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we got a full schedule on Thursday almost almost completely full 13 games are on let’s preview those ones let’s see what’s in store for us with Michael Bolton thanks Josh it’s Michael Bolton here and it’s time for another episode of the locked on Fantasy Basketball podcast let’s get to it let’s get to it in date you are locked on fantasy your daily NBA fantasy podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your Team every day hello and welcome to the locked on Fantasy Basketball podcast brought to you by basketball monster my name is Josh Lloyd and you know what else is massive I’m also the lead fantasy Analyst at basketball monster.com and you can find me on Blue Sky Josh lloyd. B.O on Twitter at red rockball on Tik Tok at red rockball and on Instagram at locked on Fantasy Basketball today’s episode is brought to you by Fel start the season with a big return on fans you’ll get $150 in Bon bets if you win your first $5 bet go to fel.com to get started also go to lock on.com and sign up for the best newslet for your favorite team all the information about your team from around the old internet delivered smack bang to the middle of your inbox um 13 games are on we don’t have full injury reports for all teams at this stage we will be getting them through the day I’m guessing but they haven’t all come in uh at this point but we’re going to go through just the things we’re watching for now of course with 13 games on it’s not really a streaming day is it Friday will be Sunday will be but Thursday’s got 13 Saturday has 12 and Monday has 14 because you know insane that’s how we’re rolling and of course the uh Tuesday after that has zero games on that is Christmas Eve where the NBA traditionally takes it off I’m not going to take it off though I’m going to put it on well maybe I’m not I’m just going to stay clothed as I am but I’m going to talk about the games here on Thursday traditional 700 p.m. Eastern start times for all of these games oh that’s not true not for all these games for the first game of the day and the first game of the day is the Utah Jazz going to Detroit to take on the Pistons the Jazz I would think if you are a Utah Jazz fan and apologies if you are at the moment that you’d be really disappointed with the crop of young players coming through because they’ve sent all their basically all their first round guys uh all their draft picks from this season Cody Williams Isaiah Kier and Kyle filipowski have been sent to the G League uh Taylor Hendricks from last season is out so then we’re dealing with Bryce sensor and keionte George so it’s like six players from the last two drafts that’s not a good Return Man like Cody Williams is so bad that he just can’t play col is having some of the worst efficiency you’ve ever seen and filipowski looks okay but man it looks bad anyway that’s not really the point here Detroit our four-point favorites in this game they’re at home they’re very clearly at this stage a better team than uh than the Jazz in terms of schedule wise both teams play Thursday and Saturday this week on the both the high volume days next week they have the identical schedule as well Monday Thursday Saturday who is out well I thought SP High Luke considering they called it a groin strain to be up no he’s questionable I really don’t think he plays but he has been upgraded to questionable I’m also going to assume that uh Isaiah Stewart is out he hyperextended his knee the last time we saw the Pistons he might play we don’t have any diagnosis on that and they are pretty slow at giving that information the Pistons but we don’t know that um we’ll see but yeah at the moment I’m going to say that Stuart is out we’ve also got the thick hogman Tobias Harris with the thumb sprain they called it day today so I’d say it’s almost a true 50/50 here and then last game there was a little bit of KNE sess from Jaden Ivy I would say that he’s on the probable side of questionable but again we need to wait and uh and find out what else are we looking for in this game well Colin ston to me is not really a guy we hold on to in 12 team leagues the role seems to be all over the place even with a lack of players who are good so that is something we watch if he pushes back to 30 minutes then we could jump back on the train again but I don’t think so and then for the it’s of course assar Thompson who was great last game with Ivy out but more importantly with Tobias Harris out so if Harris plays does assar go back and play 15 minutes does he stay at 26 minutes I don’t know if you want to add AAR I get the appeal I get the excitement but the role is going to be up in the air in terms of stream guys in this game you probably aren’t going to be able to stream but I’m just going to throw names out there for every game Jordi Clarkson Jr d c a r k s o n he’s been pretty good the last two games and he’s really nullifying the impact of Colin ton and