 What's going on and welcome to the NBA DFS Q&A show? My name is Tom Vecchio I'll be here for the next 30 minutes taking your questions about tonight's nine game NBA slate you can find this Every Wednesday at four o'clock on the Fandal YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, Pages, you name it It's there. You could follow me on Twitter at DFS underscore Tom Nine games on tonight's slate. It's looking like a good one We have a lot of games that are leaning towards higher totals Which is of course great to see plenty of scoring up plenty of fancy upside We have a few injury notes to look at for you know some key players. We'll certainly get to we also have a lot of value on this slate Jumping right in we got a question from Grim on YouTube. How do you feel about Corey Kispert, Joshua Primo or Max Struss tonight? Personally, I'm siding with Kispert slightly ahead of those ahead of those two But I would certainly have some shares of Max Struss as well I think that's going to be a really good game environment against Between the Hawks and the Heat. I'm really liking that for some fantasy production as well as the other ones Like there's no doubt that the Spurs and the Rockets is probably shaping up to be my favorite fantasy game of the slate So I have interest in all those players. It's obviously two varying degrees Why is the Bulls game so late tonight for being a central time zone? Grim's also asking like that's a great question I would love to know why The 10 o'clock start for Chicago is there. I assume it's Due to just TV scheduling or whatever it might be Which small forward or shooting or shooting guard you prefer K-2-Bates, D-Up, Deandre Hunter, Malik Mung, David Duke or Lonnie Walker? Personally, I wrote up Lonnie Walker. So that's he's my number one I wrote him up as one of my three value plays on tonight's slate. It was him, Anyaka Kangoo and Corey Kispert So certainly siding with Walker a little bit. I like Malik Mung We know that three-point shot can get going for him Providing plenty of scoring upside. He can have a low floor at times And as long as the three-point shot gets going, he has a very high ceiling I'm obviously not worried about the matchup against Sacramento. I love this game environment as well So it's buying into Mung his potential ceiling the weak matchup against the Cane who's not worried about their defense and the overall strong game environment. The Lakers are number one in the league in pace. Sacramento sitting at six We are looking at plenty of back and forth action So I like Walker Mung as my clear one and two out of that group You know K-2-Bates, D-Up, Deandre Hunter I think these guys are clear secondary options to Walker and Mung So those are my top two absolutely in that group Daniel Gafford or Mitchell Robinson? That's good question for the mid tier at center. I'm going with Gafford I love this matchup going up against Orlando Also just looking at the slate overall like a 2-0-4 over-under Really isn't super encouraging between the Mavericks and the Knicks You know 2-13 isn't amazing But it's simply better than the Mavericks and the Knicks just looking at this matchup. I mean 30th and 29th when it comes to offensive pace that is just so so bad for both of these teams Not saying that Washington and Orlando is like massively better But they're in the mid tier compared to Dallas, New York, or just dead last so I'm siding with Gafford Due to the game environment the matchup is also easy for him going up against Orlando during the bottom 10 against center So a few factors working in Gafford's favor ahead of Robinson for me When it comes to Some player props on tonight's slate if anyone's interested in that I took the over on Lonnie Walker 21 and a half points I took the over also on Dwight Powell 13 and a half points rebounds assist combined like I said not super interested in this game overall I just think that this line For Dwight Powell is a little bit low He's passed this line 13 and a half. He's been past this in six straight games And I think matchup wise he's gonna be out there for plenty of minutes He has to match the size or Dallas has to match the size of Randall and Robinson so You know 13 and a half isn't bad when he's been in You know double-digit real points in a lot of these recent games So he could certainly you know pass this you know 13 and a half I would say pretty easily and especially if we're going to be seeing the under hit on 204 That means there's going to be plenty of miss shots and plenty of rebounds So I took the over on Powell the over on Lonnie Walker the over on Lonzo ball 20 what is it 24 and a half 23 and a half points rebounds assist combined for him Whereas it's 24 and a half. So I have that I would certainly side with the under in the next game overall not super interested in that As I said on the on the daily I saw the podcast today The Celtics Pacers game. I think from a match perspective like it's fine We saw them play a couple days ago, but again just in context of the other games on the slate I'm not super interested in too many of the options from that game I think going to charlotte and philadelphia is awesome Miami and atlanta I think could go slightly overlooked considering how strong houston san Antonio la sacramento and brooklyn chicago are so There's we're like we're working with tears of the games tonight Where there's some very very clear ones of the top a few at the bottom then a number in the mid tier Jerry on facebook is asking Walker murray Caterbates df yaka purtle maybe christian wood what are your thoughts on What could be a game stack? I love this game, you know, I mentioned it on the podcast Both of these teams just play super fast fifth and third when