 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 NBA sleep as always This is every Wednesday at 4 p.m. You can find it on the fangirl YouTube twitch Twitter Facebook pages You can follow me on Twitter at DFS underscore Tom also at 6 p.m. Tonight right here in the same spot We have a Super Bowl live prop show going over all the props There will be a number of different hosts and analysts on that show So be sure to tune in right here at 6 p.m. For the Super Bowl prop show For this obviously upcoming game. Let's hop into tonight's NBA Slades and literally minutes before we are coming on the air We are getting all of this injury news for specifically some of the West Coast games the one important note at least in the East Coast game is that Keras Lavert is Available to make his calves debut, which is obviously important because we're waiting on the status of Darius Garland And then we get this slew of injury news from the West Coast where we have D'Angelo Russell, Anthony Edwards, Pat Beverly, Nasri, Josh Koji, Terry on Prince all questionable for the Timberalls And then all of a sudden we have LeBron James and Russell Westbrook who are both list as questionable and will be a game time decisions So this changes things massively where there could be immense sources of value for the Timberwolves and if we have Westbrook and LeBron as Game time decisions this could put a massive priority on Anthony Davis. So let's jump in We already got some questions starting off with Grimm on YouTube thoughts on using CJ LB tonight big fan of CJ LB I wrote him up as one of my value plays on numberfire.com obviously seeing an expanded role for The trailblazers due to trades due to injuries, etc. etc. He was gonna start line up last night That's where he should be tonight 34 minutes last night 31.8 fan to points love him in this spot This game has a was it a 224 over under right? 223 and a half over under versus the Lakers. I think that there's a good spot huge pace of spot for Portland They are 20th in a league in pace and the Lakers are number one. So pay some spot weak defense from the Lakers They're not playing a whole lot of it this year. A lot of minutes locked in for him So big fan of LB tonight. I certainly will be going to him as a solid value option Born to laugh on YouTube is saying is there a way to use Vucevich Lamello and a Rosen all-in-one lineup and still have enough for Steph Curry So obviously you're gonna be targeting this game because we have we have a massive 237 point over under and end of two point spread which honestly shapes up to be just a fantastic fantasy environment so you want Lamello and the Rosen and Vuce all from this game and still have salary for Steph so if you lock in those four stars you grew up with 4,300 remaining 4,300 five players left So if we get some of the value with you know players like LLB and Justice Winslow who again should be popular 4,500 remaining per player. I think that's doable. I obviously can't show you a full lineup But 4,500 per player with three spots left locking in four stars going to full stars in scrubs build I love that you know as I said on today's podcast Vucevich is one of my favorite players on the entire slate and then DeRozan is the coverboy for this For the thumbnail on this video. So I'm a big fan of DeRozan Just the shot volume we are seeing from him is unbelievable as of late Extremely high. Yes, we do have some of these games without Zach Levine Levine returned in their most recent game He still took 27 field goal attempts getting enough done when it comes to the peripheral category So to answer your question. Yes, you can get four stars into your lineup Find some value out there and you're still in a spot with 4,500 per player remaining where you can find You know a few more value plays under 4,000 or under 4,500 and you're in a good spot So I am totally on board with that DJ is asking me any love for Damian Jones Chamezzi Matu and PJ Washington Totally we saw Chamezzi Matu. I believe he started the second half if I remember correctly last night against Playing the Timberwolves again against the Timberwolves because Moe Hartlis went out So yes on Chamezzi Matu Damian Jones Also a candidate especially we're gonna be seeing, you know The secondary players from the Timberwolves if they have all their starters listed it's out And it's those depth players for the Timberwolves could be in there I think we're gonna be in for another back-and-forth game as we saw last night and then of course PJ Washington stepping into the starting lineup because Gordon Hayward is at this game as a 237 points over under right 237 Yeah, 237 and this games up at 235 so on board with all these players and really none of them are overly expensive Damian Jones 5500 Chamezzi Matu 243 obviously have to decide between them because they're both listed as centers and then PJ Washington is 40 Yeah, 4900 for PJ Washington. So all of these players are in play. You know, as I've said before When it comes to you know general line of construction, I try and narrow down The value plays that I'm going for on a nightly basis You know having a good pool of value plays prioritizing a number of you know star players and then making sure I cap and limit the exposures to anyone else that gets filtered through you know in through the optimizer where I don't want to be over exposing myself to you know Potentially players from this you know Toronto Oklahoma City game It's got a 204 over under while some of the options and having a few shares of some of the