then for the Pistons yeah it could be Assad Thompson but the guy that you feel that his role is secure is leaky Beasley it doesn’t matter if Malik Beasley starts or if he comes off the bench you know you’re going to get 25 plus minutes nearly every night and he’s got the upside of hitting 7 threes and scoring 25 points it’s not always going to happen but honestly more often than not this season something good has happened and that is not the Malik Beasley experience usually the second game of the day the Oklahoma City Thunder Fresh Off losing um in the NBA Cup Final they I want to take on our Orlando Magic the Thunder is 6 and 1 Half Point favorites here on the road the Thunder have a back toback here so they got a weird schedule they played Tuesday no what else did apart from the bock and they go Thursday Friday then they’re done for the week next week they have Monday uh not playing Christmas day which is clearly insane uh Monday Thursday Saturday Sunday for their schedule next week the magic are a Thursday Saturday this week as nearly every team is and then it’s Monday Thursday Friday Sunday the week after Chet’s going to be out I’m going to guess that pig Williams is out that’s Jen Williams uh Usman Jen is going to be out France Vagner and Pa bonero are going to be out for the magic and we did get an update on big Gaz Harris who’s been dealing with a hamstring is issue for a couple of weeks it does look like the Gaza might be able to return here he’s officially questionable in terms of um what have I got Colin SE and assar Thompson there my apologies that’s not what we’re watching in this game what I want to watch for the Thunder is not that this game is necessarily A big one but Jaylen Williams we all love Jaylen Williams we know he’s been awesome this season but in games that tend to ramp up the the um intensity his production’s not as good we saw this in the playoffs last season we saw that honestly through the NBA cup knockout games he just sort of doesn’t doesn’t Elevate in fact he goes backwards so I do want to see like not again how do he bounces back from those sort of issues and and he’s been very good but I’m just there just little things I’m watching with Jaylen in terms of on the magic side of things well it’s realistically just what is going to happen with The Replacements one game it’s Cole Anthony one game it’s black the other game it’s Tristan D Sila and mo Vagner so we’re watching to see whether Vagner who’s probably got the best chance of maintaining that value how that all plays out in terms of stream guys I am still going to go with the Hong Kong mattress case and Wallace for the Thunder even though there’s a chance he doesn’t start what is interesting also with the Thunder is they are the minutes for Aaron wiggin seem to be pushing down so watch that watch Joe Watch Wallace and how that plays out well for the magic there’s a number of guys window Carter is available in leagues he has been frustrating at times obviously goo badad sits at 38% but according to basketball monster he’s 100% rostered um so you can go to yeah him if he is available very clearly otherwise you look at guys like d Silva or you look at Vagner or you try Mr Black that was a one of the worst Mr blacks I’ve ever done Mr Black um colany probably not they look to be phasing him out again after yeah one game sample size the next game we take a look at is the Charlotte Hornets and the Washington Wizards schedule wise actually uh spread wise the Hornets of three three and a half Point favorites here the hornuts play Thursday Friday so that’s the back toback obviously and then Monday Thursday Saturday and the Wizards are Thursday Saturday into Monday Thursday Saturday Trey man’s going to be out I did not think that Brandon Miller was going to play but they have officially listed him as questionable he sprained his ankle it looked pretty rough that ankle sprain on Monday I think it was I don’t think he’s going to play to be honest with you the fact that he’s labeled as questionable and it is the first game of back toback it would seem pretty dumb that he would play in this game but that’s where we’re at the other thing is that I I put both Mark Williams and lamelo B with questionable tags because it is the first game of a back toback and I’m I’m going to assume especially Mark Williams that they’re not going to play both games at the back toback I guess lamelo could but I don’t think Mark will but they’re not on the injury report so that means that lamelo and Mark are going to play on Thursday which is for our fantasy purposes not the best strategy not the best outcome that means mark is almost definitely going to sit on Friday meaning your big dick Nick Richards streams are applicable on Friday mow might sit Friday he might play I think he probably sits but I don’t know so that is something for us to watch there and then for the Wizards well I would have loved if we got a little bit more in terms