it comes to pace for san Antonio and houston Is absolutely awesome both teams also in the bottom eight early houston's dead last only I don't think that should come as a surprise to anyone And this is when it comes to average feind who points allowed per game to all positions combined houston's dead last and san Antonio sitting as the eighth worst team in the So grabbing a number of options from this game is absolutely a route that I know why I'll be going like I said I Murray he's I mean murray is the cover guy for today's uh For the for the thumbnail on youtube. So I have a ton of interest in him. I wrote a plonty walker today I'm taking the over on murray's points. Uh christian wood was the cover on the Daily helper by austin swam on number fire dot com. So all the options in this game are totally in play Uh born on youtube is saying deandre hunter kaleb martin eric gordon or dorian finney smith Out of that bunch. I would side in in order. I probably side with kaleb martin hunter If he plays gordon and then dorian finney smith, you know finney smith I think is a fine option But again this game with a 204 over under when he's not a primary usage player is not something Uh, you know, I like going towards I like if i'm going to a lower over under game I'm going to be sticking with the main usage players Uh jerry saying do you think I will fly in a gbp? Sure like you're getting exposure to the players that have The best game environment and all have access to a ceiling because their mats are not tough You know high over under etc etc Uh, who would you be who would be your core at center tonight? So Paying up for a bead is absolutely one of my You know goals on tonight's slate. I want to have him in a large portion of my Player pool and this you're asking for 150 max So it all it all depends on how you are prioritizing some of the other players on slate as well I love joel and beat tonight. That's without a doubt. I also wrote up on yakekangu for the atlanta hawks I think he's in a spot for a lot of minutes. That should not be a surprise He's 3900 and this can this will I'll Merge this into born on youtube his next question. He's asking a kangaroo or you're at seven I don't think that's like a direct question because as we can see they're they're pretty far apart when it comes to their salary I like them both for different reasons. I like going to an yakekangu because the salary relief is awesome That allows me to pay up for Murray treyong kevindoranth etc etc So there are different kind of questions. Why are you using each of those players because they're a different salary? So I like both of those centers now going back to Dwan on facebook his question I'm going to those two as a low salary play A mid-salary play and then going to embed up at the top. I think they're all great for their own specific purpose I also think Vucevich is in a great spot. We have seen Uh, you know, this is something I mentioned on the podcast We have seen the nets defense take a step back like they were Bad in the beginning portion of the season they got better and they have certainly regressed since then They're also going to be without the marker solidridge and I think vucevich is in a spot to easily post a double double tonight Uh, I I love this game environment overall with a 234 over under a 236 and a half over under it's got fed up a little bit and Just a match of his fantastic for him. So I'm going to Different centers at very different price, you know at salary tiers for different reasons. So embed your seven in the mid-tier Going to and yet kangu. I think is great Christian would if you want to roster him at the center position, that's totally fine And then yaka pearl. I think he's also a very very solid option Should be in for plenty of points against houston again another player in this game that will be very solid Uh, la veen and de rosen should be popular, right? Or that's just my thinking that's what jerry on facebook is asking I think so I again this game environment is One of the best on the slate for some reason la veen is 7200 Yeah, 7200. I think that's a very affordable salary for him Back and forth pace in this in this game should be there la veen can step out and hit plenty of threes So de rosen la veen all All in my player pool to start Uh, i'm into shrewder and uh, coro, uh, a coro. How about you guys? Uh, isaac or for cleveland? Uh, pretty sure he's ruled out it just get clarification on that if he is ruled out or doing Just just get clarification on any more chuma. Oh kiki is that get some spelling clarification there How many minutes do you think uh, thomas brine gets night for a season? Coming into the season finally that's good question because the wizards could obviously use him out there Uh, that's you know a player they've been missing for a while. I I mean, let's see what he's projected as if this is for Thomas brine like 10 minutes like That's I wouldn't say he goes past 15 Like I think that's probably really like 10 to 15 at most They're gonna have to get him into the offense Get him up to game speed all those sorts of things. So I i'm not expecting a whole lot from thomas brine I know they're on a back-to-back. So what would they're Or what washington is So what's there, you know, their big man rotation is still gonna be gaffer and montrez harrell And then he's gonna be picking up minutes after them. So Yeah, like him not him playing at most 15 minutes is probably what we're gonna be seeing So I'm not interested in thomas brine. You know, I know he's uh You know 3,800 but you know, that's what it would be Uh, so you mean chuma okiki for orlando Yeah, so chuma okiki for orlando, you know, he's a player I go to I want to say somewhat frequently