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NBA Show | January 10, 2024 | DraftKings DFS Picks, Plays and Process · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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Fall systems going clear the lifting. What's going on everybody? We're back talking
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some hoops. Hope everybody out there having a good Wednesday. Nice eight games
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slate, that's right in the wheelhouse that I like, eight games, fun
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injury news are waiting on. As always, there is ten games on the
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dockets, so yes, ten games tonight in the association. Fan Duel and
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DraftKings been cutting out those later games. Hey, people can playing not enough
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time with the family sitting around the computer all night. We totally get it.
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DraftKings and Fandola listened. So eight games on the slate, but showdown
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Projections updated throughout the night as always. Pair by Ben Drew, Jordan,
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has your Wednesday afternoon going, my man? Oh yeah, everything's going good.
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A little bit behind for any of our members waiting for the slave plan
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I'll definitely finish it up once we get off of here. But yeah,
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everything was good over here. Had a pretty good night for showdown. I
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yeah, definitely excited about this slate for sure. I've just got finished up
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doing my write up and getting ready for the show. And yeah, it's
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a big part of our community over here. Again, eight games, looking
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at like the start times, I like it a lot of time. I
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mean, the Slave's gonna be done in an hour and a half, which
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is always nice. A lot of seven PM games, four of them at
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seven eastern, two at seven thirty, one at eight, and one at
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eight thirty. So that's nice in my opinion. Unfortunately, like Zion,
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questionable that is an eight thirty game. Any initial thoughts on this late though,
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with stars and scrubs, balanced games zero looking at matchups, you just
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want to go game by game. Uh yeah, I mean in terms of
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build type, I could definitely see this being a mid tier type build.
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The highest spend up is only ten point five k for Shake Gilgis and yeah,
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mitsiear is pretty loaded tonight. Obviously some pretty big games to talk about,
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with the Washington, Indi game going to be a big one, even
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Sacramento Charlotte has some interest. San Antonio Detroit two terrible teams with terrible defenses,
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and then Philly Atlanta. I think a lot of the ownership will condense
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around those games, and rightfully so. But yeah, I mean I don't
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I don't really think that like the Zion News is going to do much in
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terms of changing up the build because you look at the price tags of the
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guys over there, they're all pretty price appropriately, so it's not like you're
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getting a huge edge waiting for that. It's not like a Luca Laide scratch,
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like a Yokich Late scratcher again, some some really good value. I
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think that all these early games are the ones that we're going to want to
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attack. Yep, I like it. We'll get right into it again.
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We appreciate everyone hanging out. Hope everybody out there having a great Wednesday afternoon.
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First game of the Nights. It's a back to back. Four of
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the Sacramento Kings taken on the Charlotte Hornets two thirty total. Kings are favored
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by eight. No injury report on the King side, but Kevin Herder did
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start like we expected. Expect them to continue to start. Kevin harder on
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this monster game. Monster first half yesterday for sure. Hopefully some people got
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on that Fox. Not so much as far as the Hornet side, they're
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pretty thin. Cody Martin's questionable, so they could even be thinner. Mark
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Williams still out, Heyward out, LaMelo is still out, so same story
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for them. Cody Martin, I'll throw it to you right away. Does
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Cody Martin do anything? Mcawans will probably slide in the starting lineup after.
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That's someone we need on this slate. Terror Rose Year eight point five k
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always an interesting play, handles the ball a lot without Lamelow thoughts on this
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first game. Solid total, pretty big spread. Yeah, I mean Cody
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Martin news is, it's not huge, but he'll definitely bring in some guys
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into play in terms from value, you know that the head coach for Charlotte's
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been saying that he wants to give Nick Smith Junior and JT thor more minutes.
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I think those are two guys that would definitely benefit from Cody Martin being
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out. But I mean, on top of that, they're just they're playing
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Terry Roseier, Miles Bridge is huge minutes. You still got Brandon Miller in
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there, so they have enough bodies to where they don't really grade out as
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as great values, But I think from a matchup perspective, this is a
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decent spot for some of these guys in the Hornets. Obviously, the King's
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coming off of the back to back with the win, the comeback win against
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the Pistons last night. Yeah, the King's defense has kind of been struggling
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a bit. They're more of a rim funnel this season, as has kind
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of been the story with them with Sabonis download not that great of a rim
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protector. They kind of struggle with their pick and roll defense as well.
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So I think Terry Rozier is firmly in play eight point five K. We
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know that he's going to play huge minutes. I talk about the role with
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him all the time. It's elite with the ball handling, touch time at
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six percentage usage, all that stuff. So I think that this is a
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totally fine spot to get to Terry Rozier at eight point five K. I
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know that a lot of people are in Discord are huge fans of him.
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He's made him a ton of money or it made us a ton of money
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this year, So I definitely like Terry Rozier. I think Miles Bridges is
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squarely in play two, just in terms of the minute ceiling, because he's
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played forty minutes in three straight games, taking eighteen shots in all three games
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that resulted in Fantasy scores of forty seven thirty seven point seven five and forty
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three point seven to five. So I think that he's a totally fine option
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at his price tag. Those are really the main two guys I would be
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looking to on the Hornets side, though, like I said, you could
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get to the Nick Smith Junior and JT. Thor if you want to.
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I hope that the box score watchers look at JT. Thor and see twenty
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three and a half and kind of expect that again. But I remember somebody
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in Discord when when that game was going on, they posted the play by
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play stuff and he had like five or six offensive rebounds in like in like
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five seconds or something. So that's kind of just the big spike in fantasy
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scoring came from that. But yeah, on the King side, great spot
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for DeVonta Sabonis again. He's been crushing in back to backs this year.
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Not gonna be on any sort of minutes restriction, obviously, it's a great
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matchup versus the Hornets or bottom five and rim defense in bottom two or bottom
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bottom two rip bout of three in DVP two centers this season, But yeah,
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Sabonus has been on a tear lately. Darren Fox is kind of I
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don't know really what is going on with him. He seems like he could
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just be fatigued or maybe sick or something. But his usage has gone down,
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and because of that, Sabonis has climbed a ton. He's seen this
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assist numbers go up, the overall usage, touch time, everything going up.
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He's got a triple double in six of his last eleven games and three
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of his last four games. I think that the ceiling is is really high
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for him, even in a back to back, and I don't think that
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he'll really get too much ownership. Yeah, like I mentioned with Fox,
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I don't really want to play him right now, just with the current form.
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He just he just looks off. I don't know what's going on,
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but yeah, he's just kind of a tough click right now. I think
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that you could definitely get some Lake Munk or Kegan Murray. Great matchup versus
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the Hornets. They're just terrible defensively all around, and the Kings are they're
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really tightening up their rotation right now. They've kind of taken out Davon Mitchell,
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Alex Lanjeville McGee. Will you know, they'll get in there for a
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couple of minutes. Do Ourtes out of the rotation? The Sasha of zen
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Cob is out of the rotations that they're running like seven and a half guys.
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If you consider Harrison Barnes, mean he's been getting cut down too by
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Trey Lyles as well. So I think that all these guys kind of make
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a little bit of sense when you take into account how tight the rotation has
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been. Yeah, great breakdown. Any thoughts on like if Cody Martin plays
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value isn't great on this late we do have Q tags that could open up
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some stuff, but I don't know any thoughts there. It's five point three
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K. The guarden Ford eligibility is pretty nice. Get me twenty five something
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like that and I'll be good with it. Any thoughts on him in this
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game? I think Rosier he's definitely gonna be owned. He'll be I think
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the mid the mid tier, I mean, there's only so many ways to
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go up top. The mid tier is definitely the route people are gonna go.
