 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 11 game NBA slate as always This show is every Wednesday 4 p.m. Right here on the Fandle YouTube, Twitch, Twitter and Facebook pages Make sure to like follow subscribe on the give in a platform 11 games on the slate obviously there are a ton of options we can be considering We are just a few days away from the NBA all-star break. There's a lot of value on the slate We have a number of top-tier stars We want to be paying up for the injury news on the slate is You know pretty straightforward in terms of what we're looking at There are a number that we need a number of different players We need to be focusing on LeBron James, John Morant, Morant didn't play last night Van Blee, Anthony Edwards left last night's game early We have Anthony Davis, Liziz, Probable, etc. etc. So pretty straightforward from what we should be seeing some of these are West Coast games So we do need to get some clarity on that You know LeBron James does sit that could put a bit of a priority on Anthony Davis We go over the injuries. We can go over the values that I'm looking at We can go over some of the bets that I have for tonight Grim on YouTube is saying a star quitting Grimes over CJ L.O.B.E. and Justin Holiday Grimes for the Knicks. Yeah, this is I want to say a pretty solid matchup for them I you know I said this on the podcast the daily ice of day The Nets are just not playing defense and you know we have seen What was it there 11 game 10 game losing streak whatever it was like they are not playing defense So I think the Knicks are in a good spot a nice pace of spot for them. I prefer Grimes over L.O.B. I do like L.O.B.E. tonight is simply due to his salary being a little bit cheaper compared to Grimes We have Grimes at 5200 and L.O.B.E. is 4600 for Portland, right? Yeah, he's 4500 and Grimes is 52 so I like them both for different reasons Like I like Grimes because the matchup like this is certainly an awesome spot going up against the Nets We're not playing a whole lot of defense and it's a pace-up spot for the Knicks So we certainly can be going to him. Knicks are 26 and lead Brooklyn's up at nine So push comes to shove. I'm choosing Grimes if you have the salary DJ is asking stack Memphis or Sacramento tonight I'm talking about those games in general because if we're talking about the Sacramento Chicago game I have much more interest in the Chicago side of things In stacking this game, but I think both of them are firmly in play Vucevich is the the covered boy for this thumbnail So I'm a big fan of Vucevich tonight between him DeRosin and Murray these are probably my favorite three stars on tonight's slate And immediately locking them into your lineup leaves you with less than 5000 remaining So if you're talking about stacking those games overall Both great games you want to be attacking 233 over under and a 230 over under We do have a larger spread in Memphis in Portland. We're waiting on the John Morant news I still think that there are plenty of options Whether you're looking at the Anthony Simons on the Portland side of things You know speaking of him. I took the over on his points rebounds assist profits sitting at 30 and a half 29 and a half 30 and a half 30 and a half for Simons that took the over on that So certainly looking to plenty of options in this game and then Chicago and Sacramento This is shaping up to be a very very solid fancy environment Vucevich and DeRosin specifically have been crushing it lately DeRosin going for 35 plus points on the nightly bases Vuce putting up a double double So I absolutely love this matchup on the Sacramento side Where could you be going? You know, so bonus I think makes the natural choice Just because he's arguably their most consistent But I have some interest in going to Harrison Barnes in the midst here Depending on what kind of lineup build you're doing at 6,800 He doesn't fit normally into a stars or scrubs build he falls in this you know mid-range So if he's going to be going over looks I like that and of course DeRion Fox is always a good option If we do see John Morant ruled out, you know, go back to Desmond Bain I think that's certainly an option You know last night wasn't the biggest game for him But the three-point ability especially against a team like Portland will always be there So Memphis, Portland and Sacramento, Chicago Two great games you want to be stacking tonight Speaking of Chicago, I took Chicago minus six tonight This is a very winnable matchup for them They should be taking care of business there one of the best ATS teams this season 34-23 Sacramento surprisingly not that great against the spread And I'm going to Chicago minus six Simons over 30 and a half I also took Kuzma Kyle Kuzma for the Washington Wizards Over his points rebounds assist prop He's kind of the guy now it's 36 and a half I think I might have gotten at 35 He's kind of the guy now for Washington Bradley Beale