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NBA DFS Process | November 6, 2026 | DraftKings & FanDuel Picks, Plays & Slate Breakdown · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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  Speaker 2: Clear for liftoff. What is going on, Ship It Nation
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  Speaker 2: YouTube station? We are back with another edition of the
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  Speaker 2: NBA show. It's your boy, Ham, taking strays in the
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  Speaker 2: Discord already, but it's okay. It's Friday. It was payday today.
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  Speaker 2: We're happy over here. We got an exciting slate to
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  Speaker 2: talk about today, and I can't wait to get into it.
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  Speaker 2: Before I kick it over to my boy, Matt, let's
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  Speaker 2: say hello to Sean Sully, Philly Phantom, my boy, Newance, Michael,
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  Speaker 2: Avery's in the house, Gangrene, Zim, Colin, Coach Sav, Jeff's
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  Speaker 2: in the house. Do it. Mike Spencer's in the house.
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  Speaker 2: Where you at, Mike? There you go. And Actron.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, we're back. We're here to break down all seven games. Matt,
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  Speaker 2: the weather's starting to change outside. Your boy Ham is
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  Speaker 2: starting to see the leaves change. That means it's getting colder.
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  Speaker 2: It means that we got NBA. We got NFL. But
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  Speaker 2: what's going on, man? How's your week been? Happy Friday
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  Speaker 2: to you.
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  Speaker 1: Man, always good to be on here with you talking
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  Speaker 1: some hoops on Friday. That said, I understand why you're
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  Speaker 1: catching strays in the chat. Why am I catching strays
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  Speaker 1: from Michael about dial-up internet? My internet is pristine. It's
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  Speaker 1: been pristine for a while now. Haven't had any problems.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm still catching strays. There was no one's fault here.
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  Speaker 1: Neither of us was even late today. We just had
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  Speaker 1: to catch up a little bit before. We had to
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  Speaker 1: get the vibes flowing so we could do a good show.
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  Speaker 1: That's all.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we had to get the vibes flowing. It's like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that buildup, Matt. It's like that anticipation, you know,
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  Speaker 2: where are they at? Where are they at? Like, I've
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  Speaker 2: been on the YouTube and that thing you had to do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you did.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, man, I can't wait. Yeah, that didn't set the
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  Speaker 2: clock back. I don't have to anymore. It's hand-proof now.
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  Speaker 2: They just do it for me. My car does it
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  Speaker 2: for me. My phone does it for me. Even Ham
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  Speaker 2: can't screw that up. But, yeah, Matt and I were
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  Speaker 2: chopping it up before the show, catching up because I
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  Speaker 2: was traveling all week. But, yeah, looking forward. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: seven games. It's going to be very interesting because we've
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of injuries to talk about, so I
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  Speaker 2: can't wait to get into it. Someone mentioned my boy
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  Speaker 2: Donovan Klinginari. Kling Kong is what I heard Rio say
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  Speaker 2: in the chat the other night. He's not on the
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  Speaker 2: main slate, but I still like that name. King Kong,
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  Speaker 2: the former NCAA champion, King Kong, that is. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: shout out to our boy Rio. I know it's been
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  Speaker 2: said a thousand times, but. Man, making that melee, he's
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  Speaker 2: still spending that money, so good for him. Anyway, let's
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  Speaker 2: get right into it, Matt. Like I said, seven games.
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  Speaker 2: I got the stone pulled up. We're going to go
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  Speaker 2: game by game over here. First up on the slate
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  Speaker 2: is one of these ones that does have several injuries,
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  Speaker 2: but it's mainly on the Charlotte side. Con Canipple, one
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  Speaker 2: and done. Moussa Diabite, he's out. Dennis Schroeder, he's out
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  Speaker 2: as well. Everybody else is out for, or nobody else
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  Speaker 2: is out for the Celtics. Grant Williams, revenge game. He's
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  Speaker 2: out for the Charlotte Hornets as well. So, interested to
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  Speaker 2: get your take on this. You got Jason Tatum. You
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  Speaker 2: got Brandon Miller. Let's shout out Nashville. Paul George in
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  Speaker 2: this game. Talk to me. Boston at Charlotte.
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  Speaker 1: There's obviously good players in this game between Tatum and
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Miller. I mean, other guys you mentioned. But in
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  Speaker 1: the context of this slate, man, there's not much to
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  Speaker 1: like here. You know, Schroeder being out, like, opens things
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  Speaker 1: up a little bit, but man, like with Kobe Whiteback,
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  Speaker 1: like it just doesn't really matter enough on this slate.
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  Speaker 1: There's only two players priced above 10K on this entire slate,
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  Speaker 1: Tatum and Shea, and neither of them are must plays.
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  Speaker 1: SGA is a stronger play than Tatum. I mean, Tatum
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  Speaker 1: to me is strictly a spend up to be contrarian look.
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  Speaker 1: This slate isn't a stars and scrubs type of slate
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  Speaker 1: where you're spending up on, you know, a few guys
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  Speaker 1: and going to cheap value. There isn't really a ton
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  Speaker 1: of cheap, cheap value, but there aren't spend up guys.
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  Speaker 1: There's a ton of guys between 4k and 8k that
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  Speaker 1: look really, really good on this slate. And this game
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  Speaker 1: is just filled with kind of outcasts, not a ton
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  Speaker 1: of injury, you know, news here, guys are priced where
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  Speaker 1: they should be. Again, you could play the talent with Tatum,
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Miller, PG, I guess. But for me, if I'm
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  Speaker 1: playing one line, I'm not, I'm not getting to anything
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  Speaker 1: from this game.