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A five is a great price for Terry. Who's gonna chuck Outside of
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that though, I don't think much ownership really gets to this game. But
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thoughts on Cody Martin if he plays as the value then if he's out,
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what any these guys like a Brandon Miller and Nick Smith and McGowan's any of
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that, would that do anything or put them in play? Uh? Yeah?
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Couldymoton plays? I think that he's fine at five point three K.
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But I think that there's enough high upside guys in that same range. I
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mean, even Kevin Love the same price tag. I think that Jalen Smith
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is interesting as well, Like there's plenty of guys cheaper or a little bit
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more expensive that have equal to or better upside, So I don't think I
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really want to lock in that spot for him. And yeah, I think
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that Nick Smith Junior would be totally fine as a value value played, but
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I think he's only point guard eligible, which is kind of tough because point
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guard is really loaded tonight. So maybe not really looking to anybody on this
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on that side. Yeah, that's a good shout talking about point guard.
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Terry does have shooting guard in eligibility, which is nice. But this next
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game Spurs Pistons two thirty eight total, Spurs favored by three. Zach Collins
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out's, Kate Cunningham's out, Isaiah Stewart's auful. So no changes on either
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team here. But talking point guard Trey Jones in the starting lineup, I
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think he will be five point a k. Pretty popular on this slate and
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you can go right to the other side Killian Hayes. Disappointing yesterday. I
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know a lot of people got there, but price hasn't moved five point five
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k. I think he's pretty interesting, probably a little ownership. Jalen Durtan
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absolutely smashed earlier in the game, slowed down a bit, but paid off
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the price egg. I think he's interesting. Mentioned Baha Vidanovic yesterday. I
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know we're a little worried about the coach speak looking at the minutes. Thirty
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two minutes, so I mean he was playing really good ball. He shot
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the ball ten for fourteen from the field, four for seven from deep and
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still only got thirty two minutes. So I think maybe that is the cap,
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especially when we're talking it back to back. I liked him more yesterday
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and with what you said yesterday with the coaches. Now at back to back,
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he played a great game and still got up to thirty two. I
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don't know. I'll let you talk about him if you tell me he gets
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thirty four even thirty two minutes. Maybe in this spot without Kaid he handles
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a lot or good shooter, he handles the ball a lot. They can
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post him up in the low posts, run to make plays outside of that.
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Yeah, I love both point guards. I like Jalen Duran. Talk
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to me about Bohan and I talked about Wemby a little bit as well.
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Sure, yeah, so I'll start on the Spurs side. But just like
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from a matchup perspective, this is just a really strong game to attack with
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both these teams in the bottom six in defensive rating, bottom eight rim defense.
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The Spurs are a huge three point final as well their bottom two and
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three point defense, and both these teams are playing up and pace right now.
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So I think that it's a really really good game to attack. But
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I'll start with Wemby. He's going to see his minutes limit right around twenty
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four to twenty six minutes in that range, but even in those short of
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minutes stints, he could definitely pay off the price tag at nine K.
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I mean, this is such a good matchup for him. I mentioned yesterday
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on the show when when talking about Sibonis just obviously he crushed, but I
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was talking about from a ceiling perspective, the way that the Pistons were giving
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up a lot of fantasy points was blocks and steels. They're dead last in
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blocks allowed and fifth worst in steals allowed to the center position, and that
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kind of plays right into Wemby's game. Obviously, he's like an elite defender
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and elite blocks and steels. Guy averages three point three blocks per game,
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one point steal, one point two steals per game. So I think even
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in twenty four to twenty six minutes. He could definitely get up to sixty
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Fantasy points just with I mean, I could even see him getting double digit
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blocks and steels in total in this game and putting up a huge score.
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So I definitely have interest in Wemby at eight point nine K. Vassal has
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a really good matchup too. The Pistons are one of the worst on ball
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defenses. He's one of the safer players on the teams in terms of a
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minutes perspective. I'm gonna see around thirty four to thirty five minutes, But
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seven point three K kind of expensive for him. You really need to get
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close to fifty and I don't know how many times he's done that this year.
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You know, he's a really, really solid score, but this might
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not be the spot for him, just from a pricing standpoint. Kind of
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same thing with Keldon two, really big spot. But seven K coming off
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of the bench, gonna see around thirty one thirty two minutes. Yeah,
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I don't know. I find it kind of tough to click on him,
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or to click on really any bench player at seven K. So I think
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that I can get away from him, but the usage is going to be
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pretty good in the second unit, But yeah, you mentioned Trade Jones,
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He's definitely my preferred option on this first side outside of Wemby. Pop finally
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put him back into the starting lineup, and he's seen thirty five and thirty
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four minutes in those two starts, and matchupoisea one of the best ones in
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the league versus gonna be see killing Hayes on defense a lot. He's just
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an awful defender, So that's a big spot for Trade Jones. He can
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get there multiple ways, has a pretty solid floor with the assist as well.
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And then yeah, I'll mentioned Dominic Barlow on at three point seven K.
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I don't think that he's the craziest value play going to see the backup
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center minutes and if wenbc's you know, twenty four to, that should be
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about twenty two ish minutes for him. So I think that he's definitely played
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at three point seven K and it looked like a really, really solid value
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play. And then on the Piston side, I like the spot for Jalen
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Duran And yeah, like you mentioned, he was on his way to a
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huge game last time versus the Kings picked up a ton of fouls in a
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quick amount of time. And then lost some minutes, only got to twenty
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four. But yeah, like what Monty Williams said about getting him more touches
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and kind of running their offense through him was definitely true. He saw his
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his touches increase and he was even bringing the ball up the floor at times.
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So I think at seven point one K, he's got a lot of
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upside. Obviously, it would be a lot better when he's not facing Victor
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woman Yama because he's you know, super lengthy and gonna gonna make it tough
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for him to score down low. But the usage was pretty solid for him
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twenty eight point three percent usage rate and twenty five percent assist percentage last game
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without Kid. Obviously a really small sample size, but I do like during
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at seven point one K, I think the ivy is is fine. Six
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pointy K is pretty expensive for somebody of his, uh his caliber right now,
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But I mean matchups, matchups good, pretty solid usage R without Kid.
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I just think that he's kind of just fine. And yeah, the
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boyon thing, I don't know if that's if that's like a floor for him
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or if that's the ceiling in terms of minutes at thirty two to thirty three
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minutes. But matchup wise, this is probably one of the best ones he'll
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face all year long. The Spurs are terrible three point defense, and Bogie
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can definitely get hot. I think six point six k is pretty reasonable for
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him from an upside standpoint, So I think that he's in play and I
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don't really want to play Killian Hazer. Now five point five k. He
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just doesn't do much outside of assists. I mean, he's not looking to
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score. I don't he like. It took him almost two quarters even attempt
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to shot last game. So I just don't really see a ceiling for him
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at five point five K. Much rather find the three hundred dollars to get
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to trade Jones. Yeah, great breakdown. We're in lockstep with a lot
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of it. I love Trey Jones, love Duran. The thing's a tough
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one for me because, man, like you know, of guy's not going
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to play thirty minutes and you see that price tag, but you talked everything
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about the matchup. When he's on the court, he's a complete monster.