value plays on the thunder or go into Possess Yacum or Van Fleet is great This game ultimately is this a full two steps behind some of these other games that have significantly higher over unders So on board with all the players in the higher over under games. You're saying Doug McDermott to McDermott's okay overall in my opinion You know, we know what we're gonna getting from him We rarely see ceiling games from him if you're looking for Let's see if you're looking for someone at that salary 3800 at power forward small forward. I mean Justice Winslow's just a bit more expensive. I would prefer to go to him and honestly I'd prefer Ella be I just from you know the usage the shot volume ahead of McDermott, so you know, I would take Ella be and Justice Winslow ahead of Doug McDermott and you know, realistically You know, I would I would say we could have get Talon Horton Tucker as a starter But we won't know that for the 10 p.m. Start for the Lakers out in Portland considering this is an East Coast game for McDermott so Yeah, you would have to you'd have to decide early where you'd want to go and for me It would probably be Justice Winslow just taking him for that Michael on YouTube saying do you like Levert only if Garland is ruled out? No, I like Garland Even if Garland is in I like going to Levert as well because we know that the usage overall for The Cavaliers is still gonna be there for him. We obviously have to account for Him joining the lineup. Let's see marketing is out We're the big ones where's Collin Sexton is off the court. Let's just like take off two of the main a player so we know that Obviously, we're gonna see high usage from Mobley and Garland and Kevin Love when he comes off the bench And of course, Ricky Rubio not there anymore to answer your question. Yes, I like Levert I think that they're going to make it a point to get him the ball Even if Garland is there they operated fine when Garland and Sexton were on the court There's no reason that they can't operate totally normally in their offense when Levert and Garland are there. They traded for him for a reason. They want him in the offense So I'm gonna be going to Levert with or without Garland tonight. It's a pace-up spot for Cleveland They're 29th in the league and San Antonio is staying up at six. So it's a great matchup overall It's only a five point spread five and a half point spread I'm on board with with Levert I probably like him even more if Garland is ruled in because if that means he's gonna be less popular I want to go into him even more having more exposure Jeff on Facebook is asking No for that football season is obviously ending Grimm is saying do you like Murray with Garland Levert and Mobley in the Cavs Spurs game all in the same lineup Okay, all in the same lineup for Murray Garland if he plays Levert and Mobley I like that. I think that will help make your lineups a little bit different because overall Getting heavy exposure to those players I think we'll be a little bit behind that the Chicago and Charlotte game and then some of these West Coast games that potentially have you know some value So loading up on this game, which could certainly stay close. I Like that idea. We obviously know the triple double upside from Murray is always gonna be there If you want to lock in Mobley to start personally I prefer playing Mobley at the power forward position just to leave as much flexibility as I can specifically getting to players that sent that are center only, you know a player like Carl Anthony towns or in bead or Yelkic Whenever they happen to be on the slate or Vusevich, you know, I prefer going to Mobley at power forward and then Getting to Garland if he plays as well. I think he's totally fine 80 100. You're left with 57 100 he takes some value with Small forward with LB with Winslow 6200 remaining a totally totally viable lineup Do you like NERC if he's not traded tonight? NERC is in Trade rumors that would be news to me for the For the bulls. I have not seen any of them. I yes, if there are trade rumors for players, you obviously have to keep that in mind. Oh NERC is from Portland, excuse me If he's not if he's gonna be traded you'd have to leave yourself and out when it comes to line of construction Because he's in a West Coast game like you have to have a viable Pivot and that would be at seventy seven hundred dollars NERC itch It's tough to have a natural pivot away from him for the center position because we're only dealing with a six-game slate and none of these options around him are Gonna be playing because these are all East Coast games So you'd have to leave yourself and out to possibly get up to Karl Anthony towns Where you take the extra salary and then upgrade a different position? So yes, the trade deadline is tomorrow. There could be players pulled out of games So if you're gonna be planning on playing NERC itch You have to leave yourself and out in case he's traded and obviously not going to be playing when it comes to Some of the player props on tonight's slate. I took the over on Evan Mobley His points rebounds assist combined. That's sitting at 26 and a half 25 and a half For Mobley 26 and a half. I took the over on that. Obviously very little juice is obviously great I also took the cabs on the spread five and a half points and I took the bulls minus two I think the bulls are in a spot to Rebound, you know a couple of losses for them in a row. This is a winnable match or for them going up against Charlotte losing to Phoenix losing to The 76ers on back-to-back