 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 slates That is filled with a ton of injury news Injury news that's coming in over the past 20 minutes We had I would say a pretty good idea of what we were gonna be seeing on tonight's slate and that has all changed Over the past hour. So Paul George has been ruled out Bama to bio has been ruled out He's been out for multiple weeks with a thumb injury. He tore ligaments thumb. He needs surgery So things are changing very rapidly in NBA DFS as we know And I think that this would put a priority on a player like Jimmy Butler Who's currently listed as questionable if we officially see him activated and ready to go for tonight We can be looking to Jimmy Butler as a very solid option I assume a lot of people will be looking to Dwayne Deadman as well who should be the starting center for Miami We do see Dwayne Deadman also listed as questionable for the Miami Heat. So a lot of moving parts We have Josh Giddy has been ruled out for the Oklahoma City Thunder We're waiting on the updates for Minnesota with Anthony Edwards who is dealing with a non-COVID illness Will he be ready to go? We have the note on Porzingis that he's I think it's now trending towards probable for Porzingis For the Mavericks Tyler hero problem I guess that would also put some potentially some priority on hero for Miami if Jimmy Butler doesn't play and of course BAM is now out So there's a lot of moving parts on tonight's late when it comes to the injuries I can take your questions about who I'm prioritizing as of now Maybe it'll change throughout the day as we get closer to lock There are I still think plenty of good values that we know for certain right now One of them would be Monty Morse player. I wrote up today for the three value plays the three value plays article I do every day on a number fire calm just because they're dealing with so many injuries and specifically when it comes to their guard Rotation, it's really gonna be Monty Morse can Pazzo Howard and Barton as they're really only four guards available and Barton Obviously doesn't play your traditional One or two rule so Monty Morse is a player that I'm going to be targeting tonight Very heavily good match up against Orlando. This game only has a two. Yeah, two or seven over under obviously is an amazing Seven-and-a-half point spread is okay. We actually have seen the magic play some teams close as of late So I like the minutes which should be locked in almost certainly for Monty Morse pushing towards the high 20s If not low 30s Yanis or Yoke itch tonight as the big pay up Andrew on Facebook is asking I think it's viable to get to both of them just given the value that we have and given the Value that I think we're gonna continue to see throughout the slate It's I think it's possible to pay up for both Yoke itch and a touch goompo You know dropping them both into line if you're left with fifty five hundred per player remaining I think you can easily find value options that fall below that to of course increase the average One player I'm pretty big on is Armani Brooks tonight 3800 for the Rockets We have seen his minutes jump up Significantly over the past few he was a you know the ninth ten man off the bench in the rotation for the Rockets And he has elevated that pretty quickly just due to some of the injuries We know that DJ Augustine is out We know that Jalen Green is out for the Rockets He's thirty hundred dollars seen twenty minutes or more in three of his past four games I like him tonight and I wrote him up on the three value place today and more importantly He sees a good amount of his time when Kevin Porter is on the bench Brooks comes on they share a little bit of time and then Porter is resting on the bench And we see Brooks in that time when Porter is off Brooks is producing over one fan two point per minute So Brooks is another player that I'm absolutely targeting tonight So the question of Yanis or Yoke itch if I have to choose one I'm choosing Yanis just because this game has a 230 over under right hasn't moved 231 over under Compared to 207 which is dramatically different. It's not like we're dealing with like 221 or 230 It's 230 and 207. So if I have to choose one I'm siding with Yanis to answer the question directly But I do think it's very possible to just get both of them in your lineup given the value options that we have DJ is asking save money and play Herb Jones or spend up for Evan Mobley erring Gordy It depends on what the rest of your lineup would look like if I have to choose in that specific Circumstance I would choose Evan Mobley over both of those I think Mobley is just obviously the player that brings you the most upside That's why I would side with out of that three. You wouldn't be able to spend up at the other positions George on Facebook is asking what position to go cheap in There's just given the value that we have with the developing injury situation for today There's value options across the board at every single position. So if you are let's get this a refresh see if any of the Projections have updated it doesn't if you want to spend up it forward and center and you need value at guard There's value at guard if you want to you know do the inverse you're spending up a guard and you need value elsewhere We can be finding all this, you know Malik Beasley could be in for more minutes if Anthony Edwards is ruled out PJ Washington. Obviously been seeing plenty minutes with Who is it ruled out for center for? Charlotte his names is safe Mason Plumley. He is been out. So we've seen plenty minutes for PJ Washington, I think that's certainly fine Alexi Pogvesky could be coming into the rotation for Oklahoma City because Josh Giddy is ruled out We have Darius Beasley listed as questionable. So if you want value at forward, you can go there If you want value at the guard position What train man could be coming into