 Hey everyone, what's going on? I am Greg Sosman joined today by Drew Dickmeyer of dailyrotor.com who's here to help me break down tonight. NBA Slate, what's happening Drew? I'm pretty excited for this big slate. We've got some studs to talk about. We've got some value plays to talk about. Hopefully help the people out there fill out their lineups and make a little cash tonight. Absolutely, we're gonna play over on Fandle. I'm gonna make some money and that's because we have a good opportunity to build our lineups around Luka Donchik. There is no Christos Porzingis potentially whenever that happens, Luka goes nuts. Not that he needs KP in or out of a lineup to go nuts. But Luka is a stud that's worth building around. How come? Yeah, I think, you know, when you look at Luka, the rates without Christos Porzingis, you see a bump in the usage rate. You also see a bump in the rebound rate. He really gets a little bit more aggressive. They play some smaller lineups on the whole. Sometimes they'll start JJ Barre or Jalen Brunson. And then that pushes Luka up in terms of the pecking order for a rebounding. And so, you know, Chicago is a team that has actually been a little bit better against guards than they have been against front court players this year. So I think all of this kind of works to Luka's favor. And obviously he's been so consistent all season long. There's plenty of value on this slate. So you can certainly afford to get up to Luka Donchik. And why not? He's, you know, routinely 50 plus Fandal points night in and night out with a ceiling in the 70s. And so a good game environment against Chicago, a team playing a little bit shorthanded and a guy who's going to create all the usage on his own in Luka Donchik. More aggressive Luka is obviously just a great thing for us Fandal players and Donchik on this slate. It's expensive, but worth it. Building around Luka Donchik, always a no-brainer. Let's move on to another top tier stud that Drew likes tonight. And that brings us to Yanis and Tenkoopo. You can't go wrong with the Greek freak, but it is a monstrous slate. How are you going to fit Yanis in there tonight? Yeah, it's going to be tricky. There actually is a lot of value, so it's possible that you could maybe fit in both Luka and Yanis tonight. If you're building between the two, I actually prefer Luka. I think there's fewer plays or excuse me, I actually prefer Yanis. I think there's fewer plays at small forward. And Yanis is one in one of these matchups, a road matchup in San Antonio, where you can actually feel pretty comfortable with the minutes. That's the biggest thing projecting Yanis. Sometimes there's a lot of blowout risk and you get stuck in kind of the mid-20s and minutes. Tonight, yes, they are close to high single-digit favorites in San Antonio, but a road game, a little bit less blowout risk. And Yanis is just such an incredible point permanent producer. He's one of the few guys that we routinely projected over 1.8 Fandal points per minute. That's the case tonight. We've gone projected for 60 Fandal points. Make sure that you're getting one of Yanis or Luka in your lineups. You can maybe squeeze both in. But if we're preferring between the two, we'd go in the direction of Yanis tonight just because of small forwards, positional depth. Yanis over Luka tonight, according to Drew, there is value on the slate. We're going to get to that in a few moments. But Yanis Tenakubo, certainly on the radar tonight for Milwaukee and for you. One last stud to get to. And that's at the center position going up to Nikola Vuchovic tonight. Obviously Orlando's out without Jonathan. Isaac Aaron Gordon is back, but not necessarily playing his full complement of minutes, which means Nikola Vuchovic is going to have to put his team on his back tonight, Drew. And maybe us Fandal players should put our stock in Nikola Vuchovic as well. Yeah, it's a really good price tag for Nikola Vuchovic as well. 8,500, this guy before injury was routinely priced in the 9,000s and up near 10,000 on occasion. So we're getting this 8,500 price tag. We're getting a fast paced matchup against Brooklyn. And as you mentioned, the injuries to the front court really helped Vuchovic quite a bit. When you sub out Jonathan Isaac in his rebounding level and his ability to generate steals and blocks and protect the rim and you replace it with Wesa Wundu or Ken Birch, these lower usage, lower rebound rate players that funnels a lot of opportunity in terms of statistics up the front