NBA DFS Process | DraftKings & FanDuel Picks, Plays & Slate Breakdown | Thursday, 03/19/26

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2:22What's going on everybody, happy Thursday talking hoops March 19th. March madness, that's what today is, but hey, there's hoops. There's money to be made. That's what we're talking. Badgers minute too late because I was finishing watching the badgers lose to high point, disappointing. Indeed, Michael W. I know you're pretty sad as well. Yeah, I mean, we got it. Duke's losing. We got ourselves a good start to the college day. Excited for this six game NBA slate. You can see it all locks within an hour. 7 PM Eastern to 8 PM Eastern. You probably can hear my dog in the background. Hopefully can, but real how are we doing today? Yeah, I'm doing pretty good. Pretty happy to see the Duke is losing right now. Hate those guys, but yeah, pretty fun six game slate today.

3:24Got a nice little hour between the first and the last game. So nice to kind of sit there and watch the Orlando Charlotte game. I'm pretty excited about that one, but you're pretty solid slate. Pretty solid slate looks like tonight. A lot of Q tags I'm seeing. Is there any of them that you're like really concerned about? Or do you think most of them play? I feel like a lot of them are probably out like the the Lakers didn't get into my Amy last night until like 4 a.m. They had the game against Houston. Those are another really good performance by them. If all of those main three guys, Luca Reeves and LeBron are questioned by I feel like some combination. If not all three of them are going to miss. And then the down to Mitchell downgrade with the eye contusion. Not great either. So yeah, I feel like there's the only one that I feel kind of confident in playing is probably Kauai just because they lost last night. And there's a girl in his out. I feel like they probably want him to play tonight because it is a pretty big game. Or just like kind of a they just need to win because they are.

4:26They do have the warriors and the blazers kind of on their heels right now. Great breakdown. I mean, that's pretty important talking about the Lakers stuff. That games at five Eastern two games at four. So yeah, I mean two windows right here. But definitely some appeal in this first couple games. At least the first game you mentioned a good real-life game. Close spread at five and a half. We have a couple like usual and March, big ones. 13 and a half, nine and a half, 10 and a half, and then a couple close ones. So that's the broad slate. Appreciate everyone hanging out. Jordan, pair by William. Winds a lot. Winds a lot. And an absolute fire in multiple sports. Coach Stav Brandi. We also got golf going on. A lot of sports right now. Even though no NFL MLB will be back real real soon. Excited for that. World baseball classic was a lot of fun. NBA still going. PGA going. Showdown content as well. MMA this week. 14 fights in London. NASCAR. Good prizes. NHL. We would love to have you. Survivor content. Loving that from our guy sheets. So great time of year. We'd love to have you at the nation.

5:26Daily pass $9. Five days for $19. Also singles forward NBA packages. If you would like that as well. Let's go for the first game of the night. You mentioned it Orlando Magic five nap point underdogs to the Charlotte Hornets. 227 and a half total in this one. No injuries on the Charlotte side. As far as Orlando. Wendell Carter is out. So that is the new news there. Take it away again a couple big spreads. This is not one of them sorting my ownership though. Not too much going to the Orlando side besides obviously the big man with no Wendell Carter. The other thing that this is a game that is pretty big for the standings in the East. The Hornets are I believe three games back on the magic right now. So they definitely could catch up to them and win here. Would go a long way for that. It's like kind of expect. Playoff like rotations. Not too sure exactly what the magic will do with the front court self with Wendell Carter. Junior out because obviously one of GoGa Mo will start. It's probably going to be GoGa because we've seen that recently.

6:26But for a team like the Hornets who are so good at rebounding and have two pretty solid big men with the Abaudetay and Cochbrenner. I feel like there's a chance that we get full 48 minutes out of GoGa and Mo. But there's also a small chance that they go with more small ball which would help. Help Paulo. Just help out his rebounding rigs. I would suspect him to be the small ball five in that instance. But I think it's going to be pretty exciting game to kick things off. So I'm definitely looking forward to watching the watching this one and looking forward to probably having a couple rosters that do stack up this game with like two to three players. But over the last couple of weeks the magic are fifth and D rating. They were on a nice little win streak and then kind of lost the last two games against some better opponents. They had a pretty soft schedule. We have the magic. I've actually given up a lot more three point volume as of late which isn't great for this match up in particular because the Hornets are top two in three point frequency over the last two weeks and first in threes made per game the season.

