Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant, right, and Russell Westbrook celebrate their team's 100-99 win against the Los Angeles Clippers in an NBA basketball game, Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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OKC is sitting everybody that is good
So what's it mean? A bad match-up, but TONS of opportunity for Kanter, Foye, Morrow, Payne, and Waiters. Every single one of them paid value, and it makes sense. They are free, and we're freeing up like 110 minutes per game here. Kanter had an absurd 33/20 line and was the play of the night against Portland, and I assume that will be the case here as well.
Not exactly huge news, but this obviously eliminates guys like CJ Miles from consideration. As for George, I am still not sure the Pacers are hell-bent on trying for the 7th seed, so I'd deploy him very cautiously.
This would be huge for the Knicks because it would free up not only Melo's minutes, but his shots as well. Melo only played 26 minutes in his last game, but his absence would mean great things for Derrick Williams in particular - a good play that would become great.
He sat against Golden State, and that meant big minutes for both Lance Stephenson and Vince Carter. Lance was awful, but Vince was terrific. Neither is anything more than a speculative play for me today.
Opponent - SAS
FD Proj. Pts - 34.05 DK Proj. Pts - 34.98
Opponent - SAS
FD Proj. Pts - 24.32 DK Proj. Pts - 25.72
This one is easy. Last time the Thunder sat their big three Mr. Kanter drew the start and was basically a one-man wrecking crew. He piled on the points with a 33/20 line and I suspect he's the most popular play on the day today. He's not a punt play necessarily, but that doesn't matter on this slate. Kanter will likely be the top player on the team in shots if not for Waiters.
Waiters put up 19 in that last game as well. He's a totally different player when not sharing the court with Russ and KD. He's fully able to revert to his chucker personality. These guys should be everywhere tonight. They should rely
Opponent - DET
FD Proj. Pts - 32.69 DK Proj. Pts - 33.18
Is he a favorite to crush value tonight? No. But you have to spend the money somewhere and Wade and the Heat are still playing for seeding purposes. In case it isn't clear by now, tonight is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous. Make sure you have a healthy appetite for risk before tackling tonight's slate, though there is definitely money to be made if you can get a beat on how things will play out better than your opponents.
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Not really doing NBA till the playoffs start because it's basically putting names in a hat and drawing these last two games but will make a few cheapo flier lineups. Think the trick is going to be not looking at salaries. Just go with the 9 guys on FD 8 on DK that you think will score the most fp and don't spend up just to spend up.
thoughts on drummond tonight?
Drummond is in a great spot for his game. Averages +7.8fpts per game in below avg. pace match-ups. Miami is almost as slow as they come. Deploy with confidence...even if he sees 30 mins vs Whiteside he should easily exceed at current pricing.
Thanks Walrus much appreciated
I got a feeling Blake Griffin is going to sit tonight and play tomorrow night
kenneth doc said hes resting his players on Wednesday so i think griffin may play tonight
what you guys think about Phi PG Smith tonight?
Wonder what time pop announces he's sitting everyone?
Yeah the Spurs are really the only ? left
Normally I would say to just not take your chances on the Spurs but they're on a 3 game losing streak and surely Pop doesn't want to extend that any further going into the playoffs because that would not be good for team morale, but then again who am I to know the inside of Pop's brain.
Any input on randolph? Or Corey joseph?