court to both Aaron Gordon and Vuchovic. Vuchovic is the one who's healthier right now. He's the one who's able to play a little bit of a more full complement of minutes. And he's the one that we expect to take advantage of this matchup with Brooklyn priced at just 8,500. He's a little bit of a value to us, but he's still one of the top plays on the board. Vuch always a top play on the board. Cheaper than, of course, the other guys we mentioned is a really good spot tonight, as I said, because he's going to get all the points that he can handle, all the minutes he can handle in Orlando. It's obviously fantastic news for us on FanDuel. Oh, I'm next. Let's move on to how we're getting these studs in there. And that's with the value plays. That brings us to Thaddeus Young, who's a really, really good spot tonight, Drew. Yeah, I know Lori Markinain, at least it seems that way. He's listed as doubtful for the bull. So we'll find out if he's for sure out. But if he is, that should slide Thaddeus Young into the starting lineup. The Bulls just don't have a ton of front court depth. They really, you know, in terms of their backup bigs, they're really all centers. Behind Wendell Carr Jr. got Daniel Gafford, you've got Luke Cornette. So there aren't really true power forwards on the roster behind Thaddeus Young to soak up those Lori Markinain minutes, which means we think we'll see a ton of Thaddeus Young tonight. He's just 4,200. The matchup against the Mavericks is one that should go up and down the court and he won't have to deal with Kristaps Porzingis, you know, inside kind of contesting shots. So I think it's a good opportunity for Thaddeus Young. I think it's a tremendous price tag. This is the guy who's been an effective NBA starter for a long time. He's the best value play on the slate, in our opinion. Best value on the table tonight. It's Thaddeus Young without Lori Markinain expected to play. Thaddeus Young into the starting lineup, getting more minutes in an excellent spot for the Bulls and certainly chiefly priced on FanDuel. Another value that's worth bringing up to the table. It's Mark is smart with Boston. No Kemba Walker and yet his price went down. Yeah, it's kind of surprising. We left last week with Marcus Smart priced in the 5,000s. We came back this week and he's priced below 5,000 for a matchup against the Washington Wizards, the team that plays at the fastest pace in the entire league, team that gives up as many steals and blocks as anyone in the league and no Kemba Walker. So it seems like kind of an easy play here with Marcus Smart. He's been sliding in as that starting point guard. You've seen the assist rate tick up without Kemba and we would expect that fantasy production to continue to hold in a great spot against Washington. Let's make sure Marcus Smart gets the job done tonight with all of those minutes going in his way. Gordon Hayward, another fine play on this slate with the Celtics, Marcus Smart, nicely priced on FanDuel tonight. One last value play to get to and that brings us to Indiana, that Malcolm Brogdon, Aaron Holiday has staffed off and he should do it again tonight. Yeah, I know you and I Greg, we're not quite done with the holidays. So we need a little bit more holiday in our life and it's Aaron Holiday for Indiana. No Malcolm Brogdon. Without him, the minutes have ticked up into the high 20s, sometimes into those mid 30s if he can stay out of foul trouble, but the rates have really exploded. The usage rate has been up into the mid 20s. The assist rate has been up into the 30s as he's been the primary ball handler. Favorite matchup tonight against Charlotte, a team that likes to move and kind of keep the game in transition. Pretty good price tag in those low 5,000s and these are the types of guys that you need if you really want to jam in Luca Donicic and Gianna Santatacumpo tonight. So Aaron Holiday is a solid relief option and that point guard makes a ton of sense. I never want to be done with the holidays, Drew, and that's why I'm putting Aaron Holiday into my lineup tonight, not just the pun, but it's also the spot without Malcolm Brogdon in there. He's been good. He'll continue to be so, especially tonight. That's gonna do it for us here on the FanDuel Hurry Up, Drew. I appreciate your time. Let's do it again soon. Thanks so much. Enjoy the game tonight, Greg. You as well, Drew. Have a great night, everybody. Enjoy the games. Have some fun, win some cash. We'll see you right back here tomorrow on the FanDuel Hurry Up.