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  Speaker 2: You donkey on there. I said, did I see that right?
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  Speaker 2: That Charlotte has an implied total of 99, Matt. Charlotte
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  Speaker 2: has a very low implied total. I mean, Sabra has
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  Speaker 2: a little bit higher, but yeah, like right around a hundred. Gosh,
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  Speaker 2: that's super low. I don't know if we've seen anything
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  Speaker 2: like that. All season long, yeah, good breakdown there. I
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  Speaker 2: don't have much else to add. Is this Kobe White's
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  Speaker 2: first game back? I don't think he's played one other game,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah. All right, good stuff there. Next game up
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  Speaker 2: on the slate is the Wizards. Take it on the
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  Speaker 2: Hawks in a rematch of their last game. Trey Young,
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  Speaker 2: revenge game 2.0. I just saw in the chat where
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  Speaker 2: it said AD is now questionable. That should spice things up.
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  Speaker 2: This Hawks team is playing really well this year. NWA,
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  Speaker 2: they're pretty good. Easton Flemings, the rookie, got the start
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  Speaker 2: the other night. I'm interested to hear your take on
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  Speaker 2: this a little bit higher total, almost 230, but talk
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  Speaker 2: to me about the rematch wizards versus the Hawks.
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  Speaker 1: So this game looks a lot better, but I do
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  Speaker 1: have to pause real quick and go back. Just, you know,
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  Speaker 1: forgot to mention him with Diabate out for Charlotte, Hulk
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  Speaker 1: Brenner is in play. I think he gets love here.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think he's like super popular. He's one of
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  Speaker 1: the cheapest guys on the board. That's in play as
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  Speaker 1: of right now, you know, depending on Toronto news. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know, projected to play anywhere between like 25 and
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  Speaker 1: 28 minutes. I think he's a solid value, not a must,
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  Speaker 1: but a solid value moving ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Listen, when he gets minutes, I mean, he's a typical
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  Speaker 1: big man, right? Like those are the guys you want
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  Speaker 1: at value spots because they can easily get boards, put backs,
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  Speaker 1: black shots, and that that's what you need for DFS.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, if he's starting here, you know, presuming he's starting,
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  Speaker 1: I think he's a rock solid value place that value play.
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  Speaker 1: I just forgot to mention him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no problem. Yeah. Let's go back to this wizards
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  Speaker 2: and Hawks game. Talk to me about this one.
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  Speaker 1: So just from like in 30,000 foot view, this game
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  Speaker 1: looks a lot more appealing. We just saw this game
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of guys got there. AD was awesome
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  Speaker 1: in that game. If he plays, um, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if there's been news since we started, but presuming he's in,
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  Speaker 1: he looks really, really good. If he's out, then everyone
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  Speaker 1: else looks even better than they do now. But even
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  Speaker 1: with him in, the Bantz, the coming off a bad game,
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  Speaker 1: but he's still priced affordably with no minutes limit. Keyshawn George,
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  Speaker 1: back-to-back 40 spots, still really affordable. Man, Alex Tsar already
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  Speaker 1: looks good. Like, It's hard not to really, really like
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  Speaker 1: Washington in this spot. If you want to spend up
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  Speaker 1: a little bit, Trey Young. Washington right now, it could
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  Speaker 1: only get better. It looks like one of the best
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  Speaker 1: teams on the slate. Probably second best to only Toronto.
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  Speaker 2: Wow. What about some of these Hawks guys? Any of
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  Speaker 2: these Hawks guys you're interested in? Jalen Johnson with a
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  Speaker 2: Q tag. But anybody else on the Hawks side that
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  Speaker 2: you like? They have almost 120 point implied total. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So he matters. Jalen Johnson, obviously if he's in, I
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  Speaker 1: think he's in play. If he's out, everyone looks better.
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  Speaker 1: He's been out for a little bit, you know, Fleming's
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  Speaker 1: presuming he's starting looks good, man. It's, I do like, uh,
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  Speaker 1: the Washington side more than I like the Atlanta side. Um, yeah. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: I just think their price tags are more conducive to
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  Speaker 1: getting there in DFS. But I think it's more to
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  Speaker 1: me like everyone on Atlanta is in play, but I
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  Speaker 1: have a hard time like picking out individual guys that
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  Speaker 1: I really like. Okonwu may be my favorite. His price
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  Speaker 1: tag's up. You know, Jalen Johnson's not getting like Dyson
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  Speaker 1: Daniels is a solid play, but I like the Washington
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  Speaker 1: guys in his price range more. So it's harder for
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  Speaker 1: me to get there.
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  Speaker 2: What if someone like AD were to miss? Who gets
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  Speaker 2: the biggest bump? I saw a SAR in the chat,
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  Speaker 2: but who gets the biggest bump?
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  Speaker 1: Would it be SAR? SAR, who's already in play, but
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  Speaker 1: I think he gets the biggest bump if AD is out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and he's 5,100 bucks. That's where my head was
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  Speaker 2: going as well. Yeah, good stuff there, unless you got
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  Speaker 2: anything else to add on the Wizards at the Hawks.
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  Speaker 1: I don't, and I want to like Atlanta more, but
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  Speaker 1: I think you can play multiple Washington pieces and you
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  Speaker 1: don't even have to force anything on Atlanta.