me. I will say I probably only go to him as When he's the chalk, you know this Varying high you know high Ceiling low floor type of stuff. I think it's fine in tournaments if that's where you want to use him You know, ultimately the match against the wizards I think as we saw last night like struggling against the thunder is not a good look and If he's gonna be out there for 30 plus minutes, it's gonna be good We just know that most of the usage in the orlando offense is going to colanthony and franz Wagner So I like him as a tournament option, you know, especially if You're willing to embrace that variance I just don't always go, you know that far down the usage Usage chart for a lot of teams Robin Lopez is in play with the bigs out for orlando Totally fine. It's you know, it is uh, he is going up against his former team So if you want to factor that in, you know, robin lopez is a player I'll say that I'm not often on when it, you know, I'm not on him And he's not actively in my player pool and you know, a lot of times he has those like weird double-double games where he just crushes value Uh, so, you know, I've taken the L on him a couple of times and I don't always seem to get him right I will say this is a fine spot for him though going up against washington So this is one of the games I think falls into You know, the mid-range between this between the seltics and the pacers I think that it's falls into the mid-range. I want to say maybe a little bit of this game With you know, uh with dallas and the nix clearly being at the bottom So we want to be focusing in on the teams and the players that are in games that are be the most conducive for fantasy production This is I want to say this by far number one on the slate for me And then it's a toss up between the lakers and the kings and the nets and the bulge because especially if we see You know, we have some injury updates. We want to see that harden in Irving both play for the nets I think that they both will they had a day off Uh, uh yesterday harden didn't play in their most recent game when they were at portland So i'm thinking they both should be good to go You know, whether or not seth curry plays tonight. I don't think it's a massive deal We know we can be looking to furkan quirkmas if he's not there The kemba walker is not going to be playing. We look to Potentially, uh alec berks. We know that for the nix although again not super interested in that game overall We should be seeing some pretty straightforward stuff from the teams and their lineups tonight Uh, yeah, he's gotta he's gotta get a spot to give him a chance I think you're referring to robin lopez for the magic. I totally agree There there are minutes going to be there for him against the wizards You know the wizards, I think that this line opened up for I think it opened up at eight or nine or seven or eight whatever it was for the magic Maybe it was nine when it opened up. I think I have a little bit of interest in the magic Just going up against the wizards throw in the back to back. They're a little bit shorthanded They looked really average last night against the thunder So a little bit of value I think potentially with the magic at plus six Maybe you got him earlier in day if they were at plus seven So that's a spot that I'll be looking I would side with the under in this game I like the hawks in this game, especially if we get confirmation that all their players are good to go The heat are just so shorthanded right now. Not a spot that I necessarily want to be looking at too often The lakers in sacramento, I think that this game will have a ton of scoring I have multiple Players that have already been in my player play. I know carmelo anthony is listed as questionable So if he doesn't play, I guess that opens up some extra minutes potentially for tht and austin reeves depending on how big or small they want to run things But more importantly, I'm focusing on lebron james and malik monk has probably my two favorite options from the lakers I mentioned it on the podcast about westbrook where First off, I think his salary is very affordable at eighty two hundred dollars So eighty four hundred for westbrook This is an awesome game environment between two teams in the top six league offensive pace And he's probably going to be going slightly overlooked at point guard given the other options that we have so You know, I spoke about this on the podcast He's interesting to me tonight a bit more than he normally is So that's also a spot that I think I may take a little bit, you know, more shares of westbrook than I normally do But for me tonight, I think this is where A lot of things are going to be starting. It's going to be with Lonnie Walker I want some Murray in there. I certainly want joel and beat in my lineups And if I'm not going to be it's probably going to an yakuya kangui to get the value at center to really open things up At small forward kispert is certainly an option at min salary. You can be looking to solid game from him last night I wrote him up on numberfire.com today as one of my favorite value plays I think, you know, he could be out there if curry doesn't start We can get getting some cork buds in there as well And you're working with some solid salary left to kind of maneuver your lineup at any way you want it So i'm spending up for Murray and bead As my main two top stars on tonight's slate You heard a rumor that the bulls were interested in trading white djj and tbj for lever and sabonis any truth to that if you If you're in the I have no truth to that. I mean, I'm a big sabonis fan. Uh, I it would just wonder Like how that offense would work with it would be what ball lever Levine derosen sabonis and vucevich like