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NBA Quick Hit | April 12, 2024 | DraftKings DFS Picks, Plays and Process · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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Yah, all system's going clear the left. Mm hmmm, what's going on?
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Guys? Rio here gonna be breaking down this eleven game NBA Slate.
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Yeah, end of season basketball. We've got a ton of guys already sitting
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out, a bunch of Q TAG, So I gonna do my best to
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break down the plays today. But it's gonna be gonna be very tough thing.
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You're gonna need to just flean on projections because it's gonna be unlike any
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situations we've seen at any point this season from some of these teams. We're
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gonna have a lot of guys playing that we've never heard of before. So
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yeah, I would not be surprised to see some optible lamps leaving you know,
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two K, three K and salary tonight. But there are a couple
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spend up options tonight in games that are pretty meaningful, So probably gonna want
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to be jamming in those guys. But we'll go game by game as always.
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First game in the Slate, Chicago versus Washington gonna be a mass rest
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situation for the Bulls tonight with DeMar Derozen and Nikolovutvich already ruled out, would
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not be surprised to see Kobe White and Alex Rusa get the night off as
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well, but not expecting either of those guys to play big minutes if they
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do play. So yeah, I'm the way that I'm approaching this one just
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probably put the microphone near my mouth. But the way that I'm approaching this
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one, I want to play the guys, the young guys probably that I'm
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expecting to get more run, maybe play some of the guys that just haven't
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been playing much this season. So like, I think that guys like Javonte
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Green Tory Craig probably do play good minutes, but I think those are guys
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that they probably have they probably value more for playoffs and things like that.
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So the guys I'm gonna be looking at Dale and Terry. Young guy that's
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pretty talented, Adama Sonogo. He's been playing backup center minutes behind Bucevic,
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but expect him to get a ton of minutes tonight. I guess like Javon
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Carter probably gonna play good minutes. He's not really been much needed in the
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rotation. Javonte Green, I already mentioned him, but he's been He's he
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re signed with this Bulls team. Recently. He's been pretty big for their
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rotation lately, so I'm not expecting a ton of minutes out of him.
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But these guys like Henry Drew, I don't know much about him, but
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he's probably gonna play a ton of minutes, probably gonna give a ton of
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minutes to ONU rapid team seen him be I know he's been you know,
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in the rotation at times this season, but haven't seen the lot l I
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think he's more of like a three point shooter. So yeah, those are
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the guys I'm looking at. Mainly Sonogos He's he's my favorite play, and
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then Dale and Terry I would rank behind him. On the Washington side of
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things, we have Jordan Poole and Denny Okdia listed questionable tonight. The Washington
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Wizards are incentivized to lose this game because they're looking to get the top the
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top lotto spot in the draft next season, so it would not be surprised
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to see both these guys sit as of now. We'll kind of play it
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as if they are playing, So I think they're both really solid plays tonight
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at seven point seven K seven point six K, I think Corey kispert is
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in play at five point seven K. We know the Bulls are terrible against
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three point shooters. Tristan Vukevich gonna get a ton of minutes as well.
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He's been really solid in the starting lineup. And then if pools out,
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I like Jared Butler a ton and if Denny misses, I already like Patrick
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Baldon Junior. But if he misses, I think Patrick Baldon Junior becomes one
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of the better value plays on the slate. That would also bring Johnny Davis
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Justin Champagnee back into play, as well as Jules Bernard. Next, or
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Lando versus Philadelphia. This is a big game for both these teams. Both
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teams are very incentivized to win this game, so we should see regular rotation
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minutes from both sides. On the Atlanta side, things don't really have too
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much interest in the in their side. If Bronze does miss, I think
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Paulo is a great play again eight point six K. I think that he's
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probably the only one to play for me right now with the current situation on
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the Philly side of things, Really, liken Be is to spend up at
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eleven K and then Tygers Max at eight point five K. I think those
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will be the two guys that are in my playpool tonight for this game.
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Next game Charlotte versus Boston. This is probably a game I'm looking to cross
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out unless we get some more rest situations from both teams. The Hornets have.
