 What's going on? I am Greg Sussman joined today by Tom Vecchio of FanDuel who's here to help us go over the top DFS plays or tonight in the NBA. What's happening Tom? I'm doing good with a four-game slate and it seems pretty clear and pretty straightforward We have a lot of good options across the board It's nice when it's this easy theoretically this straight up But of course things don't always go as it seems so tonight Let's try to break it down for everybody watching so they can win some money on FanDuel tonight Let's start out with some of your top studs on the board. We begin with Washington's Bradley Beale high price tonight But well worth it you say. Yeah We have this game coming in with a 230 point over under it's by far the highest on the slate and you know we get you know We look at you know Joel and B tonight that games down at 206 Which really puts you in a tough spot who do you want to spend up for and for me? It's Bradley Beale tonight It is a paced down spot against the Hornets But they're not gonna be dropping all the way down the Wizards right now We're up at fifth fastest the Hornets are down at 27th We'll see them meet somewhere in the middle, but Bradley Beale is that guy in Washington He's averaging over 21 field goal attempts per game over seven and a half three pointers per game His 34% usage rate is amazing 1.18 fangal points per minute Charlottes around middle of the league when it comes to fangal points allowed per game to shooting guards But ultimately we're gonna be seeing you know a generally good defensive match up The usage will always be there for Bradley Beale and he could do this in a losing effort You know 40 real points 55 fangal points exceeding 5x value and he's cheaper than Joel and B in a better game environment So for me it's all about Bradley Beale tonight High scoring game high total Bradley Beale the star for the Washington Wizards You know how great his usage is he's the guy you got a lock in your line of tonight despite the high price tag Jimmy Butler has the heat rolling right along in the Eastern Conference. He's obviously worth going with on tonight's late Why do you like Jimmy Butler despite his high price tag? Yeah tonight's late I think you know spending up for three players in the $9,000 range is the way I want to go about things and you know Jimmy Butler, you know looking like his old self I want to say back to you know the Chicago days Jimmy minutes where he is playing an Unbelievable amount of minutes 35 minutes or more in five straight games We all know that minutes equals money in NBA DFS and you know We look at his you know overall usage and production with the team a 20% usage rate is really modest But he's producing 1.12 fangal points per minute. So basically every time he touches the ball He's doing something, you know productive with it He spills up the stat sheet as he always does he has two triple doubles over his last five games He's shooting, you know 15 ish field goal attempts per game He has five or more three pointers and five of his last six come on with the fact He gets to the line all the time with ten or more field goals in five of his last six It's a pace-up spot against the Hawks. They are one of the bottom teams in the league against shooting guards We are looking at another 45 to 55 point game from both Beal and Butler tonight Which is why I want to lock both of them in even the small slate tonight Stoads and duds make some sense to be Butler Bradley Beal both locked into Tom's light of tonight So make sure that's the way you're going both cash and tournaments One more stole we want to mention. It's Damian Lillard for Portland facing off against the New York Knicks at home tonight Why do you like Dame Dalla? You know, he's one of those players that I always Fear not having enough exposure to just because we know his pure scoring upside is Phenomenal an insane amount of volume from the field 15 or more field goal attempts We're talking about six or more threes and six straight games the Knicks No one we have to fear defensively. It is a pace-down spot for Portland I'm not really too worried about that. But, you know, we look at Lillard Butler and Beal and Beal tonight. We lock in these three players. You're left with about $5,100 per player remaining That's doable on a four game slate and you're getting basically 150 points or so around there from these three players. So we want the matchup against the Knicks We want the volume shots from Lillard and I'm going with these three guys at the top All right, those studs clear on this small slate. Damian Lillard rounds them out here going up against the Knicks Do you know what Lillard's usage rate is? You know how they're a fast pace. He's got to be shooting it better He'll try to break the blazer skid tonight against the Knicks Let's go over to some of the undervalued players the sneaky guys the Duds, but you know the lower owned lower price players that you have to round out your lineup with You're