of the updates on these players but we don’t what we do know is um Malcolm Brogden who I thought might be out a little bit more time is actually questionable now uh kesan George was able to practice so was Cory kisbet and Kyle kman we don’t know whether he plays but of course if all those four guys come back well then what happens with Justin champany that’s going to be the question for the passion pop is he a able to get out there and play 35 minutes the answer is 100% no but we need to see how that all stuff plays out for the Hornets I want to see what they do with Mark Williams he’s going to play he’s going to start do we push to 20 where are we out with Mary that’s really key to me watching this yes he needs to be rosted everywhere and I’ll see how how far we push in this game in terms of stream guys I think Cody Martin would be the stream if Brandon Miller misses so just keep an eye on that and then Bob Carrington probably but he could also get completely drowned out same with Justin champany if those four players honestly if even two of those four absent players are able to return so it could be a real mess situation there for the Wizards in trying to determine where the value sits we’ve got uh way more games to talk about there’s 10 more of them which someone say it’s too many for us to talk about we’ll get back to that in a sec today’s episode though he brought to you by built rewards if you are a renter you need to pay attention to this because built rewards is here to give you reward points that’s what their name is it’s rewards right so you get rewards on other things groceries and travel all the time you just accept that as a common part of life but with rent that’s never really been the case with built rewards you can get those 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get into the fourth game it is the Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics we we got some injuries in this one as we do in nearly all of these games um the Celtics are whopping 14 and 1 Half Point favorites here the Bulls play Thursday Saturday and then they play Monday Thursday Saturday the Celtics also also Thursday Saturday and they go Monday Wednesday Friday Sunday I listed Josh giddy as doubtful in in this game they said it’s not as severe as they thought it might be or as the Olympic injury so that’s good news so I don’t think he plays here but doesn’t look like it’s going to be a long-term thing Zack LaVine missed the last game no update on him at this point dalen Terry also and the good news is is Christ Pingas is officially listed question one you might say the good news would be if he was off the injury point I agree with that but pingis has not been ruled out he has not been labeled as doubtful or anything like that so it doesn’t appear that it’s a serious issue that caus him to leave the last game early so there’s a chance that christs plays in this game they could also just give it to him off and play him on Saturday and Al Horford sat the last game and there’s no real reason that he’s going to be on the injury report here they did also add Sam Hower and Xavier Tilman on there as questionable tag players tman doesn’t really play anyway and how has been getting some good minutes so if he is out that does really help fluff up some of the of a pton Pritchard not that you really need that and maybe you get a little bit of extra Jordan Walsh in there but that’s not going to be important for most people for the Bulls I I would say overall um I don’t know how most of you feel about this I would say overall it’s been a little bit of a disappointing season from Kobe white the efficiency stuff has been an issue the ball handling not quite where it’s been in previous Seasons um so I just want to keep watching I know there are people who have mentioned to me man I I just want to drop this guy I wouldn’t do that I wouldn’t do that at all but that you speaks to some of the level of frustration that’s out there on the Celtics side I think Jaylen Brown at the moment can’t hit free throws at all so we want to see if he’s able to get himself back into normal Jaylen Brown cuz his recent production has not been particularly strong I think Lonzo Ball’s a really good stream guy for the Bulls I am very interested to see what sort of minutes they give him here they pushed him in the last game and that was without Zack LaVine we might have no LaVine and no giddy in this one so ball and dumu will have to do a lot more and that will be something very interesting to watch and I don’t mind an out of ball just to see where we go and then Al Horford especially ping out hawford is the stream guy but even if Pingas plays Al probably does enough to be considered streamable but again remember it is a day where there are 13 games on the Brooklyn Nets up against the Toronto Raptors is your next game to talk about two uh teams with some significant flaws clearly the Raptors are four-point favorites here Brooklyn