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NBA Quick Hit | March 16, 2024 | DraftKings DFS Picks, Plays and Process · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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Fall. System's going clear if you left. What's going on? Everyone?
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Rio here are gonna be breaking down. The six game slate for Saturday,
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percent off your purchase. Let's get right into it. First game on the
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slate got Brooklyn taken on the Indian Pacers. Not a ton of interest in
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this game, just really gonna be looking to some of the guards on the
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Brooklyn side of things. Pacers still one of the worst pick and roll defenses
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in the league this season, so I think the matchup is pretty good for
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a guy like Cam Thomas, who's playing a lot of minutes right now,
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coming off of thirty thirty one and thirty nine minutes in three games since returning
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from the ankle injury, so I think he's got pretty big upside in this
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matchup. Really it on the Brooklyn side of things. Don't have a ton
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of interest in any of these other guys. Dennis Schroeder is kind of okay.
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I think Bridges is fine, but not a ton of interest on the
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Pacers side of things. Tarry's Haliburn looks to be rounding back into form coming
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into the game, having played thirty six plus minutes in four straight games.
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Touch time is back up there as well. It's got double digit assist in
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four of his last five games. I like the upside on Tarry's Haliburn as
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well in this one. Siakam, I think he's just an okay spot.
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Probably gonna see a pretty tougher matchup for him during Phinney Smith. I would
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expect to get the defensive assignment. So anytime Siakam's coming in with a good
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amount of ownership, I'm seeing around twenty percent on him. Okay. Getting
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away from that, yeah, not the best spot for Melis Turner. He's
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been playing more minutes lately, playing pretty well, but I don't really like
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attacking Nick Claxton defensively, so I'm off of him. I don't mind Knee
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Smith at five point two k The nets have been a little bit more vulnerable
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to three point shooters at times this season, and he should play pretty big
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minutes in a close game. And then TJ McConnell I always should be in
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your playpool just because he's got a massive upside coming off the bench. Starting
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to share the court a little bit with with Tarris Haliburn as well. They're
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just gonna have to overlap them a little bit more with this team kind of
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lacking on ball guys. With Ben Matheren done for the season, so I
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think that he's in play tonight next game on the slate, Charlotte taking on
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Philly. I'm gonna need to keep an eye on the injury stuff in this
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one because Tobias Harris was he rolled his ankle towards the end of the game
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against the Bucks last time, but they've had a day off, so he's
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the question. But if there's a chance that he does miss if he miss
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misses this game, we should already see uh or should see a big boost
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to Targe's Maxie, who already projects really well, is already in a really
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good matchup, and then guys like Kelly Ubra Buddy Heald would see a bigger
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boot as well. And then also like Nicholas Patoum. I don't really think
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you're running to play Nicholas patom but yeah, mainly Kelly Ubray and Buddy hild
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would be the guys that I'm considering. Matchup is okay against Charlie. They've
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actually been a pretty solid defense since the since the All Star Break, but
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they're still giving up a good amount of three pointers lately, So I think
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I want the guys that can shoot. So, like I said, Kelly
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Ubray, Buddy Heel would be the guys I'm looking to in this one.
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If Tobias Harris misses. If Obias is in, then I don't really have
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interest in those secondary guys. But I think that Tiger's Maxie is a really
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really solid spend up at eight point five K. The Hornets really don't really
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have a ton of great defenders that they could throw at him. Probably gonna
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have some combination of Trey Man met chicch and maybe some Brandon Miller on him.
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So yeah, I think Max He's are in a pretty good spot here
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like him on the Hornet side of things, Not too excited about these guys.
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I think that Bridges is always kind of in play as the high upside
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option for this team, but the usage is just doesn't look that good sharing
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the court with mechitch Man and then also Brandon Miller kind of taking away some
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usage from him as well. But the Sixers have been really bad defensively as
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of late, So I think that some of these guys are in play really
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just considering yeah, I don't really want to get to like the met chrich
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or tree Man's on this one. I think that Miller and Bridges are fine.
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Don't really like the spot for Richards. I think Grant is he's got
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some upside if they run more small ball lineups. But I do think that
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Poku is pretty interesting because he's coming off a game where he played sixteen minutes,
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put up eighteen almost nineteen Drakings points, and the game before that played
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twenty seven minutes, So it seems like they're starting to give him some more
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run as the backup center or backup power forward, whatever you consider him.
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But he's always been a really good fantasy point and at three point ak,
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I think that he's totally in play here. Next game on the slate,
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Portland taken on New Orleans Pelicans. Pelicans coming into the game a little bit
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short handed. We're gonna have no Larry Dance Junior and Herb Jones listened questionable.
