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NBA DFS Process | DraftKings & FanDuel Picks, Plays & Slate Breakdown | Saturday, 02/21/26 · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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  Speaker 1: the meantime, you got me covering the Saturday, February twenty
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  Speaker 1: first NBA Draft King slate. We got five games to
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  Speaker 1: talk about tonight. Should be pretty short and sweet. A
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  Speaker 1: bunch of teams on back to backs, teams that played
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  Speaker 1: last night, so got a bunch to break down. Fortunately,
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  Speaker 1: we don't have like a crazy amount of tanking teams tonight,
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  Speaker 1: so should be a little bit easier to break down
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  Speaker 1: than some slates we've had recently. But with that being said,
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  Speaker 1: let's just dive right in. I already got the stone
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  Speaker 1: pulled up for those of you who aren't members and
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  Speaker 1: want to see it. That's what I'm gonna use to
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  Speaker 1: break down this video. And we start off with a banger,
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  Speaker 1: at least from a DFS perspective. We have Philly traveling
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  Speaker 1: to New Orleans. New Orleans, one of the teams that
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  Speaker 1: played last night. Philly as a four and a half
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  Speaker 1: point favorite. Here. They are missing Joel Embiid, so gonna
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  Speaker 1: see a lot of ownership from both sides of this game.
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans is without Eve's Missy again and they're without
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  Speaker 1: Trey Murphy, so big injuries in this game. No Embiid
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  Speaker 1: and no Murphy from the Philly side. It starts with
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  Speaker 1: Tyreese Maxi. He was not good last game. Good shout
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  Speaker 1: out by Rio who liked coming in under the field
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  Speaker 1: on a really chalky Maxie. He wasn't very good. Much
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  Speaker 1: better spot today for MAXI. Still priced pretty reasonably at
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  Speaker 1: ninety seven hundred, arguably too cheap. He's gonna pull a
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  Speaker 1: lot of ownership on DraftKings. There's still plenty of value
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  Speaker 1: to get to, so paying up for Maxi makes a
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  Speaker 1: lot of sense here. Andre Drummond, presuming he starts forty
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  Speaker 1: five hundred. We've read this book before with Drummond. We
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  Speaker 1: know that if he plays minutes he's likely to get
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  Speaker 1: there too cheap for the role he's likely going to
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  Speaker 1: have with no Embid and he should feast inside tonight
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  Speaker 1: against the Dinner Queen led Pelicans front court. After that,
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  Speaker 1: Quinton Grimes, who I was on last game. Still low
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  Speaker 1: four k range. Wish you were a little bit cheaper,
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  Speaker 1: but great matchup. Forty four hundred projects well. I like
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  Speaker 1: Quinton Grimes here, Maxi, Drummond and Grimes are my three favorite,
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  Speaker 1: and then edge Comb and Ubre also in play here.
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  Speaker 1: Price is pretty fair on those guys. Edge Comb has
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  Speaker 1: been good. We haven't seen a ton of the big
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  Speaker 1: upside we saw earlier in the year, but this would
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  Speaker 1: be a good spot for it, really good spot for
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  Speaker 1: him to pick up some defensive stats. He's gonna play
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  Speaker 1: a ton of minutes. Oubray can get hot and cold.
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  Speaker 1: We know he has upsided sixty three hundred. All in all,
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  Speaker 1: Philly is definitely a team we're gonna want exposure to.