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They have incentive to lose this games. I think they're trying to move
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up or I guess down in the lottery. So maybe we see some of
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the high end guys like Miles Bridge's, Brandon Miller, Graham Williams, any
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of the starters. Maybe if any of them sit, then these these cheaper
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guys are coming to play. But as of right now, out not expecting
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that. Boston side of things, they have pretty much their entire starting six
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guys listened questionable tonight. Jen Brown, Drew al Horford, Christops Persinis,
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Jason Tatum, Derek White all is is questionable. Probably going to see some
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of these guys sit. I don't really know who it would be that does
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it, but either way, I'm expecting multiple these guys to sit, So
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it's probably going to be I'm gonna be looking at Jaden Springer and Sphee Makaye
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Look and then Luke Cornett, e Xavier Tillman those types of plays as well.
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I don't really want to get to Peyton Pritchards tonight. I just don't
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think that they're going to want to extend him too much because he's been pretty
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important to their rotation. I think they're going to need him in the playoffs,
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so I don't think that they're gonna really risk running him out there for
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thirty two to thirty six minutes tonight. Would more so be looking at the
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Springer Mkaye look type plays on the Boston side of things. Next game,
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the Slate Indiana Pacers versus Cleveland Cavaliers, is a really big game for both
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teams, so we're going to see a ton of minutes from the main rotation
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guys. I think this is a game that I definitely want to have pieces
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of, mainly on the India side of things. It's just Terres Haliban for
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me. At nine point two K. I think he's got pretty big upside,
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regardless of the matchup being a little bit tougher. I think that the
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matchup is a little bit easier for him than it would be for Miles Turner,
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who are gonna be going up against Evan Mobley and Jared Allen, whereas
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stars Haliburn going to see probably you know, Max Shrew's, Donovan Mitchell,
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Darius Garland type of players. Defensively, probably some Isaac mcora as well,
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But yeah, I think I think Tyr's Haliburn definitely play at nine point two
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k' is a spin up option on the Cleveland side of things. Mainly looking
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at Donovan Mitchell, I think this is a game where he he kind of
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sees his regular minutes so that he kind of starts to get back into form.
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Did play really well against Memphis the other night, put up fifty five
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draftings points on five to ten shooting from deep nine to seventeen from the field.
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It's a really good spot for pick and roll ball handlers. Donovan Mitchell
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eighth in the league and scoring this season where the Pacers are dead lasting pick
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and roll defense. I think he's got a ton of upside, and he
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looks like he might be pretty low on so I like him a time,
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and then I'll be Max one. Jared Allen, Evan Mobley slightly into Jared
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Allen, like the spot a little bit better for centers and then actually scratch
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that. Eileen Evan Mobley I think the spot is better for power forward than
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this for centers, and then I would be max when Donod Mitchell, Daris
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Garland as well. Next game Brooklyn Nets taken on the New York Knicks in
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New York, well at New York Knicks, both in New York. But
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the Nets will be down some guys tonight, Cam Johnson, Darren Sharp downgrade
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to Dalla Foil, expect them to sit. Already have Dorian Fitty Smith and
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Dennis Smith Junior listened out, and then Dennis Schroeder also listened questionable. Yeah,
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I think that if shorter missus Thomas probably a pretty good play already playing
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a ton of minutes. He leads the team in usage since returning from injury.
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He's been playing pretty well lately. Elevated price tag almost AK, but
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I still think that he's got the upside to pay that off, so he
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would be the high end spent of looking at. I don't really want to
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get some Bridges or Nick Claxon tonight, and then the value plays like Noah
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Clown. I think he's gonna play a ton of minutes. Played thirty five
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and thirty nine minutes in back to back games. I think this is the
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guy they want to get a look at. I would expect a ton of
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minutes from him. I think Trenton Watford gets in there a lot at some
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backup center minutes with darn Sharp out, and then Jillen Wilson would be more
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so in play for me if Dennis Truder does miss. But yeah, really
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like Noah Clowna tonight as a value option on the knick side of things.
