Ja Morant returns, Cavs injuries + Keegan Murray intrigue | Rotoworld Basketball Show (FULL SHOW)

Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports), Raphielle Johnson (@raphiellej), and Yahoo Sports’ Dan Titus (@DanTitus) discuss how Ja Morant’s return impacts the fantasy values of Desmond Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr., what managers should (or shouldn’t) do with Keegan Murray, and the Warriors’ ever-changing rotation. #NBCSports #NBA #fantasybasketball

Chapters:
(00:00) — Hello and welcome
(01:00) – Top Headlines: Impact of Ja Morant rejoining the Grizzlies + analyzing the Warriors rotation
(12:10) – Notable injuries + other news: Shaedon Sharp, Bradley Beal, Darius Garland and Evan Mobley
(22:45) – Are the Pistons going to end their losing streak this week?
(30:50) – Buy Low/Sell High: Keegan Murray, Tyus Jones and Isaiah Hartenstein
(41:30) – Weekly Schedule Highlights: Intrigue with the Magic, Jazz, Pacers, Celtics and Spurs

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Ja Morant returns, Cavs injuries + Keegan Murray intrigue | Rotoworld Basketball Show (FULL SHOW)

And welcome into the rotor World Basketball show today we have a jam-packed episode covering the clippers eight game winning streg John morance returned back to the NBA and heck of some basketball last night between the Boston Celtics Golden State Warriors plus more teams uh with me today Dan

Titus of Yahoo sports Rafael Johnson of NBC Sports start with you Dan good afternoon and uh any opening thoughts on the past week or last night because three great games last night yeah let’s just talk about last night man that job return was crazy 34 points I mean game

Winner what what else do you like this is basketball man this is why um having job back is so important for the game like the dude is a star superstar um but then also like the night cap with Steph Curry putting the Celtics to sleep like oh man you can’t

You can’t write this stuff man it’s just great great script writing by the NBA man just a really fun night of basketball last night yeah definitely agree in all retrospects there say hello Raphael good day sir uh what’s going on in that NBA field Cranium of yours um

Yeah I think last night’s games were really good uh I think the suns are in a bit more trouble than we may have anticipated um Bradley beeld unfortunately can’t stay healthy you know they’ve had injuries across the board throughout the season losing that game to Portland last night that’s

That’s a serious red flag in my book obviously it’s just one game out of 82 but when you look at the totality of things thus far man I don’t know what to say and I’m sure there’s some different fantasy related angles that we’re probably going

To get into at some point today too yeah last night uh was very interesting for me rapael because you know I had the uh the $ five do no sweat bets and uh I wouldn’t even put on the Blazers money line last night I was like can they win

I don’t know man like but you watch the game and you’re just reminded the Suns really have no depth on that bench um and it’s going to be a problem at some points and we we saw it was a problem for a few teams last year uh but let’s

Start with um let’s start with the Warriors and the Celtics game because to me that was probably uh the most exciting game most hyped up game of course we all want to talk about John Mor his return but anytime you get golden state and Boston you know you’re

About to witness a great game but psky got injured had a lower back strain Dan so now we’re looking at what’s going to happen with Golden State’s lineup do you think CP3 should be implemented you see they going back to Wiggins here like what are doing in Golden State um yeah

So I think the immediate ad is is definitely Jonathan kaminga here um I think he’s going to wind up being more of a fixture of this of this lineup here he’s going to play Heavy minutes from a fantasy perspective though he’s not the best fantasy player like he usually just

Does points and rebounds but maybe we’ll see more um more involvement in the offense now that they are less or down another play maker like psky was um we haven’t figured out how long long he’s going to be out it sounds like a back issue so you know hopefully it’s just a

Short-term thing but Chris Paul played outstanding i’ would expect him to still probably play with the second unit just to kind of keep that Rhythm and flow going um especially with wigin still coming off the bench um I think Wiggins is still too Hit or Miss for me to trust

Him in fantasy but Chris Paul should be solid I’ll be looking at Dario sarch and maybe the rookie um Jackson looked pretty good in his first debut of entering the rotation and he might be a big that actually winds up getting a little bit more minutes now that cavon

Looney is really not playing that well yeah Trace Jackson Davis was amazing at Indiana you know Zack Edy wasn’t so dominant at Purdue Trace Jackson Davis probably could have won the Nay Smith award to be honest with you he was that efficient there with Indiana so uh same

Question for you rapael are you looking at Trace Jackson Davis now as a pickup does Moses Moody get a shout out he’s only played 20 plus minutes and won the last six games so that what we’re quite looking for yeah I think obviously we’re hoping for more out of Moody in terms of