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  Speaker 1: They got five guys pulling a decent amount of ownership,
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  Speaker 1: with Maxi and Drumming, Drumming leading the way, and I
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  Speaker 1: got no issue with any of it. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: you want to play all Philly, all five Philly guys
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  Speaker 1: in any one lineup, but you're definitely gonna want sixers
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  Speaker 1: exposure here. They just look really, really good at their
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  Speaker 1: price tags in a really good spot. Moving over to
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  Speaker 1: the New Orleans side, they also look really good here,
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  Speaker 1: so again played last night. A bunch of these guys
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  Speaker 1: were really good last night. No Trey Murphy, they dealt
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  Speaker 1: Jose Alvarado, no MISSI here. So guys are gonna look
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  Speaker 1: good all over. Sadik Bank coming off a monster game
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  Speaker 1: last night, one hundred dollars cheaper, can play them at
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  Speaker 1: both forward positions. He looks good here. Jeremiah Fears, who
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  Speaker 1: I was on last night, playing good ball right now,
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  Speaker 1: still very very affordable at forty seven hundred point guard
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  Speaker 1: shooting guard eligible coming off the bench, and has seemed
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  Speaker 1: to relish in this Benrol still playing a lot of minutes,
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  Speaker 1: is eating a ton of the usage in the second unit,
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  Speaker 1: and he's just playing good ball right now. So I
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  Speaker 1: like Fears, I like Bay, I like Zion here again.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of the same story with Zion. He's a good
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  Speaker 1: play at seventy nine hundred. I don't think he has
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  Speaker 1: crazy high upside, he just hasn't shown it. So until
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  Speaker 1: he does, he's not going to be like a priority
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  Speaker 1: play for me in tournaments. But why have we in
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  Speaker 1: play if nothing else? Just considering the game environment, his
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  Speaker 1: price tag, his floor, etc. Derek Queen played twenty eight
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  Speaker 1: minutes last night, put up a really nice DK score
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  Speaker 1: forty plus DK points. He's a little bit cheaper tonight,
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  Speaker 1: fifty nine hundred. Like him again here a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a tougher spot, but not really. Not worried about
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  Speaker 1: the Sixers inside defense with drum And leading that leading,
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  Speaker 1: that cause both centers in this game should feast. So
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  Speaker 1: I like Queen a lot, I like Drummond a lot.
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  Speaker 1: I think you want plenty of exposure from both sides
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  Speaker 1: of this game. Jordan Poole at thirty three hundred, pullinings
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  Speaker 1: some ownership, don't hate it. Carlo Matkovic pulling a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of ownership as a filler piece at thirty two hundred,
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  Speaker 1: don't hate it. Bryce McGowan started last night, played a
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  Speaker 1: ton of minutes. He's just not a good fantasy producer,
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  Speaker 1: so good positional eligibility at shooting guards, small forward, but
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  Speaker 1: never going to be a priority, and tonight's no exception.
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  Speaker 1: Herb Jones fairly priced at forty five hundred. Fine with him,
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  Speaker 1: but certainly not a priority for me. Like Queen Fears
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  Speaker 1: and potentially they are Fears and Queen Guys I was
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  Speaker 1: on last night. Both look really really good. Again tonight,
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  Speaker 1: and it's hard not to like a lot of this
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  Speaker 1: game from a DFS perspective. Moving on, we have another
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  Speaker 1: game that's at least intriguing. We have Memphis who played
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  Speaker 1: last night. A bunch of their guys got there against
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  Speaker 1: the Jazz facing Miami who also played last night, so
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  Speaker 1: doubled back to back here from the Memphis side, they're
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  Speaker 1: still missing a bunch of guys no Jaw, no Santi,
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  Speaker 1: no Cedric Coward, no KCP, KCP, no Edie. So that's
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  Speaker 1: at least five guys that are missing. The Getting Jerome
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  Speaker 1: and Scottie Pippen back tonight though, so makes their guard
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  Speaker 1: situation murky at best. Don't think we can go back
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  Speaker 1: to Javon Small at four k, cam Spencer at fifty
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  Speaker 1: three hundred, Pippin not really interesting. Ti Jerome himself though
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  Speaker 1: at fifty eight hundred, not gonna play a lot of minutes,
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  Speaker 1: you know, gonna be captain around the twenty two minute range,
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  Speaker 1: but has been uber productive in limited minutes pretty much
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  Speaker 1: every game so far this season. Another good spot for
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  Speaker 1: Ti Jerome. He's pulling some ownership, but I get it.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he looks good here. I like Jerome solid
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  Speaker 1: play in all four mats, and he's show an upside
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  Speaker 1: even at this tag in limited minutes. So I'm not
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  Speaker 1: even gonna say he doesn't have the highest ceiling you'd want,
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  Speaker 1: because I think he does, just seeing an insane amount
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  Speaker 1: of usage in his time on the floor, making the
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  Speaker 1: most of it, if you will. Gig Jackson, who was
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  Speaker 1: popular last night, no issues going back there, but not
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  Speaker 1: excited about it, just a different slate. Taylor Hendrix was
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  Speaker 1: pretty good still only four k I can get on
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  Speaker 1: board with that. O Max, Sure, he was really good
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  Speaker 1: last night now small forward, power forward eligible, Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: can get on board with him here. One thing, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Kyle Anderson is questionable here, so if he's out, it
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  Speaker 1: makes a guy like oh Max look even better. It
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  Speaker 1: would make their whole front court look better. All in all,
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  Speaker 1: I think Memphis looks pretty good on the margins here,
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  Speaker 1: Ty jerome O, Max Hendrix not nearly as good as
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  Speaker 1: they did last night. Moving over to the Miami side,
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  Speaker 1: this is not really a team that's gonna be that
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  Speaker 1: interesting good matchup against the Memphis G League team, but
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  Speaker 1: they're fully healthy. Hero and Powell are questionable tonight or
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  Speaker 1: probable tonight, so they're both gonna play. Not a lot
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  Speaker 1: of ownership going to this game, and I get it.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Bams still too expensive at eighty nine hundred.