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I feel the same way with Calvin, Like seven K off the bench,
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I just can't do it. Be Sell's a little interesting. He liked his
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matchup. Ownership should be pretty low. He can get hot and put up
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points, so I think he is an interesting GPP play. Definitely love this
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game, though we're gonna get to the next game, which is the best
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on the slate, at least in my opinion. A lot of people Pacers
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Washington, but talking Duran and Miles Turner right in that six eight, seven
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to one price day, both are gonna be relative pretty popular. I think
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Turner will be more popular. Obviously you can't play two centers, but if
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you had to pick one, who would you lean between those two? Probably
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go Turner. Just like the matchup a little bit better for him. I
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think that the minutes are a little bit more shaky for Moles Turner, though
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he could definitely lose minutes to a guy like Isaiah Jackson that could run more
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small ball as well, so I think the minutes are a little bit less
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secure from Alice Turner, but the matchup is much better. I like it.
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Pairedby likes your Barlow call and then two other names. I have no
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interest personally Burks Alec Burks, He's the man, but price is the thing.
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Can't do it at this price tag coming off the bench the minutes there
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and then Chetty for four K. It's no for me any interest in those
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two though, No, not really keep it moving. Next game on the
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slate again, five to talk about or is it four? It's four to
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talk about five or at seven pm Eastern? Biggest total, best game environment
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Washington Pacer Washington against the Pacers two fifty two total. India is favored by
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eight. Looking at the injury report, unfortunate Tyres is out. It looks
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like he could have been out for a lot longer so though, so good
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news there. He is out for this game though, and then Landrew Shamont
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out on the Washington side, which doesn't mean much. I mean talk about
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goodness the monster total two teams, I don't play much defense. I guess
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I'll throw it to you. Where do you want to start? In terms
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of ownership, I think Miles Turner and Jalen Smith are two of the more
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popular plays. Probably Jalen Smith having power forward eligibility is huge. Miles Turner
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just centered eligible. But man, I think you can get to Tias I
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mean talk about Trade Jones. Tias Jones, what a year he's having.
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KU's Obi Namhar like Gafford even I think this game has all the goodness.
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Start with wherever you want to go and take it away. But this is
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when I have a lot of interest in for sure. Yeah, definitely in
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agreement with you there. I think this is a min one situation on both
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sides. I think you just want you want ownership in this game in multiple
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ways, So definitely have a ton of interest. Matchupwise, I think we
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know how that's going to play out. These are two fast paced teams,
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two really terrible rim defense. Defense's Pacers are pretty bad to transition or the
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Wizards are a bad transition team as well, and the Pacers are number two
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transition offense. So I think that obviously is a clear pathway to an massive
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game here. But you're gonna want ownership in this game up and down your
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lineups, so I'll start with the Wizards side. Though I like the spot
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for Kyle Kuzma here. He seems a little bit too cheap in terms of
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the game environment, and I think this game could stay pretty close throughout.
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We've seen times where the Wizards are able to keep the game close and Kuzma
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just has a massive ceiling in those games. Last game against Okac, which
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is kind of considered a bad matchup for a player like Kuzma. He got
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up to forty eight zero point seventy five DK points, had fifteen rebounds.
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I wouldn't expect him to get that many rebounds. He could definitely flair with
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double digits. But it was worth noting that the Wizards did run out more
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of a small ball lineup towards the end of the game, which is gonna
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give a guy like Kuzma danny Avia better rebounding rates. So I think Kuzma
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is a great play here. Th This is are dead lasting DVP to power
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forwards this season, which just strengthens the Kuzma upside case, so a ton
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of interest in him. Danny Avia equally as good of a spot, comes
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in fourteen fourteen hundred cheaper than Kuzma, and also should see pretty solid minutes
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in the low thirties in a close game on the season. He's a one
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point zero one fantasy point printed producer with a good amount of upside in close
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games, flash fifty point upside a couple of times in the past month or
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so, So knowing that he has that within the range of outcomes, I
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think you should definitely have interest in him, like the spot for him a
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lot. Yeah, Tys Jones, like you mentioned, he's definitely in play
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six K. He had a triple double the last time these guys played,
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so I don't know if he how many more times he'll do that in his
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career, but he seems like a pretty solid play at six K. I'm
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gonna see probably the weaker defender. I would assume that in the starting lineup,
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Jordan Poole would see Andrew Nemhard, and Nemhart is it, you know,
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as not great of a fantasy producer, he is, He's a really
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solid defender, so I think that could give a little bit more of an
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offensive upside case to Tys Jones. So I definitely have interest in him at
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six K. You could do a Hyasin Trey Jones can just fill out the
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rest of your roster that way. Both are pretty solid plays tonight. But
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yeah, I don't don't really have interest in Jordan pool though. This is
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just not the matchup for him. The Pacers are I don't know, if
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I want to say, a good three point defense. They allow the least
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amount of three pointers per game, but that could just be because their rim
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defense is so bad that all of the offense is kind of funnel to the
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rim for opposing teams. That's just not really Jordan Poole's game five point nine
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K is a solid price site, but even you look at last game where
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he shot the ball seventeen times, scored twenty four real points, and still
22:33
only got to thirty three fantasy points. So I just don't really see that
22:37
big of an upside case. But obviously, because I'm saying that now,
22:41
he probably goes for forty plus. Yeah, I like your Gafford shout too.
22:45
Obviously, great matchup for opposing centers against the Pacers who have terrible rim
22:48
defense, So I'm totally fine with him Outside that though, I think those
22:53
are the main guys you look into. I think cool Bali could be in
22:56
play four point six K, but I don't know what the upside case is
23:00
for him, And maybe he takes more minutes away from Jordan Poole and that
23:03
would give him, you know, a clear runway to a higher ceiling game
23:07
from a minutes perspective. Obviously, it's a great matchup versus pacers in an
23:12
uptempo game, but not sure what the ceiling really is on him, and
23:17
then on the Pacers side, Miles Turner is gonna be the top priced player
23:19
on the Pacers and he's going to have to step into a really big offensive
23:25
role if this team wants to stay competitive without Halliburton. This is also the
23:29
best matchup for opposing centers pace or the Wizard's dead last and DVP to the
23:33
center position. So he's in a great spot here. Six point a k
23:37
pretty reasonable price sage for him, So I have a lot of interest in
23:40
him. TJ McConnell, I would love to get your thoughts in this because
23:42
I think this is kind of the big talking point in the slate, the
23:45
TJ versus Nemhart situation. Obviously TJ is fifteen hundred dollars more expensive, but
23:51
coming in at probably a fraction of the ownership, seeing like almost forty percent
23:55
on Nemhard. And I don't know, I just I kind of TJ.
24:00
Just you tell me that I can get twenty five thirty minutes out of TJ
24:04
and he's gonna be single digit ownership. I mean, he's got realistic,
24:07
realistically fifty point upside, he's got triple double upside, And this is just
24:11
such a good matchup for point guards, I just don't I don't know.
24:15
I would love to get your thoughts on that though, just because we know
24:18
that Nemhart's gonna start and see a bigger usage bump. But TJ is kind
24:22
of kind of the guy for me. Yeah, I mean, Nemar,
24:25
I agree with you. I much preferred TJT like his upside more GPPs however,
24:30
like I don't think you need to play either, like Tyas is still
24:33
seven hundred cheaper. We talked about Trey Jones the Rose Gears like point guard
24:37
is loaded today. I would I do prefer TJ for the ownership discount for
24:41
sure. When he's on the court, he's more active. I think his
24:45
playmaking left to go up without Tyreee. Him and Tyree shared the court a
24:48
lot when TJ did get in his second stint and stuff, which obviously you're
24:53
playing a back role to that. But we've seen TJ in the past couple
24:56
of years when he did get the opportunity hand on the ball. Well,
25:00
I mean he can be aggressive, he makes plays, obviously, the stock
25:03
up side is always there. Yeah, I prefer TJS for sure over Nemhart.