play Terence man We can be looking at Luke Knard for value at the guard position because Paul George's ruled out So I don't think there's one specific position where you have to go cheap It just depends on which you know top tier players Are you prioritizing and then you could ship the value to the other positions because there's a number of ways to go about this I'm still big on Luca tonight, you know, even if we see Porzingis play I think getting up to Luca is a great option. I think that going to Lamella ball is a solid option Tatum I'm still gonna be high on Tatum regardless of Jalen Brown plays I think he's a nice contrarian plague Don't think a lot of people will be looking to him just given the match begins Philadelphia doesn't have the highest Overunder compared to some of the other games. I like Tatum as contrarian toward it play So there's value across the board tonight. It really is Just pick your pick your What is it like pick your favorite flavor? I guess it's like you want to spend down at forward Then you can spend up a car if you want to spend down a guard you can spend up at forward There's multiple ways to go about it tonight. Andrew is asking. How does Franz Wagner look against Denver tonight Denver plays tough against the forward position so overall this game I think is Okay, like I said the 207 over under which it which it's at live now 207 and a half is okay. Yolkich We know is gonna be in for his usual workload Monty Moore should be in for extra minutes when it comes to Cole Anthony or Franz Wagner or Wendell car out Wendell Carter, Jr. I think they're all fine options as you said Denver is tough against the forward position Which they certainly are so do I want to go out of my way to choose Franz Wagner in a lower over under game? And a tougher matchup probably not do we see the upside that he does bring in some of these recent matchup? Sure, we did see it the other night, but at 5,700 at this salary point I would much rather take Kelly ubra who comes out the bench for Charlotte He's been producing some really solid numbers has up like this game has a 230 over under I'd rather go there Keras Lavert is certainly looking like a solid option tonight I'd be willing to take some shots with even Pat Conniton in that matchup But he healed because their rotation is a little bit thinner was thinner last night We're gonna update an injured port from Sacramento But but he he'll comes off the bench for Sacramento and is taking like 10 three pointers a game You know that upside is much higher than you know Franz Wagner 6 9 13 11 11 8 12 14 like these are massive Totals when it comes to his three-point potential which gives him a massive ceiling So I just think the other options around Wagner are just much more interesting Lou Dort at 5,600 is I would say significantly better play than Wagner Given the fact that Josh Gidey is out and Lou Dort is questionable. So I Don't think Wagner's Wagner is bad. I just think that the other options are just significantly better Who is a better play for the magic Mo Bamba or Wendell Carter if I have to choose one Oh, let's see. Let's just compare their salaries real quick I mean, I would take Wendell Carter at 65 and I would use it in the power forward position So I'm not blocked at the center position to potentially roster Jokic or Carl Anthony towns or valentunas tonight So that's what it comes down to it come down to me prioritizing other players at center and not being able to use them Because Mo Bamba would block that so I would go to Carter and use him at the power forward position Obviously this year with dual position eligibility You can get a little bit creative when it comes to where you want to roster player So you're not blocked from rostering that so if you want to spend all the way down for doing deadman potentially At 3700 he's only a center and you want that value So you you want to roster him and then if you are You know big and Wendell Carter tonight You're not going to be able to roster him at the center position and deadman So to answer your question the end it would be Wendell Carter Thoughts on Moses Brown starting for the Mavs at 3k If that's confirmed, I think it's a fine option 3.5k whether you're playing on fan or drafting is obviously minimum salary I think it's a fine option. We look to the pelicans at the center position They're bottom 10 on Lee, you know 54.19 fan of points per game is what they're allowing if one We just need to get him confirmed. Where's this game? Bit further down over here if he's going to be confirmed and he has a solid men's projection Absolutely roll with it another value between him and deadman two Options at the center position for deep value. You can be considering So that allows you to stay up a spend up for tentacumpal You want to go to jimmy butler if he is in fact ruled in for this game You want to go for treyung you want to go for whoever it is They're all option just because we have so much value on tonight's like this is a great star in scrubs Uh type of slate where you can build anything that you want I'm still as I said on you know the daily I saw today on the podcast I'm still interested in carlton towns depending on the anthony edwards news If he's out, I'll have much more interest in Carleton towns also 8800 for a salary. I think is is pretty affordable. Okay, so this obviously doesn't impact tonight's slate But lillard out for uh about 10 days So we'll see uh, uh, anthony simons has a value option moving forward. That's not for tonight, obviously, but If you want to spend up at point guard and you are like set on getting two of luka lamello treyung Even sga because you should see a little bit increase in usage just giving the injuries That's certainly viable and then you spend down at center or spend down at forward and then also try and spend up for yokich Uh, dj saying you're right. I forgot to switch roto