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  Speaker 1: He's the focal point for me always when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to Miami. Just not really excited about it here. There's
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  Speaker 1: just better plays all over. They're in a good spot.
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  Speaker 1: That doesn't mean no one from Miami's gonna get there,
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  Speaker 1: but as it stands right now, no one from mya
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  Speaker 1: is a priority. Moving on, We've got Detroit at Chicago.
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  Speaker 1: Detroit is a ten and a half point favorite here.
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  Speaker 1: It could see a little bit of a letdown after
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  Speaker 1: they spank New York in a big game in Madison
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  Speaker 1: Square Garden. Cunningham with one of the best games of
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  Speaker 1: his season eighty DK points, pulling a bunch of ownership
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  Speaker 1: here at ten to four in a really good spot
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  Speaker 1: against Chicago. I can dig it. I like Maximore tonight,
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  Speaker 1: but you could play both of them, and Kate is
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  Speaker 1: at least a pivot off him at ten to four,
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  Speaker 1: clearly too cheap his for his ultimate ceiling, which he
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  Speaker 1: showed last time out, So good spot for Caid, no
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  Speaker 1: issues getting there. Jalen Duran is back tonight, so takes
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  Speaker 1: Paul Reid out of the equation. Durren himself seventy seven hundred,
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  Speaker 1: fair tag. There's not really anything else from Detroit that
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  Speaker 1: I think is going to be a priority here. Certainly
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  Speaker 1: Duran Harris, guys, you can play on the margins as
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  Speaker 1: filler pieces, but Cunningham would be the only really priority
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  Speaker 1: piece for me in this game. If there's any at
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  Speaker 1: all from the Bull side. Tough for me to want
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  Speaker 1: to get too much Chicago here. They just got too
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  Speaker 1: many guards on this roster right now, with Giddy back Giddy, Simon's,
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  Speaker 1: Trey Jones, Dillingham, Sexton, Ivy Head took a DMP last
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  Speaker 1: time out. The Bulls backcourt not interesting to me here
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  Speaker 1: in this matchup. I guess Boozles is sixty four hundred,
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  Speaker 1: projects pretty well, has a high ceiling, but getting a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of ownership, and I'm just not really interested
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  Speaker 1: in him. I think you're doing yourself a disservice if
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  Speaker 1: you go out of way, out of your way to
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  Speaker 1: pick on Detroit. They're just a really good defensive team
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  Speaker 1: and they have no problem getting mucky and scrapping it up.
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  Speaker 1: Moving on, we got two games left. We do have
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  Speaker 1: one of the tanking teams here in Sacramento going into
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  Speaker 1: San Antonio. One of the biggest spreads we've had all year.
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  Speaker 1: Eighteen and a half point dogs for Sacramento. That's just
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  Speaker 1: pathetic but makes a lot of sense. From the King side,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think you want to pay up for any
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  Speaker 1: of these guys. Westbrook de Rozan, I'm good there. Raynaw
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  Speaker 1: coming off couple of really good games, was good last
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  Speaker 1: time out. I could get on board with him. Precious
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  Speaker 1: at forty three hundred, fine with him. Devin Carter is
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  Speaker 1: a guy that I like a lot. I've played a
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  Speaker 1: ton of I think he would be my favorite piece
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  Speaker 1: of fifty one hundred. Price is getting up there but
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  Speaker 1: seeing a big role, playing good minutes when he's on
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  Speaker 1: the court, He's got the ball in his hands a lot,
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  Speaker 1: so he can fill it up in a lot of
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  Speaker 1: different areas. I'm in on Carter here pretty much out
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  Speaker 1: on everything else Sacramento. From the San Antonio side, they
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  Speaker 1: are definitely pieces the like from San Antonio. Excuse me.
