles Turner from the Milwaukee Bucks, 47.7% roster. Look,
• 10:08
  Speaker 1: I spoke about him on the Believe in Fantasy channel too,
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  Speaker 1: the collaboration I do with them. Hey, make sure y'all
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: check that out as well. But I spoke about him
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  Speaker 1: for my nine category guys. This is for my points guys,
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  Speaker 1: but The point still remains for the category, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Look, 2.9 blocks is insane, bro. Insane.
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  Speaker 1: Almost three blocks a game. 1.13 is a game. Eight points.
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  Speaker 2: 5.1 rebounds.
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  Speaker 1: 2.1 assists. But you ain't grabbing Miles Turner for assists anyway.
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  Speaker 1: And he's doing that in 26.7.
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  Speaker 2: Minutes a game.
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  Speaker 1: Look, 100% of the eligible games, he is available.
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  Speaker 2: He has played.
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  Speaker 1: In 100% of Milwaukee's games this year so far, I
• 10:53
  Speaker 1: know the season is young. I know the sample size
• 10:56
  Speaker 1: is small, but that number is still important. And as
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: the season go on, that number is going to become
• 11:03
  Speaker 1: more and more important.
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  Speaker 2: So don't sleep on that. Look, three games remaining this week.
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  Speaker 1: It's a lot of opportunity on the forefront for Miles Turner.
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  Speaker 2: Don't sleep on him. Stream the big fella.
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  Speaker 1: Get you some dubs, because as always, if you've been
• 11:18
  Speaker 1: tapped in with me, you already know we are here.
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  Speaker 2: To get a dub. Let's get it. Hey, this is
• 11:28
  Speaker 2: my diamond in the rough, though, for the week.
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  Speaker 1: Diamond in the rough is Jalen Wells from the Memphis Grizzlies.
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  Speaker 1: He's coded as a small forward and shooting guard, so
• 11:39
  Speaker 1: you got multiple positions that you could play him in.
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  Speaker 2: 13.4% roster. Excuse me real quick, though, because I ain't
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  Speaker 2: going to lie.
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  Speaker 1: It gets a little tough up here. These lights get bright.
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  Speaker 2: 13.4% roster.
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  Speaker 1: He's averaging 12.7 points, 3.6 rebounds. I know y'all can
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  Speaker 1: see it on the screen, but I'm still going to
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  Speaker 1: talk my noise. 1.1 steals, two threes a game in
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  Speaker 1: 28 minutes.
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  Speaker 2: Bro, he getting major burns.
• 12:12
  Speaker 1: He getting major burn. Memphis only has two games remaining
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: the rest of this week. Hey, don't forget, though, Friday
• 12:17
  Speaker 1: is NBA Cup action, so a lot of teams going
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  Speaker 1: to be in play come Friday. But look, the reason
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Wells is a stream to stay candidate for me
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  Speaker 1: is the 1.1 steals, the two threes, and the 28 minutes.
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  Speaker 1: I get it, the points, the double figures, but those
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: three stats, to me, lets me know the coach trusts
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: him a lot, especially with them 28 minutes. So He
• 12:42
  Speaker 1: is a stream-to-state candidate, especially with the rumblings I'm hearing
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: about Ty Jerome could be on the trade block. Not
• 12:49
  Speaker 1: because Memphis want to get off of him because, you know, playoff.
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: Contenders, especially a team like Phoenix.
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  Speaker 1: There's rumblings that Phoenix are frustrated because they don't have
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  Speaker 1: a point guard.
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  Speaker 2: And, hey, Ty Jerome may be a good name for him.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows?
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  Speaker 1: So that is my diamond in the rough, Jalen Wells
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  Speaker 1: from the Memphis Grizzlies.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, you heard it here first.
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  Speaker 1: Make sure y'all check him out because he is a
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  Speaker 1: stream-to-state candidate, and I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Calling that right now.
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  Speaker 1: Now, earlier I spoke about the in-the-zone trade target. Here
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  Speaker 1: is my in-the-zone trade target.
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  Speaker 2: Look. Miles Bridges. Look at the numbers, dog. Look at
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  Speaker 2: the numbers, bro.