is done, you know, the Dinwood he has been traded It's a one-point spread against the Indiana Pacers And the Pacers are seemingly always getting in these higher very close game So I'm certainly on board with Kuzma tonight A player that's stepping out and hitting a number of threes this year Is always good Say Goon should be a good low price play with Woodhouse So Wood is listed as doubtful if I remember correctly It's just a he's questionable for tonight So, uh, yeah, Alperine St. Goon for the Rockets would be a very solid play Yeah, we just need a confirmation on Wood He is listed as questionable not officially happen I'm totally on, you know, along the same lines as you on board With Joseph saying that Alperine St. Goon for the Houston Rockets as a bit of a Value play 5100 totally going to him at center slash power forward It is a West Coast game So leave yourself that You know that flexibility like okay if Wood is actually ruled in Where am I going to be pivoting? What am I going to be shifting around? But yes, seeing Goon totally on board when he comes to some value tonight There's a lot of it. Jane McDaniels started Or got or took the place of Anthony Edwards last time I don't know if he actually started the second half I'd have to double check that but McDaniels started or took the minutes over for Anthony I were too left early last night for Minnesota So looking to the value for him if he's going to be in the starting lineup I'm also a fan of going to okay see for Aaron Wayans at $3,600 Taking that value there, you know, I'm kind of big on continuous call will pulpit And I like this match up kind of back and forth There's a few options in this game Like I said, it took the over at Kuzma I kind of like KCP tonight That's also a spot that I'm going for a little bit value $4,200 If you want to lock in Elibi at $4,500 I mean, you're left with $3,600 and you're locking in DeRose and Murray and Vooch And then you have some solid value plays That all should be seeing plenty of minutes that are all in, you know, pretty solid game environments okay sees playing up in pace Portland also playing up in pace back and forth nature between Toronto and Minnesota Beasley or Hart that's a good question Gary's Beasley or Josh Hart Well, that's a that's a real coin flip You know, I might take Josh Hart because I like his ability to fill the statue Not saying that Darius Beasley can't do that but The the pace up spot for Portland in Oklahoma City is obviously very very comparable Portland is 19th in the league. They are playing Memphis who are fifth Okay, see is 17th. They're playing St. Antonio who's sixth. So we're literally talking about like splitting hairs here I would take Josh Hart a little more pure scoring upside. That's just me It's like salt to taste where that saying is like it's literally just personal preference at a certain point. I would lean towards Hart But they're both very solid options obviously new roles for both of them The trades on Portland, Lillard still out, McCollum's gone on OKC We know they're dealing with a number of injuries with SGA still out The door is out, Kenneth Williams is out, etc, etc So there's certainly an opening for both of those players I know that I have exposure to both of them in the first run through of the 25 lineups that I made so far to start That's where I am going with a lot of the place Focusing in on these higher over under games You know this game like Detroit and Boston like this a game I have very very little if any interested There's a chance that There's a chance that we do see some minutes for Peyton Prichard tonight Just because Marcus Smart is listed as doubtful You know as I mentioned on the podcast today They're coming off this huge win last night against Philadelphia They're what is it? They don't play tomorrow night So this means is their last game before the all-star break So it's not going to be a surprise to see Boston kind of take care of business in the first half versus Detroit And then to give ground and Tatum some rest leading into the all-star break And that opens up some minutes for Peyton Prichard potentially So if you're looking for a deeper value play Prichard at 3500 is the option I would go to but With a 213 over under outside of that like I don't have any interest in going to Tatum any interest in going to Brown Not only do we see this with the lowest over under on the slate These are also teams with Boston. They are a heavy under team this season 24 34 and one heavy under team and Detroit is even or slightly less than even 28 28 and one So this doesn't like present a whole lot of scoring upside with this 213 over under So I'm not looking here for basically any options You know, I wouldn't mind taking a shot with Jeremy Grant Maybe City Bay, maybe Kate Cunningham, but I would be sure to You know limit the options in this game To at max one Or or Grant Williams if you're going to go to Grant Williams again at $3,600 for