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LeBron, Morant, Bowman, Paschall, Stein are my first look guys.

Back to back nights of cashing. That day off on Saturday really helped. Let’s get it.

Nice little 4 game slate.

PG – Morant 8.4k priced through the roof. I’m passing. I’d rather pay up for Lilard.

Cp3 on a nice heater for 7k.

Bowen 4.7k gonna get some run.

SG – Holiday 9k sucks but he is still playable

Booker bounce back is probable.

Buddy, CMJ, and Bogdan nice mid range price.

SGA not for me tonight.

Value w/ Redick, NAW,

SF – LeBron 12k sucks. Rule is small slate raw points play him. The SF pool is really bad.

PF-fading all the top guys no AD, Green, or JJJ.

Like Saric, Paschell, Bjelica, kuzma, Meli

C- Whiteside up pace game not ideal but who is gonna stop him? Maybe himself?

Hayes nice punt option but upside limited. Same with WCS and Val. Will Mcgee smash? Barnes is a nice option too.

Just a few thoughts.

So far I really like Dwight, Bowman and Dillon Brooks. Really like Brooks.

I like Bowman too. Dwight can smash but he is in a time share with Mcgee. Not sure im there. Brooks is in play after his dud last game. I don’t mind him but others in higher price tag look more appealing with high ceilings.

Early slate a lot can change.

Draymond looks really good here

Any valid reason to not play NAW at least one more game? The minutes and volume should be there…I also like Draymond in this spot, will be the consummate facilitator, and should smash through peripherals. And going back to Dame- 50 burger, book it. Best of luck to all

Lonzo

And doesn’t Jrue occupy space in Dames head?

Is Lonzo a sure thing to play? I don’t mind the matchup for Dame at all. Jrue may be too busy as primary ball-handler and scorer. Don’t anticipate a lot of defense being played. Should be frenetic, high-scoring game

Not sure. He is questionable. If he plays then I like CJ a whole lot less because the Pels will go from NAW defending him to always having two solid defenders.

The Blazers are on a B2B and the Pels just scored only 108 vs the Warriors…both teams on fumes a bit evidenced by the Blazers signing Melo. But Dame is always in play.

Small slate so I’ll be taking Dame since that game pace should be up .

Locking Lebron in. I don’t think I can lock in AD . I’ll have him in at least one lineup though

I can’t bring myself to play Draymond. I’ve been playing him the last few times it was only him and the joes off the street I can’t do it. He isn’t good. He needs other guys around him. The focus is always on him and he just can’t handle it.

Never forget Draymond had a triple double with steals plus five blocks vs a much better and much slower Memphis team.

Yeah and he just did absolutely nothing against the Pelicans and their G League squad. I get the play and if he goes off whatever I just am not playing him.

Paschal seems like a safer pick than Draymond at this point and he’s also cheaper than Draymond

I think I’ll have both together

Cool, just please dont tilt if he puts up 50 DK points.

He could semi bust again but he had Jrue defending him along with defending Jrue and almost got to value in a crap game despite shooting 2-10. The matchup is so much easier tonight and his ownership will be less from the recency bias game log watcher crowd.

Who is defending him tonight? JJJ, Dillon Brooks?

Cs against Portland depending on who starts for pels

Yeah I like both Whiteside and Hayes in that game

I’m on FD Paschal and Saric for me

Trying to Fit James, Dame, and Paul makes an interesting lineup. Thats my core for now on FD

Wait…So, play Dray because 3 years ago he had a triple double against Memphis? An entirely different Memphis team, while he himself is surrounded by completely different teammates?

What’s the relevance here? He has absolutely no track record against Memphis to support this reoccurring. In fact, in 6 games since that game when facing Memphis he’s done nothing even remotely worth noting. Overall in his entire career his numbers against Memphis are closer to dreadful than successful.

Of course, none of this matters at all. He’s obviously playable today, due to Memphis being awful.

I mean that’s a great point you bring up with Jrue, I’m still just not playing him. Maybe in one. I like Paschall better + cheaper.

There is absolute crap at small forward tonight after LeBron, on FD that is.

Panda…its a reminder that Dray can put up GPP winning totals which we should already know. And that game is a reminder that he doesn’t even need to score to get there.

Pick good players especially when the public is buying high on lesser players like Eric Paschall

Eh, I wouldn’t call it crap, as much as overpriced. If playing LBJ, just play Little. Nothing wrong at all with Crowder and Burks. I WISH Burks was SF eligible on DK.