Opportunity that hasn’t happened maybe it happens here but I think they have more to choose from on their perimeter than they have in in the post especially with Draymond Green being suspended um they’re gonna have to have a serious conversation about Kevan Looney you know because he really hasn’t been able to

Play that well regardless of who’s in a lineup or who’s absent so my only pause with Jackson Davis is that we’ve heard Steve Kerr in the past say about young guys they’re going to be in a rotation they’re going to play those minutes then they fall out of the rotation

Immediately when some veterans return so talked about this on a few on a few other podcast I think the Draymond Green suspension has forced them to have some hard conversations about the entire rotation because I think they’re kind of willing to let give the veterans that leeway that they couldn’t afford to now

Kay Klay Thompson’s turned things around play better basketball Wiggins like like Dan said to hit or miss right now so you can’t really trust him in fantasy or actual basketball right now so I think Jackson Davis should be a guy that you look to for more opportunities more fantasy

Production I just would not be surprised with their first game after he’s out of the rotation because of some finicky change you know Tuesday in that next game so yeah well it’s only December so they had plenty of time to figure out the rotation well maybe not plenty of

Time because this you know not a winning record but their Gam schedu put it that way yeah yeah exactly uh so you mentioned Draymond Green though you know he’s got the three weeks that he’s going to be out if he opts to come back right after that uh this talks NBA could

Suspend him for 10 more games uh Draymond has only played 15 games this season he’s been injected of three of them which is one fifth of the games yes and received suspensions in two of them averaging 9.7 points and five and a half rebounds so I definitely think

Everything you guys said is warranted definitely see more Trace Jackson DAV in the future here maybe SAR can step up if Kavon Looney continues to uh throw up no goes for us when it comes to Fantasy but let’s double back to John Moran okay because he keeps his receipts that’s

What he said right and uh you know 34 points as Dan mentioned he shot 50% from the field 10 of 12 from the free throw line eight assists or yeah eight assists six rebounds he did it all he was johar rant um what’s the fantasy impact now of

Jiren Jackson Jr and Desmond Bane because obious viously anyone that has them was happy all season long but now you know their value is kind of dwindling or is it I don’t think so personally I think having J on the floor opens things up a bit for those two offensively maybe in

Terms of Desmond Bane he has a few more opportunities to finish so to speak as opposed to create so you know catch and shoot opportunities the guy’s one of the best three-point shooters in the NBA so I think maybe that three-point percentage that three-point number increases the assist may take a hit but

I think he’ll be fine I think jiren Jackson Jr is kind of underwhelmed in fantasy I think he’s like a top 80 player right now where you’re kind of expecting like top 25 value I don’t know if he gets that high but I think he can be better especially if he doesn’t have

If he has another playmaker on the floor with him offensively that’s a great point about uh Desmond Bay I’m gonna have to pull up his catch and shoot numbers with uh John Mor last year because I do remember that being a large part of his game and Mor

Was on the floor uh Bane’s Point production really didn’t go down whatsoever uh maybe the assists will but uh Dan what’s your thoughts on the three-headed monster in Memphis and can they turn their season around now is that all they needed was draw Morant back uh I mean they’re in a pretty

Substantial hole right now um I don’t know if how much it’s really going to turn it around I mean they’re going to get way more wins than they had before and uh to raph’s point earlier I think it is going to open up a bit more for

Desmond Bane and jiren Jackson Jr so I I would expect them to play better especially jiren Jackson Jr um three of Mor assists went to jiren Jackson Jr yesterday four went to Bane so I think you’re already starting to see the floor raising when you actually have a

Playmaker that can do something Desmond Bane’s been doing his job like he’s been doing it exceptionally but he’s a he’s a two guard you know he’s a he’s a small forward he’s a he’s a wing guy so I think now that we can get him back to

His more natural position we’ll see him probably become a little bit more efficient maybe the assists come down but you know I think ultimately both of these guys are going to be better uh with John Mor back on the court I guess my question would be given what we know

About jaah and his performance in category leagues is this like a sell High moment for Jah I personally wouldn’t but I think the question it’s a question that needs to be made just because J’s usually like a top 70 guy and to expect them to do 348 and six every night efficiently with

Low turnovers like I I don’t know that I can count on that but just want to get your guys opinions there that’s a good question he had five turnovers you know that’s not really a surprise just because first game back um and the way they’re getting after him

Defensively you’re going to have those numbers especially in the first half um man you could probably I don’t know see that’s the thing that you make a good point there is usually like a top 70 player so your at your return on a sell high for him may be a bit limited

For that reason um because I if I’m selling high on a player like J I’m probably aiming for like top 25 top 30 but I don’t know if you can get that given the track record and also the injury history you know I don’t he’s got 57 games maxed to play is