7:28Magic are also a below average pick and roll defense. I think it sets up pretty well for the Charlotte guys. Mainly Lamello had a huge game last time out. And then it should be pretty full. I think he's a pretty decent spin up option in this match up. I don't really never too worried about the Sugs match up as much as I think that he's a really good defender. They just don't really send enough help his way. So teams like we see it against guys like us are Thompson and almond Thompson are really good defenders teams could still have guys that put a pretty big games against them because they just don't get a lot of help. So I'm pretty fine with Lamello here. The rest of the Hornets are just good and not great in my opinion like Brennan Miller is getting up there at price and pretty cold right now. I think Khan is an interesting option at 7.2k where they'll definitely need some more of his shooting and if the magic are going to continue to give it more threes than he's a guy that I have interest in. But he's also pretty expensive so you need like 50 plus from him at this price tag and I'm not too confident in him doing that more often than not.

8:28So probably a around the field to below underweight position on both Miller and Khan. But I think Miles Bridges is pretty good here at 6.2k because they're going to need a lot of minutes out of him for the the Paulo match up. He's done a really good job against Paulo in the past as well so I think that they really trust him here and he hasn't done great in this match up in particular from a fantasy output. But he did have 48 DK points against him earlier this season so I think there's definitely upside for him and he's been playing a little bit better as of late and then I do think could be wide at 4.7 is a good price. Like he's had really really good usage rates off the bench so I think he's a pretty solid option. And then he asked for the magically unwitting to see what they do with the starting lineup but I think Goga and Mo are both pretty solid options and if we do run into a spot where they are splitting the full 48 between the two of them then I wouldn't be too opposed to playing both of them in the same lineup. If you like what the rest of the lineup looks like if you like your spin-ups

9:28at PowerFord and at the guard spot then I think that does make a little bit of sense but I think Paulo is a pretty okay option here at 9.4k. Should see more of a rebounding increase here so he does have that triple double upside but I do think Mossbridge is a pretty good defender and matches up pretty well against him so I'm not in love with the spot for Paulo but I think Sugs and Bane should be in play here in Sugs and Burtekir I think is pretty good at 7k. So I mean yeah it definitely seems like you're want to be overweight to this game at ownership not too much is getting it in this game. Let's say Goga starts Mo's off the bench kind of like expected like I'm not I don't believe this 33 36 split. I think Goga would be like whoever the starter is almost always gets a lot more ownership and the price is right there next to each other. Do you think it'd be like a 60 20 or something like that and then if that is the case does that make you lean the I mean you're going to obviously play a lot of Goga like the NBA you eat a lot of chalk but it's a lot easier

10:29to get overweight to the field on Mo then it is Goga and you're fine with both in the same team so do you see ownership that way and if so would you lean more Mo to the field. No I'd probably still lean Goga because I feel like there's a better chance that there's like a more more likelihood of Mo playing 16 to 18 minutes versus like 24. I just think that there's a chance that they could split the full 48 but we know that Goga is probably playing 20 plus here. Yeah I do think he will be over 33 though and then Mo will be less than 26 I get to be a lot more of a split. Yeah I mean sing much yourself it's probably like 50 plus percent for Goga maybe like 15 for Mo. Yeah. What's like too many in this game I guess if you said on Orlando you're fine with Sugs you're fine with Paulo and you're fine with the cheap Goga Mo that'd be three Miles Bridges Kobe White that's five I mean that feels like a lot with the Q-tags but you're fine is that would that be good. I think three to four is probably where I'd want to be probably like one to two Charlotte pieces and I think it like if you really want to get

11:34the upside then it's going to be like Lamello plus Goga and then one other Orlando piece like probably not Sugs and that instance probably be like Paulo or Disover or something like that. All right yeah that's all I got for the first game let's go to the second game our man first says he's having a Detroit this is talking the Detroit pistons big favorites they're 13 and a half over the Wizards 231 and a half total in this one on the Wizards side no Trey no Kula Bale no Leaky Black on the Detroit side no Cade that is why some of the value is popping on the Detroit side still implied for 122 points some of the most on the slate Jenkins Laverte Durin all going to get some ownership prices are good obviously Kay leaves a big roll on the Washington side I mean at least no Kula Bale and when he's been on the court he takes up a good amount of usage it's still the Wizards at the end of the day though I think Champany might get a little bit of ownership but I think he filled he uh he looks to be the biggest beneficiary without Kula

12:34how do you see pistons in the Wizards with the pistons big favorites. Starting the Wizards side because I think it's easier to talk through but I'm only really considering two guys tonight on that side of things and that's going to be Bob Carrington and Justin Champany uh with Alex Sarback that really takes up all the upside the playing time upside for guys like Gill and interest in Vook Savage and Julian Rees probably not even playing tonight and then the rest of the guys that just don't think having an upside even at their price tag above a guy that did find himself on the optimal line of last week is in play at 4.9K and a pretty decent pivot off of some of there's a lot of really good uh point guard shooting guard options at that same price range I think that he's an interesting pivot there and then Champany craving the coffee flavor you love but without the caffeine Kachava's got you covered with their newest coffee flavor this all-in-one nutrition shake delivers bold authentic flavor crafted from premium decaffeinated Brazilian beans with 25 grams of protein six grams of fiber greens and so much more treat yourself