goes Thursday Saturday into Monday Thursday Friday Sunday whereas Toronto is a rare Thursday Sunday team and then they only play three games the week after Monday Thursday Sunday C Thomas is going to be out for the Nets we know that one at least um B buan bogdanovich is out trenden Watford is out and then I believe they’ve just ruled zier Williams out let’s double check that one yeah Z Williams is out he’s been dealing with his knee sprain and yeah he’s going to be out for a little bit of time here it looks like a little bit further of time but um on the Raptor side is where the interesting stuff is happening Emanuel quickley is out yakob purle is not going to play with his groin strain but Scotty Barnes has been upgraded to questionable I don’t know whether Barnes is is going to play 100% here but the fact that he is back and practicing and ahead of schedule is really good news for him and bad news for some of the other guys on the team also don’t know whether we’re going to get Bruce Brown finally playing there’s been no real update on him at this stage um so we’ll see where where he is at but that’s going to have an impact on a bunch of different players on this squad for the net last game um Dron sharp put up a really big performance I don’t really believe that that’s something that’s going to be able to hold but I want to see how what happens here with Claxton and sharp and how much does Simmons and Clon cross and if they because they need Simmons so much does that mean they have to push Claxton down that is really important to watch for the Raptors Chris buet was able to put up big numbers last game I doubt that he starts with purdle out it will probably be Fernando and then there’s some mobo in there there’s some Alin in there but bue was really good getting a double double last game so keep an eye on that I think Ben Simmons is the stream there for the Nets pretty clearly I think think he’s an ad to be honest and I think oosha abaji is probably the stream but I could be talked into a Lin uh you could look at BU as well and I don’t think any of them is super super clear in terms of the overall um predictability of it the next game is the Atlanta Hawks and the San Antonio Spurs actually just got an update on the Spurs as I’m recording this part of it the Hawks are oh no the Spurs are actually one point favorites in this one which is pretty wild to me that’s okay the Hawks play Thursday Saturday into Monday Thursday Saturday Sunday the week after and San Antonio is also Thursday Saturday into Monday Wednesday Friday Sunday Kobe buffkin unfortunately for him just too completely ruined Seasons he is out for the season with that shoulder issue which he had in summer league and then reinjured at the start of the Season he’s out again so that’s really really bad news for him that means Vic Cree for those of you in deeper double onic leagues is going to be the backup point guard and Dyson Daniels with a little bit more ball handling but really really rough start to his career for buffkin and now that really casts a lot of Doubt on where he’s able to get to to be honest I thought C Johnson would be out he had a cal strain allegedly he’s Miss like two games not an NBA team mishandling a soft tissue injury I’m sure that’s never happened before but Calon has been upgraded to probable meaning he’s probably going to play which I don’t really agree with Zack Collins is but you know I’m not there I’m not in the room maybe it is maybe all of the evidence of all these soft tissue injuries being forced back too early is a figment of my imagination and he’s okay and ready to go Zack Collins is questionable if Zack Collins does not play Then Goldfinger Charlie Bassie is the guy that you stream in in deeper leagues for those block numbers um and then Trey Jones is available to play as well um he doesn’t necessarily always they say he’s actually officially prob Tre Jones but yeah he’s going to play um on the Hawks Trey young had been bit disappointing at times this season but over the last couple he really had started to ramp it up so we’re just going to see the mentality change where the usage sits does he pull back a little bit that’s important and same with Jeremy soan and with soan he’s looked great nearly every game this season they started him over Steph Castle last game what does that mean for Devon Vel does soan continue to start was it a matchup thing let’s pay attention to how they use him in terms of streams for the Hawks well if DeAndre Hunter is there you dream him otherwise it’s Zachary R and that’s really bottom of the barrel scraping stuff and for the Spurs Julian champan is available in a lot of different spots so you can still stream him again I do think that when we actually get 30 plus of Vel and sohan’s playing I don’t think champan is going to maintain that value but that’s not happening now so we just keep using Julian and then uh at some point I’m guessing it’s going to drop