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NBA DFS Process | October 31, 2026 | DraftKings & FanDuel Picks, Plays & Slate Breakdown · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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  Speaker 1: a pretty good slate to talk about tonight. It is
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  Speaker 1: a five games DraftKings slate. And as I'm pulling up
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  Speaker 1: the stone, we're going to go, we're not going to
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  Speaker 1: go game by game. We're not going to go really
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  Speaker 1: position by position. We'll kind of go tier by tier,
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  Speaker 1: if you will. First game up on the slate is
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  Speaker 1: this Hawks team, is this Hawks game and this Pelicans game.
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  Speaker 1: This game is pretty interesting in my opinion because, Over
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  Speaker 1: a 240-point total. I got some interest in some of
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  Speaker 1: these guys here. No Meecy tonight for the Pelicans. So
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  Speaker 1: the first thing that sticks out to me is Carlo Matkovic.
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  Speaker 1: I'll say his name right. $ 3, 700 on DraftKings. Really great
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  Speaker 1: price over there if you're looking for some bargain basement savings.
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  Speaker 1: Looking at any of these other Pelicans. Don't necessarily love
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  Speaker 1: any of them. On the Hawks side, I do like
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  Speaker 1: two guys a whole lot. One would be a stud,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson. He looks very well for us. See a
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  Speaker 1: lot of green in his name. So give me some
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson at power forward. He looks good. And then
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  Speaker 1: a Kong Wu at 5,900, another center position. He could
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  Speaker 1: take advantage of this Pelicans team with no Meecy going
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  Speaker 1: up against Matt Kovach, Derek Queen as well. So Jalen Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: a Kong Wu, and Matt Kovach would be my three favorites.
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  Speaker 1: From this game, really, Carlo for some of that salary savings.
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  Speaker 1: Next game would be this Cavs taking on this Bucs team.
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  Speaker 1: Let's start with the Cavs because I got some interest
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  Speaker 1: in some guys over here. It's going to be the
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  Speaker 1: usual suspect, $ 7, 600. The beard, James Harden. I like him
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  Speaker 1: in this matchup against Ryan Rollin, Tyler Hero. The rest
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  Speaker 1: of these Bucs guys are going to be guarding him.
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  Speaker 1: So give me some Harden. And then Donovan Mitchell. I
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  Speaker 1: do like Donovan Mitchell tonight at $ 8, 700. As we know
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  Speaker 1: with Donovan, he is kind of scoring dependent, so he's
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  Speaker 1: going to need to fill it up 30, 35 real-life
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  Speaker 1: points and then get some peripherals there as well, steals, blocks, rebounds, assists,
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  Speaker 1: something like that. I think Donovan could really pop off
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  Speaker 1: tonight at $ 8, 700. Then if you're looking for some salary
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  Speaker 1: savings on there, I don't hate Sam Merrill at $ 4, 000.
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  Speaker 1: I think $ 4, 000 for Merrill is fine. let's see what
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  Speaker 1: he's been doing. He had 26 DK points last time out,
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  Speaker 1: did play 27 minutes, shot it pretty well, six of
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  Speaker 1: 11 from the field, four for eight from three. So
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  Speaker 1: Sam Merrill's been playing, looks like 20 has been the least,
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  Speaker 1: got up to 31. So somewhere in that 24-ish, 28
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  Speaker 1: range for minutes. I don't hate Sam Merrill. Don't really
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  Speaker 1: see anything else I like over here on the Cavs.
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  Speaker 1: On the flip side, I do have some interest in
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  Speaker 1: three of these guys as well, and it's not Nate Ament,
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  Speaker 1: former Tennessee great. Come on, Nate. Should be back in school,
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  Speaker 1: but hey, you're enjoying yourself up there with the Brewers
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  Speaker 1: and the Bucs, celebrating that World Series win, which boys
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  Speaker 1: understand that. But Tyler Hero, $ 7, 000. I do like Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Hero tonight. Very shot-dependent, or shot volume. We know the
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  Speaker 1: shot volume is going to be there For Hero, at
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  Speaker 1: some point, they're going to say, hey, bro, pass me
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  Speaker 1: the ball. You shoot it 900 times a game. But
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  Speaker 1: it hasn't happened yet, and at only $ 7, 000. Give me
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  Speaker 1: some Tyler Hero, 13, 14, 14, 24, 21. It's kind
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  Speaker 1: of how many times he's hoisted that thing up there.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to need to shoot it, and he's going
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  Speaker 1: to need to make it, obviously, and I think he
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  Speaker 1: can tonight. Kyle Kuzma, another savings guy I kind of like.
