The crowd cheers after Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) scored during the first half of Game 2 in a second-round NBA playoff basketball series against the Memphis Grizzlies, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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He's out again. Last game Mitotic started though didn't see as many minutes as he saw when coming off the bench. Plus his usage takes a dip when he's on the court with both Butler and Rose (and Gasol). This whole situation is a stay away for me. Everyone on the Bulls seems to cannibalize each other when they are on the court at the same time, at least for fantasy purposes.
UPDATE: Steve Kerr has said he will limit Warriors minutes tonight for starters. Hard to believe this especially if game is close. But have to take it at face value. I've downgraded Curry, Draymond and Klay to around 34 minutes.
They've been openly tanking over the short term and who can blame them? That's what wins (supposedly) in the NBA. The question tonight is who will be on the court? Boogie hasn't played in the last two even though Karl did say he would play all of the remaining home games. Liar. I think he plays tonight and if so he's a decent option if you think he sees minutes in and around 35. That's far from a lock of course. This is a wait and see for me.
They sat everyone last game and there isn't much stopping them from doing it again. This game doesn't mean anything to the Thunder and why get hurt against the awful Kings?
Opponent - NOP
FD Proj. Pts - 31.5 DK Proj. Pts - 35.16
I think he's one of the safest minutes guys on the slate and going against a terrible team defense in the Pelicans. It's going to get tricky figuring out the bigger money guys today because just about all of them are at risk of significant minutes reductions. Playing guys like Booker around the middle may just be the safest way to go.
Opponent - PHX
FD Proj. Pts - 26.55 DK Proj. Pts - 26.99
Do you trust the minutes? Me neither. But Ajinca was such an animal last night. He went 37 minutes and put up a ridiculous 28/15 line. Now I don't think you can pencil him anywhere close to that kind of production. But he doesn't need to really at these prices. He just needs to get out there for about 30 minutes in order to be an every lineup guy.
Opponent - MEM
FD Proj. Pts - 49.67 DK Proj. Pts - 53.91
He's in all the lineups now mostly because I have him at the highest minutes expectation among the big boys. Golden State is really the only big team with something to play for because they are still chasing those wins. But they are also heavy favorites against Memphis and this could be over early. UPDATE: Kerr has said he would limit starter minutes. Can't trust Curry for cash games I don't think
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I could be way wrong here but I can see steph sitting out the entire fourth quarter.i just gotta feeling the dubs wrap that game up quick as they get ready for San Antonio tomorrow! Thoughts on KAT would be appreciated
Love KAT tonight Rondall, great matchup and with the uncertainty with the Kings think he might be the better high price play than Boogie
Crazy question, but I saw it slipped by earlier. Is the optimizer built for the big tourneys (top 15-20% payout), or 50/50?
Not a crazy question! The optimal lineups are mean projections and built for 50/50 games specifically.
Teletovic or tucker?
Thoughts on waiters?
I'm a rookie. Love the site. Thanks.
Lillard
Waiters
Tucker
Green
Towns
Douglas
Harkless
Chandler
That's the squad. Advice? Hate is welcome as well
I'm learning.
I need all the assist. i can get.i dont understand how come 50/50 lineups can't be used on toirney lineups?
5050 lines you only have to beat 50% of the competition. So you want less volatile players and more consistency. Where in tournaments you have to beat the majority of people. So you need to take a little more risk with players that have high upside. Example. Rubio... Hes Far from consistent for cash games (5050) but has tons of upside for tournaments as he can score 45+ fantasy points at his low price. I hope this helps.
They can. It's just as a matter of general strategy 50/50 lineups are geared towards safer, high floor plays because you only need to beat half the field. For tournaments generally you will need to have some guys that aren't safe but have high ceilings because you need to beat a lot more people to do well. I always put any 50/50 lineups I play into a tournament as well because you never know, though. The optimized 50/50 lineup from here actually scored inside the top 250 of the FD shot (86k+ entrants) just last night.
Bogut is out tonight. I think Draymond should get a slight boost from 4.47 in the optimizer imo. He's a beast with no Bogut as they play a lot of small ball with Draymond at center.
A quick query appeared like Draymond actually dips in usage w/ no Bogut. 18% to 17%
Yes his usage doesn't really go anywhere but all the other things that create value raise. According to nbawowy.com draymond with bogut scores 1.05fdppm and without Bogut scores 1.21fdppm
Thanks Jared.
With no OKC players resting tonight, how do Westbrook and Durant factor in to lineups, both gpp and 50/50?
I think you can take the risk on Westbrook at PG mostly because there is good value at just about every other position. But he could play like 28 so be prepared for something like that.