off I guess the Golden State Warriors Memphis Grizzlies is our next game to take a look at the Grizzlies here are favored by Four Points both both of these teams play Thursday Saturday the Warriors are Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday next week Memphis is Monday Thursday Friday Sunday uh Modi muy is dealing with a knee issue we’re going to put him as doubtful for this one but it does appear almost certainly not almost certainly 100% that we are going to get Dennis Shredder making his Golden State Warriors debut I think that he will start for the Warriors I don’t think that he plays 34 minutes but obviously that is something important for us to watch for the Grizzlies GG Jackson and V Williams were remain out on the Warriors we’re watching Shredder and the associated impacts what does it do for Buddy hee and Brandon psky kills Brandon py By the way probably kills healed what does it do for kaminga how do the lineups look how do they use that what does Shredder’s minutes look like that is all important to look at and same with Zack Ed on the Grizzlies first game back he started the second half did they just put him into the starting lineup ahead of Brandon Clark is he a 25 minute guide is he pushed to 28 does he go to 24 is the Warriors a terrible matchup probably but we want to see what how they use Ed in this one I think Looney is useful enough as a streamer but you know what you’re getting it’s some weird steals from a center and some rebounds maybe the occasional three or four assist game but the upside is really low there and then Marcus Smart’s been dropped into L leagues yeah rightfully so he should be but there is streaming ability still in Old Marcus Smart because you know we know he’s going to get those 25 to 26 minutes he started the second half over Jaylen Wells last time out and yeah he he can be rough at times 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this one the Rockets of 10-point favorites schedule-wise the Pelicans one of only two teams with three games left this week they go Thursday Saturday Sunday the kings are the other one and then they play only Thursday Friday next week so a very weird Pelican schedule the Rockets are a Thursday Sunday team which again is not a common combination and then they Monday Thursday Friday Sunday Ingram’s going to be out Zion’s going to be out Jose Alvarado is going to be out I’m guessing I don’t know about uh Neu Legend Jordan Hawkins I’m putting him doubtful because that back injury doesn’t sound particularly comfortable but I just don’t know with that yet uh and Klo makovic questionable he’s not going to play anyway and Jeremiah Robinson ear dealing with an illness I would think that he’s closer to probable than questionable Robin on the rocket side of things Steven Adams had to leave the last game with an ankle injury he did not practice and I would say there’s no chance that he plays I’ve got him on the doubtful side of questionable that means that jacqu landal is going to be your deeper League backup Double onx Diamond streamer level player uh if you’re looking for somebody there um in terms of what we’re watching well the Pelicans I know people do push back on me on my takes on Mei cuz I think he’s doing plenty and he is he’s doing enough to be a 12 team League guy my point on that and I I’ll be very clear on it is that with all these guys out and the minutes is getting I wanted more these are the sort of numbers I would have hoped for Mei when guys like Ingram and Zion were available at the moment he’s doing it in the situation that’s almost as good as it can be and that’s where I get my concern he’s fine he is good and you roster him when he’s playing 30 minutes a night and you get a block and the shooting is fine and the rebounds are pretty pretty strong they very good actually but all of this situation is tailored towards him at the moment and I don’t think it’ll be that way as we move forward that’s what I say that like I want more out of him now it’s totally good but these are the numbers that you would hope that he can do when the others return and I then now I don’t think that’s going to be the case that’s what I’m talking about in terms of the Rockets it’s been a really down period from tar een do they go back to him or are they just going to keep him down now at 19 20 minutes and lean more back into Jabari Smith and the shooting ability there because honestly if we keep getting this from E for the next 2 weeks that’s not a hold right if he’s a 20-minute an ey player it’s not useful it’s got to be 25 and we need to watch it in terms of the stream guys BJ Boston it’s hit or miss with Boston of course he might um get a huge huge scoring game and shoot really well or he might suck and then that could be a real detriment to your team yeah he’s been getting some steals late I’m not really going to rely upon that it’s really just about volume scoring for him while these players are out and then