He gonna hit 50 I hope so but you can’t really say for sure for any player much less one who’s had a couple significant injuries where he’s missed extended time in the past I’d like to say if John Moran does somehow average 38 348 and six through those 57 games I’ll double

Back on my MVP conversation from earlier this SE I don’t see it happening though I don’t see it happening so yeah I’m with you I would consider trade I mean you know that you know he’s going to get those few nights a week a month where

He’s dropping 38 and six but I mean consistently like I just looked up the Desmond Bane numbers and this is actually quite surprising because Desmond Bane is shooting the same amount of field goal attempts his last year catch and shoot without johnar right now he’s actually shooting 43% from three

And a 64.3 effective field goal percentage last year with disgusting and last year with Morant it was 60% effective field goal percentage and 40.5% from Deep so okay um yeah maybe Desmond Bane might be the guy uh you’d want to get you know maybe get a two for

One here and get Desmond Bane is that even possible two for one johnar with Bane included I don’t know know you gotta find somebody that I play Fantasy with all right let’s talk about Shaden shark I like wait are you trading both of them or because I no no no we’re

Gonna TR Desmond Bane and somebody else return um you know that could work on a non-fantasy guy like you you know you guys you’re not going for that it’s not terrible it depends on who the other guy is but how about uh Shaden sharp how about him Shaden sharp and Desmond Bane for

Johnar I ain’t doing that no yeah sharp has struggled a bit too much and now you got the groin injury yeah and that was something worth noting because you know Portland’s looked good the guards Anthony Simons has looked really good lately as well and uh brogens kind of took a step back

Let the young guys play uh so what does that do now that he’s injured Raphael like Shaden sharp like I say he’s he’s picking his play up the last two three weeks I think brogon gets a boost here because now you’re looking at a situation where he can play 30 plus

Minutes a night my only concern would be what happens with the partnership between he and Scoot Henderson I think they’ve been playing well together Off the Bench taking a little pressure off of scoot as a playmaker when they’ve been paired up so I think if if we’re

Looking at an extended absence for Sharp that could potentially be a concern because I don’t think you can put matis thull in there as your fifth starter you already have tumani kamra out there so that would have effectively two non-shooters eight and not a shooter

Outside of 15 ft so the spacing would be a nightmare so I think brogen probably moved back into the starting lineup which could give him a nice little boost right now fantasy wise yeah I’d agree with that brogen’s certainly a guy you know exactly what you’re getting out of

Him every night and he’s not going to be too selfish with the ball either he’s going to set these young guys up and speaking of scoot Henderson Dan um you know couple weeks ago we always bragging about how I cashed under nine and a half points on scoot Henderson against the

Warriors well uh since then 10 points 19 23 13 14 then a nine spot last night against the Sun so he’s ued his play a lot uh for Scoot and brogon what do you think this does for them yeah I actually had a similar question and I I I like

Raph’s thinking about it um it’s really like I actually thought that they might consider putting scoot back in the starting lineup just because they don’t want him to Anchor that that second unit because he struggled doing so and I think it makes sense bringing brogon Off

The Bench and you know maybe you can lighten their load having him play alongside Anthony Simons a bucket getter Jeremy Grant has seen his shot selection increase as well and I don’t know if Aon wants to be aggressive you know that’s three other additional scores you can

Have in your lineup that you can kind of rely on um but I think it’s also makes sense to have Brogden be with the starters right so I think either way both of these guys are going to benefit and see 30 minutes a night because of Shaden Sharp’s injury we’ll see how long

This goes but we know that Portland’s going nowhere fast so so there’s no impetus for them to rush him back from a groin injury especially for how how athletic he is and you know uh you don’t want to cap any of that upside with him so if they play it conservative I think

We’ll see scoot Henderson play you know upwards of 33 34 minutes along with Brogden who I don’t know this is actually looking shaping up pretty well for scoot Henderson right because anytime you see Brogden playing over 30 minutes consistently he’s bound to get hurt um I think this is actually really

Good for scoot Henderson so if he’s sitting there out on waiver man I I would definitely start to consider him now um as Raph said last week he had to get used to those goggles and I think he’s actually you know he’s shooting better he’s playing better uh um vaugh

Just went down all the list of his double digits scoring in a row um I think this guy’s a player that you want to start to Target he’s climbing up that rookie ladder anything you want to add to that Rafael no I think he he covered all of

It there so yeah and give a shout out to the Blazers once again breaking their losing streak play they at seven games games before they beat the Suns uh not quite the 24 that the Pistons are at and of course shout out to the Spurs too who broke their losing streak beating the