going to start all these superstars. We begin in Atlanta with my man Kevin Herner back on your radar tonight. How come his back room is injury? You know kind of a weird season for him. He started the year on the bench on a minutes limit He got hurt again missed a bunch of time, but he's back. He's going to be limited to 25 minutes today, which was reported A little bit earlier. He saw 23 and 15 minutes in the past two games And I think this is kind of a by-low spot on him. He's only $4400 done. His role should be increasing We're going to see his minutes continuously bump up and that $4400 price tag is not going to stay there Uh, you know an 18% usage rate 0.83 fandal points per minute is modest, but he's mainly a pure score Doesn't necessarily fill up the rest of the stat sheet. They are eight and a half point underdogs and Let's go this hawks lineup is kind of lacking. Cam Reddish is not doing a whole lodge Jibard Parker is not playing super well right now. Alex Len is out It's really Trey young and then everyone else So they need some scoring and that's where herder can come into play tonight Kevin Herner should always be in play the minutes need to be there for the Maryland law And I think tonight given the injuries in Atlanta He should be in a good spot to contribute both to the hawks and to your fandal lineups Another undervalued player here on tonight's lead brings us to Jeremy Graham What do you like about Grant and his ability to go off tonight? First of all, his price is very cheap at $3,700 and more importantly his production and his role is actually increasing And yet his price is still, uh, you know, very cheap, you know in the beginning of the year Milsap They're starting power forward for Denver. We're seeing 30 ish minutes a game 70 30 60 40 time split when it comes to these two players We've actually seen Paul Milsap His minutes come down and now he's in the mid to low 20s in a lot of these games And Grant is basically in the same role. He is. He's just being more productive and what's best about this is Denver has basically a 5v5 swap when their starters come off the court So their second unit is Grant Hernan Gomez plumbly Montemores and Malik Beasley And Grant is carrying that unit a usage high of 24 percent along with 0.96 vandal points per minute Also combined with the fact that he shouldn't be seeing too much Al Horford because Horford will be off the court Grant and the second unit will be on against the second unit And he's producing 18 or more vandal points in four of his last six games playing about 20 minutes per game in all of these contests So under 4k and still producing 20 fantasy points. Sign me up You kind of know what you're getting from Jeremy Grant and as Tom said the price is under $4,000 It seems like a no brainer now He's not going to light it up by any means but he'll still be a worthwhile play on tonight's slate Where you're getting some somebody price as Tom mentioned under $4,000 with stats to fill out around the board Finally we wrap up tonight with Troy Brown of the Wizards. Why do you like Troy Brown? We mentioned Bradley Biel before we thought that brown as well in previous editions. Why do you like brown tonight? Brown and the Wizards, they're dealing with a you know, a ton of injuries. They still have Thomas Bryant now Moe Wagner is back at center. Their rotation is really mixed up and you know, brown should be there for a good amount of Minutest night in a very high scoring 230 point over under against the Hornets you know Isak Banga is getting the start generally for the Wizards at small forward but Brown is playing more minutes eventually and he's actually being more productive compared to Banga So I'm just going to take the guy even though he's not the starter and slightly more expensive I'm going to take the guy that is being more productive. He generally also plays when Biel is off the court There's some overlap at times just because their rotation is so mixed up over the past You know week or two, but he's taking a good amount of field goal attempts He can fill in the rest of the statue a lot. I mean this guy was a former top 15 first round pick The Wizards kind of got to get him involved in the offense when they can especially when Biel is not on the court So I'm taking a relatively soft matchup against the Hornets high over under game and a guy who doesn't have to compete for usage All right We'll see what Troy Brown can do and like you said you've been liking him for a while You know that at some point those minutes will be there the performance could follow Troy Brown a sneaky play on a slate where you need to find them again to get those studs in there That's going to do it for us here on the fan. No hurry up. We appreciate you checking this out Go play NBA DFS tonight follow Thomas picks and then join us tomorrow Where Jim Sonos will join me as we look toward DFS for NFL week number 15. Have a great night. Enjoy the games And we'll see you back here tomorrow