grinders to fandula Yeah, so whatever you're doing for Uh, where you're playing just remember if you're if you're selecting positions, you don't want to block yourself From rostling them in certain spots, you know, that's one big thing that Like i'm making sure to note using an optimizer. It's like, okay, this player has power forward center eligibility I only want him at power forward because I want to have the option of rostling these other Four centers that I like or whatever Uh, I set my player pull out. So that is obviously big, uh for just to talk about some player props that I took today Where do we have here? I took uh bobby portis over 26 and a half points rebounds and assists combined love this match up against charlotte obviously a fantastic game environment 231 over under something we absolutely love to see charlotte dead last in the league against center Against center. So bobby portis out there Hopefully pushing towards the double double seeing rack up Plenty of points and rebounds as we've seen him do a lot recently, which is of course good to see It's a little bit clear over here bobby portis 15 and 6 11 and 8 28 and 10 13 11 24 and 15 and it's obviously not just points and rebounds It's points rebounds and assists combined. Sure. He's only gonna have one or two But I'll take everything that I can get so over 26 and a half for bobby porti bobby portis pra Over 27 and a half pra for clink appella and then over one and a half made threes for montey morris tonight I just think that the opportunity for shots should be there for montey morris He's already taking a good amount of threes on a nightly basis four six three four three on an average night And then we see the magic Uh, where are they made threes? Uh, orlando is Bottom 10 of the league for the most three pointers allowed per game sitting at 13.1 So we look at denver. They're obviously a bit thinner at the guard position We look to montey morris as playing a very regular role He's taking a solid number of threes on a nightly basis Orlando bottom 10 league for most three points loud I like the over on montey morris one and a half made threes Does a mere coffee play enough to put him on a roster? That's a good question. Uh, a mere coffee obviously a player We've seen play good minutes at times for the clippers. It depends on their injury situation I would say yes tonight given his recent trend of Minutes he's probably going to be out there for I would say mid teens to low 20s when it comes to minutes. So at I assume he's the minimum salary or close to it 3600 I think he's worth us. Uh, you know a gbp flyer sign. This is not a player I would look for in cash games just because the we know the usage is going to be going to uh, ridgie jackson probably some to eric bledso Terrence man will be out there taking plenty of shots But yeah, I do like him as a gbp option tonight I will also say I like zubok tonight even to zubok for the clippers as another option at the center position I know a lot of people will be looking to spend either up or down getting the value with uh, doing deadman getting the value with uh, moses brown on uh, The dallas mavericks or looking to spend all the way up to the top I feel like some of these options in the mid tier could go a bit overlooked Bobby porters a player. I think is a good option for dfs. Like I said, I'm more interested in his betting lines But I do like the option of zubok tonight and pj washington in this mid tier at center I think that some of these options could get a bit overlooked just given the top tier options and the value So tonight slate we obviously have A bit more to wait on when it comes to the injury situation. Uh, the ones I am most uh, non impactful for tonight slate the ones I am Most worried about or most like taking note of on tonight's slate would be jimmy butler for miami Given the fact that he's been listed as questionable missed a few games Will he be ruled in if not who's starting also doing deadman listed as questionable Will he be in fact starting for miami? I'm assuming that he does play at this point That's uh What I've been doing narrowing down my player pool is under the assumption that doing deadman does play if he doesn't Maybe pj tucker gets to start at center. We know he started at center for the rockets a good amount last year So that could be something to consider I would assume hero jump since the starting line if butler is ruled out Caleb martin could be in for some extended minutes if Some combination of these players are ruled out just something that we uh, do not have uh as of now DJ is asking same question on solomon hill. Well, solomon hill is going to see minutes for the hawks The question is whether or not he's going to be a viable fantasy option generally this like solomon hill and Who started the other night for portland? um Tony snell like these are the types of players I very rarely look to in dfs Maybe that's just like a personal thing after you know getting burned by some of them Over the years. So solomon hill is not a player. I'm personally considering tonight Even though he could be in for a good amount of minutes. That's just not the type of player. I Traditionally look to I want to uh A higher consistency when it comes to the fan do points per minute like it's realistic that he could play 30 minutes And pull like a pj tucker line where he's out there for 30 minutes and puts up like 12 fan do points Like if you've been playing mba dfs long enough, you've certainly rostered pj tucker or Maybe even eric gordon or tony snell or whoever might have been over the past few years Like these value plays that just jump into the lineup They play 30 minutes and they put up like less than a half of fan do point per minute I know we've all been there and I try and avoid that as much as possible like terry on prince Could be in that same situation tonight where he plays a solid amount