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  Speaker 1: He give you the most bang for your buck because
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: I believe Let's say you're a Levine manager. Like, I
• 13:43
  Speaker 1: would ship Levine for Miles Bridges right now. Not now,
• 13:47
  Speaker 1: but right now. The reason why, look, 17 points, 7.
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  Speaker 2: Rebounds, right?
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  Speaker 1: And he's, look at those assist numbers. He's getting you
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  Speaker 1: almost 3 assists.
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  Speaker 2: Not crazy.
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  Speaker 1: You ain't getting him to get assists. But look, true
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  Speaker 1: shooting percent is decent. But here's what I love about
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  Speaker 1: Miles Bridges. He is a stock specialist for my category
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  Speaker 1: of players out there.
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  Speaker 2: Look at that. Look at that. 1.4 steals, bro.
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  Speaker 1: 1.4 steals, one block. I said almost three assists. It
• 14:23
  Speaker 1: was actually 2.4, so he's less than two and a half.
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  Speaker 1: So we ain't looking for him to be a playmaker, right?
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  Speaker 1: But he getting 33 minutes a game. He's a stock specialist. 1.4 steals,
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  Speaker 1: one block. Also making 1.8 threes a game, and he's
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  Speaker 1: doing that in 33 minutes. His stat line could look
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: like this for the rest of the season. And if
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: you don't go trade for him, you're going to be
• 14:46
  Speaker 1: sick because you're going to be like, dang, I could
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  Speaker 1: have went. Especially if you got somebody you ain't really
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  Speaker 1: a fan of and you really trying to get off
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  Speaker 1: of him.
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  Speaker 2: Here is a name for you to go get. Miles Bridges.
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: And I think the cost that it's going to take
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: to get Miles Bridges shouldn't be high.
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  Speaker 2: People overvalue him. And that just shows the kind of
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  Speaker 2: managers that's in your league. Don't get me wrong.
• 15:12
  Speaker 1: You don't want to get fleeced because if you've been
• 15:14
  Speaker 1: tapped in, never overspend. That's always been my thing. The
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: whole off season, draft, trades, I don't care what it is,
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  Speaker 1: never overspend. So look, Miles Bridges is an affordable name
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  Speaker 1: that you can go get out there on the trade
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  Speaker 1: market to help you get a dub. That was my
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: in the zone trade target, right? Here is my hustler's energy.
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: Lock pick of the week. You see the Mavs sign
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: back there. I had to be biased for the first one.
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: My dog, Cooper Flagg.
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  Speaker 2: Look at this dog. And I ain't going to lie
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: to you. Don't get me wrong. Don't get me wrong.
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  Speaker 1: Because I was one of the main ones in the
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: offseason saying I didn't want to spend the first on Cooper.
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: I still stand by that, though. I still stand by that.
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  Speaker 1: But look at this dog.
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  Speaker 2: Look at this. 25, 5.7 rebounds, 6.5 assists.
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  Speaker 1: Two and a half steals, one block. Bro is a superstar.
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: Bro is a superstar, dog. Don't get it twisted. Bro
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: is a superstar. Three games remaining this week. One versus
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: the Spurs. The reason why I highlight that, hey, if
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: you a Mavs fan, you hate the Spurs.
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: We respect them. We hate them.
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: I lived in San Antonio for years, too. And that
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: made me hate the Spurs even more because, gosh, And
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: you know what? You can't even say nothing, right? Because
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: they won so much. And at the time I was
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: out there, they had just won the one in 14. Listen,
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: the Spurs fans, it's just like Cowboy fans, right? The
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: fans make you hate them. At least with the Spurs,
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: they won, right? But anyway, you a Mavs fan, you
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: about hate the Spurs like me. Respect them, but definitely
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: don't mess with them. But Victor Wimbyano, Victor Wimbyama, was
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: player of the week in week two. I think that's
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: extra motivation for Cooper Flagg because he was one of
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: the finalists for player of the week last week for
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: week two. Also, I told you about the NBA Cup
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: game versus the Jazz when I spoke about Mo Bamba.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: And then we got the Nets on the weekend, right?
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: Those are three opportunities for Cooper Flagg to go crazy.
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: One against the Spurs. That's always a heated matchup. One
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: against the Nets, his teammate, and his fellow Duke alum.