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  Speaker 1: He's only $ 5, 000, and for Kuz, that's pretty good. He
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  Speaker 1: was down to 18 minutes last game, but if we
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  Speaker 1: could get him up to where we like him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: mid-20s or high-20s, low-30s, I think that's good. That game
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  Speaker 1: was a blowout the other night, probably contributing to his
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  Speaker 1: low minutes. But, yeah, we've seen him put up 30-plus
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  Speaker 1: in three of the five games. So give me some
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  Speaker 1: Kuz at 5K. I think if he gets into 30, 35,
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  Speaker 1: he's obviously going to be 6X his tag. So give
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  Speaker 1: me some Kuzma. I like that. And then Miles Turner, another,
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  Speaker 1: I'll call him cheap center. I do like Miles Turner
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  Speaker 1: in this contest. He is $ 4, 900. He can get there
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  Speaker 1: in a variety of ways. He's had two games where
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  Speaker 1: he's had four-plus blocks on the season, so we're going
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  Speaker 1: to need him to get those blocks and those rebounds
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  Speaker 1: and step out behind that three-point line. He's due. If
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  Speaker 1: anyone's due, it's him. His last 10 three-pointers he's made,
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  Speaker 1: as many as hams made in the NBA. That's zero.
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  Speaker 1: So give me some Miles Turner. Hopefully he gets hot tonight,
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  Speaker 1: stays hot against this Cavs team. But this is a
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  Speaker 1: sneaky game in my opinion. I talked about six guys
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  Speaker 1: in this game. I really like this game tonight. So
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  Speaker 1: give me some of these Cavs and Bucs. Next up
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  Speaker 1: would be my Memphis Grizzlies. Yes, those undefeated Memphis Grizzlies. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: those Cameron Boozer-led Memphis Grizzlies coming off a triple-double last
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  Speaker 1: time out against Ja. We don't need them anymore. taking
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  Speaker 1: on this Kings team who, hey, they're being the Sacramento Kings.
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  Speaker 1: What can we say? But let's say since I talked
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  Speaker 1: about Acuff, or not Acuff, let's talk about Cameron Boozer.
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  Speaker 1: Triple-double last time out. He's at a great price point tonight.
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  Speaker 1: I think, obviously, Cam Boozer in a really good spot
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  Speaker 1: coming home. Heavy, or healthy, I should say. Healthy favorite
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  Speaker 1: against this Sacramento team. Power forward eligible with $ 7, 400. Give
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  Speaker 1: me some Cam Boozer. Ty Jerome's kind of the big
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  Speaker 1: question mark. I don't love Ty Jerome if he was
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  Speaker 1: to play because he's $ 8, 400, but it's more of, hey,
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  Speaker 1: keep your eyes peeled for that. He is questionable tonight.
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  Speaker 1: But who I do like is going to be Cam Spencer.
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  Speaker 1: I like Cam Spencer with or without Ty Jerome. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: without him, he just shoots up the board. He played
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  Speaker 1: 23 minutes last time out, almost 32 DraftKings points. He's
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  Speaker 1: in a great spot, $ 3, 700. You've got to have some
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  Speaker 1: interest in Cam Spencer. And then that's going to be
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  Speaker 1: it for me on the Grizzlies side. Darius Acuff, goodness gracious,
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  Speaker 1: he can score with the best of them. We saw
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  Speaker 1: him detonate going through the lane last game. I think
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  Speaker 1: that was against the Pelicans. He just tomahawked on somebody.
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  Speaker 1: Kids can score for sure. So give me some Acuff, 7,500.
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  Speaker 1: Zach Levine can score it for sure. 6,800 bucks. I
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  Speaker 1: like some of him. Sabonis, he's got to pay that
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  Speaker 1: big boy price tag on him. But, hey, listen, when
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  Speaker 1: you're talking about Sabonis, He's a rebounding machine. Last five games, 15, 14, 15, 19,
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  Speaker 1: and 18 rebounds. If we could get him popping in
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  Speaker 1: that points department, he'll be very good. Let's kind of
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  Speaker 1: see what he's done. Oh, scoring the basketball. Only nine points,
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  Speaker 1: only shot it seven times, but he shot it 16. Yeah, so,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we need some bonus to shoot it. Get
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  Speaker 1: some putbacks. Get some of those, not really a three-point guy,
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  Speaker 1: but get some of those in and around the basket.