25:08
I definitely prefer like the Miles Turner, the Jalen Smith, maybe even
25:12
Obi Topping because of the value and stuff there. Yeah, that's my take.
25:18
I'm on the TJ side with you six to seven though, you got
25:19
you gotta do something at that price. So I'm not in love with it,
25:22
but I do. I don't love Nemahard much, gotcha. Yeah,
25:26
I think I think we're in agreement there. I just will we'll mention this.
25:30
It's a There's been a three hundred and seventy minute sample size of TJ
25:33
McConnell on the court without Tyres Halliburn, and he averages almost fifty DK points
25:40
per thirty six minutes. So I mean, man, if he if he
25:41
gets thirty plus minutes, I really do think that he's got huge upside.
25:45
Like what would you pencil would you pencil him in for minutes? What's your
25:49
guests? I would say twenty eight is probably probably about where I would project
25:55
him, and then thirty two is probably the high end, just because I
25:59
mean near coming off of a back injury as well. I mean, that's
26:02
not not really something to mess around with when you're talking about a young guy.
26:06
He's I mean, he's had a multiple, multiple injury game absence with
26:11
a bunch of injuries. I don't I mean, I don't think that Nemhart,
26:15
we haven't projected. I'm seeing like around thirty minutes on Nemhard and I
26:18
just don't. I kind of see it like that just seems a little bit
26:22
high for me. I just don't know if I can see him getting up
26:23
to thirty minutes. Yeah, I mean thirty minutes for TJ. McConnell.
26:27
I'll sign off at this ownership, no doubt about that. He's always active,
26:32
He's always doing something. He ain't gonna like chill in the corner,
26:34
which is always a worry about players. So yeah, I'm in. I
26:37
like McConnell, Berna Marshall for sure, a couple other guys I wanted to
26:41
mention on the pitch just really quickly. I think that this is a sneaky,
26:45
really good spot for Bendick Matheren as well. I think he's kind of
26:48
the biggest winner of the Teacher or the Atari's Halliburn injury outside of TJ and
26:52
Nemhart obviously, but he leads a team in usage with Haliburn off the court
26:56
twenty six and a half usage percentage. He just thirty seven DK points per
27:00
thirty six. But on top of that, he's been playing really well lately.
27:03
He's kind of taken away minutes from Buddy Healed Bruce Brown to a lesser
27:08
degree, but he's seen twenty nine thirty five minutes in back to back games,
27:12
and the matchup obviously great versus Wizards, but for a player of his
27:17
archetype, he's looking to get to the rim. He's one of the pacers
27:19
better transition scores, and the Wizards just have no rimp protection and they have
27:23
no transition defense. So I think that he's got a pretty solid upside at
27:27
six point four K, and I don't really see many people going to him,
27:30
So I have interest in Mendic Matherin here. Yeah, we already touched
27:36
on the nempart situation. We're kind of under on him. I think in
27:38
like single entry cash game stuff, you're probably locking in them hard. Well,
27:44
I don't know you're the cash guy, but I do see a pretty
27:47
solid projection on definitely in play. But as of now, I don't have
27:51
the cash report up yet, still hoping to get some news before, but
27:53
as of now, he would not be on the cash report for me right
27:56
now gotcha. Yeah, definitely in cast consideration for sure. And again cash
28:02
report everything always up at Chippin' Nation, updated throughout, so make sure to
28:07
check all that out. But yeah, right now, like Miles Turner is
28:10
way more of a priority for me than that part. There's I like for
28:14
jis price a lot, So yeah, but five point two k is a
28:17
good price take for sure, and Jalen Smith will be the last guy I
28:21
will mention on the Pacers side. He's also going to see a bigger offensive
28:23
responsibility with Hal burn out. He's shown to be a pretty capable scorer at
28:27
times too. They were kind of feeding him a little bit in the post
28:30
last game versus the Celtics. Just the issue of the minute ceiling has not
28:34
really been there. But match up wise, you know, Wizard's terrible room
28:38
defense, So I think that he's firmly in play at five K. I
28:41
just wish that he got more minutes because I think he's got huge upside if
28:45
you were to see close to thirty minutes. No Obie love Nie Smith,
28:49
like these are the games I like playing, Obi like fast pace, up
28:52
and down, just get out and run. There's a lot of pass for
28:56
him there any thoughts on him or Nie Smith better call, I will say
29:00
he might be like one percent on like if that, so for sure you
29:03
can build a lot of chalk around that. Yeah, yeah, for sure.
29:08
But yeah, in terms of Obi, I don't know. He's just
29:12
the minutes have not really been there for him. I know that Rick Carlisle
29:15
likes him, but they're pretty deep in their you know, the front court,
29:19
the power forward, center spots. So I just I don't know.
29:22
I like Obi as a player. This does profile, it's a really good
29:26
match up for him, but so did that that Atlanta game and he only
29:30
got twenty two minutes. So I'm I think I'm going to be off of
29:33
Obi topping here unfortunately. Yeah, no, that makes sense for sure,
29:37
and we still do have Q tags. We're about to get to the next
29:40
game that could open up more value. So spent a good amount of time
29:44
on this Pacers Washington game and the Detroit s first game because they are two
29:48
of the best games on the slate in my opinion. They're probably Philly.
29:52
Atlanta is a good one too that we'll get to, but two of the
29:53
better games on the slate for sure. Some of these other games will go
29:57
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a great day. Eight games to talk about? Three down, five to
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go. Actually that'd be six to go. Actually, no, what am
30:41
I doing? I know eight minus five is three, but there we go.
30:47
Five games to talk about? Right here? Someone's going on with these
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two monitors. Real. I was including the late games, but the next
30:52
two and then I was like, oh, we got ten games on the
30:55
slate. That's not even close to right. But hey, we don't have
30:57
to touch on those last two games Minnesota Timberwolves Boston Celtics two twenty four total,
31:03
Boston favored by ten. This is the least appealing game on the slate
31:07
for me. If Gobert so on the Minnesota side, go Bear's questionable,
31:11
Conley's out. If Go Bear's out, is it gonna be nas reed?
31:15
And if it is always nas reed is a fun click. Boston side,
31:19
Porzingis is out, there's still price up and healthy enough, though I don't
31:25
know. I'm probably gonna completely fade the spot. Let me know if you
31:27
see anything different. Talk about go Beart news though, if he's besides nasrid,
31:33
if he gets a start like a Kyle Anderson at four to four,
31:36
like we just talked about Obi in that same range, NASA has power forward
31:40
eligibility, which is nice, the price take is five to two, though
31:42
it's not completely free. Still, if he gets a start and I have
31:45
interest and then maybe can or something like that, rebounding floor goes up at
31:51
seven point nine k. But if go Beart's in, I got nothing in
31:53
this one? What do you see? Yeah, I'm pretty fine getting away
31:57
from this game. There's just way too many other spots that are much better
32:01
and even some later games we haven't even talked about yet to want to lock
32:06
in some guys in this game. I mean, these are two of the
32:07
best defenses in the league. I'm kind of kicking myself last night because I
32:10
was trying to get in the get in a bet on the Boston side.