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving, always, hey, you always want to get some
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: get back. Always want to get some get back.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: So, you know, the three games this week, great opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for the young bull. I love what he's done so
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: far in the season. 85% of his games played.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: 88.9% from the line. You got Cooper flagged.
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  Speaker 1: You was one of the ones that was willing to
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: risk that first round pick on Cooper. Kudos to you.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: Salute to you. Look, this ain't about no hype. This
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: ain't about no just, you know, hopium. Never smoke hopium.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying? We are intentional about everything.
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: My in the zone, my hustler's energy, lock pick of
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  Speaker 1: the week. Definitely had to go with the young boy. Look,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: here we go.
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: MFFL, baby.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: Look, before we get up out here, let's close out
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: with the fantasy community debate. We close the show with
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: a question, bold question. Anything I see online, Before I
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: go into that, make sure y'all tap in with me.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: Go hit me on X at Hustle Sportsnet, Instagram, Facebook.
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: The fantasy community debate question for this episode. We in
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: the middle of week three. Yesterday was election day. It
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: gave us a break to go back to the drawing
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: board to prep. Now, Look, if you 0-2, what.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: Do you do? You 1-1, what do you do? If
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: you 2-0, what do you do? Right?
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: That question is, how long are you holding on to
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: an underperforming draft pick?
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  Speaker 2: Options are A, stay patient. It's only week three. B,
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  Speaker 2: make the move.
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  Speaker 1: The minutes usage and production ain't there.
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  Speaker 2: You're moving on. C, Depends on the player.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta evaluate the role, opportunity, and underlying numbers before
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: making a decision. Me, I'm going C, right? For me,
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: because again, here's week three. I'm one of the ones, bro,
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: like I keep saying, like I've said plenty of times before,
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: unless that E is by your name, you are good.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm going to be cool. You know what I mean?
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: I'm going to always keep it cool.
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: Keep a level head and try to plan ahead and
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: try to get better and trying to get a dub. Like,
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: but I will say this though, right? Cause in 20
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: weeks or 19 weeks of the season, 19, 20 weeks
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  Speaker 1: of the season, it does come a break or break
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  Speaker 1: point for me.
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: At week three that we ain't there yet. We ain't
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: there yet.
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: I've been getting questions about Boozellas. I've seen a lot
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: of frustrated managers about Boozellas. Uh, It ain't looking good.
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: I ain't going to lie. I mentioned him as a
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: buy low on the episode, but it's actually gotten worse
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: since that buy low. I still going to stand firm
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: on that right now in week three, but I will
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: say this, stay tapped in. But the perfect example of
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: this question is Trey Murphy from the Pelicans. Last season,
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: he was a 21-point scorer. He come in this season,
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: 14 a game. He don't look the same. See, but
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: with that, I would stay patient on it. Because think
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: about it. Well, obviously you should trade the underperformer. You
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: should never just drop them. Unless they're just absolutely horrific, right?
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: You know, but at the end of the day, Trey
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: Murphy is one of those players I think you got
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: to try to take away and see approach at least for.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: A little bit, right? We in week three.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: It ain't long enough yet to drop and panic drop
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: and just pivot already. You're only three games in. Don't
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: ever give up that quick. You gotta see things through.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: So that's my take on it. I'm going with C,
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: evaluate it. You know what I'm saying? Stay patient.
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: But don't be scared to make the move either.
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: But don't just make a move for the sake of
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: feeling good like you a GM because you just want
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: to make a move. Make sure the numbers line up.
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: As you know, numbers over narrative. So make sure the
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: numbers line up on what it is that you want
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: to do. That was Bennett on the Fantasy Community Debate.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: I want to go back and touch on something. I
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: said I hate the Spurs. I want to be clear.
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: That's competition talking. I don't hate anybody. I don't want
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: to spread hate ever.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Never want to spread hate. I always love. But I
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: strongly dislike the Spurs. I go with that one. Strongly
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: dislike them. But we don't hate nobody. We got to
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: keep it pushing. But that's been it. On this episode,
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: if you found this helpful, check out any collaboration I've
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: done with the Believe in Fantasy Network, Believe in Fantasy channel.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: On my page, it's on their YouTube page as well.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: Also, check out my fantasy basketball content playlist 202627 on
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: the Hustle Sports Fantasy Podcast channel.