for the Rockets well it’s Dylan Brooks you know it’s always going to be Dylan Brooks it’s not going to be anyone else really he’s available on spots you stream him in if you need him you drop him when you don’t and that’s realistically the Dylan Brooks experience which is so enjoyable the next time or the next game up is the Clippers taking on the Dallas mavick a lot of injury reports here for the Mavs we’ll talk about that in the SEC they are 6 and a half Point favorites here the Clippers play Thursday Saturday and then just two games next week Monday Friday Dallas is Thursday Saturday this week and they play Four next week Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday kaai leard is doing a little bit more work in practice maybe we get a new year miracle and kawhai returns I don’t know I don’t know I’m not having much faith in it but we’ll see uh Terence man is out Derrick Jones is out Kobe Brown is out looks like he’s going to be out a little bit of time with his back injury Dante exom is out and Jaden Hardy is out but then we’ve got a bunch of players for the Mavs who are questionable including their two main stars Luca donic and Kyrie Irving Kyrie practiced Luca did not and that is a little bit of a concern uh they’re calling it a heel contusion for Luca we’ll see they’ve got the Thursday Saturday Monday Wednesday Friday that it’s a really quite busy part of the schedule for Dallas so we’ll see what they do but don’t be shocked if one of Kyrie or Luca sits out you’ve also got Naji Marshall questionable with the illness that’s been bothering him he did practice though so did Moxy Cleber who was uh dealing with the rib fracture they they both practiced it was just Luca that didn’t so keep an eye on all of that um what are we watching for on the Clippers it’s all about can Kevin Porter maintain value probably not but we’ll see if he’s able to put himself into 12 team value and then on the Mavs realistically yeah there’s the issue with Kyrie and Luca but I want to see about the Derek Lively Daniel Gafford minute scenario is it 307 17 of Gafford is absolutely not enough but if if we get that again here then that would points League you drop Gafford don’t worry about that but in category leagues I am holding because if we get a 22 Gafford without Lively foul trouble then I get more interested but I don’t know if we’re going to get that in terms of stream guys Chris Dunn is always going to be there with that steel block assist threes combination and then for the Mavs I’m going to put Quenton Grimes in now Naj Marshall probably is the stream option I just don’t know that he’s going to play but Grimes has the ability to start if one of Luca or Kyrie is out and yes Spencer dwy can be that player as well so you can put him in that mix too but again it’s a game where a day where 13 games are up not sure you’re going to actually have the roster capabilities to do it the next game up is Indiana taking on the Phoenix Suns the suns are favored here by 6 and 1/2 points the Pacers play Thursday Sunday and then Monday Thursday Friday Sunday the week after and Phoenix is a Thursday Saturday team into Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday Aaron Smith remains out but Ben Shepard has been upgraded to questionable with his oblique issue not that Shephard’s going to play a huge role necessarily but it does have an impact I’m guessing a little bit on Ben Maan and on the dildo Johnny Fury who’s been getting his 10 minutes or so Off the Bench it seems like Brad Beal is going to play he did practice and buen Hol is giving like yeah it’s all pretty good it’s going okay he’s dealing with knee sort so that’s not ideal and that’s different from calf injuries and Ankle injuries it does seem like he will play but I don’t know that on the Pacers side what am I watching while I am watching obber toppen who’s been putting up really really good games of late I don’t believe it for a second how the impact or if Thomas Bryant impacts him at all does that mean toppen never plays at Center 17 minutes of toppen we don’t care about 23 we get a little bit more interested in for the Suns I want to watch Kevin Durant because again Kevin Durant is awesome he’s the best player on the sun still probably but but he still has had a few weird sort of moments with weird percentages stuff or uh efficiency stuff or lack of steals or whatever it is that the numbers just haven’t quite been as good from Durant this season I think as some may have expected so we’re just going to keep watching to see where he goes and how it all looks for him in this game and then in terms of streaming options Andy nart is probably the guy hit some nice assists last game what I did love about that last one and a lot of the ones recently is that halberton is still doing his halberton things and not the bad halberton the good halberton things and then doesn’t really impact that as a general which is a w there Royce O’Neil is probably