32:15
I saw the report that the Wolves were they had to take off or their
32:21
playing got delayed till this morning, so they had to travel this morning.
32:22
So I was kind of anticipating some guys to sit or just for them not
32:27
to be full performance. So I wasn't able to get that in unfortunately.
32:31
But yeah, yeah, I just don't think that you really need to go
32:36
there. If Rudy Gobert's out, then I would assume they probably put Kyle
32:39
Anderson in the starting lineup. They like to go to him to fill in
32:42
for the Karanthine Towns. Rudy gobert'type plays, and then as Reed will definitely
32:45
fill in backup center minutes, So he would be interesting play just because we
32:50
know the upside is definitely there for him. But from a minute standpoint,
32:53
I don't think that his are gonna like increase that much. He's probably still
32:58
going to see around twenty five to twenty eight minutes, which is definitely good
33:00
for nas Reed, But I think that we could just look elsewhere. I
33:05
mean, if you're telling me, I'm like choosing between him or like a
33:07
Cody Martin or is it Cody or Caleb on the on Charlotte Cody, right,
33:12
Cody, Yeah, Cody's on Charlotte Caleb, but they're out. Yeah,
33:15
so I would take I would definitely take nas over that type of player.
33:19
But yeah, just I don't think we need to go there in this
33:22
this Slayest thing. There will be better spots open up later or just just
33:27
better like roster constructions building around the mid tier seems much better to to kind
33:30
of waste the roster spot on some of these shaky value pieces, Like I
33:35
haven't even seen Jordan mcgloffin with a decent ownership and a little bit or a
33:38
decent projection and a decent amount of ownership, I don't think. I mean,
33:43
they still have Anthony Edwards and karlthonya town to soak up a ton of
33:46
usage. I just don't see it for these guys. Yeah, mine would
33:50
just be slow mo. If like if he gets to start over Go bears
33:53
out. I'd be good with SloMo at four or four otherwise if it's not
33:58
as I'd like him at five to two. Mark a freaking watcher, so
34:00
he knows the drill. I'm sorry. If you are a Minnesota fan or
34:04
something, Hey, that's how she goes. And I bet you if you
34:07
faded Minnesota pretty much all year, I mean you're definitely not losing money because
34:09
of it, that's for sure. So yeah, another day and not having
34:13
interests in Minnesota. If one of Aunt or Cat I guess two of Aunt
34:17
Cat Gober out, maybe we'll get to some Minnesota maybe late in the year
34:21
for you, Mark. But yeah, it's a team two twenty four total,
34:24
almost ten point dogs. Two good defensive teams. If you want to
34:29
play them, they're gonna be low. So you got that going for you.
34:30
Keep it roll the next game. Ok see Thunder Miami Heat two thirty
34:35
three total. Oka se favored by four and a half. No injury news
34:38
on the OKC side to worry about. On the Miami side, doll yep.
34:42
Caleb Martin is out, Jimmy Butler is out, Kyle Lowry is out,
34:47
HEIMI hotkez Man the price is finally up there. But I'm a fan
34:52
of his game. He does a lot, He contributes to a lot of
34:53
areas double double upside for sure. Six point one k's gonna be pretty low.
34:59
Ow. I think he's fine. Josh Richardson, I expect to get
35:01
the most ownership in this game by far, though four point six K.
35:06
Thoughts on him, Thoughts on himI, I mean you can always play SGA.
35:09
I guess the question is, do you think we have enough value right
35:13
now for SGA to be the top guy? And then like an SGA Rosier
35:16
Bild there's something like that. Do you think we have enough value to get
35:20
there right now? Only point guard eligible for SGA is a little tougher though,
35:23
but break down this one. Yeah, I think you know what I'm
35:27
gonna say about SGA. I always kind of take an underweight stance on him,
35:30
just with the price tag baked in and the like upside case. I
35:36
guess you know you need close to forty points. I just give the same
35:38
speel every time we talk about it. You need close to forty points for
35:40
him to kind of start to reach a thing that's going to bury you for
35:45
not playing him. And I just think there's better people at the point guard
35:47
spot that are cheaper and have similar to better upsides, So I will probably
35:53
will not be playing any SGA tonight. I think the matchup is just about
35:57
neutral for him. But yeah, you're competing with guys like Trey Young,
36:01
Tyrese Maxey, all the value point guards as well, so he's gonna come
36:06
in low owned. I'm guessing, but I just kind of I agree with
36:08
it. I won't be going there. Who do you think he draws on
36:15
defense? I would assume it's going to be Josh Richardson if he's starting.
36:20
And if it's not Richardson starting, like if they go, I guess R.
36:23
J. Hanson would be maybe the only one unless they go Hero Hawk
36:27
has Duncan or something like that. But if it's not Jay rich starting,
36:30
who do you think would be because they ain't gonna be a Hero probably Hawk
36:35
as whoever starts I guess would probably be it. And you think Richardson does
36:38
get the NAB, I think so, I saw. I think projected starters
36:43
Head had Hampton in there. Uh, actually I'm seeing Duncan, Tyler,
36:50
Hero, Duncan, hawkez Djovic and Bam. Okay, Yeah, May.
36:54
If that's the team they're running out there, then a little bit more interest.
36:58
They probably would put Hawkes on him. Yeah yeah, I mean Harks
37:05
is just kind of like going off topic a little bit, but he's like
37:08
the perfect heat for the for like Eric Spolstro. I just think he's he
37:13
fits in so well with that team. I agree he was the stud at
37:16
UC. I was surprised to see his game. I mean, you see
37:19
all those guys, the Frank Kaminski's of the world, that college studs,
37:22
But it's like, man, are you too? Are you not athletic enough?
37:24
Or are you too? He just plays at his own pace and he's
37:28
always in the right spot. Yeah. I like his game. Yeah,
37:30
he definitely he comes in as like a very mature rookie to me. Obviously
37:35
he played a long time in college. I think that kind of speaks to
37:38
why he's playing as well as he is now. But yeah, he's a
37:42
he's a stud. Definitely A big fan of his game. Yeah. On
37:45
the okay see side, outside of Shay, I just don't really want to
37:47
get to any of these guys. I mean, Jaylen Williams role is increasing
37:51
as a ball handler. He's kind of taken over the second usage or second
37:54
unit usage over Giddy. Now, I think that he could be in play
37:59
at seven K, but I like some other spots better. This is definitely
38:02
not a CHET spy going against Bam. BAM's a great defender. He could
38:06
definitely get Chett in the foul trouble pretty quickly. So I'm off of him,
38:09
and yeah, Giddy just he's still not seeing the minutes that he needs
38:15
to. I mean, he's still he's getting there in different ways, but
38:19
I just don't think that he's not gonna see the thirty minutes that I think
38:22
you need from somebody at that price tax. So I'm okay getting away from
38:24
him, kind of full fading, Okay, see outside of Jaylen Williams a
38:29
little bit, and I guess SGA can remain in the player pool. And
38:34
then on the Miami side, I think BAM's in a pretty good spot here.