13:36to the flavor and nutrition your body craves go to kachava.com and use code news new customers get 15% off their first order that's k a c h a v a dot com code news craving the coffee flavor you love but without the caffeine Kachava's got you covered with their newest coffee flavor this all-in-one nutrition shake delivers bold authentic flavor crafted from premium decaffeinated Brazilian beans with 25 grams of protein six grams of fiber greens and so much more treat yourself to the flavor and nutrition your body craves go to kachava.com and use code news new customers get 15% off their first order that's k a c h a v a dot com code news um less confident in his minutes I think that the the range of outcomes for him is pretty wide but he does match up pretty well here I liked him a lot in that last game and he did really well there with getting the star it's I think that he's solid but really just I'd probably max one in Washington and just those two guys really in play for me um be effort to Troy with Cade out the guys that you mentioned Jalen Duran

14:43Dennis Jenkins Levert are going to be the guys that are the biggest beneficiaries I think that Jenkins is the number one option obviously because he will probably be getting the start and I would say is one of the best value plays in the slate in a good match up um he's average 34 dk points of game without k this season but there are a few games in there where he would have heard you for him for playing him at that at this price that in particular something that there is he's not like a a must have by any means at 5k now but pretty good starting the spot for single entry contest I don't really know if there's enough leverage in playing like sassar or even carousel for over him I think that it's probably just fading him for some of the other guard options um but I do think that Duran and Assar Thompson are two pretty interesting options for Duran he sees a very meaningful usage increase with Cade off the court this season and he's right around 1.6 fantasy points for minutes at points uh fantasy points for minute so with the match up the price and the role all in consideration I think that he's one of the

15:46best spinups on the entire slate I think that there's a better chance that the wizards can keep this game closer tonight with uh Cade out but either way we're probably getting 20 to 30 minutes from Duran I think that's plenty for him to reach value in a really good match up so I'm pretty interested in him and then for Assar I think that the minutes there was like I don't think there was ever like a true minutes limitation for him he was just returning from the ankle injury but we've seen at times this season where more of the offense will flow through him with Cade off the court and I think that this would be a pretty good spot for him uh just to kind of rack up all the peripheral stats and then as also have a chance to get some steals and blocks I can say pretty the team with not a ton of experience and not really a lot of talent on the right now so I think that he's a pretty interesting spend up or a mid three option 6.2 k but Duran Assar Jenkins all guys I'm playing a good amount of tonight don't really like Tobias I don't really think I want to get to Sass or either I honestly don't want to play Levert

16:48especially at ownership because I just don't think he's very good um and I think there are ways to get away from him so yeah that's it's gonna be a lot of Duran Assar and uh Jenkins for me yeah now the thing is like Detroit's definitely gonna get a good a good a good a good amount of ownership and for the Lakers with these Q-takes do you think at least a couple of them miss like they're gonna have value open that's not really in projections right now and a lot of people will go to some of this Detroit like you mentioned Cares Levert you don't need to play him at 39 obviously Jenkins is there for value at 5k we talked about mid tier options but I mean this Lakers spot if multiple miss we're gonna see some value there uh I mean Washington's definitely tough to get to I like your max one rule there would you be fine playing Duran Jenkins and Thompson is that too much in this 13 and a half I mean if you think they can keep it close and they get full rotation I think they can get there all three of them yeah I think that's fine all right do you think uh Duran or Mobley have having to choose

17:49uh probably Mobley okay right in the same price price range all right let's keep it rolling to the next game on the Slates good real life game the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio Spurs 9 half point favorites are the Spurs 227 and a half total in this one uh on the Phoenix side Roy So Neal out Hayward High Smith and Grayson Allen questionable the Spurs remain fully healthy I mean man these Suns continue to fight they they can choke the end of games but shout out to Matt when we're on the show on Monday he would talk uh talk about Devon Booker at low ownership had a 40-piece good game there this game as you sort by ownership not getting much at all Wembee center play contrarian spend because people are gonna go goga or they're gonna go Duran Bam there's enough good plays that center that are cheaper that he's gonna be pretty low owned I mean you can always have interest at least I always have interest in Wembee any time he's looking at this type of ownership the book Jalen Green and Jalen Jalen Green's price tag he's