the stream in Phoenix we’re not excited about that but if Beal is out then a little bit more uh shine appears on Roy Nicks wolves rematch Revenge games towns Randall D vinchenzo it’s all happening I guess the wolves are two and a half Point favorites here um I said wolves so funny wolfs no the wolves are so funny uh the Knicks funny their favorites that’s what I’m trying to say Nicks Thursday Saturday into Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday the wolves are Thursday Saturday into Monday Wednesday Friday Sunday injury report very very small Mitchy Robinson is out Ariel haky is questionable then he won’t play anyway and jingle and Joe Engles I’m going to put as doubtful he won’t play anyway either so literally it’s just nothing that matters they are basically full strength apart from Robinson I want to watch maau Bridges he doesn’t get to the line ever anymore the shooting is very up and down even though the twoo percentage is almost back to Phoenix numbers but can’t hit free throws doesn’t get to the line and I always want to see some consistency on the wol side of things Julius randle’s last few games have been down is that going to be the trend now is he a 30 minute a night player it’s not really necessarily benefiting Nas Reed who sucked in the last one but what are they doing with that sort of lineup how does Randall look against his former team we’ll see in terms of streams precious atua is probably the guy I Look to maybe even juice McBride there but the minutes have drop for juice which drops his usability and then of course to Dawson there on the Wolves Jaden McDaniels have a big one who can have a small one but you’re never going to rely upon it you use him when the options there and when it’s not you don’t easy I think Lakers Kings this is a game where we got a few interesting injury reports that I’m not really sure how to read into them we’re in Sacramento here and the the kings are 4 and a half Point favorites Lakers are a Thursday Saturday team and they go Monday Wednesday Saturday the week after and Minnesota is Thursday Saturday Sunday I actually said that there was only one other three- game team this week but I lied the Minnesota is one of those and then they played Thursday Saturday the week after is that right that does yeah is that right let me double check that that Minnesota schedule is complete oh what it says Minnesota that’s right cuz what it should say Sacramento my bad so it is right it’s not right for Minnesota what am I talking about this is the Kings sorry brain fart the Kings play Thursday Saturday Sunday this week and then they only have Thursday Saturday next week so I like the Pelicans they’ve got the three games left this week and then only two games the week after Jackson Hayes Christian Wood Jared Vander bilbar are all out for the Lakers Jaylen hood chafino is questionable he won’t play play so don’t worry about that one Devin Carter remains out for Sacramento but then we got damont sabonis an update on him missing the missing practice he had a hard fall in the last game he tends to play through this but he has had um a couple of issues with his back this season just we keep an eye on that um the fact that he didn’t practice is not a great sign so that is something that is obviously going to be important now if he is out what do they do like Alex Len I guess Isaac Jones would play a little bit more it’s uh their backup center situation is some way say horrible Trey lles is likely to return he’s been dealing with a carf issue so I guess they could start him but would you start Trey L is your starting center in the first game back from an injury against ay Davis that could be absolutely disgusting so I don’t know that’s that’s troubling Keegan Murray also um did not practice um but tre’s did so there is a chance here that both Murray and sabon are out and if Mur a bonus out that means that L has to fill both those spots meaning you’re going to get Jay Crowder you’re going to get Isaac Jones and you’re going to get Alex Lynn and it’s going to be bad it’s going to be really really bad Kevin herder also um I haven’t didn’t get any practice reports on him I honestly don’t think he plays but I’m putting him as questionable here in this one on the Lakers side of things I’m I’m done with D’Angelo Russell I think it’s he might bounce back at some point but I don’t think how many times can this team hate this bloke and play him 17 minutes for me not to say okay I’m done I am done now I’m done I know I could bur me I am I tried to hold on but I’m done uh with him and then on Malik monk I know he’s starting I know the minutes are good it’s more about assist distribution between him Fox and d rozan and sabonis cuz monk is getting them at the moment whether he continues to I don’t know but they are putting the ball in his hands a lot which is an interesting development in terms of streams it’s probably Max Christie who is getting the starting nod