38:36
Okay. See struggles pretty badly in not versus centers, but just rebounding
38:40
the ball. They're not a strong rebounding team. Chet is just he's being
38:45
just kind of pushed around down low, and Bam super physical guy, so
38:49
I could see him putting up a pretty big rebounding game. They're running more
38:52
of the offense through him as well, so I think that could give him
38:53
a bigg opportunity for assists in this matchup. I think Tyler Herro is in
38:58
a fine spot as well to see well he'll see Lou Dort and case Wallace
39:04
SGA on defense, which would definitely make things more difficult on him. But
39:07
I think his ball handley could definitely increase as well. With Kyle Lowry ruled
39:10
out here, no Caleb Martin as well, so he's got a pretty big
39:14
minutes upside, and the Thunder are a little bit of a three point final
39:16
right now, so I think he could put up a decent scoring output At
39:20
seven point nine K, really solid price tag for him. I think the
39:23
thing that's keeping Hawkes in play is just the minutes. He's gonna see huge
39:28
minutes here with this scene being asked thin as they are, especially in the
39:31
forward position with no Martin, no Jimmy Butler, so I think he's fine
39:36
to keep him play just from the minutes, but the matchup is not that
39:38
great for him. Kevin Love been playing really well lately, been a solid
39:44
Fantasy producer over the last four games. Scored no less than thirty point five
39:46
DK points over the last four games. Just the minutes aren't really there for
39:51
him, But I think that he's a pretty solid point for dollar play.
39:54
I think Duncan Robinson kind of sneaky. Five K really good matchup for three
39:59
points shooters. He's added more playmaking to his game, got to seven assists
40:02
last game. Kind of like the the Max Strews conversation. We've had a
40:06
couple of times where they're doing a little bit more than just shooting the ball.
40:10
I don't want to say that he has like slate breaking ability, but
40:14
he's definitely got He's definitely got a ceiling at five K, and in a
40:16
matchup where the Thunder struggle versus three point shooters or just funnel more their defense
40:22
at three point shooters, I think that he's firmly in play. And then
40:24
Jay rich justrison four point six K really solid value right now, projecting really
40:29
well. So I think that he's a totally fine option if he doesn't start.
40:32
What are your thoughts on Richardson, I still ownership will come down,
40:37
and I still think I mean, he could play the same minutes as if
40:39
he did start, Like they just don't have that. You can always run
40:44
hero at the point and just play in forty minutes. But still, I
40:46
mean, for at least defense wise and stuff like their backcourt RJ Hampton,
40:52
Duncan Robinson and that's it really like Tyler Herro Like, they just don't have
40:58
anyone really in the back court. So even if he doesn't start, you
41:00
feel good about him. Yeah, he'll still play pretty solid. Men's probably
41:05
still play starter like minutes. I think he's fine regardless. Yeah, and
41:08
Drew is definitely happy that you brought up Duncan Robinson And it makes sense.
41:13
Ownership is gonna be low. We just talked about the lack of depth they
41:15
have at guard. He does that guard in Ford eligibility and he'll chuck.
41:20
I mean, who you know what Duncan Robinson is. You mentioned last game
41:22
seven assists, you got to thirty one DK points. Then you look at
41:25
it, shot four from twelve and three for ten from d A couple of
41:30
those more go in. I mean you could be sitting at a forty spot
41:31
there. So yeah, Duncan that pretty low ownership. I do not mind
41:36
that, and I know Drew definitely loves that. Hey, if you think
41:37
he's a lock for five X, might as well lock him in your team
41:40
for sure at that ownership. So yeah, SGA, I'm I mean,
41:45
he's just so good in real life, so it makes you want to click
41:50
him more. I do agree with you, like the forty zero points type
41:52
of stuff. That side's a lot easier for me to get away. It
41:54
probably would just be SGA or nothing really, but Hero interesting prey low ownership.
42:00
Howckets playing a bunch of minutes BAM at a center position. I think
42:05
most people probably won't go that high, and then Jay rich don't. Yeah,
42:08
I think this Miami side is interesting. I don't want to jam him
42:12
though, I mean it's still there's still multiple like is it a Hero game?
42:16
Is a BAM game a dunkin game? At their price tags, it's
42:21
not a spot like I want three heat. I don't think on too many
42:23
lineups, but one or two all at their ownership. Besides Josh Richardson will
42:28
be pretty overweight. Yeah, so talk if they do start RJ. Hampton
42:32
at three K, which I do think is the possibility, would you have
42:37
interest there? He's three K, he's been price not really, I mean,
42:44
he's just such a low usage guy, What is even like the minutes
42:46
ceiling for him? You know you saw twenty five against Golden State and still
42:51
only put up thirteen and a half DK points. Yeah, no, I
42:53
hear you. Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I don't think
42:58
so, I don't think I'll be going there. I just don't think because
43:00
you don't really need a mind price value in this late because Sja is the
43:04
highest priced player at ten point five K. You don't really even have interest
43:07
in him. So I don't think you need to mess around with a guy
43:08
like RJ. Hampton when there's much stronger plays in the val or in the
43:13
mid tier. Yeah, that's a great point. That's it's a mid tier
43:16
build. Like, there's not Luca, there's not Yannis, there's not stuff
43:20
like that that you absolutely need it. I don't think it's the worst thing
43:22
because it kind of gets you on a different roster construction. Unless he did
43:25
pop, then I definitely wouldn't like him as much. But yeah, I'm
43:30
with you, he's been low used the centchuz at Orlando. Not even sure
43:32
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Atlanta Hawks big total two forty four. Philly is favored by one,
44:52
and we do have some injury news very important in this one. Philly side.
44:55
Joel Embiid is out. Expect Paul Reid to start. Danton Melton is
45:00
questionable. They're going to the Hawks side. Dejonte questionable, Clint Cappella questionable,
45:06
Leslie Matthews questionable, DeAndre Hunter is still out. The three games on
45:10
the slate that I had circle as my favorites Pacers Wizards game, this game
45:15
and then Detroit San Antonio. Yeah, this is a very good game and
45:21
only can get better with his injury news. So any leans on some of
45:23
these Q tags and break it down however you however you want. Yeah,
45:29
I mean achilles soreness for Capella is that doesn't really sound good. I think
45:32
that he's a pretty good chance to sit. He's had a history of achilles
45:37
injuries, and he set out for multiple games with the achilles injuries in his
45:43
career. But yeah, Dejonte downgrade questionable. He's been kind of in the
45:47
midst of all the trade talks, so you know, maybe they got a
45:51
trade on the table for him. Maybe he's gonna get moved after this game.
45:57
I would love that. I don't know if they're even I don't know
46:00
if they're looking for him or like, if there's been any talks about that,
46:01
but I think that he would fit in so well with that team and
46:05
they shift what did they shift your Boykante though? For it, I'd be
46:08
fine with that. Yeah, Dejonte is my guy. I've always I love
46:13
his game. Man, he's just he's fun to watch. Really, just
46:15
a solid all around ballplayer. I think that he would We've seen him run
46:20
a team before with the Spurs. He's just a man, A big fan
46:22
of his. But yeah, I think that he's Uh, he's got a
46:25
good chance to sit here. Obviously, with the the mid mid day downgrade
46:30
to questionable wasn't like a downgrade to problem is all the way to questionable.
46:34
So he's probably gonna sit. Obviously, it's gonna give more usage to Trey
46:39
Young nine point nine. K's already already seeing a ton of minutes, already
46:44
dominating usage and assist percentage for this team, touch time, all that stuff.
46:47
So he's going to be a really strong play at nine point nine.
46:50
K could bring Bogdan Bogdanovic into the rotation a little bit more. I'm not
46:54
sure if they would want to start with him. I guess they might have
46:59
to. Maybe maybe they go Trent Forrest to start just for the defense.