Lakers and LeBron James uh a few nights ago um so that was pretty exciting as well uh a lot more NBA talk on the other side of this promo we got uh Bradley Bill and the Suns conversation Cavaliers got hit by injuries as well and uh it

Wouldn’t be a road to World Basketball podcast if we didn’t talk about jayen Ivy uh and Kate Cunningham in company so uh as a reminder everyone it’s the holiday season uh Christmas is coming fast get the fantasy fan your life the exclusive root World draft guide bundle featuring expert analytics player

Insights and season long tools get all three of the draft guides for one low price just go to nbcsports.com back holiday bundle and use code holiday 23 at checkout 25% off and a $10 FX gift card again holiday 23 at checkout so Bradley Bill injured his

Ankle he’s out for two weeks this Sun’s team just cannot get away from injuries Rafael uh now there’s The Usual Suspects when it comes to picking up in fantasy Grayson Allen Eric Gordon they both got many shout outs last week does that continue into this week I think so um

Allen’s been a replacement in his starting lineup so I think he’s your priority there also we know about Eric Gordon’s injury history you know that’s another reason to kind of hesitate on picking him up but I think they’re both going to have value um I just favor

Allen a bit more for the mere fact that he is going to be the starter until be gets back so yeah yep and he hasn’t been uh too bad when he does get the opportunities this year I mean he’s averaging 12 points on the season and 11 points in four

Straight games so uh definitely helping out Dan uh what’s your thoughts on the Phoenix Sun situation right now who would you be looking to pick up yeah it’s Grayson Allen for me me I think it’s really just the steals that he provides he’s scoring more he shoots

Threes he’s just a little bit more impactful than Eric Gordon is right now and as Raph stated there’s always an injury risk with Eric Gordon but um yeah it just sucks for Bradley Beal you know to to go down with an ankle injury it looked that looked like a grade two type

Sprain that’s going to keep him out for a couple weeks so um just wishing him well that they can actually get to see this big three that they tried to you know uh just win some games with and they just can’t see to stay healthy so

Yeah Grayson Allen’s going to be the one to continue to add if you’re in a deep League I think uh Jordan Goodwin makes sense if uh you’re looking for like a deep ad um surprisingly good rebounder for a size and and always gets active on the defensive end so that’s probably the

Deepest I would go um yeah those are probably the best ads right now Grayson Allen yeah it’s rough it’s rough in Phoenix like you know Kevin Durant’s giving you 40 Devin Booker’s giving you 26 and that is literally almost 65% of your point production for the night uh

You they’re in trouble man like start off talking about they’re they’re in serious trouble right now yeah like you know I love the fact that Devin Booker is able to rack up his assists you know Kevin Durant obviously still looks like a top five player but I mean you can’t

Trust nere little Grayson Allen ncook Eubanks Gordon Goodwin like yeah it’s it’s gonna be Clippers territory here uh not quite I guess because Clippers are actually winning right now yeah they figured it out at least at least see yeah for now for now uh let’s talk about Cleveland stay let’s

Stay on the East Coast uh East Coast close by me because uh darus Garland uh got a jaw injury out for four weeks Evan Mobley a knee injury out for four to six weeks uh now it’s a Donovan Mitchell show he’s probably gonna be everyone’s favorite Target for 30 plus points

Because he’s about everything they got going for them so Dan I’ll start with you what are we doing in Cleveland with fantasy it’s tough man um I think in 12 team leagues Isaac aoro is probably someone that you can add right now um he’s improved from a three-point shooting perspective he plays defense

Like that was what he really made his his uh his bones through you know coming through the draft and everything like that so I think he’s gonna play more Dean Wade is not somebody I would actively pick up he’ll probably have games here and there Sam Merill got into

The lineup uh in the rotation last game so I feel like they’re just trying to figure it out um it’s going to be solely relying on Donovan Mitchell and and Jared Allen and Carris Levert here Carris Levert’s probably not available in most leagues um given the news that

Happened with daryus Garland um earlier in the week so at this point I think you’re really just stretched so thin Isaac aoro is probably the best ad that’s realistically available on on waivers right now yeah still got a couple other guys too out there Raphael like uh maybe Dean Wade you know Max

Stru got his shout outs too here on the show uh would you be looking at picking up either of those two guys if streu is available I think he’s going to be the priority of those guys he’s been a starter all year um gives him three-point shooting Sam Merill uh career high 19

Five three-pointers um I think in extremely deep leagues the PRI of Utah State maybe someone to uh look at if you need three-pointers but I don’t think he’s going to be a priority on par with like uh auro streu or even Dean Wade Dean Wade hasn’t been a great fantasy