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  Speaker 1: I do like Savonis at only $ 9, 400. He's in a
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  Speaker 1: good spot tonight as well. And then lastly, you're going
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  Speaker 1: to see if there's anybody else. Can't play Preston Shachua,
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  Speaker 1: goodness gracious. He's just ruined a lot of weeks this week,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm not going to go there. Next game up
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  Speaker 1: on the slate would be this Rockets and this Thunder team.
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  Speaker 1: This Thunder team is beat up. I don't really like
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  Speaker 1: many people on there. And then you talk about the Rockets.
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  Speaker 1: Two guys I really like, or three guys actually, KD,
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  Speaker 1: And Shingun would be kind of the two big boys
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  Speaker 1: I like. Pay attention to Shingun. He did miss last night,
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  Speaker 1: which opened the door for a lot of these guys
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  Speaker 1: to get more minutes. But it would be KD, Shingun
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  Speaker 1: for me. Shingun's averaging like 25, like 7 and 9
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  Speaker 1: on the season, something like that. He's balling. So give
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  Speaker 1: me some Shingun at 8,600. And then Tari Eason at 5,500
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  Speaker 1: would be the guy from the bench. He's going to
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  Speaker 1: go back to the bench tonight, I would assume. if,
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  Speaker 1: if Shingun starts, but Easton was good last night, dual eligibility,
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  Speaker 1: got almost 34 DraftKings points, played 26 minutes. We know
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  Speaker 1: he's going to play. So give me some Tari Eason
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  Speaker 1: coming off the bench. And I don't really love anybody
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  Speaker 1: on this OKC team. So, yeah, that's a pass for me.
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  Speaker 1: And then the last game that we're going to touch
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  Speaker 1: on is going to be this T-Wolves and the Spurs.
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  Speaker 1: Just saw, I think, Stephon Castle has a migraine that
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  Speaker 1: came out like 15, 20 minutes ago. So pay close
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  Speaker 1: attention to that if he's out. But Wimby. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Wimby's the man. I obviously don't need me to tell
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  Speaker 1: you that. He's the best play on the slate tonight.
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  Speaker 1: 10-9 going up against his countryman, Rudy Gobert. But, hey,
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  Speaker 1: it's Wimby. Let's lock and load Wimby. He's going to
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  Speaker 1: have a good game tonight. Don't see anything else I
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  Speaker 1: love on this Spurs team other than Wimby. And then
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  Speaker 1: the T-Wolves, they're just in dire straits. They've got no Ant-Man.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going to say Rudy Gobert's name. He just
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  Speaker 1: can't score it. Never could really score it, but he
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  Speaker 1: really can't this year. Lomelo is just tough to do
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  Speaker 1: as a one-man band. So I'm going to be lower
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  Speaker 1: on this game than maybe some or most, but it's
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  Speaker 1: Wimby for me and Buss. So just to recap, you know,
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  Speaker 1: tons of value on this slate tonight. I shouldn't say tons,
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  Speaker 1: but enough to get us through. I would say Cam Spencer,
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  Speaker 1: probably my favorite. He really becomes my favorite should Todd
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  Speaker 1: Jerome miss. And then Tari Easton is going to get
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  Speaker 1: those minutes tonight. as he has as always. But if
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  Speaker 1: someone were to miss, he would go with the board.
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  Speaker 1: And with no Meecy, it would be Matkovich as well.
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  Speaker 1: So that's kind of my three favorite salary-saving guys. From
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  Speaker 1: the studs, it's Wimby, number one for me. I would
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  Speaker 1: say Shingun, number two. And then I'm going to say Sabonis,
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  Speaker 1: number three, as it relates to the studs. And then
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  Speaker 1: from the– I'll call it the mid-tier studs. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think he's going to get another triple-double, but I think
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  Speaker 1: Cameron Boozer's in for a nice night. Darius Acuff in
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  Speaker 1: that same game. Hey, anything you can do, I can
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  Speaker 1: do better, Rook. I think they're going to be playing side-by-side.
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  Speaker 1: Then I'm going to go Tyler Hero. Tyler Hero to
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  Speaker 1: get some shots up, $ 7, 000. I think that's going to
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  Speaker 1: be the one right there. All right, that'll do it
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