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  Speaker 2: Good stuff. Next game up on the slate. I know
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  Speaker 2: it's one you're going to be tuned into. It's the 76ers.
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  Speaker 2: It's the King. It's Jalen Brown, Vijay Edgecombe, Tyrese Maxey,
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  Speaker 2: Joel Embiid. I mean, the list goes on and on.
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  Speaker 2: Five all-stars or four and a half all-stars. Take it
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  Speaker 2: on your Cavaliers, Matt. And I'll be honest with you.
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  Speaker 2: Cavaliers have been disappointing this year. Jarrett Allen, 6,300 bucks. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they've been bad. But Jarrett Allison, Allen is 6,300 and
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  Speaker 2: Q tag. And the former Nugget great, Peyton Watson, 5,700,
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  Speaker 2: also has the Q tag. If I'm seeing everything correctly, Matt,
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  Speaker 2: 76ers should be full board tonight with their studs. Talk
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  Speaker 2: to me about this game, the 76ers taking on the Cavs.
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  Speaker 1: Man, this is a massive game, massive weekend for the Cavs.
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  Speaker 1: They play Philly tonight and then the Knicks, I think,
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday. If they lose both these games, there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of talk around here that Atkinson is out. Like, out.
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  Speaker 1: And the patience is growing real thin around here. Team
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  Speaker 1: just plays uninspiring basketball. A lot of talk that the
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  Speaker 1: players want Atkinson out. And honestly, I wouldn't even be
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  Speaker 1: surprised at this point. This team is just hard to
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  Speaker 1: get on board with. And this is a huge game
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  Speaker 1: tonight for the Cavs. It's a much bigger game for
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  Speaker 1: the Cavs and the Sixers. And I like the Cavs
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  Speaker 1: in that spot. That said, it's impossible to trust the
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  Speaker 1: Cavs right now. As far as DFS goes, Two plays
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  Speaker 1: from this game I like a good amount. One I
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  Speaker 1: like a lot, and that's LeBron. I mean, going back home,
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  Speaker 1: he's averaging 40-plus DK points per game. He's 7,500. Yeah, solid,
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  Speaker 1: solid look here. And then James Harden, man. 7,300 for
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  Speaker 1: Harden coming off. One of his best games of the year.
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  Speaker 1: Played particularly well in the second half. He's just cheap.
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  Speaker 2: And.
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  Speaker 1: you could do worse than a $ 7, 300 James Harden. Again,
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  Speaker 1: a big game for the Cavs. And Donovan Mitchell, man, like,
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  Speaker 1: he just doesn't look right. No explosiveness from Mitchell. If
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  Speaker 1: there was ever a spot to like him, it would
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  Speaker 1: be this. But I just, I don't know, man. Like,
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  Speaker 1: I really find it hard to trust him. That said, like,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to shout him out as a guy like
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  Speaker 1: if there was ever a spot to get on board
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  Speaker 1: with the studs on the Cavs, it's tonight because this
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  Speaker 1: is such a massive game for them. So that's all
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  Speaker 1: I'll say.
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  Speaker 2: When I opened up the sportsbook today, and I only
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  Speaker 2: saw two and a half, Matt. That really stood out
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  Speaker 2: to me. I mean, it's only a two and a
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  Speaker 2: half point spread. That's obviously super low. Yeah, I like
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  Speaker 2: the Cavs a lot.
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  Speaker 1: I like the Cavs a lot. I mean, I think
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  Speaker 1: they come out to play tonight. Yeah, I'm going to–
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  Speaker 1: presume they're not trying to get Atkinson fired. And this
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  Speaker 1: is a massive game for them. And again, the regular
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  Speaker 1: season in the NBA, there are no like massive games,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, there are like five to 10 spots
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  Speaker 1: that are really, you know, again, some games matter more
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  Speaker 1: than others.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: And this is a big one for Cleveland giving up
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  Speaker 1: coming off two losses to OKC at home, probably going
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  Speaker 1: to have Dan Gilbert, the owner, like front row. It's
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  Speaker 1: a big game for them. LeBron coming home. Like they could,
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  Speaker 1: had LeBron over the summer, all of it. You know
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  Speaker 1: what I mean? Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, what's the deal with the Cavs this year? Like,
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  Speaker 2: why are they so bad?
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  Speaker 1: It's the same thing. It's always been with them, right? Like,
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  Speaker 1: they're talented, but they don't have the dog in them.
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  Speaker 1: They give up big leads. It just is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: They are who they are.
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  Speaker 2: Well, like that one man said, the beard is the
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  Speaker 2: problem or whatever, and you got the beard, you go nowhere. Nah.
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  Speaker 1: He's not the problem. He's just not the answer. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they're the same team they were with Garland. You know
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  Speaker 1: what I'm saying? Like, I love Garland, but it's not
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  Speaker 1: like he's Harden is significantly worse than Garland. He's been
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  Speaker 1: better than Garland, actually. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Well, good stuff. I'll be rooting you on tonight.
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  Speaker 2: I did not see Harden arguing with Atkinson, but I
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  Speaker 2: don't doubt it. I'm sure you saw.
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  Speaker 1: I saw that clip, too. I heard it could have
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  Speaker 1: been Harden arguing with the ref. I don't know. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Atkinson is on thin ice anyways, but yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, next game up on the slate is one that
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: we're really going to want to talk about, Matt, because
• 14:05
  Speaker 2: there is tons of injuries in this game, especially for
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  Speaker 2: this Toronto Raptors team. Obviously, you know, Kawhi's out. You
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  Speaker 2: got Scotty Barnes with a Q tag. Emmanuel Quickly with
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: the Q tag as well. And then I always butcher
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: his name, but Jakob Pertl, I think, Pertl, however you
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: say his name, he's got a Q tag. He's missed
• 14:28
  Speaker 2: a couple games over the last, Last few games as well.