Guy but given the role I think he’s someone that it’s going to engender more interest than he has when they’re full when they’re uh complete you know what’s crazy I literally put on a put in a bid for Sam marrow in a 30 deep 30 deep Dynasty

League and lost how did I not get Sam Maro that’s how bad it is that I’m like actively looking for these guys to help my roster man it’s it’s bad out here you getting hit by injury season Dan is that what it is uh yeah Draymond Green

Uh who else I got I had DeAndre Aton for a while man it’s a no I didn’t get him unfortunately because it’s 30 teams like you’re you’re literally Bare Bones anyway um but all the main guys that I got in the first three rounds they’re all either hurt or

Playing like crap I probably have Andrew Wiggins on that team like it’s it’s garbage it’s bad yeah I have to pick up saml that’s how bad it is 30 deep leaks are are crazy like you get that notification that someone’s been p pied up you’re like wait he’s still in the

League so that so yeah I feel dropping ta madon I’m like wait this dude was on the Hornets now he’s on the Suns dude he might even get playing time the way the Suns keep on getting injured so I don’t know that’s true that’s true oh man yeah

We’re have a little segment here we’ll see how many people play 30 deep because yeah this is this is CRA talking about guys playing four or five minutes per game here but they make a difference uh very true well at least your team sounds hopefully ends up better than my fantasy

Football teams uh Dan I and three this year I cut back from five teams of three and when 0 and three didn’t make the playoffs man but I don’t want to talk about it uh because the Detroit Pistons aren’t gonna make the playoffs either throwing it out there uh they uh can

They end their losing streak like first and foremost when can that happen because you’re I’m looking at the schedule all right and over the next let’s go let’s go week they play verse Utah at Brooklyn at home against Brooklyn before they go to Boston can they beat the jazz or the

Nets I think they can because that Utah game it’s the second game of a back-to-back for the Jazz and as well as Colin seon and ton Horton Tucker have been playing I just have this feeling that there’s going to be one game where it comes crashing down because I I don’t

Put much respect to them for how well they’ve played over the last week or two I just have too much EX too much evidence to the contrary that leads me to believe that they’re going to have a night where they revert to form why not Thursday because the

Pistons don’t get it done on Thursday I think Brooklyn hasn’t been great but they’re form well I guess too because I can’t really say that Utah is their best chance when the Jazz just beat the Nets so yeah I guess one of these next three games they may have to

Do it because I don’t see them going to aing and getting it done will Detroit Michigan an early Christmas present before they play the Brooklyn Nets on the 26 because Dan I don’t know if you know this but there is a trend in the NBA that is very favorable now when two

Teams play back-to-back games with some rest in between the team that lost the first game almost always wins or covers the second game unless you’re the Orlando Magic playing the Boston Celtics but do you think are you with Raphael do you think they can beat the Jazz if not

Do they split against the Nets I think this streak will be over by Tuesday December 26 so worst case they’ll get that they’ll play to the trend and they’ll eventually beat the Nets on that second game of the back-to-back well not a back toback but the home stand where

They play each other actually it’s not a home stand they play each other home home yeah there you go yeah yeah um but yeah I feel like they’re close man and it’s taking Kate Cunningham to drop 40 points for them to even have a chance these days so yeah um the question I’ve

Been wandering through my head because I have Kaden in a couple of spots like did I miss my trade High window after that 41-point game or will it get better for the Pistons here going forward mean it has to get better for the next month for a month or two before

You know they continue just to lose but this team’s not making a past 20 wins so he’s not playing a full seon he’s not playing a full season well that’s why I think he’ll concern I actually think he’ll play because because if we’re being honest what is he

Proven that he’s going to be a worthwhile Cornerstone for them in this rebuild you know like he’s had good G I don’t think he’s gotten to that point I think he’s had good games for sure um but in terms of a guy that you can point

To and say we’re going to build around him I don’t think we’re there yet I don’t think anybody on that roster can really say that you know in ter of him Duren Jay Ivy who in a start lineup for Killian Hayes the other night played

Well for fouling out I don’t look man if this were like the hold over coaching staff I would probably be a bit more inclined to say that but new coach they given Monty the leeway to do as he pleases much to the dismay of fantasy

Managers but I think I don’t know man as good as Kade looked the other night I don’t think he’s proven himself to be that number one guy that they can build around and be successful yet so you think AER chance of them keeping a long term than Kade I I don’t I wouldn’t

I that’s the thing like he’s played 30 minutes and he’s back down to like 13 to 15 so I think they’re still trying to figure all this out so I don’t think that Cade would be a shutdown candidate later in the season for that reason that’s all I’m saying I’m not saying