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  Speaker 1: Fox and Castle in the backcourt both reasonably priced Fox
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  Speaker 1: to get their revenge narrative. They both project pretty well,
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  Speaker 1: and they both have ceilings at their price tag, So
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  Speaker 1: I could get on board with Fox or Castle here,
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  Speaker 1: probably lean Fox just because they might want to just
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  Speaker 1: have him give it to the Kings. That said, there
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  Speaker 1: is massive blowout risk here, so I don't think you
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  Speaker 1: have to pay up for any of the spurs. Wemby
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  Speaker 1: would be the top dog at ten to seven. Can
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  Speaker 1: easily fit him tonight, can play him with MAXI projects. Well,
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  Speaker 1: we saw what he did the shorthanded Lakers right before
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  Speaker 1: the All Star break where he just smashed in like
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  Speaker 1: twenty minutes. He's capable of going off in any amount
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  Speaker 1: of time on the court, and if if Sacramento does
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  Speaker 1: keep this game like semi competitive going into the fourth,
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  Speaker 1: you might get close to full run from Wemby. So
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  Speaker 1: at ten to seven, I like Wemby here He's getting
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  Speaker 1: some ownership, but might not be enough for the context
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  Speaker 1: of this slate. After that, it would be Dylan Harper.
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  Speaker 1: He's the guy I like a lot here. You get
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  Speaker 1: that backcourt exposure from San Antonio without paying full freight
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  Speaker 1: for it. So Harper at forty eight hundred projects okay,
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  Speaker 1: but has a high ceiling and could definitely get there
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  Speaker 1: in like a Wonkye game script here. Last, but not least,
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  Speaker 1: we have the Houston Rockets traveling to New York for
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  Speaker 1: probably the game of the night, from like an NBA perspective,
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  Speaker 1: from a DFS perspective, not a ton I love here.
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  Speaker 1: Kadi coming off a monster game eighty seven hundred for
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  Speaker 1: KD can definitely get on board if you're not playing Wemby.
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  Speaker 1: If you are fading MAXI you got money to spend.
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  Speaker 1: I think KD looks good here. Alp Alprince Sangoon also
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  Speaker 1: looks pretty good here. He's getting some ownership projects decently well.
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  Speaker 1: We know both Kdie and Alp of high ceiling, so
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  Speaker 1: I can get on board with either of those guys
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  Speaker 1: even if I'm not like going out of my way
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  Speaker 1: to play them. If I'm playing one lineup, I think
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  Speaker 1: they'd both be in play for me. But neither guy
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  Speaker 1: would be like an ultimate lock. I have to play them.
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  Speaker 1: Tarry Easton, another guy in the Margins is a filler
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  Speaker 1: piece I could get on board with. From the Knick side,
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  Speaker 1: I think the Knicks look okay like Brunson hart Og
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  Speaker 1: and Towns. Towns is at a price point where he's
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  Speaker 1: just gonna be in play eighty one hundred kind of
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  Speaker 1: matchup irrelevant, doesn't matter at this price point. We just
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  Speaker 1: know he can get there. He projects pretty well and
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  Speaker 1: he has a high ceiling. So I like Towns probably
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  Speaker 1: the most brunston hard. This game should be competitive. Gonna
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  Speaker 1: see guys play full minutes here. So I think that's
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  Speaker 1: the main case you can make for this game is
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  Speaker 1: that it's got really good players and should be pretty,
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  Speaker 1: if not very very competitive, if not the highest total
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  Speaker 1: on the board. So all in all, five games in,
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  Speaker 1: that's what I got. I hope you guys enjoyed it.
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  Speaker 1: And again filling in for Ham, the first game is
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  Speaker 1: the game we're going to want a lot of exposure to.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think we're sneaking up on anyone there, but
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  Speaker 1: Philly and New Orleans both look really really good here.
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  Speaker 1: Watch out for surprise guys popping up on the injury list,
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  Speaker 1: being questionable, doubtful, whatever it is. We know how it
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  Speaker 1: goes in the NBA, especially on the weekend, So just
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  Speaker 1: pay attention if you're going to play tonight, if you
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  Speaker 1: are a ship at member, the slate plan will be
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  Speaker 1: out in a couple hours. I'll be around in the discord.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate all you guys watching. Have a great rest of
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  Speaker 1: your weekend. I am outsides.
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  Speaker 2: And still Mother has eggs and still Mother and still
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  Speaker 2: and most hand still Mother, many Bunsted and mons and
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  Speaker 2: eggs and still Madsted and still
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  Speaker 1: And a