• 14:30
  Speaker 2: You got your boy Tyler Hero going to be chucking
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  Speaker 2: it up there at $ 6, 900. So talk me through this game.
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  Speaker 2: You got the Raptors going into Milwaukee to take on
• 14:38
  Speaker 2: this Bucs team.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, this game looks uber appealing from a DFS perspective.
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: First off, the more Toronto guys that are out, the
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  Speaker 1: more I like Milwaukee. And Milwaukee's like priced for blowouts
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  Speaker 1: because they get blown out a lot. So their price
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  Speaker 1: tags aren't conducive to their upsides. It's hard not to
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  Speaker 1: think this game could be really competitive, especially with more
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  Speaker 1: Toronto guys out. So I like Milwaukee here. Hero, Turner, Burries.
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: You talk about Kuzma. Why not? And then from the
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  Speaker 1: Toronto side, I mean, if Barnes is in, he's one
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  Speaker 1: of the best plays on the slate, but he missed
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  Speaker 1: shoot around. He didn't play the last part of the
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: Denver game. And if he's out, I mean, R.J. Barrett
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: already looks like a really strong play. R.J. Barrett will
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  Speaker 1: look like, I mean, he's going to be like 60,
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  Speaker 1: 70% owned if Barnes and Quickly are out. If one
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: of Barnes or Quickly are in, the other one gets,
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: everyone gets a big boost, including the other one. If
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  Speaker 1: they're both out, you want a ton of Toronto value.
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  Speaker 1: You know, whether it's Walter, Murray Boyles, Jamal Shedd, Like
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  Speaker 1: these guys are in play no matter what, even if
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  Speaker 1: they're in. So if Barnes and Quigley are out, they
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  Speaker 1: all look like really good plays. And then as I
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  Speaker 1: just said, if Barnes and Quigley are both in, I
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  Speaker 1: don't think anyone is an absolute must play, but all
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  Speaker 1: of them still are very good plays. Barrett, Barnes, Quigley, Walter, CMB, Pirtle.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Toronto, it just depends on the injury status.
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  Speaker 1: It's really hard to like, definitively speak on them right now,
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  Speaker 1: but you're going to want some Raptors exposure no matter what.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I like that. When's my boy Nate Amit going
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  Speaker 2: to be DFS relevant, Matt?
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  Speaker 1: Is he even getting run right now or not? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he was so... I felt like.
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  Speaker 2: He's probably like 15 to 20 minutes over the last
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  Speaker 2: five games.
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  Speaker 1: His games did not look NBA ready last year. Not
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  Speaker 1: that he was bad, but he's soft. He did not
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: have a man's body. Let's all put it at that. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the NBA is a man's league, so.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, I just more– obviously Tennessee guy, so I
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: kind of root for him. Yeah, I saw something in
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: the chat about Jaime Jaquez Jr. having a good year
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: so far. Any interest in Mr. Jaquez at 5,800?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, throw Jaquez in that Turner, Hero, Burries, Kuzma, Bucket,
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  Speaker 1: all in play.
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: I know you're a big Burries guy. He was a
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: beast at Arizona last year, and $ 4, 400 I can get
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  Speaker 2: on board with that as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, his body's not NBA ready yet either, but his
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: game is just more like it's easier for his game
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: to translate right away because he's got the ball.
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: In his hands. Yep. All right, next game up on
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: the slate, going to be another good one. You got
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: LaMelo going in to New Orleans to hang out with
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: Deshaun Watson and crew. Anthony Edwards is out, but they're
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: playing the Pelicans tonight at the Smoothie King Center. This
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: one should be a pretty good game. Pelicans beat the
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: Grizzlies not too long ago. Talk to me a little
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: bit about this game. The only, the only real injuries
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: I see in this is Edwards is out. Terrence Shannon Jr.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: Is out for the Timberwolves. And then Meecy is out
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: for the Pelicans. Should be a pretty good game. Talk
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: to me, Minnesota at new Orleans. Yeah.
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: Minnesota looks really, really good here. They're priced. Like their
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: prices have come up with ant being out, but they
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: have been in a lot of tough spots. And today
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: they're in one of the best spots you can get.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: You can be in.
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: So.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: LaMelo at 8,200 looks really good. I'm always in on DeSumo.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: He looks good. McDaniels, Rudy Gobert, way too cheap at 5,500.
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: There's a lot of good plays on this slate, man.
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: And there's only going to be more as more value
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: comes out. I think Minnesota is right at the top
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: of that list. Like hard to say how much you
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: want of them right now. Cause it depends on Toronto
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: and there are other spots I like, but If I
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: were making one lineup right now, I find it hard
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: to believe I wouldn't have, man, two Minnesota pieces. So, yeah,
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: they're in a really good spot here.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Rudy's really popping in Sabre right now. Is big
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: man against the Pelicans, is that still a thing this year, Matt?
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's definitely still a thing, and he's in better
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: form recently. So I understand why he's going to be
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: really popular. He's too cheap for his upside.
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know what– Coach Sav, I don't know
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: what you mean by do you got any rules for
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: the boys. I don't know what that means, but happy
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: to answer. What about some Bones Highland? This guy has
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: Bones Highland to the moon tonight for this Timberwolves team.