Like go ahead and ship them out or anything like that but you know I’m just saying there’s more to prove that’s that’s all I’m saying here no that that’s that’s very true it’s a good point too because yeah I was thinking about it last year you I forgot that he

Missed basically entire season um it’s taken him till year three to play 82 games in the NBA so that’s definitely a factor too if you’re talking about a Cornerstone because talking about being the franchise player for two or three seasons is different than being you know the Cornerstone of a rebuild and Kade

Being there for five years shooting less than 32% from three and turning the ball or four more times a game may not you know be as enticing long term so I do I do see your point he does have a lot to prove still as does this entire team and

Dan you were mentioning too about them trying to figure out these rotations because we saw Ivy start again uh for kilan a who’s injured obviously Kate as you mentioned at 40 plus against Atlanta uh but they just have so much going on right now like what where are you

Looking as far as picking up players or are you just clearly staying away uh I mean if you can figure out Monty’s rotation of whether he’s going to go with Killian or Jaden Ivy I think it makes sense you could stream them but you know we’re not talking long-term

Holds here I think the only one that’s actually has some job security is probably Cade bogdanovic and Duren when he returns but he’s not even practicing yet so I don’t know that you can rely on him I’m not picking up James wisman bagley’s hurt there’s just not really a lot that

You can do here so I would just tell people to to hold on to assar Thompson as long as you can like if you’re in the top of the standings I think it makes more sense for you to hold him if you’re in the bottom maybe you can trade him to

A a person at the top but you know there it’s it’s a point of time where the rotation is so unpredictable that it I don’t know how you can trust anyone outside of the main guys um it’s just it’s just hard yeah Marcus sass too another guy that’s barely been scraping

By in 15 20 minutes over the last three or four games you got Alec Bur another and the rotation balancing from four minutes in one game to 23 the next game uh so yeah it’s very hard to judge this rotation Rafel do you have any other inputs or plays you’re just keeping an

Eye on for Detroit I just hope if they win a game soon that can kind of straighten out the rotation because maybe that’s why they’re they’re making so many changes you know just trying to figure out a way to end the losing streak um once that

Happens maybe they can go ahead and get some continuity there within the rotation yeah maybe that’s all it’s going to take is a win for Detroit to figure out who we’re going to play for the second straight game ST same starting five don’t know if we’ll get it well we’ll

See I don’t know I’m feeling pretty devilish but I don’t know if I’m gonna put the Detroit Pistons in my pocket on Thursday against the Jazz uh I don’t know man I don’t know I like money and I don’t like losing we’ll see uh it is Christmas time everybody so on the other

Side of this promo we got Keegan Murray talks some uh sell High candidates by low candidates and see who we’re rolling with here but it’s time to unwrap an early Christmas present this Saturday there’s an NFL double header and it all begins at 3M Eastern as we take you on

Kickoff between Pittsburgh and the Bengals all right the Steelers are on NBC and peacock so you know I’ll be watching then at 7:30 it’s a peacock exclusive matchup as Josh Allen the bills look to stay in the postseason mix when they travel to Los Angeles to face

The Chargers those are going to be be two great games expect one to be lows scoring you know which one that is and the other one to be high scoring you know which one that is uh so let’s talk about someone else that could score a lot of points Keegan Murray Rafael my

Guy dropped 47 uh he was 12 of 14 from three he had Stephen Curry answering questions about him in his postgame interview after his game uh so what are we doing with Keegan Murray um are we going to sell him at this ultimate high

Or are we going to try and you know buy back on this guy because we think he’s going to continue this rame I think I would hold him personally if I had him um when you drafted him you weren’t expecting him to be a borderline

Top 50 player so I think that can some people can use that as a reason to try to sell high I would I would keep it to hold on to him just because I don’t think his floor is that low in terms of fantasy standpoint he doesn’t score 47

He’s not going to just drop off the face of the Earth so he would be a hold for me personally yeah and then now he’s 54th and nine cat per basketball monster so I’m sure that’s uh out out hitting his ADP from earlier in the season where

He was going uh what’s your thoughts on him would you be looking to hold trade go get him yeah I had him I think roughly around 90 8590 in my pre-draft ranking so the fact that he’s top 50 I think or top 60 the argument can be made to to sell

High um but I think that we’re witnessing a confidence boost in him one of the things that I was looking at I was listening to Mike Brown make jokes about how he couldn’t post up and then one of the first things he did in the

Game was to get a post up and uh I think that type of um motivation but then also like watching him just kind of fall come into his own I think this is something that the Sacramento Kings have needed like last year he was a rookie broke the

Rookie scoring a three-point record so it’s not like he doesn’t have a history of doing things like now he’s is expanding his game so I’m with Raph I would hold him um because I think that 47o explosion I’m not saying that he’s going to do that but he’s averaging over