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If her miss is here, we should expect Trey Murphy to get the
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start and probably say a little bit more minutes out of Nagie Marshall. Maybe
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we'll see some backup center minutes for Cody Zeller, but he's been pretty much
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out of the rotation completely, so I wouldn't expect a ton out of him.
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Blazers have Anthony Simons listened probable, so he's probably going to be back
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tonight. Upgrade Jabari Walker to questionable. Johnson Billips did say that he'd be
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returning pretty soon, so they'd be getting a pretty big rotation piece right there.
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Matis's tible is questionable and then Jeremy Grant still doubtful. On the point
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side of things. DeAndre Aiden just been absolutely crushing lately. He's got an
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a K price tag, but it's definitely been warranted, playing forty minutes and
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three of the last four games top forty one DK points. In three of
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those games, two of those games were in the fifties. He's had really
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really good games against worst matchups. Two of those games were in the sixties.
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Apologies, one of those was in the fifties. Yeah, he's he's
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popped off in really bad matchups. I mean, he had the forty three
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against Boston, he had the fifty one against New York. I guess the
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matchups against against Atlanta and Toronto are really good. He puts put up sixty
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against them, but he's just taking a ton of shots from now. He's
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grabbing all the rebounds got nineteen fifteen, nineteen fourteen in his last four games,
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So I mean he's got a huge upside. It's really hard to doubt
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that. I don't think that the matchup is too bad going up against Jonas
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Valnchunas. So I definitely have an interest in eight and tonight Simons. I
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would only be interested interested in him if Herbert Jones were to miss. If
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Herb is in this game, then Simons is an X out. Scoot has
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had a pretty solid role as the starting point guard for this team. Now
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kind of fills up the stat sheet a little bit, but I don't really
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expect big games out of Scoot right now, especially with Simons expected back tonight,
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and then yeah, I'm not gonna get to Benton with Simons back.
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That's pretty much it's it's eight and and Simons for me. Unless Herb Jones
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is in, then I can look to Scoot. On the Pelicans side of
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things, great spot for Zion should be able to crush here again in a
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really soft matchup against the Blazer's team that ranks bottom three in room defense this
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season. I really like the upside for design here should be maybe he sees
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some small ball center minutes. But yeah, I really like the spot for
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Zion. I think that Ingram and CJ both have really easy matchups as well,
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but I'm probably just gonna be a max one of the big three for
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the Pelicans and definitely prefer Zion to them. Trey Murphy really would only like
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him if Herb Jones were to miss, just at the six K price tag
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a little bit too expensive for me with herb Jones in. But if Herb
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is out, then yeah, I think we could get to Murphy. Not
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the best matchup for three point shooters. Places have done a really good job
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taking that away the season, but yeah, I still think that he's got
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he can score in multiple ways, So I would like Murphy if Herb is
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out, and then Joe Val should have a clear run to probably thirty minutes
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in this game. I gonna need his size out there going up against Adon
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who's playing thirty plus minutes, and so yeah, I think we get thirty
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minutes out of out of Jonas Valanciunas with Larry Nats out tonight, really could
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pay off the tag in a big way. Only five point two K for
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him, which is one of the lowest prices we've seen him all season.
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Minutes have been coming down a ton, but yeah, the matchup is great.
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Lazier's bottom three room defense, bottom two DVP versus centers. So really
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like Jove out tonight next game, okay, see taking on Memphis. Memphis
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is going to be getting healthier tonight. Desmond Bane upgrade to questionable. I
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think that they are expecting him back tonight. Jared Jackson also listen questionable,
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So yeah, big upgrade for their offense. This is offense has been just
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downright horrendous all season long, so really big, really big boost for this
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team. But still don't really expect him to be able to hang around this
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one, okay, see just one of the best teams in the league this
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season. I think that if Memphis is able to keep it closed, then
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we see the normal minutes at SJA he could definitely crush at ten point five
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K. Hasn't really done it a lot lately, hasn't really needed to,
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though they won pretty handily against Dallas. I guess Indy they kind of they
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did a good job shutting him down shut twelve for twenty seven, but they
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blew out Memphis, so it hasn't really been needed for those big minutes or
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the big role lately, so I'd be kind of okay getting away from SGA
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tonight. And then I don't really have interest in Chet going up against Jaron
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Jackson. I think the price leg is pretty solid for Chet. Upside's been
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there for him, but I'm yeah, I'm just not too excited about this
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game. Memphis has done a really good job remaining a top defense even with
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the team being really short handed, so I'm not really looking to run to
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play any of these Okay, see guys probably be a Max one Max one
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of the big three SGA chat and Jalen Williams. And then I guess Giddy
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is you can toss him in there as well, but I don't really ever
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love playing Giddy. And then yeah, Memphis side, they're they're full fade
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for me, especially getting all these guys back. Yeah, I just don't
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I don't want to get to end these guys at these price eggs, So
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I'm good fading them. Next game on the slate Washington versus Chicago. This
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is probably the game of the night from a DFS perspective too, Struggling defenses
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and two teams that are pretty shorthanded. The Wizard's going to be without Tyas
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Jones tonight. He was downgrade to so doubtful. Should see a really big
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role out of Jordan Pool Tonight. Probably gonna see a little bit of Jared
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Butler as well. I'm not sure if he gets a start. I think
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that Pool probably makes the most sense, but I think the Butler probably fills
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in some of those backup minutes. I think if Butler is not starting,
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though, it's pretty risky to go there, because I think that they could
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just give Pool a really big role tonight, big minutes, and they have
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other ways that they can fill out that rotation. In terms of ball handling.
