 Hey everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Suspin joined today by Tom Vecchio Fandle and the NBA is back. Thursday night we've got two games and Friday a full slate. So we're gonna break down that full slate of Friday games. Tom, you ready to rock man? Yeah, this is an exciting time. Baseball last week, NBA starting on Thursday, NHL is back on Saturday, sports are here. We are in full force man. This weekend we go full slate of baseball, hockey and the NBA. It is a dream come true for sports fans. So let's begin with your top stars for the Friday slate over on Fandle with the NBA all back. You're going, why are you going almost all the way to top? That's James Hardin who is $10,600 on Fandle. Why is Hardin the star that you're going with? Not why you're putting Hardin, it's James Hardin. I get it. Why is Hardin the star that you want to lead off your team with? Well in this six game slate, I think it's very viable to do a stars and scrubs build. We have some really strong values we'll get to. But Hardin is that guy we've always trusted. And listen, first game back, if anyone told you, you know, come Saturday morning, oh, Hardin dropped 65, 70 Fandle points in his first game back. I don't think anyone would be surprised. But more importantly, we want to be looking at some of, some of the quotes he said, some of the coach speak I know that can be an interesting subject for some people. But Hardin said that he needs to be out there playing 35 plus minutes. The Rockets still have to lock up their playoff seating. They clinched a spot, but they're in the sixth spot right now, the sixth seed in the West. And they can move all the way up to four if things kind of go their way. Still sitting there with that 36, 35% usage rate, 1.52 Fandle points per minute. He's one of the top stars you absolutely want to be paying up for on the six game slate. When you go with stars and scrubs, James Hardin's a lock for the lineup and a six game slate with that incredible usage rate. This is an easy plug and play. James Hardin belongs in your lineup. So everybody's on the road for this bubble for the NBA. So one team, it's your Orlando Magic who are essentially playing at home. Of course, they got to be in the bubble that can't be in their own homes. But it is nice playing close to home. And why not go with Nikola Vuchovic in this first outing? He's $8,300 on Fandle. And for Orlando team that is going to fight for playoff positioning, Vuch is certainly a good start. Absolutely. And I think that fighting for the positioning, like you said, is something we want to pay attention to. Teams that are in the race, we want to be targeting those stars. Teams that are out of the race, we can be looking at some of their backup players. Some of their younger players. And I think 8.3K for Vuch is a really, really reasonable price tag. We look at him going up against the Nets, really a depleted Nets team, allowing 54.8 Fandle points per game to centers during the regular season. That was the fifth worst in the league. And we look at Vuch. He's a double-double machine every single night. 1.29 Fandle points per minute. You want to be loading him in there in an up-paced spot for the Magic against the weak Nets defense. I feel like this Nets defense is a team that we're going to target throughout the NBA bubble. And as you mentioned, when you're facing off against some of these teams that are fighting for positioning, but also are kind of out of it, you're going to look at the younger players. Orlando, they're very much in the midst of it. They're trying to get ready for the playoffs to see if they can do some damage. And Vuch is going to lead them if they do. So Vuch, a good solid start at this price tag is a little bit more than $8,000 on day two of the NBA restart. One more star to get to. And we mentioned the Nets, so this is an obvious one. This is the one that I knew was going to be in here before you even looked at the players. And it's Karis Lavert, $8,200. The Nets are as short-handed as any team in the bubble missing their top three stars. Karis Lavert, well, he's going to step in. That user trade's going to be out of control, Tom. I mean, it has to be. Like you said, the Nets are barely hanging onto a playoff spot. They have basically no one else. Irving's out, Din Whitties out. Jonfer Jordan's out, Terriam Prince is out. You name it. They are very, very depleted in their offense. And we look at the scrimmage games for the Nets. Karis Lavert, it was like, you know, Karis Lavert show. How many shots can he take in how many minutes? 