18:52he's chalkin no doubt about that but that price tag is definitely crept up since he's came back I'm not seeing any value in this one with these teams pretty healthy so what do you see Don't I think that some value could open up on the Sunside if those questionable techs do miss probably getting into like the Jordan Goodwins um I would think I mean there's a chance that Hayward High Smith is the value play for the Suns right now because if Grayson Allen misses there's a chance that he could start and he's only 3.1 K so kind of like how bad could it be I'd much rather play him over Keras Lever if he is starting but I do think that this game environment has a whole issue if they're both out I'm seeing Hayward High Smith Q is that is that right yeah this that's right uh they're both out then are you interested in uh I mean final Fleming's getting some ministry did nothing Ryan Don it'd just be good one even more with ball handling I think you could probably get it to a little bit of Ryan Don but yeah it would be it'd be a good one for sure

19:54um but yeah I do think that the game environment as a whole is pretty decent here uh I think that Phoenix can hang around just with I mean they've been playing some really good teams as of late I've been playing much better and this first haven't necessarily necessarily been unstoppable on defense they're 11th over the last two weeks which is obviously good but they're like one of the top four defenses in the league on the season they are number one and offensive rating the Suns are 17th and D rating 11th and offensive rating over the last two weeks so definitely think that they can hang around here as it stands right now it's really just Booker and Green that I'm considering um Booker is gonna see a lot of Stefan Castle which I think is a tough match up for him but not one that he can't be he did go for 52 and 47 DK points in the first two meetings versus San Antonio then picked up an injury the last time that these teams faced off which led to Jalen Green stepping up in a big way with 26 points 39 DK points and both these guys have flash tournament winning upside at these price tags so I'm cool with both of them um I think that Green's probably easier to get to with the shooting guard small fort eligibility and similar

20:55upside but yeah I think that both these guys are totally fine here if Alan does miss then you can consider calling Gillespie but I just don't really know if there's enough of a role for him on the offense right now with Booker and Jalen Green taking on so much usage um and then I don't like Jordan Goodwin if Grayson Alan or if you probably need Grayson Alan out to get to Jordan Goodwin um and then if Alan is out Highsmith is in like I said I think that he is in play on the Sunside I think that won't be definitely goes over looked like you said just because the price tag is way up there and there's some really good center options um so I think the ownership as low as it is has to make him an interesting option but I don't necessarily think that he's great by any means low point decay pretty big price tag but I think that I don't know if you saw the quotes from him but he said that he wants to win MVP and DPOY this year MVP feels like a stretch with how well that Luca and Shay are playing right now but still are getting a highly motivated winbys and a and a matchup that should be good for him with the uh Sun's giving up more stuff

22:00around the rim game should be close enough I think that he is for sure in play as a spend up option but we we really need like 65 to 70 from him um I think Castle is pretty good though at 7.7K he's been really good in this matchup and they're gonna need more minutes from him for the Devon Booker the defensive assignment the Suns have generally been pretty good at limiting big games from opposing guards but Castle has done really really well I get some I have I do have an interesting castle here but yeah I think the Sunside is probably easier to get to with the questionable tags um and it's really just when being Castle for me on on this first side yeah I mean totally agree like you have to make it a point to play Wembee like your optimizers and stuff it's not gonna pop much but he always has 65 to 70 point upside definitely a stretch MVP wise at least looking at the odds Shay pretty much has that lock it seems Wembee has uh defense a player of the year Khan still the favorite minus 215 for the rookie of the year that's a close one

23:00but yeah it just feels like I mean this slate more than most six game slates I feel like most of them like there's one game and you can get like five pieces in it and feel good about it this feels like a slate that's not not so much like that you're picking a couple here a couple there you have mentioned in the past uh like two players on the same team have correlated pretty well on winning lineups but it doesn't seem like a slate to just go overboard on at least for these first three games that we've talked about craving the coffee flavor you love but without the caffeine kachavas got you covered with their newest coffee flavor this all-in-one nutrition shake delivers bold authentic flavor crafted from premium decaffeinated Brazilian beans quality nutrition shouldn't be complicated just two scoops of kachavas all-in-one nutrition shake and you've got 25 grams of protein six grams of fiber greens and so much more whether you're craving that coffee taste to kickstart your morning ritual or as a nutrient-packed reward to round out your afternoon kachava keeps you fueled and satisfied wherever your day takes you plus it

24:03actually tastes delicious no fillers no nonsense just the good stuff your body craves and for the times you feel like switching it up you've got seven flavors to choose from all with the highest quality ingredients treat yourself to the flavor and nutrition your body craves go to kachava.com and use code news new customers get 15% off their first order that's kac hav a.com code news recently our company softball team lost the big game by one run then Dale tried to console us with the quote winning isn't everything Dale's a loser I played a win like early payout from bet 365 if my team goes that big I get paid out instantly even if they blow the lead later sounds familiar Dale bet 365 winning is everything gambling problem call 1800 gambler 21 plus only must be physically located in Virginia T and C supply in app only another 8 pm easter game and decent size favorites the Cleveland Cavaliers taking on the Chicago Bulls 10 and a half point