over I can’t believe he failed to pick 17 Legend Dalton connect and over guys like cam reddish who somehow is still in the league shout out to uh him being such a clutch performer Keon Alice is obviously the stream on the um on the Kings if you you so have that room available to do that but when we talk about the Kings her of being out is going to mean Alice does more Murray and sabonis probably don’t impact him and remember their next two games are on high volume days would you start Alice in a game where Hera and Murray sit on Thursday you probably would so yeah there is a little bit of value maybe in that you probably would in that scenario the last game of today is the Denver Nuggets going to take on my mate chony bips and the Portland Trailblazers up there in terms of the spread the nuggets are eight and 1 Half Point favorites they play Thursday Sunday into Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday and the Blazers are a Thursday Saturday into Monday Thursday Saturday vco chancha is out for Denver Dario shich has missed the last few but he’s not a rotation player anyway so he’s questionable and then Christian Brown missed the last game if he is out Russell Westbrook will take that spot most likely mati styal remains out for Portland and do we finally get DeAndre Aon the Snowman is he able to play through his illness and we get to see the kingan Williams Aon trium and how they’re going to use him I I hope so but I’m not going to hold my breath Russell Westbrook is the guy to watch on the Nuggets I think for points leag he’s just a hold anyway category leagues it probably does need brown to be up but he was very very good in the last game and then Donovan clingan’s the guy on the Blazers what’s the minutes that’s that’s the thing cuz they were being very careful with him and even still they’re not really pushing him all that far we know he’s got he’s one of those players who’s going to have a very fantasy friendly game throughout his career without being necessarily a super impactful real life player is my thought on kingan but if he’s a 13-minute a night guy when Aon and Williams play that’s not really going to cut it we need to see how they do it in terms of stream guys look if Westbrook’s available you stream him on the Nuggets otherwise it’s Strather probably and then um Shad Sharp’s been dropped in enough spots that he’s now eligible to be a streamer and that’s sort of where he should sit I don’t think he’s a must Thruster player I think he’s a streamable guy and I think that’s sort of where we go with that because it is um such a weird day in terms of schedule we’re not going to talk about streams of the day because you’re just not going to have that room to do it most likely but what I do want to just quickly touch on is the chunky section back to backs whatever no one’s playing you’re not streaming anyone on Thursday so that doesn’t matter right and then also fives and twos which is I normally do at this point in the show as well over the next seven game days there’s one day with zero games on which is Christmas day of course but nobody plays five games of the next seven calendar days in fact over the next eight calendar days no one plays five games and no one plays two games but what I thought was interesting for the chunky section which is Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday that is the chunks of the next five days every single NBA team all 30 NBA teams play three games on the dot over the next five games I don’t think I’ve ever seen that over the next five days between Thursday and Monday every team plays three games there are only two low volume stream bow days in the next five days and no team plays on both of them so how you can take advantage of that you can’t you really can’t you can’t do anything to really stream in to get that bulk volume it’s more about hey did this guy really get a huge bump up because of an injury and I would actually start him on the high volume days 13 12 and 14 would you do that that’s what you need to look at cuz there’s no chunk Advantage every team has three games in 5 days and no one plays on both of the low volume days so that’s where we’re at and that’s where I’m at for the end of this daily look ahead preview show for the games on Thursday 13 of them we’ll be back tomorrow with a mailbag show a Friday preview and a monster Thursday recap as well and I think you know what to do in the interim have a good day reflect on your day don’t bash yourself up look at what you did that was good tell someone in your life hey you know what thanks for doing that you did a really good thing you would be I know that if you heard it you love it someone else will love it as well we just need more positivity we need more positivity unless we’re talking about ton Horton Tucker guys we are done here thank you so much for listening everyone that’s a joke T see you [Music]

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