days. Obviously tough matchups. They have Levine back They need to win this game against Charlotte only two point spread So I took the bulls the cabs and the over on Mobley PRA DJs asking thoughts on the shocking Halliburton deal and it just came up that the Kings are keeping Barnes Yeah, learning that players are being kept by teams is also important as you know, we close out today's slate Thoughts on the Halliburton deal I think I'm in line with everyone else where I was Staggered when it happened all right where I had a double check that it was the actual Real woge account and that it wasn't a fake account that the Kings were getting rid of Halliburton And adding another big man when they already have like eight of them So I was absolutely shocked Malik Monk or Davion Mitchell tonight DJs also at also asking I like Davion Mitchell's game like I like what he brings and if he's gonna be in starting lineup Moving forward for the Kings because they absolutely made some trades No Halliburton there. I'm gonna be on board with him was specifically in this game environment You know, I would like Malik Monk a lot if we knew that Westbrook and LeBron James were ruled out so it's possible to You know look to your linux and say okay I want Malik Monk and if we do see him ruled out if we do see LeBron and Westbrook ruled out Can I take more shares of Malik Monk? instead of Davion Mitchell like that's certainly an option if you're looking to have some You know guard exposure that way So if I have to choose right now, it's Davion Mitchell But I would actually take Monk for the three-point upside if LeBron is out Green on YouTube is asking is that a better play than LRB? You're asking about Malik Monk or Because Mitchell obviously doesn't have the same positional eligibility. I Mean I like Malik Monk a lot tonight before that three-point ability going up against Portland if LeBron is out I like LRB, you know overall for his salary sub $4,000 in the starting lineup for Portland Probably playing another 30 plus minutes. You know should easily be exceeding a fantasy value Is that a play? Oh compared to Talon Horton Tucker? THT at 3700 the minutes are okay. The production is never super consistent for him. That's where I have an issue now if you're If you're playing both of them, let's say you make a lineup right where you have Talon Horton Tucker where you actually have LLB in and then we actually get the news that LeBron is ruled out Yeah, I think I get what you're saying Green is Horton better than LRB I think I think I would be willing to start the lineup and then pivot start the lineup without THT and then pivot to THT if LeBron is ruled out, right because Overall his production and minutes are pretty modest to begin with but we have seen him take a step forward in the offense when LeBron sits So you can actually start your lineup without him Wait for the LeBron James news since he's a game time decision if he gets ruled out then to pivot to THT, I think that's an easy way to do it because it's obviously the same game the salaries nearly identical So you're not massively changing your lineup that way. So right now. I'm rolling with CJ If LeBron is ruled out, I would take more shares of THT. I hope that answers it If you know pretty clearly, I think that's what you're asking so An interesting dynamic obviously in a smaller slate where there are less Pivots away from players, especially when we have, you know, three games that all of a sudden have a ton of injury news That are all West Coast games You know, we're getting all this injury news that Minnesota has all these players listed as as okay So Anthony Davis is now listed as probable. I guess that's good. We have LeBron and Westbrook listed as game time decisions We have all of these players for Minnesota being listed as questionable. So if they're gonna be ruled out Jada McDaniels, Malik Beasley, Jordan McLaughlin, like these are players, Jalen Noel, like these are players that could be elevated in overall importance because They're gonna be without a number of their starters. I think this is also a spot where I'd be willing to go back to Carleton Towns I know he didn't have the best game last night But this is still a favorable matchup for him It still features two teams in the top seven of league when it comes to offensive pace So I'd be willing to go back to Carleton Towns after what is ultimately You know a modest performance from last night. How do I feel about Jada McDaniels his minutes? Overall, I'm never like super excited about them But if we're gonna be seeing you know some of the players from Minnesota ruled out like that's the put that's the spot I'd be willing to go to him a bit more just because their rotation could be missing was how many players they've One two three four five six players listed as questionable so the minutes could be significantly elevated for Jada McDaniels instead of you know the the mid-20s like he could be well over 30 and in the starting lineup if some of those players are ruled out Grimm is asking who is your better six-man play that you might want in your lineup as a non starter tonight Love this kind of question. Who are you looking to you know for upside? That also like shouldn't be massively popular You're like you're looking to get you know some good point per dollar value potentially So Kevin Love and Kelly Ubrea I think are great options But they probably are both gonna be pretty popular and they're also not like super cheap So those are great options if they fit what you're looking