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Denny has taken on ball handing role at times. Kuzma has you know,
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pretty big usage numbers, so they don't need to have a true point
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guard out there at all times. So I think that there are ways that
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they could play it where if Butler is not starting, it's very very thin.
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But yeah, I mean I think you have to have interest in these
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Washington guys, and the matchup has been pretty good. The Bulls talk about
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it all the time. They're one of the worst teams against catch shoot guys,
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one of the worst three point defenses in the league this season. So
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yeah, I mean Kuzma looks really good. He I mean a really small
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sample size, but he's got a thirty five percent usage rate with Tias off
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the court the season, averaging almost sixty DK points per thirty six minutes.
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Now, this is like a eighty minute sample size, so I don't want
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to read into that too much, but he has has taken on a big
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usage role this season with the new coaching staff, so I think the Kuzma
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is in a good spot. A lot less of a defensive burden for him
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as well, getting Rashaun Holmes back, who I would expect to get back
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into the starting lineup as a center, so Kuzma shifting back to the natural
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power forward role could be pretty big from him for him from a usage standpoint,
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and just like not having to expend too much energy defensively. So yeah,
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I think Kuzma is pretty good here. I think Denny is very interesting,
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just coming in as the lowest owned of these main main rotation guys,
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the Kuzma Pool Denny grouping. I think Denny's going to come in the lowest
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owned, and he's done pretty well. Tis off the court season has around
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a twenty percent assist percentage, averaging averaging forty three DK points per thirty six
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minutes. Yeah, he always comes in as a as the forgotten man,
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always like one of the lower owned options on the wizard side of things,
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and he's shown really big upside at times. I think that this could be
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a good spot for him to display that. Yeah, I think Pool is
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very hard to get away from tonight's six point two K. I think that
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he's just gonna gonna have a really really big role. Thirty three percent usage
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rate, thirty two percent assist percentage with tie Us off the court the season,
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averaging nearly forty six d K points per thirty six minutes. I'm unsure
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if they're gonna put Io or carus on him, I would not. I
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mean, I would prefer it to not to be Crusoe because I do respect
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him as a defender. I think Iowa is really solid defender in his own
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right, but Cruso is pretty lockdown, so I think that if it's iow
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a lot of interest in Pool Cruso slightly less, but still I think the
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role would trump the matchups tonight. So I love Pool tonight, but Waal
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Coolibali generally pretty low usage guy, so I'm not really interested in going into
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him coming in double digit ownership. I think the kissper it is kind of
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interesting just because he's a you know, he's a sniper, really good three
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point shooter. This is one of the best spots for three point shooters.
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Yes, I think I have some interesting Kissfert coming in you know, single
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digit owned. And then yeah, Holmes, I think he's he's pretty pretty
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locked into a big role as the starting center tonight. They just they don't
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really have depth in the front court, so I think they're gonna need to
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play in big minutes against this Bulls team that has a lot of size.
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So I think the Holmes is pretty good at four point four k and they
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already mentioned that Jared Butler stuff. Need him to be starting for me tonight
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to go there, and then the bull side thing is gonna be without Kobe.
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Whyatt another game? I mean, this is this is just the best
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matchup possible for pretty much every position vouch. We always like to attack the
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Wizards with the posting center, so he's in a great spot. Eight point
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four K is a very reasonable prize site for him. I think Tomorro at
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eight point two K is really good. He's starting to show really big upside
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at times. Wizards are dead last against small forwards and power forwards and DVP
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gonna have a big usage role with no Kobe White, so he looks really
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good. I think the Io probably my least favorite, but still pretty solid.