25:05favorites are the calves 238 and a half total miss one big total on the Chicago side no ochoro and then jail and smith is questionable for the calves no Jared Allen no crack porter not a bit Mitchell is questionable another game not really showing to get too much ownership obviously that would change if not a bit Mitchell was out and then jail and smith I think that I mean he's a good point for a minute guy when he's on the court so maybe that is a little interesting if he is out as well Nick Richards possibly 4100 I mean center is really good though on this late so I'm what are your thoughts there even if he's out how good of a play is he on this late like this probably not that great we've seen times before when jail and smith misses they're not necessarily given him the full workload they're splitting between him and yabu I do think that there's a good chance jail and smith miss misses this one because they did call up olbrick from the g league they sent down yukikawa mora so there's a really good chance that the Bulls

26:06run things really tight like we've seen from them over the last week or two so I do think that they have enough to keep the game close especially down to Mitchell were to miss so very interested in this game environment as a whole obviously the cleavants side looks really good if if Mitchell is out he got the midday down great so we're going to be on let him know watch you got to have your twitter notifications on and follow down to Mitchell usually get that probably two hours before tip off so he hasn't tweeted by then and then he's probably missing the game but yeah mobile are it going to be in a really good spot but if Mitchell is out I just don't see how you don't play him in single entry stuff like you'd be kind of like almost unavoidable for me at 8.7k just because the usage is going to see a really big uptick the matchup is great he'll have some really weak defenders in their side with yabu and Richard's down there I think that Jaylen Smith is actually pretty decent as a defender but without him there just can be undersized and under talented so I think that mobile is really good and then James Harden would have

27:08to be a much better option if Mitchell miss I think that would be a good chance to get Max Truce in the starting lineup don't necessarily think that he'd be in play because I would imagine the minutes limit is going to be in like the mid 20s for the foreseeable future but some of the usage has to trickle down a little bit to guys like Merrill to Schroeder to Dean Wade I don't necessarily think that these guys are great plays by any means I'm really just focusing in on Harden and mobile if Mitchell is out yeah and I guess Dean Wade is an option at 3.5k like he's pretty comparable to Keraslivert I would say a little bit cheaper small fort eligibility but I obviously never really like playing him what do you mean he's in can you get to him and then like what is that makes Harden top what about mobile he's something mobile he's good regardless I just really like the matchup for him starting to flash a little bit upside two alongside of Harden and down to Mitchell's I think that he's pretty good regardless both side I guess it's just

28:12Gideon Matos for me Gidee will see a lot of Dean Wade tonight so if there was a chance to be to fade him I think that this would be the one kind of similar to last night it was a pretty tough matchup against the Raptors Dean Wade is a pretty good defender I think that he actually matches it pretty well with Gidee's size wise and 10k is no longer a value price tag for him when he was in like the 9k is it was much more reasonable to get to him because even like a good game from him I would say it's like 51 would not be enough at this price tag I don't think but a couple of those 60 point games would definitely be good at this price tag but I just kind of think I would rather take an underway position on Gidee and maybe over on some of the secondary guys like Matos should be in a better spot because he'll avoid Dean Wade playing really well right now I mean even like guys like Trey Jones calling sex and Leonard Miller are somewhat interesting because I think that if the game does stay close and Gidee is getting locked down they're going to need more from these secondary options just don't know if there's necessarily enough upside in these guys I

29:14feel like the cleave inside just gets a little bit better if these guys are doing well because you're getting full minutes and the game is high scoring and close so I don't really see myself needing a ton of Chicago guys but keeping all of them in the player pool for sure. All right yeah I mean there as you can see if just keep it on the player pool if you do play some chalk on this slate like this is a way to get different for sure we're showing 3% as the highest own bulls guy and it definitely makes sense if you are playing a James Hardin or Don of a Mitchell assuming he does play something like that to correlate it with a Gidee or Matos if they do keep it closer obviously big favorites are the calves that 10 and a half mobile is definitely going to get ownership even if Mitchell's in if he's out yeah probably one of the highest on the slate but like you said I mean you'd still play him eating chalk and basketball is definitely something that you have to do Dean Wade man so you'd like Dean Wade for a couple hundred less and last ownership then uh then actually not I don't know if you'd

30:14be less owned if Dean Mitchell's out then cares but how would you rank those two uh I would probably rather play Wade I guess you're probably not gonna get too much though I take it I mean I'd prefer to not play either of them if I had my choice yeah and that's why I like go you don't need to go go mo and then again let some Lakers stuff we're gonna get to this last game um but I mean in two more games but assuming Luca or some of these cute tags are out the Lakers will have some cheap value Detroit already has some as well all right two games left on the Slates and definitely getting a little ownership in this one the Pelicans and the Clippers two and a point favorites of the Pelicans two thirty and a half total in this one Clipper side no Garland no Matherin and Kauai is questionable on the Pelicans side Dejante is out the ownership is going mainly to some of these uh cheaper Clippers I mean I guess they have or Pelicans have some value too but I guess they have uh Collins Jones herb yeah not not as much as I was expecting um Chris Dunn's gonna be one of