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: Any love for Bones Highland?
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, especially with Shannon out, definitely in play. I mean,
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: all Minnesota looks good. Bowen's going to get some run.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: He's cheap. Why not?
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: Who would be, just looking over here at this Pelicans team,
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: who would be your favorite Pelican? Like, do you need
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: a Pelican if you're playing multiple Timberwolves?
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: I don't think so on this slate. I mean, no.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: They're not even in a good spot. Okay.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: What did you say?
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: I said Sadiq Bae's been playing good from, you know,
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: I wish he was a starter, but he's going to
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: chuck it up there if and when he gets in
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: the game for sure.
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he is. It's just, man, his price is up.
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: I don't know. All these guys' prices are up. DeJounte
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: Murray's back in the mix. Honestly, he might be my
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: favorite piece, DeJounte Murray, but no, nothing on here.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that is– oh, Wardow says Bay was a thing
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: because Murray and Murphy have been out. Yeah, good call
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: out there, Wardow. What about any Matkovich?
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: Nah. I mean, he's too expensive now. Yeah.
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, Coach Sal was talking about any rules you
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: put in Sabre when I'm assuming doing– I know you
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: don't typically do buck 50 in the NBA, but any
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: rules you put in Sabre?
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: I am playing 150 tonight, but I'm still not sure
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: what he means for the boys. Is that like me
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: and you, or was there like a certain team? I'm
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: not sure.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe just in general. Any rules in general that
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: you typically do, do some slates versus others? I'm just
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: assuming like that.
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: I'm not a huge rule setter because I'm a projection guy,
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: so we'll change projections over making rules, but we haven't
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: come to anything yet that I'm super keen on that
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: I would set. A lot of it's injury dependent too.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: It could be maybe the amount of Raptors you want,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: but I'm not even sure of that because if Barnes
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: and quickly are out, the problem is with getting so
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: many Raptors, there isn't a ton of spend up guys tonight.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see what, uh, like what
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: saber gives in that scenario. But yeah, as of now, no.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: Yeah. All right. Good stuff there. Uh, next game up
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: on the slate. It is going to be an interesting
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: game because there is a ton of injuries and a
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: Q tag on Kyrie Irving, but you got the jazz,
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: the struggling jazz taken on the Mavs. I saw it's
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: a Cooper flag night. It was a Cooper flag night
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: a couple Friday nights ago, Matt, when you crushed it
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: and some dude tackled him from behind in essence. But
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: you got this jazz team who I feel like should
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: be better than they are. They just aren't for whatever reason.
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: They are still missing. Jaron Jackson Jr. Nurkic hasn't played
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: all season. I don't believe they're missing any other key pieces.
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: They still got Keontae George obviously returning home to his
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: old Baylor-Salmon grounds. He's coming off a monster game. Coming
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: off a monster game, 7,900. So, yeah, talk to me
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: about this game. I think I got some interest in
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: this game. I feel like the Jazz play more up
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: and down than maybe some of the statistics show, but
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: Darren Peterson in this game. So, talk to me about
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: this game. You got the Jazz and Dallas taking on
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: the Mavericks.
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: Two plays in this game I like a lot, and
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: I don't like a ton else. Obviously, you can play
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: Cooper Flagg whenever, but I'm not building my lineups around him,
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: and he's pricey, but certainly in play here. The two
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: guys I like are Kyrie, who's probable. Monster games and
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: back-to-back games, and he's still really affordable in a great spot.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: So Kyrie looks good. Same price tag. Laurie Markkinen on
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: the other side of this game. Also back-to-back good games.
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: He's really affordable at $ 7, 400. So I like both those guys.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: And I will say, like, I'll go back to Coop.
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: Monster second half. Half last time out in that Wemby,
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: you know, insane performance game. So I could see Cooper
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: Flagg having another really good game here. Friday night, yeah,
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: I'm in on Cooper Flagg. So three guys I like
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: a lot in this game.
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: Sorry, say the other two, but that's Cooper Flagg?
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: Kyrie and Markkinen.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: Markkinen. Who gets the biggest bump should Kyrie miss, or
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: is he going to win?
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: He's not missing. He's probable.
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: He's probable. Okay. Yeah.
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: Last game up on the slate, and it's a very interesting.
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: You got this Grizzlies team coming off back-to-back losses after
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: that hot start that they had. Lost to the Pelicans.
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: Lost to somebody the other night, too. I forget who
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: it was off the top of my head. But back-to-back losses.
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: Now they get to take on the world champs from
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: two years ago. You said it earlier, SGA, the highest-priced
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: guy on the slate at 10-2. No J-Dub, no J-Will
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: for the Sunners team.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: A.J.
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: Mitchell's been having a good season so far. No Chet
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: Holmgren for the Sunners team. And then on the other side,
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: it looks like it's full steam ahead for this Grizzlies team.
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: They should be at full strength outside of Scottie Pippen
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: and Beef Stew, both backups for them. But talk to
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: me a little bit about this game. Any interest in
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: Todd Jerome? Any interest for the number three overall pick,
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: Cameron Boozer, who's playing well? I like this game as well.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: OKC at Memphis.
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: I don't really like this game that much. I mean,
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: I like some other spots. SGA is always in play.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: I mean, back-to-back really good games. I don't hate the matchup,
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: but I don't love it either. You got value on OKC.
