Welcome to a brand new NBA season. We have a lot of changes this year in terms of where players are however the one thing that never changes are the injuries that happen.
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A quick reminder here as we roll into the new season with so many changes to rosters some of the usual information such as usage will be difficult to grab. However once we get more games under the belt, this information is going to get much cleaner.
Hawks VS Mavericks – 07:30 PM
Hawks: Jalen Johnson is Probable. Danilo Gallinari and Lou Williams are Questionable. Onyeka Okongwu is OUT!
Notes: In terms of Jalen Johnson, he is relatively far down on the depth chart so even though he is expected to play, this isn’t someone I want to target. Danilo and Lou being question do impact the rotations a little bit. If Lou misses we should see some more minutes for Bogdanovic and Huerter. If Danilo misses this should open some up for Cam Reddish and Solomon Hill. While Hill is not someone I want to touch I can see getting some shares of Reddish. Below are the guys I want to touch in this game:
- Trae Young
- Clint Capela
- Bogdan Bogdanovic
- Cam Reddish – ONLY if Danilo misses and no more then 15% across my 150
- John Collins
Mavericks: No major news here.
Notes: With no real news here as the two guys on the injury report are no longer on the team. This is still Lukas team and should be a high scoring matchup. These are the guys I want to target:
- Luka Doncic
- Kristaps Porzingis
- Jalen Brunson – should run the 2nd unit
- Maxi Kleber
****This is my favorite matchup and likely target good chunk of players in this game****
Bucks VS Heat – 08:00 PM
Bucks: Jrue Holiday is Probable. Donte DiVincenzo, Rodney Hood, Semi Ojeleye and Bobby Portis are OUT!
Notes: Jrue Holiday came out of the game earlier this week due to a shin bruise however he should be good to go here. I think with the same injuries as last time you pretty much want to go the same direction and target the same guys.
- Jordan Nwora – his price came up a little bit but still in the area I like to target
- Giannis
- Grayson Allen
- Pat Connaughton
- Kris Middleton
- Jrue Holiday – will want to see his ownership. If he is low owned, you can be all over that.
Heat: Victor Oladipo is OUT!
Notes: Oladipo remains out here which is a carry over from last season. The team made some changes with shipping off Dragic and bringing in Kyle Lowry this offseason as well as some other minor changes. It’ll be interesting to see what happens with this team but on paper they have some solid talent to win some games. Below are the guys I like the most:
- Jimmy Butler
- Bam Adebayo
- Tyler Herro
- Duncan Robinson
- Kyle Lowry
Warriors VS Clippers – 10:00 PM
Warriors: Jonathan Kuminga, Klay Thompson and James Wiseman are all OUT!
Notes: No major news here as these guys were out for Tuesdays game as well. I think we go right back to where we targeted then as well. We will need some additional news but my guess is we see Wiggins and Green still on a minute limit (Wiggins played 26/Green 30). If this happens again it opens the door for Bjelica again who say 26 minutes. Another guy that benefited from this was Damion Lee who saw 29 minutes last time out. Curry and Poole are still the main shooters so I will be targeting these guys again as well. That being said the round up of guys I target are:
- Steph Curry
- Jordan Poole
- Nemanja Bjelica
- Draymond Green – 30 minutes he could still do some damage
Clippers: Nicholas Batum, Serge Ibaka, Keon Johnson, Kawhi Leonard and Jason Preston are all OUT!
Notes: The three big names here that really impact the rotations will be Batum, Ibaka and Leonard as this leaves a lot of minutes left out there and up for grabs. First lets jump on the Leonard part here which leaves a lot of usage up for Paul George to get some more shots as well as the guard positions of Jackson/Bledsoe. While we should see those two start the one guy I like to get the 2nd unit run and we know he can do nice things when given the minutes is Mann. Marcus Morris will likely have to play some bigger minutes and then the other guy I like here is Isiah Hartenstein who likely becomes the backup center and should get a minute increase. He had some big games at a low price last year so could be beneficial to have him here again. The guys I want to specifically target are:
- Paul George
- Terrance Mann
- Isiah Hartenstein
- Reggie Jackson
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