31:21the more popular value plays on the Slate but after that you expect Kauai to play no Garland no Matherin that is a huge bump to him Pelicans side no Dejante opens up some stuff I like they always at this price tag here's your take on like Nessie versus other centers on the Slates and then yeah it's uh trade Murphy's price tag Zion at this I those aren't contrarian spends I'm going to I'd rather go giddy like we just talked about it was gonna be really low oned anyway yeah the uh Clipper side I think is definitely a spot to look to for value especially if Kauai were to miss but I do think that he plays and even more so now that they lost the game last night uh they just really need to rattle off some wins as they as a season winds down because they do have a couple teams right behind them but it's still tough to play Kauai at this price tag because the minutes are being managed so much it's not really like he has a true uh minutes limitation but they'll just kind of poke them out at times like he has a very odd rotation I don't think he even closes

32:24the first half most times um be on me if you take him out like even taking away Benedict Matheryn in Garland makes the the value plays much better because they don't they will have basically no secondary ball handling in the second unit or I guess primary ball handling in the second unit so that's kind of why I think Jordan Miller is a very very solid value play 4.8K because he is a guy that can take on usage and can create plays by himself you move that ownership like I mean Don's gonna be popular Miller seems under owned or like John Collins like it feels like people would play more of these guys especially depending on Laker's stuff but 6% Jordan Miller no he'll be higher than that for sure yeah John like it seems like all right keep going because I mean yeah they look like strong plays for sure that's two big guys off the court even if Kauai plays like you're expecting yeah um yeah Miller is my favorite of the bunch though I just think that he's got enough of a offensive game that they'll

33:24need his type of creation so I think that he's good done to a lesser extent can do stuff but more of like a defensive minded guy and then Dar Jones Jr same thing kind of like a 3&D guy these guys are all solid plays I would say that Don and Jones and Collins are all solid plays but not great by any means Collins probably still on a minute restriction hasn't played more than 26 in the game in his last three games so wouldn't expect that to happen here um I guess like Brooke Lopez and Isaiah Jackson are should be in the player pool don't ever really love playing Brooke Lopez but if there was a spot for him it would be against the Pelicans because they do go up a lot of three pointers I think Isaiah Jackson is kind of interesting though definitely a guy I want to get to an MME because his minutes are going to be lined up with uh Derrick Queen and like Karlovin COVID in the second unit and Derrick Queen is a awful defender and just gives no effort on defense and Isaiah Jackson really high motor high energy guy I could see a very efficient game for him in like 18 to 20 minutes

34:31kind of gonna be tougher to get there with Mo Wagner and Goga Bataze projecting better and possibly even the the bulls guys but I do think that he's got one to keep in the player pool for sure Pelican side we saw Missy start last game for Dejante Murray when he missed got there with stocks and he had five blocks in that game um very low shot volume but I still think that he's a decent play because he can get there just off of rebounding efficiency think Karlo McCovick is kind of an interesting pivot off of him because he's a I would say a better uh I don't know if necessarily better per minute but definitely has more of an offensive game he even put up a double off the bench the last time that uh that Dejante missed as as far as it goes between like the Murphy Zion and Bay stuff I do have Murphy as my number one then Bay two and Zion three Zion's just you just not getting big games from anymore and I don't necessarily think that a match against the Clippers is one where you do it they do have pretty decent room protectors down low

35:33Murphy didn't really see much of a usage rate increase the last time that Dejante missed but did kind of flirt with the triple double at seven rebounds seven assists in that game but Bay is he'll definitely move up in the pecking order for offensive workload and he was training for like 40 minutes the last time that Dejante missed he checked out like the I think think the four or six minute marks somewhere around there um and still hit 35 minutes so his minutes are gonna be way up there and he's definitely a guy that I could see myself getting to I agree with you I think that's a good price hike for him not into herb Jones and then I don't think that fears is great at his ownership and you see what uh what a saber half in that 14 okay I I feel like that's still that's probably a little too low as well um I think people are gonna be excited to play Jaymy fears just because they saw what he did last game but I don't necessarily think that this is a smash play like he's a smash play by any means because his role didn't change as much he did see more minutes obviously got to 25 in that game but