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I mean, he's gonna play a ton of minutes, had a really
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good ball handing role last game with no Kobe White. Obviously the matchup is
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great. Gonna have Jordan Poole on him, I would guess, and Pool
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is just a turnstile defensively. So I think that Io is very very good
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tonight. Do like the spot for Crusoe a lot, though he's shown very
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very good upside from the with some some stats. The assist numbers have been
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good, the rebounds have been pretty good the last two games, scoring the
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ball much better, taking thirteen shot attempts in back to back games, playing
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thirty six thirty seven minutes. The Wizards are team that has very turnover prone,
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so I think that we could see you know, three to four steals
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a couple of blocks in this one, and CRUSI could show really big upside
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in this one. And then I think Drummond, you have to have him
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in your player pool. He's got massive upside coming off the bench. I
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would get well over the field on him if I was mmming tonight. Five
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k's very very good price tag for him at the backup center role. Or
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we know that the Wizards are dead last and DVP a team you want to
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attack with posing center something the Drummond very interesting. And then Tory Craig minutes
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have been pretty modest for him at four K twenty two to twenty seven minutes
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started last game. I would expect them to start again here and yeah,
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I mean he's he's a really solid values I like him. As far as
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groupings go, I would probably be Max one Io and Caruso, Max one,
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drum and Vooge, And I think that that's probably it because I'd be
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okay again, Damar and Vuchin a lineup tonight together. I think that they
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got really big ups in the spot last game. On the slate, Warriors
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taking on the Lakers in LA. This is a huge game for both teams
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in terms of the standings. These are the ninth and tenth seeded teams in
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the West playing for playoff positioning right now. So I think both teams are
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gonna have their guys play all the minutes that they can handle. We know
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the Lakers are going to run out a D and Lebron and Diezel Russell,
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Austin Reeves. They're gonna play these guys, you know, close to forty
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minutes a night. And the Warriors definitely want this game as well because they're
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I don't know if they're rushing stuff back, but he's gonna play tonight.
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I think that they definitely had this game circled on the calendar for him to
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make his return. I'm probably expecting pretty full minutes out of Steph. So
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kind of takes off a lot of the upside of these secondary Warriors that we
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were playing, you know, Chris Paul, I think he's out of playing
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now. I THINKAMINGA is a little bit less interesting at seven K. I
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think POD's role is going to come back down. Clay probably shifts back to
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the bench role. Maybe a little bit less upside off of Tray Jackson Davis
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as well. But yeah, I'll just start with the warors side things because
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I think that it's pretty straightforward for me tonight. I have a lot of
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interest in Steph. I get it if people want to be a little bit
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cautious with him returning from the ankle injury. You know, he's had the
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history of the ankle injuries in the past. But I think that he's going
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to be out there playing thirty six minutes and he's killed the Lakers this season,
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averaging almost sixty DK points in two games versus the Lakers. That's a
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little bit inflated by the double overtime game, but yeah, I think Steph
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has really big scoring up side in this one, and I think he's a
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possible core play for me from a GPP lineup standpoint, I really really like
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the spot for him. That's pretty much all considering that. I think that
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Draymond is kind of sneaky at six twenty K. He's done really well against
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the Lakers this season, but I believe he's questionable tonight, so we're not
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we have to keep an eye on that. He did miss the last game
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I think that this is a game he's definitely gonna want to return for though,
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so we'll expect him back. But I think that he's pretty sneaky.
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And then and then Clay, I mean, the matchup is really good for
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three point shooters. Clay is going to chuck it, whether that's coming off
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the bench or in the starting lineup. So I think that he's kind of
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interesting as well. And then on the Lakers side things, Yeah, I
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think I want one of ad or Lebron in my lineup tonight. I do
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side with Lebron for the positional stuff because I like a lot of these center
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options, and Lebron has has done. I mean, he only played one
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game against the Warriors this season. It was a double overtime game, put
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up eighty three DK points in this in that game. But he's gonna needed
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for all the minutes he can handle tonight. This team is going to run
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him into the ground nearly forty minutes. He's been playing really well, fifty
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plass in three straight games, been you know, right around sixty and a
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lot of those games as well. So yeah, Lebron is one of the
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top spin up options for me tonight. But yeah, same goes for AD.
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I think that he's gonna play a ton of minutes. Draymond has done
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a really good job of defending Anthony Davis in years past, so I'm much
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more excited about Lebron. But I mean, ten point two ks is reasonable
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for Anthony Davis, and I'm not really looking to get to these secondary guys
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like the d Lo's and the Reeves. I would just be trying to get
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to AD or Lebron tonight personally. That's going to do it though, nice
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little six games late for the Saturday. Hopefully everybody has a good weekend.
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And one more time I'll put this on the screen so the bosses don't get
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mad at me. Got Masters fifteen for fifteen percent off. Yeah, I
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think you guys definitely want to get in here. We had had dj And
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make his return last week. Guy brings all the energy in the world,
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even you know, coming off a eight day stay in the hospital. Guys
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and Flude stud in a machine. Happy to have him on our team.
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Hopefully he can continues to improve with his health. But yeah, this is
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the code for Masters fifteen that is going to do it. Hopefully you guys
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have a good weekend. I'll see you guys on Tuesday, but