that value Because he got to start last night with Rob Williams listed is out I think that's fine But no more than one player from this game like that is a rule I will set in the optimizer at most one player from this game So between Williams and McDaniels at power forward Lot of value here lot of value here going to Wiggins as well. Like I said, I'm on board with KCP Taking that value there There's this is a great stars and scrub slate if that's what you're looking to do the Rosen Vooch and Murray as my top three As my top three stars There's plenty of value and a lot of the value you can find under $4,000 I like round NATO has a good low price plate too. Yeah round NATO this game against the The basers like this is a pretty solid game environment 225 over under one point spread Like this is everything that we want and you know, both lineups are a little bit thinned out just because of the trades and the injuries, etc etc like When it comes to the wizards, I think KC I think kuzma is like the go-to guy on offense now at least that's what we should be seeing from them KCP providing, you know, plenty of shooting upside for that three-point ability. That's what I'm liking But round NATO out here taking a good amount of a good volume of shots He fills up the stat sheet enough which should allow him to reach or seed fancy value It's not like we're worried about the defense from the Indiana Pacer. So I'm on board with this game I think that the uh, the next game This the next net's game could go slightly overlooked just because it's falling a little bit lower We do have some good value on both sides just because the nets are still without Durant or without kairi Irving I like Quintin Grimes tonight. I like Julius Randlitz night as well We've seen him step up to a new level of production that he really You know didn't have in the beginning portion of season where he kind of regained his form as of late You know Consistently pushing towards a double double or a triple double which he didn't always have in the beginning portion of season He was struggling a little bit and you know, we see this like these lower scoring games were certainly there for him He would certainly reach high in some games, but now we have a higher floor for him So I like Randl personally tonight that might be a spot that I'm willing to go Maybe a little bit more exposure to him compared to the field trying to get a little bit of leverage in torments Always something you want to be doing, you know, if you're confident in a player that is uh You know, you want to be taking a higher stand on him Like when you're right, you want to be the most right about, you know, a player like Randl Who can go over 60 plus and if it's not going to be popular. Well, that's always a you know an added benefit Greatness saying looking at the three by two on the final sportsbook. I'm considering nuggets warriors Sacramento, Chicago, Memphis, Portland for those games. So three by two you're obviously looking for Those three partners the warriors obviously make a lot of sense just because they're gonna have clay and stuff out there That's always good Sacramento, Chicago, Memphis, Portland I would take Memphis, Portland ahead of Sacramento, Chicago Chicago You know, ultimately they don't have a ton of three-point shooters like consistently on their roster We're gonna bring up de rosin's log right here. He doesn't take threes He has two threes over the past three games. He had four three-point attempts against charlie You know, we can have everyone else that's a high for him Like he's a player that is their primary ball hinder and he's one that does not take three pointers So the when he's the primary ball hinder from one of the given teams that he's not willing to take threes or just It's not that he's not willing to take threes. That's just not his game When the ball goes to him getting those early threes like that may not be the case Meanwhile, you look to a team like portland and Memphis if jammer ends out We know desmond bain takes a ton of threes and also anthony simons for portland takes a ton of 16 threes In his most recent game So I would side with the warriors nuggets matchup and Memphis portland for the three by two on the sports book Joseph is asking sugs or grimes. Oh, that's a good question another another one of these tough toss-up of the players in the mid tier So let's see what we're looking at with some projections. Jalen Suggs 32 minutes 30 feint two points is where he should write should be right around and grimes It's right around the same. He's going to be under one feint two point per minute just because the usage is likely going to Julius randall and going to camba. I would take Jalen Suggs in that match in that specific head-to-head for Suggs and grimes, you know this this orlando elante game I think is one that's kind of flying a bit under the radar where you know 226 It looks good, but when you see games that have closer