Good news and bad news come from today’s article. The good news is that I finally got a game-by-game breakdown out for the first time in a week (applause). The bad news is that I quit my job in business development today, so I may resort to some kind of tricking on the streets of New Jersey.

In a way, the bad news is good because it allows me to focus more on what I feel like I’ve truly been put on this Earth to do. But for anyone who’s been jobless (in my case, incomeless for the moment), you know that a steady diet of Ramen is on deck. I’ll have to drink a lot more water since the sodium levels will be kicking up a notch, and the chest pains will be there fo’ show.

I don’t think I’m in the middle of some kind of mid-life crisis where I need to go out and get a red convertible. I look at it as more of an enlightenment period and a time to go out there and really get it. Not herpes, but what I truly want to do in life and get paid accordingly for it.

NBA hoops for Tuesday. Let’s talk about it…

San Antonio Spurs ( -7.5 ) @ Miami Heat – O/U: 193.5

So the only game I have to do a Rotowire update for tonight is this one. Booooo this game! (BOOOO)

If it appears like we’ll see a lot of defense tonight, well, that makes sense with the sub-200 total. I’ve used this analogy way too often, but there’s more red on the DvP chart than a mass murder scene for the two teams in this matchup.

The Spurs significant advantage on the Vegas line makes me think this is the direction we should go with in this game if any. I kind of like Danny Green for this game, and hopefully he gets flashbacks of those great games he had against Miami in the 2014 NBA Finals. However, he may not need the flashbacks as he’s had 24+ fantasy points twice in the last three games. Chalk that up to favorable matchups if you want, but I think he’s turning the corner on favorable production. LaMarcus Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard also have opportunities for big nights but I’ll be going elsewhere.

For the Heat, Goran Dragic and Chris Bosh are the guys I’d take a crack on. However, I like the matchups a little more for guys that you will read about down below.

Washington Wizards @ New York Knicks ( pk ) – O/U: 207

Obviously, the big story in this game is the Knicks, and what life after Derek Fisher is going to look like. This was a good time for Phil Jackson and his circle of cronies to pull the trigger on a move of that magnitude since the Knicks are a fish flopping around on land. They have lost nine out of their last 10 games and nothing going right for them at the moment. The line on this game started at -1.5 in the Knicks’ favor but has now gone to a pick em’ which makes me think the entire world will be on the Wizards tonight. Translation: RUN!!!! This is the last game for the Knicks before the All-Star break so expect new coach Kurt Rambis to run his main players out with no restrictions.

The Knicks I want to roster tonight are Carmelo Anthony, Kristaps Porzingis ,and Aaron Afflalo. The Wizards still own an NBA-worst ranking for three-point defense and these are the three guys that will benefit from that heavily. All three have favorable matchups in some form on the DvP chart, but if you watch the Wizards play often, you know the high pace that they bring to town each night and how that can also affect the opposing side in a positive way. More possessions = more opportunities for fantasy points. The Daily Fantasy Bootcamp and Fantasy Labs projection sheets love Derrick Williams, but I’m going to stick with the three players I mentioned at the top of the paragraph.

I really don’t like anyone from the Wizards tonight and I’ll stand quite firm on that. The projection sheets are not in favor of John Wall and I would have to agree. Despite the Knicks ranking 25th against opposing point guards in the last three weeks, I just see this game being in favor of the Knicks all night long, and Wall’s hefty price tag isn’t in chorus with my thinking tonight.

Boston Celtics ( -4 ) @ Milwaukee Bucks – O/U: 208

Greg Monroe is the darling of projection sheets across the industry today, and for good reason. Boston continually gets bitched down low and Monroe will just be the latest name to add to that list of those doing the bitching. It’s extremely tough to attack the Boston backcourt and more teams have been attacking them down low aggressively. I can’t think of anyone other than D12 that I’d rather have patrolling the paint tonight.

Milwaukee has been bad defending the three-point arc lately and are now the eighth-worst team in the NBA in doing such. This means Avery Bradley is the guy in Celtic green to go with tonight. He’s been playing the always fun “good game/bad game” alternation sequence for the last seven games and he’s scheduled for the bad portion of that tonight, but this matchup is just too good to pass up. The Bucks are 25th in the NBA against shooting guards this season and dead-last in the last three weeks.

I also like Evan Turner with Jae Crowder hobbling around the court like a mummy; Crowder has been banged up too much lately and it is about that time for Celtics coach Brad Stevens to pull the trigger on more minutes for Turner.

Utah Jazz @ Dallas Mavericks ( -1.5 ) – O/U: 187

There’s a lot of shitty games on the five-game slate, but this one takes the cake.

Raul Neto and Rodney Hood are my preferred options tonight from the Jazz. Both Trey Burke and Alec Burks will be out tonight, so Neto and Hood will get the lion’s share of minutes.

No one from the Mavs tickles my fancy against the efficient defense.

Houston Rockets @ Golden State Warriors ( -14 ) – O/U: 230

It’s becoming an annual rite of passage for Warriors’ games to have these ridiculously high totals. 230? 230! That’s what’s up.

All I got to say about this game (just kidding, there’s a 230 total…I have tons to say) is Klay Thompson – Yes, that means it’s time to go Kray Kray for Klay Klay! We can’t forget Stephen Curry because he’s really good at basketball as you may have heard, but among other things, three-pointers. The Warriors own the highest three-point percentage in the league, and with the high total, it’d be the shocker of the year if we didn’t see too many of them tonight.

The rebounding rate differential between these two teams in the last three weeks is certainly a tale of two cities, as Golden State ranks second in the NBA and Houston is dead-last. This makes me want to roster Draymond Green and then invite him to my home after the game for supper. Green has amassed two 50 fantasy point tallies in the last three games and Houston ranks dead last against power forwards this season. In addition, the Rockets are 29th in the NBA from behind the arc in the last three weeks, so this rebounding total for Green could be way up there since they’ll have to take a ton of threes to keep pace with the Warriors.

In my opinion, Green and Thompson are the two guys I’ll declare as necessities to your lineups tonight.

For the Rockets, I don’t think James Harden is the way to go tonight, despite the massive total. The Warriors have held shooting guards at bay (pun intended) all season and they have done a great job of causing Harden to turn the ball over in the past.

The guys from H-Town that I want to roll out are Patrick Beverley and Trevor Ariza. For Beverley, the reasoning is that this game will be so up-tempo that he’ll just fall ass-backwards into points. In Ariza’s case, the high total makes me think that Rockets could put away their three-point shooting woes for occasional stretches, and he would be the main benefactor.

Dwight Howard isn’t a bad option either. He’s the same price as my favorite play, Greg Monroe, and you could argue that D12 has a higher upside. I just think that this game will be a track meet and that doesn’t necessarily play in Howard’s favor.