for Jonathan Kaminga would probably be next for the Warriors We know that this game could certainly turn a little bit back and forth not a whole lot of defense being played from Utah right now specifically without Rudy Gobert. We have seen him take a step back So a three-point spread a two-point spread back and forth nature is always good Jordan Clarkson always fits that mold a Player that can come off the bench get hot. You always want that this game. I'm somewhat avoiding Because we don't want to be having you know too much exposure to a 204 game Devon Vasell would probably be somewhere on that list as well a step behind love and Ubrea for that We're about the salary or how popular they're gonna be. I think Ubrea and Kevin Love are by far number one in number two So that's where I'm ultimately going for this Aaron is asking for upside Fade stars and scrubs for the six and seven K guys versus ten and four K It depends on depends on how many lineups you're running, right? If you're running one lineup is a cash game is a GBP like if you give me a little more info You know, I could answer that a little bit better like if you're running multiple lineups You know, I always like to have a little bit of variation where there's a clear path to getting the stars and scrubs night But if you're looking to be different and you're rolling multiple lineups out, you could certainly go with a very balanced mid-range build You're locking in guys that all have consistent minutes consistent usage, you know high Production Offensive usage all these sorts of things. So the mid-range build is always viable on a nightly basis It just depends on, you know, how many lineups you're rolling out there, you know Push comes to shove generally I lean towards the stars and scrubs build just because you know That's how we see a line of lineups at the top of leaderboards that shake out historically like we're always seeing, you know Players that are $4,000 going for 35 plus, you know scoring, you know, fandom points, whatever might be one lineup in a league for upside total For total scored potential. So if you're going If you're going for the upside I one lineup, I think I would still lean with stars and scrubs I think the value we have tonight is really solid where You can get you can get this value in your lineup I'm also a big fan of Kobe white tonight for the Bulls this overall game environment. We know he's gonna be starting 237 over under so this is where I'm starting off with some of my value I don't hate going to Isaac Acura for Cleveland. I think I'll have less interest in him Specifically if we do see Garland play obviously men's salary for starter is always good We know his offensive upside is limited. So if you're going stars and scrubs and we see Garland ruled out like this Kind of start leaves you a lot of flexibility when it comes to who you want to be prioritizing You want to get to Lamella ball? Awesome, you want to get to de Rosen? Awesome, you're worried about LeBron sitting and you want to prioritize Anthony Davis Totally viable. You're still left with 6,800 You have three players between ball de Rosen and Davis that all legitimately have 60 point upside You're locking in starters. They're all gonna be playing 30 plus minutes or so. Maybe a coro is the you know odd man out but White LB and wins those should all be playing 30 plus minutes DJs asking is Scotty Barnes good value play over Keldon Johnson and Darius Basley also should I stay away from autoporter junior? So I like Scotty Barnes. I like Scotty Barnes to win the rookie of the year. Do I love him tonight? He's okay tonight. I like I love his ability to fill up the stat sheet but ultimately again this game environment at two oh two oh four is just Far less exciting than a game at 217 And if you can look to get up to auto quarter who's in game with a 224 over under and now a one and a half point spread I would you know look to go to him I would prefer Keldon Johnson ahead of Darius Basley and Scotty Barnes But if I have to choose between Basley and Barnes, I would choose Scotty Barnes So there's there's like a lot of good options in that list I would prefer Porter if you can get up to any of them just because the game environment But if you're staying a little bit lower in terms of salary I would take Keldon Johnson You know, we just want this the stronger game environment Darius Basley is a great plate tonight. I don't know about a great plate tonight Let's see what he's projected for Easily 34 minutes 29 a fan new points like slightly Slightly under value his $6,000 salary has jumped up a little bit, you know over the past few games You know specifically with Shea Gilgis Alexander out. I Like them a bit more when he is you know 52 5500 $6,000, you know going up against I would say a surging Toronto team And a game with a 204 over under and a 10-point spread, you know, isn't my favorite I think he's a good plate tonight. I wouldn't say a great plate tonight. So I think he was in a good amount of my Builds I did in the optimizer. This was before all of this injury news. So obviously that's going to change But I know I want to be limiting not only him but my exposure to all of the players in this game I don't want to be taking too many shares of any of them Just that's just the way I do things. I don't want to be focusing in a game with a 204 over under So things will probably change obviously with the optimizer with all of these players being listed as questionable Removing some prioritizing Anthony Davis a bit more because