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Yeah, I think you can make case for these spend ups. Jalen Brunson,
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Josh Hart, Donte Divincenz will probably be a max two of those three
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obviously, like Jed Brunson a ton He's been playing great lately, sixty plus
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DK points in four of his last five games and then put up four to
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nine and a half in just thirty minutes against Boston last night. Did come
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up a little banged up, but he's probable, so expect him to play.
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I think Josh Hart is probably the better pointper do play on the slate
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for the knick side of things. He's got the triple double upside, been
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rebounding really good lately, and now that Isaay hard Sign's going to be out
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probably gives him a bigger boosts and rebounding. We know that they're not going
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to extend Mitchell Robinson much. That probably brings in like Aua into play as
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a backup center. I think I think Josh Hart's got some really big upside
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in this one at just six point nine K. Next game, Denver versus
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San Antonio. Denver is highly motivated to win this game, looking to lock
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up the number one seed in the West, and the Spurs are motivated to
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lose this game they look to get the first pick in the lottery next season.
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Yokis from me the top spin on the slate. Twelve point three K.
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Been smashing lately, seventy seven d K points in the last game versus
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San Antonio. Three of his last six game have been have been in the
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seventies as well, So yeah, he's the top spin for me on the
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slate tonight. I don't think I'm going to get to these secondary Denver guys
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unless we get some news that they're sitting, but they're all listed probable so
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expecting to play. I just I don't think they're going to be pushing Jamal
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Murray much at the end of the season, going to wait to extend him
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once again to the playoffs. Same situation for MPJ Aaron Gordon. I think
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they're better plays if Jamal Murray were to be out, but he's probable,
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so not really looking to the secondary guys much san Antonio side of things.
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They're going to continu you'd be without Kelton Johnson, Jeremy's so Chan, Devin
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Missel, Cheddi Osman, and then also Malchi Brandham is out tonight. Yeah,
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so Wemby is a really good play for me again eleven point five K
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don't really mind the price tag. He's been, you know, a usage
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Monster fantasy point from Monster with these injuries, and I think that he's a
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great play. The one thing that's kind of keeping him out of play for
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me is just the strength of the center position tonight, because we have a
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lot of value there with all these guys sitting, and then also Jokic just
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to spend up. So it might be might be katraining to go with a
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Jokic Wemby little back and forth, because I mean, last time these two
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teams played, he went off put up seventy five in that one when yok
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put up seventy seven, So it'd be nice to have a little back and
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forth there. Trey Jones six point two K gonna have a ton of usage.
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I think the potential assists are going to be there now that he's playing
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with Wemby. I think that he's much better played with Wemby on the floor.
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They just have a nice little two men game going. But he's been
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playing really well lately. Got the triple double upside, put up a triple
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double against Denver, put a fifty one DK points in that game. So
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I think trade Jones still play at six point two K, probably gonna be
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pretty low owned, and then should expect Devonte Graham to get some of those
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minutes left behind by Malchi Branham, same as a Champagne should get some of
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those minutes as well as Blake Wesley. Next game is the Lakers versus Memphis.
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Lakers are very motivated in this game as well, should be able to
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win it pretty easily with the Memphis situation whether they're gonna be playing a JV
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squad essentially gonna have eight guys out there, and Lakers are double digit favorites
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in this one. But yeah, Lakers could move up to the eighth seed
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in the West if they get a win and some of the other teams in
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front of them lose. They're trailing the Warriors and the Kings right now.