A steal of game he gets around five or six rebounds if he can increase that scoring to like 17 and a half points like you’re gonna be keeping the top 60 guy all year so I I’d be hard pressed to trade Keegan Murray right now but I do

Understand the argument because he’s not gonna be getting I I don’t know that I’m gon say he’s going to go for 40 again this year but I think also think that he’s going to be coming into his own he’s going to be extremely efficient and just be a really solid basketball player

For this Sacramento Kings team well I just looked at up and the Kings play the Pistons twice this year still so he’ll probably go for 40 again Fox if dear Fox misses that game yeah we could sign up Deegan for 30 at least that’s a good

Point yeah and I’ve love the way that he’s meshed with sabonis and Fox as long as those three continue to play together you feel like those three are going to be cornerstones for what Sacramento’s able to do moving forward um the guy that’s actually uh outp punted his

Coverage in terms of fantasy the past two weeks tus Jones uh 11th he’s ranked rapael who would have thought that uh what are you doing with tus Jones now are you gonna be able to uh get anything in return for this guy who’s basically put up about 13 points and 10 assists

Over the past three games on average I’m selling like the Dukes in trading places man like seriously I as great as he’s been recently I’m not buying this for rest of the season value um especially with that team now if you were with a team where you could look at

Him and see like okay this is a viable basketball team cool I would be with that but these guys like we watched a man flop then dribble to the same exact spot and slip on the said wet spot and then get a technical foul in one sequence on Sunday I’m not gonna name

Any names it wasn’t tus Jones I think you’ve all seen this actually haven’t seen it but I iali Jordan yes yes yeah okay yes okay it was one of the most incredible sequences I’ve ever watched in a basketball game and that’s not a good thing so you when you look at

That I I can’t see tus Jones being this good for the remainder of the Season you know maybe top 75 or something like that at at the height in my opinion I’d be looking to trade him right now I’m refraining from grabbing my phone and watching the YouTube clip

Because I haven’t seen it but if it’s Jordan P yeah you gotta watch the whole thing not just the the the final slip we need keen and Bill to get to reenact this then if this is that that good uh Dan what’s your uh what’s your thoughts

On tus Jones are you selling to I mad it took nine weeks for us to get back to a movie reference but shout um you know I’m struggling here because I got tus in a couple spots and he was one of my breakout guys and not

That I’m trying to hold on for dear life here but the guy’s actually showing life and I’m just wondering what changed and I guess I don’t know I think maybe he’s realized that the Wizard’s situation is absolutely terrible he’s like yo I got to get out of here and The

Wizard said that they’ve already determined that pool might be a trade asset later on so like I feel like he’s just he’s just Expediting this process he’s like y let me play better I’ll get shipped out some Championship contending team will probably want my services

Because I look like the guy that was in Memphis not whatever this situation is in the Wizards so part of me is willing to sell him for that Prospect and I’m like I’m not trying to get too predictive of what may or may not happen

But I don’t know he just can’t stay in Washington for this much longer like I I one of these two dudes has got to be traded I feel like if you have tyus Jones enjoy it while it lasts but I don’t know what you’re going to be able

To get on a trade market for him that’s not like comparable value like yeah I mean I didn’t have I don’t think anyone had him as a I mean definitely not first round value right but I think it’s realistic maybe you could Target a guy

In the 60 range 70 range I think that would be a fair deal um and it really be if you’re looking for assists and a low turnover rate and decent you know field goal percentage so um yeah tyus Jones is a backend point guard for most fantasy

Teams anyway so like I wouldn’t be mad if anyone wanted to sell them me personally I’m holding my shares just because like in a couple spots I need him I need those assists so you know I can’t afford to lose him right now but if I can find the right trade candidate

I I certainly will have no problem offloading them you ain’t getting assist from Jordan P so you got to get him from somewhere but yeah tus Jones has been awesome in December 20 and a half minutes 14 points seven assists uh doing what he needs to do for a four and 22

Wizards team that like the Pistons is really a dumpster fire right now fighting for last place in the NBA so uh yeah let not [Laughter] yeah bro if I see one more oh man I like I said said this last week about Pittsburgh we need a basketball team

There’s no way Virginia anyways Isaiah hardenstein let’s talk about him Rafael FR I get ired and fra get ired and get real upset on this show uh the Clippers man I’ve been I watched them the past three games and I’ve been impressed now there’s not much defense going on hold

On there’s no defense Nick he’s with the Knicks make sure make sure that’s clear sorry sorry I got too excited we didn’t talk about the Clippers yet but yeah he’s with the Knicks correct the Clippers have looked great the last three games the Knicks they’re all right