he's listed as Probable with LeBron and Westbrook being listed as game time decisions So that's where I'm going with things. I want to be getting up to DeRozan ball and Vucevich I'm you know and Anthony Davis now those are obviously the top four You know stars on tonight's slate and getting to a lot of the value that we have from Portland. We have value from Minnesota or we potentially have value from Minnesota What would their starting lineup look like if they have all these players ruled out so Beverly who's the list again Beverly? Edwards Russell Beverly Nasred Josh Koji Prince all listed as questionable now, which is fantastic So Malik Beasley at 5,500 if all those players are ruled out I would immediately be prioritizing Malik Beasley and McDaniels almost certainly give me a starting lineup I would assume we would have one of McLaughlin or Jalen Noelle as the starting point guard If Noelle's the starting point guard at $3,500 that's absolutely a spot You want to be going up against Sacramento. They don't play any defense Sacramento bottom-ten the league against point guards this year when it comes to the most fated points allowed per game again Two teams in the top seven when it comes to offensive pace so Minnesota Could be a massive source of value tonight if these players are all ruled out So Beasley 55 Jordan McLaughlin 51 McDaniels 43 No, well 3,500 like there is a lot of value Obviously the issue is that this game is at 10 p.m. And we won't have that news by 7 p.m. Line-up lock Grimm is asking Jordan pool Gary Trent or Terry Rogier in that group. I would prioritize Rogier pool Trent in that order Taking that you know game environment scoring upside all those sorts of things You know we do see Gary Trent hitting a lot of threes as of late, which is of course great He doesn't always fill the stat sheet. I have a little bit more faith in Terry Rogier to get that done and Pool with no Clay Thompson for Golden State is always an option Erin is saying so like Vooch and Winslow Winslow better than Barnes and Nurkage for upside potential tonight Yes, I would I'm going to Vucovich and Winslow like 10 times out of 10 ahead of Barnes and Nurkage for tonight As I said on you know today's podcast You know Vucovich is one of my favorite players on the entire slate this matchup against Charlotte is so so good They're the fourth most Fainted points a lot of per game opposing centers. This is a pace-up spot for Chicago. They're 16th Charlotte is sitting up at 2 we see this game with a 237 of Runder and a two-point spread Everything we possibly want from a DFS environment lies with Chicago and Charlotte so if we're you know talking about players between those two teams and You know Toronto and Oklahoma City like This has an over-under that's over 30 points higher So I'm gonna be leaning on this game 10 times out of 10 now Of course you can get players in this game that are a not popular and be can still go for 30 or 40 points like See ackham going for 40 points is not out of the question even with a 204 over under But him getting 40 points is good is him getting 60 points in this game realistic Like no like it's more realistic that we would see 60 point performances out of the Chicago and Charlotte game Just because there's so many possessions back and forth So many more possessions so many more rebounds assist points. Everything is just significantly higher in Charlotte and Chicago tonight, so that's where I'm leaning. It's gonna be these teams It's going to be these teams specifically with a lot of value potential for Minnesota. Oh, you mean Sacramento with with Harrison Barnes Oh, I thought you mean Scotty Barnes. So Harrison Barnes. Yes So a little bit of clarity on this with Harrison Barnes for Sacramento Oh, totally like I said, this game is gonna be awesome for fantasy production. And yes Limited availability with the roster due to the trades. He's gonna be in starting line Harrison Barnes is shooting over 40% from three from three-point range this year Having a little bit of a a later career resurgence for him Absolutely in play. So get to Harrison Barnes in this matchup I don't know more Halliburton in their lineup. We don't know who's going to be fully available for them due to this trade So yeah, go to Harrison Barnes Totally on board with that all all players in this game are gonna be in play I think we're gonna see that game in this game as Probably just massively popular overall so to recap real quick, I took the over on Evan Mobley 26 and a half points rebounds assist combined for him love this matchup against San Antonio pace up spot That's points in assist. This is points rebounds assist combined the over on it Mobley 26 and a half. I also took the calves minus five and a half and I took the bulls Minus two and a half. Those are the you know three bets. I made so far tonight if we do see LeBron ruled out Well, let's see what are their player props listed for Anthony Davis? 26 points for Anthony Davis right now. What's his points rebounds assist? Oh Anthony Davis only 39 and a half right now and LeBron is listed as questionable that could be a spot to maybe jump on Before he gets ruled out in that line. It shoots up All right, so that does it for today's Q&A show reminder There is a Super Bowl Q&A show 6 p.m. Right here same spots going over some props for that game as a reminder Every week 4 p.m. Right here on the family YouTube twitch Twitter page. You can find this show You can follow me on Twitter at DFS underscore Tom till next time. Good luck near contests