of minutes But he's going to put up like less than 10 fan do points Even though he's going to be out there for 20 to 25 minutes like that's also a possibility So again trying to pair those players out of my lineup as much as possible Just don't want to be left with what was essentially a dud in the lineup But it could be it could be a zero it could be 12. It doesn't matter at that point. It's just a dead spot Man or devian michel as guard value. I think that they're both solid I would side with terrence man just because of the shot volume should be a little bit higher for him Obviously, he's been seeing a little bit lower shot volume. This is where he normally was but he can reach towards double digits Decent amount from three point devian michel I think I think is a solid option if we're going to be seeing this volume shots from him consistently Just due to the injuries that they have I would consider him as well But I think that the overall opportunity for man should be strong if he's going to be in the starting lineup with paul george Will that devian michel always comes off the bench for the kings and if that shot volume is not going to be consistent I would side with man. That's very slightly assuming we get confirmation that he's in the starting lineup So tonight's late You think uh chamezima two looks great tonight with all the injuries. Yeah, I wrote up chamezima two as one of the value plays We saw him have a good night Last night against the lakers. I think he's going to be in the same for tonight. They are They've bagley listed as questionable. They have paris and barons listed as questionable again They should be in for some solid value plays bagley Paris and barons has missed a few games in a row now It's like four in a row right three in a row tonight could be four So I would look to chamezima two very very comfortably. Like I said, I wrote him up on Number fires one of the value plays it was morris brooks and metu as my three value plays I already took the over on montey morris made threes tonight. Like I said solid matchup for them I would look to let's see what the Thunder let's see what some of the lines are at for sga because You know, this is a player that we know 33 and a half for his points rebounds assists 27 and a half for points, which is just pure points at because sga is a player. I probably have a little bit of 22 Okay You know, this is a spot I would consider going for Maybe a few bets, you know, we'll see what the injury status we have for dairies phasely if we get that confirmed or not But that's also what I do like montey morris at 48 or Seth curry at 54. I do plan on eating adding tire grease maxing to my line I'm big on montey morris tonight. Like I said, I wrote him up on number fire. I already bet on his over Uh, so that is the spot that I would be looking If I have to choose one of those two, um Like in a vacuum, it would be montey morris at 4800 You know tonight's late I think is going to be could be a bit of a whirlwind as we get to 6 6 30 leading up to lock Uh, I would say be available during those times If you Know you are going to be rostering a player potentially like jimmy butler That is listed as questionable that we do not have an update Be ready with a plan of where you are going to be pivoting. Are you going to be pivoting, you know directly to You know, bradley bill, which is only a slight decrease in the salary You know, are you going to try and pivot up? You know, whatever that plan might be make sure you have that ready to go like we're moving jimmy butler adding Tyler hero, what are you going to do with the extra salary? Like make sure you have your swaps ready because if you're not going to be available during that key 6 30 at seven time This sleep is absolutely going to be Filled with injury news as we get closer to the end Other our atlanta indiana is a game I really haven't Touched on too much You know a few injury notes here If miles turner is uh, who's listed as questionable if he doesn't end up playing I think it's reasonable to see uh, sabonis just get the start at center and You know mcconnell or torey craig could jump into the starting lineup. We've seen them do that earlier times this year so it could be brogdon lavert Tori craig duarte and sabonis like I think that's a very reasonable assumption go to bataze getting the start I don't know if we're gonna be seeing that from him Uh, he's really not just playing a whole lot of men's at all By chance if he starts do I like the matchup for bataze? You know probably not I would sign with dwayne gedman and uh, probably moses brown as value at center I know chamezzi matoo isn't like that same salary point where they're those other guys below 4 000 But I'd still probably side with matoo over all three of those Uh, dante's inferno was saying howdy. What's going on? Uh, dj saying stay away from garrison matthew. Even though we played well against the bulls or go to jason tate So I I like garrison matthew's tonight. I think that just given the rotation for houston right now They are a bit thinner. Uh, jill green is out. Obviously john wall's not still the team dj augstein I actually like garrison matthew's tonight I think that the increase in his minutes is pretty notable and You know getting that shot volume against the weak team is always going to be good if he's under 5 000 and playing over 30 minutes That's a player. I will always be looking to as long as he has that consistent shot volume Or jason tate. Do you go to jason tate? Obviously, I think we would all agree that tate is a more consistent option overall I just think that the You know potential salary difference is something that I want to take advantage of if they can ultimately produce Similar outcomes when it comes to fantasy points, you know 37 26 You know low 30s high 20s from jason tate is what we can be seeing But we also can be seeing the high 20s from