spreads and higher overenders This is a game that's like half a step behind some of the other games where you know, we're looking to okay See for a lot of value where orlando in the grand scheme of things. They're fully healthy Right. This is the lineup that they've been running out there for You know a good portion of the season like there's there's no deep value. Everything's pretty straightforward for both teams Yeah, we have john collins out, but gallinar is going to step in there as he has for the past few games So if this game goes overlooked a little bit, you know, wendell carter is a player that can always go off for Plenty of points treyong has that three point upside. So if you want to get a little bit extra exposure to that game There's nothing wrong with that So the injuries again, if you were attempting to play or you are interested in playing lebron james Be aware Very minor that's thursday's game thursday game all Non-important. So if you're playing lebron james, right? And it's one of the west coast games This is something that you have to obviously have You know pre-plan like where you're going to be going if you have Lebron in your lineups and he gets ruled out the natural pivot would be to have anthony davis Where you have him at power you would have lebron at power forward, you know Make sure that's the case so you can quick swap to anything davis And you have to make sure to leave yourself the 200 dollars So that's the easy way to go about it if you want to you know play lebron Playing him at small forward it is obviously tougher because there's no natural pivot away from him With all these games starting earlier. So i'd make sure to play lebron at power forward if you're again if you're using an optimizer Make sure to select lebron as Power forward only so and you have anything davis as you know an option to swap swap too late Joseph's asking i'm paid up for trade in yokich. So trying to fit in submit in low Low price players. Yeah, totally. You know, we want that scoring outside yokich is always a player that can Have this a ceiling net like no one else can reach for right and and we've seen this over the past few seasons where You know, I like voosevich tonight like he's the coverboy on this On this show for a reason like the matchup for him against sacramento is phenomenal sacramento is second worst in the league against center So i love voosh tonight. He's been unbelievably consistent, but voosh Probably isn't going for 75 points right like that's something that yokich could do like pretty consistently And no one would be too shocked like voosh going for 70 points. That would be a huge game for him He's more realistically in like the 45 to 60 point range. Like that's where we should be seeing voosevich yokich is a player that when you have exposure to him And he goes off for 70 like you're in every contest like you have a chance in every contest So I love yokich tonight. I know i'm gonna have plenty of exposure to him for me It's voosh yokich and then towns in that order when it comes to centers And those are center specific plays not players that have dual position eligibility DJ is asking can I explain the three by two? So this is the three by two. It's one of the I just one of the specials on the fangirl sports book two plus threes in the first three minutes So you're you're saying, you know, will there be Two three pointers at least two three pointers made in the first three minutes of the given game So you can look to parlay them you can say obviously it's a yes or no prop So you can choose which props you are which games have the best lines If you're looking for some of those as uh grim brought up before about the three by two Nuggets worries obviously a little bit of juice because we're dealing with some three-point shooters in that game Blazers grizzlies like they had a plus money. Like I said, there's some three-point shooters on both sides The other one was sacramental bulls. This set minus 132 a little bit more juice than the other two But I prefer taking a little bit of extra plus money for the blazers and the grizzly So it's just a simple promotion For the sports book and then the second part is how do I feel about john the coming over crowded? Or should I spend up on wins a lot? I think john and cominga is an awesome option Both in real like basketball being named to the rising stars game earlier today, I believe And then obviously in fantasy basketball getting playing production as a blade for both states stepping into the starting lineup because dremon green and under equal dollar are both out 5600 consistent production from him for the most part like he's gonna have some of these lower games where He doesn't do as much in the pure scoring And that's something you generally have to embrace which I have to take in a context the offense that he's in right He's not sharing an offense with steve curle He's sharing an offense with clay thompson who may