76 minutes, a total of 57 field goal attempts over their first three games. A 33% usage rate if we look back to the regular season when Din Whitties and Irving were off the court. He's a player that doesn't necessarily contribute a lot in the peripheral stack categories, but the scoring upside is immense. Yeah, Karis Lavert is not necessarily one of these five category players. He's going to have the basketball in his hands just so often. He just scored the basketball just so often that he has to be in your lineup here. Certainly at this price tag, it's only a number that's going to go up on Fandall. $8,200 here on day two of the NBA restart. We're putting in all these stars. Obviously, we have to go with some value plays. And that begins with Triple J, Jaren Jackson Jr., $4,700 on Fandall on Friday. What gives, man? No, I don't know. This was a player that was normally in the mid-six low $7,000 range for basically the entirety of the regular season. And all of a sudden, he's coming in at 4.7K. Memphis is in a spot where they absolutely need to be winning games. I think that Jaren Jackson is going to be probably one of the most popular players on the entire slate, besides Lavert, kind of regardless of price or regardless of position. Going up against Portland at 223 or Runder, we see Memphis, they were at six in pace. Portland was at 13th. It should be pretty fast. Portland didn't necessarily play a whole ton of defense, especially against the big men. 47.1 Fandall points per game was what they allowed in the regular season to power forwards. That was the fourth most in the league. So at $4,700, a player that could easily push towards a double-double, you want Jaren Jackson Jr. in as many lines as you can get him in. This number just seems wildly crazy for Jaren Jackson here. I know obviously Battletom injuries before the NBA took their COVID break. And now he's healthy. Obviously, there is a team that's going to be fast-paced at John Morant, running the point, facing a Portland team that you mentioned, not very much defense anyway. This one is a no-brainer, $4,700. You talk about good values. This is certainly on the top of the list. Up next, we have Jerome Robinson, who is the bare minimum, $3,500. One of the two players we're going to talk about on today's show, that is that bare minimum of $3,500. What type of minutes are you expecting from Jerome Robinson in the NBA restart? So Robinson and the Wizards are in a really interesting spot. They're out of the playoffs. They are here. They're probably not going to make it, or almost certainly not going to make it. They are very, very depleted. No Bradley Beale, no Bertan, some of their depth players, Garrison Matthews, Gary Payton, both not there. They simply need minutes from a few players. He's minimum salary, like you said, 225 point over under against Phoenix. Should be a very fast-paced game. Washington was at seventh, Phoenix was at ninth, but when it comes to the minutes, like you said, if we look back at his scrimmage games, we see 27, 24, and 20 minutes, where he took 19, 10, and 11 field goal attempts all off the bench, which I think is a very, very encouraging sign for a player that they're probably going to run out of their time. They're simply because they need to. They don't have a ton of depth. So at minimum salary, a player that allows you to pay up for Harding, Lover, Vuchovic, Luka Donetsch, whoever it may be you want in your lineups, you get as much saving as you possibly can with Robinson. Without John Wall, without Bradley Beale, without Thomas Bertans, Washington Wizards don't have anything, but Jerome Robinson is a healthy young body that they're going to have no choice but to play. And I think you'll see bigger minutes than even we expect. And at $3,500, he's certainly as well worth putting in your lineup. One more bare minimum player that we want to get in there, and that's Kelly Johnson of the San Antonio Spursley, former Kentucky Wildcat, should be seeing increased minutes during this NBA restarting. Why do you like him on the slate outside of the price? So outside of the price, we want to look at, again, a little bit of coach speak and Papa Vich said that this is going to be about developing younger players. They're kind of on the outside looking in. They would need a lot, a lot to go in their way from other teams in order to make the playoffs. Kelly Johnson came off the bench in all these games. He plays very fast, very high-temple type of player, very physical. He played a total of 60 minutes in these games. He averaged 13-5-2 for five rebounds to assist over these games. A player that they want to develop more, a player that's a minimum salary, how much is DeMarco Rosen going to play? They have no Lamarca Solgridge. The Spurs probably aren't going to make the playoffs. And if Papa Vich is saying we want to be playing the younger players, this is a player that you can be trusting at the minimum salary, can score 20 points, is exceeding value, and allows you to pay it for all those stars. Again, ready coach speak with Greg Papa Vich, not always the best idea. But during this NBA restart where it doesn't seem like they're going to be able to get in, developing younger players, developing that future for San Antonio and Pops, going to be extremely important. And we'll see if Kelvin Johnson's a part of that future where it's certainly at least a part of the immediate future on Friday night. That's going to do it for us here on the Fan Deal Hurry Up. Tom, good luck with the NBA coming back. Same to you, have a good one. Absolutely, tomorrow I'll be joined by Jim Sanes as we wrap up the week talking a little fantasy baseball. I'm Tom Becchio, I'm Greg Sussman. Enjoy the games everybody, enjoy all the sports. And remember to stay safe.