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: I like, don't love. I like Mara probably the most,
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: presuming he's starting again. I mean, he's, we talked about Kalkbrenner. Like,
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: Mara is the same, you know, an even better version
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: of that. Just going to rack up DFS points for
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: being huge in the middle. So he's in play. Kenrich Williams.
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Man.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: 40, what's he, 4,400. I think he's going to be
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: not like popular, but more owned than I ever want
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: him to be. So in play, but I think I'm
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: good on that. I don't see much from this game, man.
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: Like I don't really like it. Boozer and Jerome are
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: both expensive now. Like they're both in play on any
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: slate at this point because they've got upside, but pretty
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: sure that monster Boozer game that came when Jerome was
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: out and Jerome was He's pricey now, so you need
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: like those big games. You know, in playing tournaments along
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: with Coward. Other than that, can't say I'm overly interested.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Boozer. Yeah, that was against Portland. I think, man,
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: I like Cameron Boozer. He ate two of those. It's
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: too expensive for him, isn't it?
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's too expensive on paper. So only
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: really a tournament like contrarian guy. Again, his monster game
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: came when Ty Jerome was out.
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Is it okay to play Kyrie and Koopa in
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: the same lineup?
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: I think so. In this spot, at their price tags, yeah,
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: why not?
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, just some late-breaking news, Matt, that I want to
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: circle back to is we just got the notification that
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: Jalen Johnson will not be suiting up for this Atlanta
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: Hawks team. So we have the usage tool that I
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: can pull up as well, but what does that do
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: for you on the Hawks side? Who does that boost
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: for you as it relates to the Hawks? And then
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: what does that do for you conversely on the other side?
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: Does that make you like any of the Wizards even better?
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, we just saw this. So it doesn't
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: like change a ton because we literally just saw this
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: exact scenario. And prices are up now in Atlanta a
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: little bit. So I like them more than if Jalen
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: Johnson were in, but still not locks for me. I mean,
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: whether it's not Dyson Daniels, Okonkwo is probably my favorite. Yeah,
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: he's coming off a monster game. Great spot for him,
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: especially if AD's out. So, I like Okonwu. Fleming's starting probably.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: They're all in play for me, but there's no one
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: that's a must.
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: Yeah, the biggest bump, according to our usage bump tool
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: over here at Shippenation.com, is Lou Dort gets an eight-point bump. Okay.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: And are you, like, locking Lou Dort?
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: No. I wouldn't lock Lou Dort with your money. So, no.
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. Yeah. Yeah.
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: I'm not a Lou Dort guy by trade.
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: He's 5K on DraftKings too.
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: That's expensive. Who would Jalen Johnson be guarding on the
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: other side? That's who I want to be playing. Would
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: he be guarding AD or Sar or who would he
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: be guarding?
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: I mean, does it matter? Because I'm not worried about it.
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: If you were playing whoever he would be guarding, would
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: you like them more or less than with him out?
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: It's not like Jalen Johnson is some elite defender.
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: I know, but he's just good.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but I feel like whoever's coming in for him,
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know exactly what they're going to do.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: You know, we did see this last game, so do
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: you want to pull that up?
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah, what do you want me to pull up?
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: I don't know, but whatever you were asking, that's why
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: I wanted you to pull it up because I forgot
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: what you asked me.
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: I just said, who would he be guarding? I want
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: to get that guy, more of that guy.
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: I mean, it depends, I think, if AD is in
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: or out is the other thing. So I think it's
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: just them, you know, we're not sure yet. The AD
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: news is really big because have we gotten that yet?
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: I haven't checked.
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: I haven't seen it. Also saw, man, RIP to Chris
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: Depp's Porzingis 2026-2027 season. He's stepping away from the game
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: he loves, Matt. How do you feel about that?
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's too bad, right? Like, I feel like
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: something serious has to be going on for him to
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: step away. So, it's sad to see. I mean, I
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: don't– other than that, I personally don't care. But, yeah,
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: I mean, it sucks. Yeah, I hate that.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: All right, that was quick. That's seven games, man. When
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: they do those games, I guess it's seven Eastern, and
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: they cut it off at eight Eastern. You got an hour.
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: You got an hour sprint to get to, and then
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: there's no more changing of the team. So that limits
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: the games. If you get over on FanDuel, they should have.
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: How many more are on FanDuel?
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: Two.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: Let's talk those last two. Two.
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: It's going to be the Spurs coming off Wemby's 100.
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: He scored 100 points, Matt, in fantasy, which is pretty
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: good in case you're wondering. Yeah, so Spurs at Kings. Yeah,
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: if you want to talk a little bit about that.
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: Man, that Wemby game was insane, huh?
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: It really was. What did he have, like 54 and
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: 25 or something like that?
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: 54, like 25, like eight blocks. 106 DraftKings points I saw.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: That's pretty good. Yeah, I mean, it's hard not to
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: see the Spurs just absolutely rolling the Kings here, right?
• 30:40
  Speaker 2: I mean, how come they're so dysfunctional, I feel like,
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: every single year for like the last five years?
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: The Kings?
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: Yeah, just so bad. Oh, your boy. Your boy. Acuff.
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: Acuff.
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: No.
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: Cardwell.
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Cardwell. Dylan Cardwell.
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: He's not even playing yet.