not always be consistent But he is a player that obviously, you know Demands the ball good amount is going to be taking a decent amount of shots And then of course indra wiggins a player that's also going to be taking a good amount of shots So I like cominga for his potential upside especially at his salary Only 50 600 Grimm is asking take the Lakers spread tonight. Is that five right five or five and a half tonight? For the Lakers it's four and a half now. Okay um They're on what a three game losing streak four game losing streak you know four and a half It obviously depends on the on the LeBron news right and and I would I have a tough time betting the Lakers Plus four and a half without the full health of LeBron James because I mean, let's just be realistic about even with LeBron the Lakers are really average this season Even when he's at full health even when he's going for a double double triple double like they're losing games So betting on the Lakers not knowing if LeBron's actually going to play is Personally, that's too much of a risk for me Like I wouldn't go there if he gets ruled in and it stays at four and a half or five or whatever it's going to be I have a little bit of interest in it at that point But I can't I can't be going there right now without LeBron's news because The jazz are back to full strength like Donvin Mitchell is back Rudy Gobiere is back Like if LeBron doesn't play like this is a spot that the jazz could realistically win by 10 points Like I don't think anyone would be shocked to see the jazz win by 10 plus points If LeBron does not play this game considering how average the Lakers are overall Joseph is asking a season long fantasy question. Would you trade Bain and Kelden for Donvin Mitchell just full disclosure? I don't I don't play season long mba. I only play DFS. It's only betting so Desmond Bain and Kelden Johnson for Donvin Mitchell I mean, that's a tough question. Like I don't I don't know your format I don't know the scoring all those things but I like the I like Kelden Johnson I like his ability to just generally fill up the stat sheet on a nightly basis And I would assume that's like pretty pretty Like valuable overall and Desmond Bain with the three-point ability that he has is always good Donvin Mitchell is great But you know two consistent starters ahead of one is something I would probably side with I would I would keep Bain And Kelden Johnson Again take that with a grain of salt. I do not play season long basketball. I haven't in Probably a decade at this point. So it's not really my thing Uh, so tonight's slate again LeBron James news circling back on the Lakers spread question That's something we're waiting on because if he doesn't play again, you want to swap to Anthony Davis who's only $200 more That's where you should be going Uh, none of that's important So you want to be you know focusing in on the LeBron injury news if you're considering playing him You want to be focusing in on a tight group as always a tight group of value plays A consistent group of you know top tier studio and paying up for I am siding personally with Murray Going to de rosin and vooch as my favorite three, you know trying to get to yokich as well You Really have to find some value if you're trying to roster these three stars three players above 10,500 is tough to get to but It can be done. You know if we're gonna be getting Grant Williams in the starting lineup again 3600 Uh, we also potentially get jade and mcganiel's in the starting lineup Going to okc for erin wiggins at 3600 I mean, this is a usable lineup 5400 remaining. You could you know find some mid-range plays that you like You know wouldn't wouldn't be the worst call in the world to go to someone like set curry newly acquired for the nets You know 5300 per player remaining and you have Murray de rosin and yokich loaded with value options This is gonna be a fun slate. Like if you enjoy If you enjoy like building lineups and and you know figure out roster construction Like who's going to be popular on a nightly basis like this is a fun fun slate DJ's asking should I use bones highland as my sixth man? So this is always a fun question who we're going to be seeing as like a player that comes off the bench That has some scoring upside bones. Highland. I think it makes a case tonight Now monti morris. He is ruled in if I remember correctly for He's available to play so monti morris Is available to play for denver. So bones highland. I do think is always a viable option Coming off the bench for the nuggets He takes a good amount of shots a good amount of them are coming from downtown and that Scoring upside and his ability to exceed value quickly will always be there tht could be in the mix Tht could also potentially be in the starting lineup for the lakers if we do see lebron ruled out So initially he would not be the option. I would be going to Right from the jump for this question Lonnie walker always a