36:35still sharing usage with guys like Jordan pool in the second unit with Zion and Murphy uh he was really good in that game but it was also against Dallas so I take it with a grain of salt but I think that Jordan Miller is comparable for the price tag and positional eligibility and I think that he's a much better play especially if he comes in lower owned um what if he came from the same ownership because I'm not convinced that I think there might both be under projected or under projected in terms of ownership like these clippers guys like I said mine I think my initial instincts more right that these value guys are going to get more ownership than then projected right now but you still like Miller straight up over fears I do yeah um I think that's I think that's why I follow um Kauai probably yeah I think I think Kauai I'm a little worried about him though he was grimacing last game uh with the injury so I'm yeah I'm just a little worried

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38:41gambling problem call one eight hundred gambler 21 plus only must be physically located in Virginia TNC's apply in app only so yeah tying this like Laker stuff in if two of LeBron Reeves and Luca miss then like is the Ruiz the smarts I guess that's my question this game I'll mention the spread in the total 240 and a half monster total five and a half point favorites are the heat so good game in that aspect time your hot cas out for the heats and like I said Reeves Luca LeBron all questionable you said you wouldn't be surprised if two of them miss do these guys then just overtake I mean down to eight and would be another strong center play I still think he might be in play at 5100 even if all three of them are in but yeah like that just shows how loaded center is on this late and then and that I get I like your Isaiah Jackson call actually one let me go back to that quick because I was gonna ask would you play him like in just goga lineups or could you tell yourself a story like he's outscore and goga and you're playing Jackson and when be your Jackson and eight and your Jackson and bam or whatever or a duren or whatever it is

39:45yeah I think that he's probably better as a pivot okay then two ponds yeah all right back to this game though so like how would the value on the lake or just sum in two of these guys miss obviously Luca misses is the biggest but compared to the other value that we're talking probably be the best I would say I feel like it's it seems like Luca is probably the most likely to play just because of the award stuff I don't necessarily think that he's I feel like Jay's probably got the MVP locked up but there's an outside chance that Luca could still win it but he seems like the most likely to play here I would think that the spread is much larger if all three of them were to miss than just five and a half so I feel like somebody is playing I just don't really know who so it makes it really tough to talk through but I think we can probably all guess that LeBron's gonna miss just because he's older played a good amount of minutes and they did have to travel pretty late last nights I feel like he's a guy that is very likely to miss

40:49just depends on who starts for him I guess it would probably I mean Ruiz the clear cut answer I feel like so him at 3.8K got to be one of the better value plays at forward for sure I would want to re-u-submiss because now he can get into like the market smarts and maybe even Luke had an arid I think is in a pretty good spot regardless and then LaRavia is a guy that I feel like could take on more usage is always a guy I really like to play for for value when he gets more minutes but I don't really have much to say about the Lakers so because we don't really know who's in or who's out so I would probably just wait but the good thing is it's easy to because there's only two games at seven Eastern the rest are at eight Eastern so as long as you're not going like two that's why you mentioned Kerasliver he's even a worse play probably than Dean Wade because you're locking up the early stuff assuming you don't get the news prior if you get all the news before the slate locks and ownership's efficient and then maybe Kerasl is better that way just because you're not expecting too many changes late but I mean yeah you're gonna have more than likely

41:51have a lot of roster spots to be able to mess around with stuff like this and then that would make Jordan Miller fears all those guys less popular whereas if all three of these guys play would even two of the three some value would open on the Lakers wouldn't be nearly as strong like you said if there's no Reeves and Luke and no Reeves and LeBron could you play four Lakers obviously Luca would then just be a smash like in almost every single team he'd be one of the most popular but then after that would you be fine playing like three of the value eight and then smart canard smart Rui something like that um would definitely see what the projections look like on them I think four might feel like a lot but if they I mean these guys are all cheap enough they definitely could get there so yeah I think four is probably in play like yeah like you said Luca and then two or like yeah three of I guess eight and smart Rui and canard feel like you'd probably want like Rui and canard and eight and um just because they're the cheapest but yeah I could definitely

42:54see that happening just feels like a lot but I'd still be seeing the projections change then I don't really have a clear cut answer yeah just because Luca is so expensive and then there's I mean if you're in a plane eight and you're probably not going to earn but like there's there's so much there'd be enough value on this late and you can jam two spends it probably wouldn't be at the end of the day when be but like a giddy a koai a palo if there's no damage like Hardin and Moby look better so like Hardin Moby Luca and then you go stars and scrubs more so than mid tier something like that yeah as for the heat side no wiggins and no who else is out tonight for them hakez yeah so that that will condense the second unit usage a little bit more I think that it's a pretty good thing for Norman Powell in particular because he does overlap a good bit with Jaime hakez and hakez is a guy that does kind of demand a good amount of usage and the price egg very good for norm fully back as well the man's having strong since returning from injury so