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: Well, they're ramping him up. Hey, he'll get in here
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: before you know it. You'll be touting 18-minute Dylan Cardwell
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: before you know it. Don't you worry.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: So, if I were playing this slate, I think you
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: could easily play it like the Spurs roll and you
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: want just a lot of the Blazers-Lakers game, like Luka
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: over– Wemby, although certainly playing them both is in play. Obviously,
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: if Wemby does anything close to what he did last time,
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: the Kings are just awful. San Antonio is an 18-point
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: road favorite here. That's insane. Yeah, similar, same totals in
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: both games. But, yeah, like I guess in the context
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: of if these two games were on DraftKings, like they
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: are FanDuel, so for FanDuel purposes, like I think the
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: Blazers and Lakers game is appealing. I mean, close game,
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: really good players. I struggle with, like, wanting to spend
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: up for Wemby in this spot because I think the
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: Spurs roll. The Kings are awful. So, yeah, do you
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: see it similarly? Yeah.
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, that's just the– I wouldn't get to
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: anybody on the Kings, I don't think. I'm just trying
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: to look. I mean, Acuff is a stud, but, yeah,
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: can they keep it close? Probably not.
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: I feel like if you're playing the Spurs guys, you
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: want someone like a cough. Cause that's the only way
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: is him like getting extremely hot. That's insane though. Like
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: you're right. 18 point road favorite in the league. You
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: just don't see that ever. What that's insane.
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: What about what sticks out to you in this Lakers
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: and trailblazers game outside of the fact that it's going
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: to be a really good game.
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: Denny, Luka, I like both those guys a lot. I mean, Klingin,
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: like they– man, these teams are awesome. So I think
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: those three guys I'd be looking at hard on a
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: main slate. It's hard to play all of them together,
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: but I like Denny. I like Luka. I mean, Luka's
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: been awesome, right?
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's been really good. But, man, you look at
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: that Lakers lineup, goodness gracious alive. Like is that not
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: just the worst lineup in the history of the NBA?
• 33:09
  Speaker 2: I mean, maybe that's a little– That's way too harsh.
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: I don't think they're legit title contenders for sure. No. Okay.
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: Lakers or Cavs as far as title contenders go?
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: I mean, neither.
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: But, I mean, the Cavs got four all-stars in my opinion.
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: I mean, I guess Jared Allen's not an all-star. Maybe
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: he is. But, I mean, they got four dudes that
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: are pretty good. Where the Lakers have two. But the
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: Lakers got the best player of the bunch. That's true.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: And an NBA that matters.
• 33:44
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's pretty good. Yeah, I don't think either one
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: of them are contenders, but I would take the Cavs.
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, that makes sense. The Cavs have made
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: it farther recently. I mean, they were in the Eastern
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: Conference Finals last year, so it's not like crazy.
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: Man, what might have been in a 28-point lead in
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: game one, too, and then just, man.
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: Was that game one? I think it was. That was
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: game one. I will say that Eastern Conference Finals run
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: was pretty fraudulent, though. Like, they had a losing record
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  Speaker 1: in the playoffs. And, yeah, that game one was their undoing.
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  Speaker 1: But still, like, they were never– I hate this team.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, man. That had to take a little
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  Speaker 2: bit out of them.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I'm sure it took a ton out of them.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think they were winning the series anyways. But
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: after that, they were completely done. Yeah. For some reason,
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: it's just really hard to root for this team. I
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: don't know why.
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  Speaker 2: This version of the Cavs?
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  Speaker 1: Yes. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: All right, well, that'll do it.
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: That's all seven games. Just a little chatter on the
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: last two for FanDuel. Matt, give me your top overall play.
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: Can't be Tatum, can't be SGA. So give me someone
• 34:50
  Speaker 2: sub 10K that's your favorite play of the day. Then
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: I want to value plays. Let's go 6K and below.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: I am going to go for my favorite play of
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: the game, or of the slate, I'm going to go with...
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: You know, I really like him as a pivot off
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: of the Toronto value at similar price points. Give me
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: Mara for OKC. Starting, playing good minutes. Like, this guy's
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: just a DFS. Like, he's just going to rack up
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: DFS points because he's huge in the middle.
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: Didn't he get benched last game?
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: He had a good second half. I mean, his first
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: run was bad, and then he had a good second half.
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: To be quite honest, I'm not sure. I didn't follow.
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah. No, that's not your best play of the slate, surely,
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: to goodness, is it?
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: I mean, I like his price point, so I just
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: wanted to call him out.
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: That can be your value guy. That can't be who
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: you're touting as your favorite.
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: So you go your value guy first, and then I'll
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: get back to you. All right, fine. I'm just going
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: to take the easy answer here because I liked him
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: a lot that last Friday we did. I love how
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: he had a monster second half last time out, and
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: I love the matchup. Give me some Cooper Flag tonight.
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: I'm going to lead the slate in scoring. You're going
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: to need him in tournaments.
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: All right, I'm going to go with my boy. I'm
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: going to go with my boy, the fellow Frenchman, the
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: fellow Frenchman holding down the middle, Rudy– Gobert is my
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: favorite value player.
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: Oh, man, the highest owned player on the slate.
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: You're going to give me shit about mine and then
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: come with the literal highest owned player on the slate.
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: Hold on, he is?
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: I wasn't, hold on. Rudy Gobert. No, I'm being facetious,
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: but this is like the time we talked about. I
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: don't know, Braylon Allen and someone.
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: All right, all right, all right.
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: They're all going to be high-owned.
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: I didn't realize he was going to be high-owned. Oh, yeah. Yeah, okay,
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: then give me the Rook. Give me the Rook. Give
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: me Kingston Flemings. I like this Hawks team better than you.
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: I like him, too. No, I like him, too. It's
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: a good call. He's high-owned, too.