player can be going to cam thomas We have seen a salary jump up a little bit So it may not be like specifically what you're looking for if you're looking for a little bit of a salary relief type play You could be going there Malik beasley always an option, especially if we're going to be seeing Anthony Edwards ruled out tonight You know a little bit of a shorter bench Because we don't see a whole lot of these players at all play at all for minnesota So i'd be going to bones highland perfect example cam thomas potentially for the nets tht Maybe you know, I would like to see some lebron injury news before deciding on that which is obviously tough On cam johnson always one of my favorite players to go to for the phoenix suns Good amount of three point attempts per game filling up stat sheet just a little bit Scoring boost for them off the bench is always a good option and realistically if If cam johnson saw 30 plus minutes because they rest paul and booker because they're up by so much It's a 15 point spread right 15. It's up to 17 points now It was 15 points 50 it opened at 15 points If the suns blow the rockets out and they rest paul and booker You know the few days before the all star break I don't think that's too much of a stretch and cam johnson sees 25 30 minutes off the bench Just because it's such a blowout. He would be a player. I would be Very excited to have in my player allocation at only 44 How are you on xyre williams as a salary saver? You know, he's okay in the grand scheme of things He's a he's a player that really doesn't always move the needle for me memphis xyre williams Obviously the salary is great The problem is he's not a shooter really for memphis even when Jamarant is out like he's not doing a whole lot. He's well under one fan two point room and even in ideal scenarios Like I guess this game against new york. He was at one fan two point room But very very thin production from him even when jaw is out like we know the ball is going to go into death Mbane, we know it's going to go into jaren jackson So I am not on xyre williams like him eric gordon You're like tony snell at times if you've been playing nba dfs over the past few seasons gordon snell some of these players Just not players. I traditionally go to they just aren't primary scores You we need like a like a top 1 percent outcome for them to like really have an amazing game to truly be worth it Like pj tucker some of these players. I just like don't enjoy going to and More often than not I make it a case to Actually remove them from my player pool It's not just like I let them sit there in the optimizer and let them magically appear in a number of lineups like I actively remove them from my from my lineups trend in wadford He's okay again another one of these players that You know you can be getting some production out of you'd be hoping for the game environment to like kind of run Its course in order for him to reach value But more often than not he's gonna be under 20 fan two points So if you're running a lot of lineups and you want to mix in some of these players, that's fine You want to add them to like your core of value plays that's fine, but if you're running like one Three you're doing like one lineup you're doing three max five ten like these players probably don't make the cut for me xyre williams wofford gordon You know whoever might be like these players are very very fringed to begin with and Troy brown He's a player that's playing a decent amount of minutes for the bulls You know up in in the low 20s mid 20s in some of these games. He's still barely producing. So Not players. I have a whole lot of interest in on most nights So again LeBron news very big on tonight's slates, uh, then glee that news is actually, you know pretty big for Uh, the toronto raptors. He's still listed as questionable. Uh, if he's out you want to be focusing in on Gary Trent's more possible siacum John Moran didn't play last night mean update on him We'll only go back to jasmine bane anthony edwards If he's out we should be seeing jade mcdaniel's get the start And lebron james if he is out we want to be going to anthony davis very simple swap again between davis Going through davis from lebron if you're playing them at the power forward position So keep that in mind keep them at power forward. So we get this uh injury news since it's on the west coast As a recap so far for the betting I took the over on anthony simons over 30 and a half Points rebounds assist combined over on simons. I took the bulls minus six And the over on kuzma points rebounds assist which is sitting at 36 and a half. So those are my three bets so far for tonight Next week the mba is still on break. So we will not be here We will pick up following the all-star break as always Wednesdays except for next week on the fandal youtube twitch twitter and facebook page You can follow me on twitter at dfs underscore tom till next time. Good luck in your contests