47:04
But obviously bog Down is gonna be the biggest beneficiary with no de John Saint
47:07
Marie and he would be in play for sure. But yeah, game environment
47:12
wise, this is really solid. I think that the Sixers they kind of
47:15
rate out as a pretty solid defense in terms of defensive rating when you look
47:17
at the numbers, but they're struggling with their rim defense right now. Obviously
47:22
not having Joel and b down there is gonna hurt them a bit. But
47:27
bottom seven rim defense right now, bottom four and transition defense, and those
47:30
are kind of two spots where the Hawks are are looking to play more into
47:34
like they're really solid transition offense, gonna look to get out and run.
47:37
They're a top paced team, So really good spot for them and equally as
47:42
good of a spot, if not better, for the Sixers. The Hawks
47:45
are awful defensively all season long, gonna be without their best on ball defender
47:49
too. If the Jount Murder were to sit bottom four defensive rating, bottom
47:52
four rim defense, bottom six three point defense, and bottom three and transition
47:57
defense, So man, that's gonna be definitely a game to attack. And
48:00
sorry with the sixer side, Tyres MAXI huge spot here for him. Sub
48:05
nine K just yeah, for all those reasons I mentioned that kind of it
48:08
is exactly how Tyres Maxie plays. He's a you know, fast, fast
48:12
guard, going to look to get downhill, get to the rim and yeah,
48:15
and with no no EMBIID. Obviously, he's leading the team in usage
48:19
and assist percentage, So not having Melton there too would just kind of solidify
48:23
his upside case. So I love Maxie tonight, probably my favorite overall play
48:27
on the slate. Gonna definitely be having him across a ton of my lineups.
48:32
Tobis Harris very interesting to sub seven K gonna be making his return after
48:37
the the one game absence obviously sees a big usage bump without without EMBIID as
48:43
well. And as much as I love Jalen Johnson as like a talent in
48:46
the league, he's just he's a pretty bad defender. I'll say to just
48:51
put it nicely. So I think that Tobias Harris, being, you know,
48:53
the season veteran that he is, he's going to take advantage of that
48:57
really solid price sac for him, and he can get there multiple ways,
48:59
so I have interest in him. I think if the Anthony Milton is out
49:01
again, we could look to Kelly Ubre, who's going to be the third
49:05
fiddle on offense. Played thirty seven minutes last game. I think that's very
49:08
much on the table here again, and he's a player that plays well in
49:13
transition as well. And outside of those three, though I'm not really messing
49:16
with any of these other guys. It's kind of tough to pay five point
49:20
seven K for Paul Reid when they're almost splitting the center minutes down the middle
49:23
with him and Movamba, And I mean even Mo at four point five K
49:27
is not really cheap enough to consider as a backup center. So I think
49:30
that you really just look into the main three guys on the Sixer side and
49:35
then kind of moving on on the Atlanta side. He already mentioned the Trey
49:38
Young stuff. Gonna like him a ton If de John Taimurray is ruled out
49:40
here, would like him even better. If the Anthony Melton is ruled out
49:45
as well, just Danthony Melton really solid on ball defenders, that would kind
49:47
of make things a little bit easier for him. But yeah, he's he's
49:52
got a really solid floor just from the assist numbers, kind of hovering around
49:55
ten every single game, and if the shots not falling, he kind of
49:59
has that to fall back on for some fantasy scoring. But yeah, he's
50:02
playing huge minutes right now. Forty minutes is definitely in play here, and
50:07
with this game being close, I think he's got really big upside. Yeah.
50:14
I don't really know what to say about the Johnson though. I mean,
50:15
I like the spot if he's in, but the questional attack definitely has
50:20
me worried if he is actually injured or if it's just the trade thing.
50:23
But if he's in, I mean, he's playing really well right now,
50:25
scoring the ball well twenty two straight or twenty two points in four straight games
50:30
at least, so he's fine. Seven point four K prices starting to come
50:35
down, just doesn't really have the ceiling you need from a guy in that
50:38
range with while straying the floor with Tree young, so I'd be looking elsewhere
50:43
and probably to no surprise of everybody that watches the show have interest in Jaylen
50:47
Johnson. Even at seven K. He busted for US a few games ago
50:52
in a really good spot, but that was more so he got into foul
50:55
trouble. He's been getting into foul trouble a couple of times, so that's
50:58
kind of limited the it's ceiling from him. But I think on a on
51:01
a regular game with you know, just no funny business with the fouls,
51:07
he's gonna get close to forty minutes. I could definitely see that again here.
51:09
And these sixers are not a good room defense, like I mentioned,
51:13
and they're a terrible in transition, which are two of the areas that Jalen
51:15
Johnson excels in. So I think I'm gonna be playing a good amount of
51:20
him, and I don't see a lot of people going to him at seven
51:22
K. If Capella is out a lot of interest in Yakakongu, he's a
51:28
really solid fantasy producer in his career and four point eight K solid price SAG
51:31
power forward eligible two which is huge, so he would be very much in
51:35
play and in a good spot. And then yeah, I think I think
51:39
Bogie Bogdanovic, Cidy Bay very much in play, especially De john S.
51:44
Murray is out, gonna need to command more usage in the second unit,
51:46
so those guys are totally fine as well. But yeah, this is a
51:50
really really good game to target. Yeah, you could have broken down any
51:52
better. I mean, especially if we don't get this and this is the
51:57
most important news on the slate is guys, and if we don't get it
52:00
before that first lock time with four locking at seven eastern. Again, if
52:05
we didn't, it would be right at seven eastern. But man, that's
52:09
a lot of good games and teams and positions where maybe you want people wouldn't
52:14
have room for Kong Wu as much, or Trey Young or Jalen Johnson.
52:17
They all get a massive bumps. I mean, No, Capella Kung Wu
52:21
is one of the best plays on the slate. No Dejonte, Jalen Johnson,
52:23
Sadiq Bay, Bigdonovitch, Trey, all of them, like the Hawks
52:28
are great, great plays, and they're not gonna project like that because projections
52:31
have to Jonte and Capella in. But that definitely will change the slate.
52:35
And I would love to get overweight one that you mentioned, like great game
52:38
environment, anyway, Tyres Maasy, I have a little more interested in Paul
52:43
Reid, but I do understand exactly what you're saying, and center is loaded.