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: He's 22%. I think it's just going to go up
• 37:13
  Speaker 2: as well. Kingston Flemings, my favorite. You said Cooper Flagg.
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: I think my boy.
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: Go ahead. No, I got another one, too. Because I'm
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: going to just take away the Mara call.
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go a double one. So I'm giving
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: three plays here. Cooper flag. They're all kind of high
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: priced and not going to be crazy popular. I like both. What?
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: Avery said that's your Mickey Gasper.
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: I think he was talking to you. I think he
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: was talking to you. He had like 10 home runs.
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: I think he's talking to you anyways about whoever you're
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: talking about.
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: No, I didn't like Miski Gasper. You liked Miski Gasper.
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I know.
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: The dude was bunting like every play because he can't hit.
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: He hit like 10 home runs. You're crazy.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: He hit 10 home runs.
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: He hit a bunch of home runs.
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: In like a two-week span. Yeah, he did.
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: Whatever. Either way. No, he was in the playoff line.
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  Speaker 2: I got the play of the night when you're done.
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: I got it. I'm done.
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: Go ahead. Go ahead. I got a double play of
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: the night. Two guys who I talked about. Monster game
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: for the Cavs here. I like Harden and Mitchell. I
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: think they play a ton. I think they go all
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: out to get this dub. Lest we forget, they had
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: a 28 point lead in the first game of the
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: season against Philly. Ended up losing that game. Revenge spot
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: for them. Bron coming back in. The whole world is
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: on Philly. As you said, two and a half point spread, however.
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: I like Spida a lot here. Like if there's ever
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: a Spida spot, it's tonight, man. He might be, I mean,
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: Spida and Harden. I'm worried both those guys are like
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: a little bit washed. But for one night, they got it.
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: They're both affordable, going to be unowned. Who you got?
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going that same sentiment too, man. It's like,
• 39:10
  Speaker 2: This guy spent his whole career in the ATL. Now
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: he's coming back home. First game, I know it's a
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: rematch they already played, but this is the first game
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: in Atlanta. 8,100, Trey Young. I think Trey Young double-double,
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: like 35 and like 15, something crazy like that. Maybe
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: that's a little high, but I think he goes double-double.
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: I like Trey Young tonight. Go home, first game. I'm
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: going to bump my spider exposure in Harden because of you,
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: so I'll be rooting them on. But I like me
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: some Trey Young and Kingston and Rudy. No Lou Dort, though.
• 39:45
  Speaker 2: I do not like Lou Dort, but, man, that was
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: some good stuff. Yeah, I think good stuff. Anything else, Matt?
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: No, I like the play.
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: R.J. Barrett's a good play, too.
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: R.J. Barrett's just like a lock. I mean, he's– I
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: didn't want to give him out because he literally will
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: be the highest on player on the slate, presuming one
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: of us.
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: You like him with or without Scottie, right?
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: He's a really good play no matter what. With Barnes
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: quickly both in, he's a good play. If they're both out.
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: he's the best play on the slate at his price.
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: So he'll be owned as such, but he's almost impossible
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: to get away from in that scenario. You know, like he's.
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: Okay. All right. Let's do this quickly.
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 40:22
  Speaker 2: And Barnes are out. How much RJ Barrett are you having?
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: I mean, I bet. Like, I don't know. I don't
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: know the answer to that, but I wouldn't be surprised
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: if it's like 75%.
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: So you're okay with having 75% and 150%.
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: Wow.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: You like him that much?
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if I'm okay with that,
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: but I think that's what might be given, like 50%
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: minimum probably. I mean, I'm not sure.
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: But you want to be over the field, whatever it is,
• 40:53
  Speaker 2: on R.J. Barrett should those guys miss.
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: Depending on how high it is, I think he looks really,
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: really good. It's such a good spot, too. My thing is,
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: do you see– almost any scenario where Milwaukee like rolls
• 41:06
  Speaker 1: here and he loses run because Milwaukee blows out. It's
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: really hard to see that scenario, right?
• 41:11
  Speaker 2: No.
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 41:12
  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, if Bart, if Barnes and, and, and
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: I mean, I think Barnes is the scenario we're talking about.
• 41:18
  Speaker 1: We're, we're talking about the scenario where Barnes and quickly
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: are out. So I'm saying even in that.
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: Scenario, I think it's more likely.
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I do too, but I don't trust Milwaukee to
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: roll anyone. So I'm not not playing Barrett because of that.
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: And in any non-blowout script, I think it's hard for
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: Barrett not to get there. Now, that said, there are
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: a lot of good plays on this slate. So maybe
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: I'm being overzealous about Barrett just because there are tons
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: of options in his price range you can play. So
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: I'm not sure. Yeah.
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: All right, man, that'll do it. Enough chatter. Hey, appreciate
• 41:55
  Speaker 2: everyone in chat. You guys make it fun for sure. Matt,
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: appreciate doing these shows each and every Friday. Got some
• 42:01
  Speaker 2: good laughs out of this one. Good luck tonight in
• 42:03
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• 42:05
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• 42:07
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• 42:10
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• 42:12
  Speaker 2: over at ShipItNation.com. We'll be here all weekend doing NBA.
• 42:16
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• 42:18
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• 42:21
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• 42:25
  Speaker 2: to take you up to lock almost.
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: In the NFL streets.
• 42:29
  Speaker 2: That'll do it for us. Good luck tonight in those contests.
• 42:32
  Speaker 2: Just ship it.