that is a that's a loaded offense of players, but I mean, they would have to make a work of who's who's giving up some shots to You know, whoever joins them or whatever it might be. I mean, I haven't heard that but that would be a big big trade A lot of guys who were priced high are dropping like crazy. I mean that happens sometimes just given the You know fluctuation of a game to game. I think westbrook is one of those players I think donva mitchell 8500 is a player that could be going a bit overlooked lamela balls only $8,000 So the guard position is I want to say very very strong tonight I know a lot of people will be looking back to spencer din witty after you know huge game last night Obviously with no Bradley biel. We know that playing the offensive usage is going to him going to kyle kuzma as well Good matchup against orlando. I certainly like that spot. This is really where a lot of my Core is going to be starting and if it's not going to be in beat as I said I'll drop down to Onyeka Kong will take that value there and then look to the you know forward position and try and get some Durant get some, you know derosen at shooting guard Here no try and pay up for some of these players and then still look for the value with You know, maybe it's going to be primo take some shares there go to back to small forward take some more of kispert at 3500 I mean murray derosen dirants all have 60 point upside. We're getting immense value out of kispert and onyeka kong I i'm on board with any combination of murray dirants derosen Embed, I mean you name it tonight. There are so many different ways to go about lineup construction Uh, did you do the sony open already open already? I didn't do that. That was a brandy gadulla and gymsonis They did that uh yesterday. I believe that that can be found on the feindl youtube Uh page the video is there. It's also up on the number on the feindl podcast network. You can find that also On number fire dot com Russ is low Zach is low randall's low. Yeah, like I said, I'm I'm interested in Westbrook tonight because I think he's gonna be going overlooked just due to the other options that we have at point guard But realistically, this is an awesome match up high over under the kings Do not play defense against point guards. We know that and if he's going to be going overlooked Uh, you know, especially in tournaments. That is great How do I feel about white side len hurdle? Who would you stay away from also would you stay away from stanley johnson? uh Stanley johnson. Yeah, definitely a player that has not been making my player pool lately You know a player that does not see a whole lot of offensive usage his minutes are certainly there But not a player. I am a fan of going to out of that group for centers Oh, mr. White side len and yaka perto. I would put yaka perto number one Just because the I think that game environment is the best I would then go to white side after that and then alex len in that order I would still say I would take Yaka perto and then probably on yaka kangoo ahead of either white side or len Uh, is reshawn holmes back? This is what jerry is asking. Would you play reshawn holmes? Isn't he still on the g league assignment for the kings? Or oh is he back? This is updated. He's cleared against the lakers. He'll be on a g league assignment. That was tuesday So if we get some update for reshawn holmes, that would be potentially be interesting I mean, that's just something we may not have until later because it's a west coast game Uh, because that info is from tuesday. So if he's ready to go maybe, uh, ultimately it would come down to The information of when I have it is late swap available, etc, etc. So that's just something we can answer right now So overall on this slate again Luke is great tonight. We always can be looking to him I mentioned him on the podcast this morning, but you want to be limiting your options from this dallas new york game I'm personally giving limiting my options from the boston and indiana game. Again, it's Comparing it to the other games on the slate Like what is the opportunity cost of taking more players from this game and then giving up players from the other games? So that's ultimately what it comes down to I want a few shares of luka, but I'd rather have more shares of murray going up against the rockets So that's the kind of you know thought process I go with it's like these players in their own are great But we have to look at them comparatively to the other options at their position on the slate overall So that's where i'm going as a Recap again, I took the over on lonzo ball points rebounds assist the over on murray his points is sitting at 21 a half going up against the rockets and then Dwight Powell over 13 and a half points rebounds assist combined like I said this game is not exciting overall Specifically from a fantasy perspective. I think there's a little bit more value when it comes to the betting angle for that game 500 type of night on feindl. I mean Points could certainly reach that high, you know the the top of the leaderboards could certainly reach that high with Some of the expectations we are seeing from some of these games when it comes to scoring very high over unders You know super close spread This spread looks bad compared to the others, but I don't think it's that much of an issue High over under close spread You know two very good teams of team philadelphia and charlotte We should see plenty of scoring there and then I think at lanta and milwalk Excuse me not milwalk in miami at lanta in miami is the spot that we could see a lot of scoring I'm also very interested in tre young. I mentioned him on the podcast Obviously his usage and production has been