43:56you should expect like 31 to 33 from him in a pretty good matchup lakers generally been playing good defense but they don't really have great lockdown defenders per se just kind of getting more getting there on effort um bad thing norm and norm pal is a pretty good option here at 6.7k one of the better plays in the mid tier and then bam now with power forward eligibility is much easier to get to it was just tough to play him at these elevated price tags with only only center eligibility when you had much better value plays he looks like a decent pivot off of Evan Moby if I was choosing just one with power forward center eligibility would be Moby but um yeah I think bam is a pretty solid option here and the fact that he returned after only missing one game tells me that he probably wasn't too badly injured so I think that he's probably back to full full minutes tonight don't really think I'm gonna get too much hero here at 8.2k just tougher for him in the first unit alongside norm pal to really dominate usage and now that bam is back kind of doubled down on that

44:57point um probably it though just you haven't really been getting enough from these secondary guys like petty larcen has hit before in the past but I don't necessarily think that you need to go there I think uh jokoshon is is an interesting point guard option at 3.5k because I think that he will take on some of that secondary ball handling with hawkes out uh but really just focusing in on like norm pal have to see what they do with the starting line if I think that there's a good chance that where is back in the second unit but there's also a chance they could go back with uh one of normer hero back in the second unit just to kind of stagger them away um with hawkes out because you are losing a good amount of playmaking in that second unit would that make you like normer bam even more if norm once like like a like a ban hero once the second unit norm and bam get more usage if norm goes I guess that's a bigger question because it still feels like it's tough to get to hero at 8.200 yeah I think it would just make those make the pal and bam much better uh it's

45:59really just a pricing thing for hero because if he was the same price as norm then I'd have interest in him but yeah I mean bam looks really strong I think I mean no one on the lakers like he's the offense feeds through him we've seen his upside big boy total close spread makes a lot of sense in this late and that power forward algebra he helps a ton um would it be mobily bam during for you if you had a ranked those three front court guys right in the same 8.9 to 8.7 range or 8.987 I would say mobily during bam okay I think ownership is going to be that way too but yeah I don't really have too much more to add again I think right now the story is obviously the news late the lakers stuff if two of the three are out projections definitely will change the value becomes a lot stronger but it feels like it's late where you're not like overstacking a game if you do it's the lakers because two people are out or something like that but it feels like you're getting a couple of pieces from a multiple different games and yeah I mean hope you have

47:04the right combo there we talked about a wizard stuff doesn't look too great this first game sounded like more so max three both sides pretty tough to get to Phoenix we're waiting on some injury news there but injury news at 8 p.m. Eastern Kauai if he was ruled out changes the slate I wouldn't go too overboard on these first two games I think is the main takeaway uh leave in the slate what are your thoughts before we wrap it up yeah I would agree with that and I guess kind of talking a little bit more about the lakers stuff the wins over Houston really put them in a good position to kind of give their guys some rest moving forward because they do have I believe they have like four winnable games against tanking teams in their last 13 I don't know how many games they have left like 13 or 15 so they can kind of afford to give guys nights off on a you know game like this against Miami Eastern Conference team they'll be playing the jazz I think they play the Pacers once as well so pretty favorable schedule for them to kind of um I just make

48:05a lot of sense for me to give these guys a night off tonight for sure LeBron and possibly even Luca two cool I mean yeah that's important but even if you were wrong let's say I'd like slate should you should be affected too much just with how the times are only two games and then four games like I think you should probably build with that pre-flop with how confident Rio is and doing so will then leave you lighter on the first two games but even if you get it wrong being lighter on the first two games more than likely won't kill you at least you hope not and then you have a lot of swaps and stuff for the lay games again maybe quies out grace and news like that so yeah I think it's a solid slate for sure prize ourselves I want to shout out I don't know why it took so long our man sheets dude is on an absolute heater 500,000 big ones taking on the fan do a live final with a bust from Katie too but yeah one in the sharpest guys out there no doubt about that I want to congratulate you sheets I mean had a great day on draft Kings last week I think it was like 80,000 two tickets something like that so um is there still a still live finals Rio is there like one or

49:09two days left oh they're all it's all full now it's all full yeah everybody's traveling today is it for Friday or Saturday I don't know what day it is actually they did Friday last year but I think that was because of the scheduling that the NBA did but it's normally on Saturdays but yeah shout out to sheets been crushing it as of late always helps out in our discord does a lot of educational videos for us so nice to see him get a win and hopefully can parlay that into even more this weekend I don't know how many tickets he has like two or three but yeah good mode you're heading into the weekend for sure yeah good luck to sheets in there wins a lot spent on fire we'd love to have all of you at the nation how you join if you want to get see shipenation.com if you go to the bottom left during the nation you can check out all of our different packages and all above these are the sports we cover NBA PGA MLB will be going on soon MMA NASCAR NHL so a lot going on right now we do have college basketball just in the discord if you want to talk about that survivor streets always good stuff for the day you can get as low as $9 with Saberson a

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