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They're all have the same record. But the Lakers are in the ten seed
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right now, but they could move up. So yeah, I would be
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a max one situation of Lebron James and Anthony Davis. I think they're both
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really good plays is slightlyan AD tonight coming off a couple of days rest with
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the you had the eye injury that kept them out against Minnesota, But yeah,
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we should see full man's from these guys as long as the game is
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closed, because they definitely want to win this game. The Grizzlies just have
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nobody on the other side that could defend Anthony Davis. I mean, not
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Lebron James either, But I just think the AD probably gonna come out more
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full strength to night than Lebron James is. So I think AD is a
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top spin for me on the Lakers side. On the Grizzy side of things,
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you're definitely gonna want to have some of these guys again. I'll just
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rank them because I think that they're all pretty much in play. But for
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me, it's gonna be Scotti Pippen junior, Jordan Goodwin really like the Guards
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against the Lakers, and then Jake Larabia would be third for me, and
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then I like Trey Jamison after that, Gig Jackson at six point a K
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and then Xavier Simpson and then I guess the Timmy Allen and Jack Whites are
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just kind of leftovers. Next game we got four left Milwaukee versus ok SE.
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Milwaukee gonna be without Giannis and Dame Tonight, Middleton, Brook, Lopez
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and Bobby ports will be in though the okay See Thunder will be pretty much
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a full strength. I believe Josh Getty did get downgrade to questionable, but
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not enough to change the slate. Yeah, Giddy is questionable. Outside that
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they should be fully healthy though, Yeah, not a game I'm super excited
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about Bucks. They do have some incentive to win because they could move up
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in the standings, but they are fifteen point underdogs tonight. I just don't
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think they're going to be pushing these guys. I think they'll probably extend the
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rotation a bit, but I still think Bobby Portis doesn't play. He doesn't
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really need a ton of minutes to get there. He's just been absolute fantasy
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a Parkman at Monster. With Giannis off the court this season and even more
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so with dam off the courts, I think that he's the top play,
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probably the only one that's going to make my player pool tonight. On the
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buck side of things, I think that you can make a case for Patrick
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Beverley, but I don't think I'm gonna be going there the okay c side,
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Yeah, it's really just SGA for me ten point two K. I
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don't think that he's gonna get full minutes, but he could probably still get
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there in three quarters. Okay. See, they do have some incentive to
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win as well. They're third in the West, but they could move up.
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It's it's very there's not not a good chance that they get the number
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one seed or the two seed. With Minnesota playing Atlanta tonight and then Denver
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playing San Antonio, both games, I would expect both Denver and Minnesota to
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win. But yeah, I think the SJA is still fine play at ten
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point two K. Next game in the slate Torono versus Miami. This is
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a game neither team has really anything to play for. Both teams are pretty
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locked into where they are in the standings. Obviously, Toronto's not really in
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contention, but there they can't move up or down, so they can't really
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improve their their draft, their draft standings at all. So they're in the
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twelfth seed, and then Miami is pretty locked into the eight seed. They
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could move up to seven if Billy loses tonight and they win, so I
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guess they probably still going to run their guys out, but yeah, I
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think that they probably won't extend them too much. They should be able to
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win this game pretty easily with them being fifteen point favorites at home. The
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Toronto side of things really just looking at Quickly and Quickly Barrett and Kelly Olynock.
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I think that Quickly is still in play, even though that projections probably
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are not going to follow that. He's played thirty six, thirty six,
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and thirty four minutes in his last three games, put up sixty, sixty
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two, and fifty eight in those games. I think he's probably still going
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to play around thirty four to thirty six minutes to night, and I don't
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really see a reason why he wouldn't, And I mean the matchup is not
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terrible either. Miami has been giving up some big games to point guards lately,
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so I think that quickly is the top play on the rapid side of
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things. I'm still going to get some of him at eight point a K.
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Kelly Olenick, I don't know. I don't really want to play him
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against BAM. He's played thirty four to thirty five and thirty three minutes in
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his last three games. Been you know, up and down as a fantasy
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producer. He does have the the scoring upside, He's got the assist potentials,
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things like that, But yeah, I don't think I'm going to go
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there on this slate on the Miami side of things. Really, just looking
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at Tyler Herrol seven point one K, He's getting back into form, played
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thirty six, forty eight thirty one minutes in his last three game. He's
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put up thirty seven, forty five and twenty nine DK points in those games.