awesome, but more importantly Look at this miami giving up the fourth most three pointers per game to their opponents What is tre young great at he's great at stepping back and knocking down those threes given the Just lack of defense that we've been seeing from miami the You know overall thinned out roster that they have i'm looking there We look to miami this season right here miami is leaning as an over team You know, that's not something we've been able to say a whole lot over the past couple seasons They actually lean towards the over so they are playing in higher scoring games If we're getting a higher scoring game against miami, what does that mean from atlanta? It probably means that tre young is going to be knocking down a whole lot of threes So i've interested in him uh that this is why i've interested in young and murray ahead of luka Again comparing luka to the other options at point guard. We can make the case that murray and young aren't both better so Tonight's late, you know, we The fact that the fact that this bull's nets game is at 10 p.m. Again is beyond me but we need some updates on Irving and hardened because that changes things either if they're both out then We are getting immense value from the nets potentially that's you know hypothetically if they're both out We just don't have that information yet and then that would make durant You know an absolute lock play because all the offensive usage we'd be going to him so You know that's something we'd love to have earlier. We simply don't It would also change roster construction because it would change what positions you are prioritizing spending salary at And right now I think it's looking like center with embed and then the guard position With young murray Maybe one option at forward and then taking value where we can find it So i'm hoping that hardened and Irving play i'm personally expecting them to play I have my uh my like allocations and You know everything set under the assumption that they will be playing I get the news the same time as you guys do so i am ready that hardened and Irving will both be playing tonight Aaron on youtube is asking over two thirty and a half for la and sacramento. That's the way i am leaning for this game You know two teams that play just so so fast You know the lakers are really average this year. That's what it comes down to they're playing these higher scoring games They're not great on defense. We know sacramento is bad on defense Uh, so that is a spot that I would take the over Jerry's asking do you have a potential sours lineup? What do you mean by that like a lineup where Everyone is just the pivot or If I get some clarity on on the sours lineup, do you mean uh like who were the pivots a player that you were Initially looking to but then don't go to no one else's on oh spurs a spurs Oh That that's a little bit different question. Uh for the spurs. I think that We're gonna see murray. We'll see yaka perto We will see some of the value with lani walker k to be a keta baits d op all be uh very very popular so going to I mean you can go to 6300 We want to get some, you know jailing green in there. He isn't expensive like you're getting multiple options from this game so I am all uh All on board with this game Again, this game brooklyn chicago la sacramento And charlotte philadelphia are my top four games on the slate next up would be miami and atlanta and then Cleveland, utah, orlando, washington You know kind of all grouped together and then by far boston indiana, dallas new york At the lower tier like spots that i'm really not looking for a whole lot of options I don't want to be overexposing myself to games with 204 207 You know two of ten overrunters when there are games that have overrunters that are 20 points higher Yeah spurs spurs can sour too. Hopefully they don't sour tonight because I am already uh on board where with a lot of them Like I said the overrun murray Uh, I the overrun murray's points his points rebounds assist is I think is at 38 and a half right 38 and a half or 39 and a half Uh points rebounds assist actually not listed anymore Whatever injury information changed from this morning got taken down briefly, but You know 38 and a half or 39 I think is a obviously very reasonable spot for murray. I like the overrun his points to start I think that's where I'll be looking I guess all the spurs props are taken down at this point. They'll be up later Uh, but it's still a a really really good matchup. Uh, miami's averaging 11 of points per game last five playing a bottom Uh, excuse me 115.8 points per game last five games playing a bottom six defensive team Yeah, like I said, miami is a team that leads or is leaning towards the over recently And you know, that's not a spot that we have seen them in the past few seasons Especially you know, given the fact that they have no bam out of bio no jimmy baller So if they're playing faster and they're putting up all these points, uh, you know, and the game's gonna be hitting the over This is a spot for not only miami But also some options on elenta. Like I said, and yet their congo is going to be very popular On big entre young tonight. I think the three point upside is very clearly there for him I think we are in for a great slate of games night nine We want to be focusing in on the ones that we know are super strong Avoiding the games with the lower over unders get a little bit of clarity on the injury situation for the nets I think we are in a spot to You know wrap things up That does it for today's show. I'll be back next week at 4 p.m Right here on the fangle youtube twitch twitter facebook pages. You can follow me on twitter at dfs underscore tom until next time Good luck in your contests