Good Afternoon Soldiers! We have a great slate tonight in the NBA and it’s going to be a ton of fun to watch! My job is to help guide you so we can all hopefully make some money along the way. First, I want to touch on something. The NBA season is almost complete, and with that, we will finally be going into the playoffs. I for one, can’t wait. I am urging you, if you are going to continue to play for the remainder of the season, to approach things with a completely different mindset than normal. It’s even more important than ever to select your contests carefully and not put too many of your eggs in one basket. Keep things in perspective. We know that we can get popped at any time, so if you have made 4 lineups, and you get popped in one or two you have a shot still in your others. Keep things in perspective as well. Think about how many times you have been hurt by late news happening this year. Now think of how many times where you have dodged that bullet and capitalized off of it. I promise the ones where it did effect you stick out more, but I’m going to say they are about even. It’s the nature of the NBA and the nature of playing NBA DFS this time of year. So PLAY RESPONSIBLY and CAREFULLY PLEASE!

Now that I got that out, time to get to some of the good stuff. Tonight is going to be interesting to see where people go for value because we have the Spurs sitting most of their starters, and Kyrie Irving is sitting as well. Not to mention that Brandon Knight is still questionable and so is Victor Oladipo. Don’t be surprised at all if we get some late news on someone we’re not even thinking of.

Point Guard:

Isaiah Thomas: Look, I know….he hasn’t really blown our minds with his play lately. He has however been extremely consistent and gets a great matchup tonight. With Avery Bradley questionable for tonight this also will bring Marcus Smart into play. It doesn’t matter if it’s Smart or Bradley, IT2 is going to need to be the scoring leader for this Celtics team. Really, they should have no trouble with Phoenix, but without Bradley and Crowder, I have a feeling this game could stay closer than we’re thinking.

Elfrid Payton: The level I like Payton tonight depends solely on whether or not Oladipo plays. If he’s in, I don’t like him as much even with the great matchup. If he’s out, I LOVE me some ELF!

Damian Lillard: I shouldn’t have to really explain anything about why Lillard is a great play tonight. He’s playing the 76ers. Who are bottom five in every defensive statistic imaginable.

GPP Special: Brandon Knight: This one isn’t for the faint of heart. In fact, you could say it’s the Brass Balls call of the day. After last night and Knight being so highly owned and being inactive, Knight is worth a shot ONLY IF YOU ARE BUILDING MULTIPLE LINEUPS AND UNDERSTAND YOU ARE TAKING A RISK! He will be next to nothing and at the time of me writing this, he’s a game time decision.

Shooting Guard:

Jonathon Simmons: Where most people are going to go with Danny Green tonight against Oklahoma City, I’m going to go with Simmons instead. I think he just has more upside. He will get a ton of run compared to normal and Green’s shot has fallen about once in a blue moon this year. That’s not normal from him, but Simmons has looked very good with the playing time that he has received.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: ARE YOU DOWN WITH KCP? You know I am. KCP has been one of my favorite SG plays over the last two weeks. Why? He’s not overly expensive, he’s extremely consistent, and can hit you around the 40 point mark. He builds your floor up in both cash games and tournaments. He’s not going to KILL your teams.

DeMar DeRozan: Last night was a weird game for the Raptors. Both Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan we’re thrown out of the game for receiving 2 Technical Fouls. Expect both of them to come out today and bounce back. There is a lot of value out there today, it only makes sense to spend on that value if you plan on spending up for someone that can get you 50+ fantasy points.

Small Forward:

Nicolas Batum: The Hornets ALMOST came back to win that game last night and Batum was a major reason why. I love Batum, Wiggins and Hayward all tonight equally because of their price points. People are going to spend up on KD, LeBron, Giannis and Melo tonight or go all the way down and punt the position. I think that mid-tier of players at the position tonight are going to be lower owned and provide you more roster flexibility as well. Batum has been playing very well lately and has a fantastic matchup tonight as well.

GPP Special: Maurice Harkless: MO has started the last two games for the Blazers. We have seen this movie before, when he get’s his opportunity he takes full advantage of it. I love Harkless tonight because I believe he’s blowout proof. IF the game does get out of hand, he’s still going to get his minutes. He contributes all over the stat sheet and if he can get you around the 12-15 point mark, we could be seeing him return 10 times his salary tonight.

Power Forward:

San Antonio Spurs: Borris Diaw and David West are both going to have to play a ton of minutes tonight. Although they don’t have 45 to 50 point upside, at their price, they do have 35 to 40 point upside. This just comes down to minutes for me. They are going to get all of the minutes they can handle. For tournaments, I don’t mind running them both out in the same lineup either.

Boston Celtics: This is the theme of the night! Both Jared Sullinger and Amir Johnson are going to get a ton of work tonight as well. They get a very good matchup against the Phoenix Suns. The thing I would be worried about in this situation is IF Tyson Chandler plays, this doesn’t become as good of a matchup. Like with the Spurs Power Fowards, I don’t mind pairing the two up in tournaments.

Centers:

Andre Drummond: After a great game last night, Drummond get’s another very good matchup facing the undersized Hawks frontcourt.

Al Horford: We’ve seen teams and centers have great games against Detroit this season. I have no problem going back to it again.

Boston and Chicago situation: We have our two favorite targets for Centers on the slate tonight. Unfortunately, we don’t have any idea exactly WHO is going to be starting and playing that position for their opponents. IF we should get word before lock, they will automatically deserve a look.

Make sure you take part in the Slack Conversation and pay attention to the Cheat Sheet’s to get all the updated news. I’m still updating the Sheet’s right now, but you can watch along if you would like, they will be done very quickly! Good Luck! Dismissed!

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BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!!!