garrison matthew's when he's a thousand dollars cheaper So i'm personally sighing with matthew's a few of the preliminary lineup like run-throughs and lineup builds that i've done Had you know had some jason tate whether that changes due to The extra injury information will have to wait and see Let's just see who's around his salary at 5600 We'd be prioritizing someone I kelly uber like said the blue door could become more of a priority I think the The last run through I did did an account was before the giddy and basely news So I think it did an account for that So door would become more priority for me at 5600 over jason tate So this is like what I knew like an hour and a half ago I was obviously different than now because we have more injury information Well, what I do at 5 and what I do at 6 is obviously going to be different than 630 and 645 We know this like if you've been playing mba tfs You know like what we view as value early in the day is far different than what we view as value once we get Starting lineups at 630 So be ready to pivot specifically at tonight's late. I want to say this is one of the most injury filled slates That we've probably had this year besides the ones I feel like there was one within the first two weeks of the season. I was just unnecessarily crazy Uh, but tonight's late is certainly shaping up to be a busy one Uh, what do you know on a lexie pokevesky? Poku for the okloma city thunder obviously a player we saw get extended minutes at at times at the end of last season A player that is traditionally in the rotation for the thunder, but a player that is often ineffective I think that that can change tonight just due to their rotation being changed my interest in him You know if basely is ruled out. I think I have much more interest in poku tonight. We have to wait on that information Obviously 3700 dollars is pretty solid. We do see him reaching for a high volume of field go attempts and three pointers If he's not getting it done in points. He is probably not going to be providing a whole lot of value So this is the kind of like wait and see thing. Are we going to be seeing Darius basely play for okloma city? If not, then I would have more interest in pokuvesky tonight Like that's that's the best answer I can give you now. We just have to simply wait on that kind of information So if you're looking to spend up at the guard position tonight Uh, I still think that luka is a great option tonight. I want to be going to him very comfortably I think d angelo russell as I said on the deal. Yes. So is A really really strong option If we see anthony edwards ruled out We're waiting on this injury news or it's not injury news for anthony edwards He has a he has an illness. He has a non-covid illness So we have to wait on will he be actually able to play So that would impact things for not only d angelo russell Could be value with melee beasley could be prioritizing caroling towns a bit more So that is what i'm waiting on waiting on the jimmy butler news waiting on confirmation at Porzingis plays for the mavericks. What the rest of the starting lineup looks like for miami Because it's not only jimmy butler. It's doing deadman will tyler hero be in the starting lineup waiting on the confirmation for the starting lineup for the okloma city thunder For the sacrament of kings getting their updated injury report Obviously, we'd like to get some type of clarity from the kings and or the clippers on their injury status and their potential starting lineups uh, hopefully I would say before If we get something before like 7 30 that would be great because it would leave you the Most flexibility in terms of swapping the map because we have what is it six games that start at 7 30 or later So hopefully we get that before 7 30 so you can make adjustments as you need to with your player pool so dallas sacramento los angeles clippers minnesota okloma city thunder miami All very very important teams when it comes to the injury status on tonight's slate Because it changes the value that will be prioritizing it changes the overall player pool of who who you will be prioritizing At the center position like I said, of course yokich is a great option But i'm going to have a ton of interest in towns if anthian ever is out I also have a ton of interest in no valentunas and clinkapela so You know one injury uh impacts not only just one player who's taking their spot in the roster But it also impacts the value or the other options around them not just the value so to recap uh Big on at sense kumpo tonight big on yokich looking to monte moors for value tonight I think our monte our monte brooks is a good value play Doing deadman obviously could be a great value play whether or not he gets officially ruled in for the miami heat at 3700 Looking there as well. We'll wait on the value with okloma city and sacramento for the bets that I took uh just a quick recap On them bobby porters over 26 and a half points rebounds and assist over 27 and a half for clinkapela monte moors over one and a half made threes. I think that's a super super easy one Just given his Potential shot volume hit the minutes. He should be seeing and the match up versus okla versus orlando Those are the ones i'm on now again. Like I said, I'll have some more interest in potentially sga and lube dort if we get that Darius basely news like lube dort Which is pr a 26 and a half like that's certainly very realistic for lube dort to hit that Especially giving the interest like if he's putting up 20 plus points alone Like 26 and a half is something that I have a ton of interest in for lube dort All right, so that does it for today's show. I'll be uh back next week same time 4 p.m. On the family youtube twitch and facebook pages to take your questions about the night's mba slate You can follow me on twitter at dfs underscore tom until next time. Good luck in your contest