52:46
I do think he gets a little ownership though, So hey, fading
52:51
or fading someone that's gonna get a little ownership. You can ever go wrong
52:54
with that. Love the Tobias price tag at six' nine. So let's
52:59
say Dejonte's out and you obviously, as Tambo says, his dk at works,
53:02
he can play both, but Tobias Harris or Jalen Johnson for pretty much
53:07
the same price. If you said if Deconte is out correct correct? I
53:15
don't know, man, that's pretty that's really tough. Yeah, both great
53:19
players. I don't really know if like how big of a usage bump Jalen's
53:23
gonna see just looking at the looking at it quickly, it's I mean,
53:29
he's kind of just he's a low usage guy. He's more so just like
53:30
a pick and roll and like kind of cuts to the rim type of player
53:34
and gets there with with steals and reboundings. So I don't necessarily think that
53:38
like the usage standpoint is going to change much for for a guy like Jalen
53:43
Johnson. More so Bogdanovic, But yeah, I probably would. I probably
53:47
would side with Jalen Johnson, though, I just I think that the upside
53:52
is a little bit better than Tobias Harris's makes sense. Yeah, this game
53:55
definitely monitor the news. That's an important one at seventh or eastern. But
54:00
are you gonna our last question? Are you gonna make a rule like you
54:04
said in that Pacers Washington game mid one of this game, I'm like a
54:09
Maxi Tobias, just messy Tobias, Jallen Johnson, et cetera. You're gonna
54:14
do any mid one rule for this one? I don't think so, just
54:16
it's not the same type of spot for the six er SEC because I think
54:21
you're really only well for me, I'm only considering three guys really, so
54:25
I think that I'll just get overweight them in. I'll just have a bunch
54:30
of that. I don't know if I'll have mid one just because there's only
54:32
three guys to choose from, whereas Indy there's a good amount. Washington has
54:37
like four to five guys I'm considering, but I'll definitely be overweight in this
54:39
game for sure. I like it. We have two games left on the
54:44
slate and yeah, you're probably like, man, they've talked fifty four minutes
54:46
on six games on eight games slate. Well, these last two games are
54:50
pretty much gonna be very very quick for me. A lot of my teams
54:54
are gonna be done at seven, third Easter and then I got time to
54:58
chill a bit. But what's going on? Conscious? What's going on?
55:00
Danny coaches in here, justin in here as well, and yeah, Danny
55:04
reminds it again. I'm not even gonna say it. I feel bad asking
55:07
too much. But you can read the screen and we appreciated a ton two
55:09
hundred twelve people out there watching. Hope all two hundred and twelve. Are
55:14
you not two hundred eleven having a great day? Maybe the other man was
55:17
not having a good day. But two games left, Houston Rockets Chicago Bulls
55:22
two to sixteen total, Bulls favored by four into report for Houston, Easton
55:28
out, Dylan Brooks out still Chicago sided. Nothing to worry about, two
55:31
healthy teams, low total, really really easy. Stay away from me.
55:37
If I had to pick anyone, I don't know. Seangon is a contrarian
55:39
spend, but like as this upside, can you get you sixty at this
55:44
center position, which is probably what you want on a slate like this,
55:46
Lavine, I guess at six to seven if I had to pick anyone.
55:51
But yeah, like I said, I don't like these last two games.
55:52
Eight games slate. Make it a six gamer, make it pretty much a
55:55
five game, or with that Boston Minnesota game too, So I got nothing.
56:00
What about you? Yeah, that's that's definitely the way I was approaching
56:04
the slate. I think that's a pretty easy cross off. Just such a
56:07
bad game environment, low low games total to really solid defenses, to slow
56:13
paced teams. So I think that you could definitely look elsewhere there. There's
56:16
a couple of guys that are in consideration. I think that Kobe White is
56:20
kind of fine as a contrarian play. He's just seen. His minutes have
56:23
been fine, regardless of Zach Levine and Vucevic. Seen thirty eight, forty
56:28
and forty two, got up to forty six and a half, forty four
56:30
and forty three DK points, So I think that he's a fine option at
56:35
seven point two. K Like you mentioned Levine, no minutes limming on him
56:38
now got to six thirty six minutes last game versus the Hornets, but he
56:44
seemed a little little timid in terms of shooting the ball, didn't really take
56:47
a ton of shots, wasn't really driving the ball a lot, so I
56:51
would be looking elsewhere, especially if there's any sort of ownership. I'm seeing
56:53
double digit ownership on him, so that seems like a pretty easy fade spot.
56:58
And then Jabari Smith kind of has a slightly positive matchup with the Bulls
57:02
being more of a three point funnel. But I mean his minutes are gonna
57:06
be safe for two Atari Easton, But yeah, I'm gonna agree with you
57:08
though. This is kind of an X off game for me. Yeah,
57:12
last game thirty two minutes, seventeen DK points, thirty two twenty nine,
57:16
thirty two to twenty four did have that big one in there with a lot
57:20
of rebounds. But yeah, pretty much eight gameslay making a five game slate
57:23
is how I'm playing it with. If you won off something in these games,
57:28
I think that's fine. What's up, shy Town, I was just
57:30
messing around, But we appreciate those words. I hope you're having a good
57:34
one. Seawan Pelicans Warriors to thirty four total. Pelicans favored by two.
57:39
There is injury news in this one, especially on the Pelicans side. Zion
57:43
questionable, Jose Alvarado questionable. Do remember, though, this game is thirty
57:47
minutes or it's the last game of the night by thirty minutes, and it's
57:51
an hour after that Philly Atlanta game, And I'm not gonna have really any
57:54
roster spot. Like Jared Jackson, we knew we were gonna play in Memphis
57:58
anyway. However that new broke it was gonna be fine. If we don't
58:01
get the Zion News prior to the Philly Hawks game, I really don't care.
58:07
Like, even if he is ruled out, they got enough bodies Ingram,
58:09
Joe Bell, CJ. I'm not backloading or anything for the Zion News.
58:15
If you get earlier in the day, Yeah, bump a CJ.
58:17
Bump of Brandon Ingram maybe. But they're still priced up, so oh.
58:22
Alvarado's also questionable. That doesn't mean as much. Warriors side CP three obviously,
58:27
Draymond's still out, probably coming back pretty soon. It sounds like Gary
58:30
Payton out as well. CP three, the main one hurting his hand.
58:36
I don't know, though, man, all these guys are priced up like
58:37
they should be it's it's an X for me any Lean on Zion and then
58:42
what do you see in this one? Uh? Hard to tell his Zion
58:45
because it seems like if he just gets scratched, he's out for a couple
58:49
of games. So he's probably gonna be out, would be my Lean can't
58:52
play on back to backs, even at twenty three years old, So yeah,
58:57
big struggle for him. I remember somebody in Disco or the other night
59:00
was saying, I think it was a Rusty Jones was saying that the conversation
59:05
for like Zion versus John Moran got a little bit closer now that Jaws out
59:08
for the season. I don't think that it's even close. Jaws clearly the
59:13
better franchise player in in my opinion. Just I've seen enough at a Zion
59:19
to know that he doesn't really take basketball seriously. But yeah, in terms
59:23
of matchup the Pelicans, they've been one of the better defenses over the past
59:28
month or so pretty much in every category. So this is kind of a
59:30
bad spot for the Warriors in every which way you paint it. I mean,
59:34
it's better spot for three point shooters catching shoot three point shooters. I
59:38
think that Klay Thompson just playing as I guess, as good as he has
59:42
been lately, shooting the ball really well. He's in play, but not
59:46
like running to play him by any means. I think Pods is fine,
59:52
But the rotation is still so deep for the Warriors right now that I don't
59:54
think that any one of these guys kind of grades out as a great play.
1:00:00
And yeah, I don't even think that like the Zion News really change
1:00:01
as much. Obviously, Ingram and CJ gonna see more usage. Maybe Jonas
1:00:05
Valanciunis we'll see a higher minutes for, but he's been kind of losing run
1:00:08
to Larry Nance Junior. Just he kind of fits the mold of the team
1:00:12
a little bit better in terms of the way that they want to play.
1:00:15
But yeah, I mean, Trey Murphy's even price to five point six k,
1:00:17
Herb Jones five point five k doesn't really show that big of a ceiling.
1:00:21
So I don't think that you're really like gaining that much by waiting for
1:00:24
the Zion News. You should just probably be looking to jam in these these
1:00:29
five games that we talked about and kind of excess one out. I love
1:00:32
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1:00:37
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1:00:42
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1:00:46
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