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Should be a really easy matchup for everybody in the heat tonight. But
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I like him the best at his price tax seven point one K. Next
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game Atlanta versus Minnesota Corinthony Towns looks like he's going to be making his return
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tonight, but there's a chance Anthony Edwards misses. He got downgrade was downgrade
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to questionable with an illness tag. I mean, he probably plays, but
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the illness tag is not something you'd like to see. He's been playing through
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everything this season, so I would expect him play because they the Minnesota still
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needs to win this game. But yeah, I think that he's a very
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strong play I don't Cat is definitely going to have some sort of minutes restriction,
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probably somewhere in the low twenties. Yeah, I'm gonna be Max.
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One of the big three in Aunt Kat, Rudy Gobert. I don't think
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you're really going to get to any Cat tonight, but for sure going to
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have some Aunt and Rudy Gobert. I do think that Rudy is my top
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player on the Minnesota side, like the spot against the weak interior DeFi of
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the Atlanta Hawks, who will probably be without Clint Capella tonight, maybe some
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more guys because they are I think that they're pretty locked in where they are
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in the tennesse See. They can't move up or down really, so expect
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them to rest some guys. Maybe de Johnson, Murray Clippella gets some rest.
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But I think Trey does play because he just returned from the injury.
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Gonna look to get him back to full strength. But I don't really think
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you're getting to many of these Atlanta guys tonight. I think that Bruno Fernando
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would be the top play if Clint Capella does miss but just centered eligible,
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you got to compare him to all the other good centers on the slate.
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I think that he would not be as much of a priority as some of
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the other guys. Last game on the slate Detroit versus Dallas. Obviously Detroit,
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they have nothing to play for. They already are sitting Kate Cunningham tonight.
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I think John Durani is still listen questionable. If he misses, then
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let me see, Yeah, he still listen questionable. Yeah, if he
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misses, then I think that James Wiseman comes into play as well. But
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just similar to Bruno Fernandu. Got to compare him to all the other good
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centers on the slate. Yeah, I'm not excited about much of this Detroit
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side of things. I think that Marcus Sasser is still in play at four
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point nine K, but I prefer the Grizzlies guards much more. I guess
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j and Ivy kind of high upside played at six point K even playing well
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lately, but I don't. Yeah, none of these guys are really priority.
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I'm not looking to run and play any of these Detroit guys. On
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the Dallas side of things, they're gonna be without Kyrie Irving. I think
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there's a chance that Luca does sit tonight. They just they need to get
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these guys some rest. And there's no reason. I mean, they are
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incentivice to win because they are in the fifth seed right now. They could
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move up with the Clippers loss, but the Clippers are playing they played tonight.
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I believe they're playing against Utah, so they should If I was the
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Mavericks, I don't expecting them to win that game, So this would be
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a pretty good spot to give Luca the night off. In my opinion,
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I'm gonna be playing it as if Luca does sit, and I'm gonna give
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Jen Hardy a really big bump in projection because I think they he's going to
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be the guy that plays a ton of minutes. I would wouldn't be surprised
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to see him play upper thirties minutes tonight, just because they have nothing to
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play for at this point, So he'd be the play I'm looking at.
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And then I guess like Tim Harra Junior down toe Xen would be more so
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in play But I just don't think they're going to really be extending these guys
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too much in a meaningless game. So yeah, I'm not really looking to
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too much. But except for Jade Hardy going to be bumping him up a
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ton, all right. That's going to do it. Got through all eleven
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games under twenty minutes. Hopefully everybody has a good weekend. Hopefully your golf
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lamps will looking good. I hope you guys got the chance to check out
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Big Marley and Titletown stream for the UFC three hundred. Super excited about that.
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Only got one more slate of basketball on Sunday and then we are looking
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forward to playoffs. Have you covered with all the content over there. Really
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looking forward to some of the Showdown slates for playoffs. We've been crushing it
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and Showdown pretty much every night. Have guys shipping twenty k left and right.
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So yeah, I'm looking forward to some playoff basketball for sure. Get
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through these last couple of slates of playing guys like Adamasinogo and Patrick Baldwin Junior.
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But that's gonna do it, hopef you guys have a good weekend.
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I will catch you guys later but m h