They beat the Lakers uh I gave them their kudos for that uh so what do you think about hartenstein and the Knicks hartenstein is a hold for me and if I if he’s not sitting on a waiver wire I think he’s like 50% rarded um before this that’s way too low Mitchell

Robinson the ankle surgery8 to 10 weeks we just learned Adrien Ros rowski reported one to two weeks for Jericho Sims who sprained his ankle on the opening tip Monday night so yeah I think my only question is does tibs put hartenstein in a starting lineup or is

He just keep him in this role where he comes off the bench but plays starters minutes um I don’t think it’s a huge difference in terms of the fancy value just because of how much he’s been playing but it would be kind of funny to watch Taj Gibson start a basketball

Game that’s like yeah you know it’s gonna so yeah hartenstein he’s either buy a buy right now or an ad and if you have him you just hold on to him because he’s gonna have to play a lot for that team these next few weeks yeah that’s a very good point too

And yet we know I love Tosh Gibson BS fan Die Hard Tosh but we we all want to see 38y old he’s so a roster this dude’s trying to be Adonis hlam uh DN what do you got on hardstein so hardenstein for me man like

I I Raph said it best like it’s criminal that he’s still 50% rostered 50 available in 50% of leagues um I just think that especially with the Jericho Sims injury you’re looking at a guy that’s going to play north of 33 34 minutes because he has to um Tosh Gibson

Came off the streets I don’t care how much tibs loves him he’s gonna play something but it’s not going to be like a significant he’s not playing 30 minutes so like if you’re going up against any formidable uh front Court you’re going to need a big man and this

Dude had 17 rebounds nine points last game he’s always going to give you the stocks and I think he is still sneakily good at assists kind of like Yousef nurkic um Isaiah hardstein needs to be rostered in all leagues it doesn’t matter what the format is like you gotta

Pick this guy up and the fact that he’s still available like that is crazy so um yeah pick up Isaiah hartstein I wouldn’t say it any different yeah and he had 10 and 17 rebounds in the past two games one of those double doubles he had was against the Clippers rapael uh get

Revenge on his former Squad but uh yeah so uh five different teams in six years for Isaiah hardenstein but certainly certainly seems like he’s found his backup position here in New York um so we finally do get to talk about the Clippers here with scheduling but first

As a reminder uh to get all your favorite NBC Sports shows on Amazon music all you have to do is just head over to amazon.com NBC Sports and you can find the roto world basketball show among other shows so let’s talk about the rest of the week nine schedule here back to

Backs who’s playing three games Sun’s the only team with one game this week um as I mentioned the Clippers are one team that has three games uh played Raphael and they’ve looked amazing uh lately winning seven eight games so uh are we buying into any of the Clippers players

And who else do you have your eyes on I their rotation is pretty whole right now Paul George recently returned from injuries so I don’t really think there’s a pickup per se uh Norman Powell if you’re in the Deep league would be the one guy I would say kind of look

Into there um but other than that it’s just been interesting to watch him kind of figure things out on the flyer in terms of role definition uh James Harden look comfortable kawh Leonard has looked like an MVP caliber player these last few weeks so I think if anything it’s

About the guys that are already rostered um so and if there’s an injury Norman Pal’s probably going to be that the first guy on the list I know Amir coffee was the spot starter but pow is going to have to be the clear priority on nights when they’re a bit

Short-handed yeah I’m I’m curious to see um how the Clippers continue to play when they’re not playing much defense there’s not much defense going on in the NBA overall lately to be honest with you so Dan that might be kind of where you’re looking at picking up some

Players maybe some teams that are scoring a ton of points lately uh maybe my Chicago Bulls and Kobe white you know what I’m saying playing some great B basketball who would have saw that coming uh but what do you think who’s your pickups uh yeah Kobe White’s been

Playing outstanding man and I mean good for you if you drafted him as a late round flyer or picked him up early in in waivers because uh he’s been actually one of the better surprises of the fantasy basketball season I think that you guys would also agree um one player

That I’ve been looking at uh is ton Horton Tucker Utah Jazz he started last game had 27 points filled up the box score now that Jordan Clarkson’s going to be missing upwards of another week uh with his injury I think ton Horton Tucker is a person that you should be

Picking up in waivers right now um he was one of the actually the top trending guys over the last night um and I think he’s just going to be getting more opportunities to do what he does um he does have a high turnover rate so just

Be cognizant of that but um he is good at defense he shoots threes he’s a really solid player so with two games left uh this week I I would definitely look at ton Horton Tucker um deeper leagues I think TJ McConnell needs some attention um even in 20 minutes he’s been

Averaging 10 points seven dimes four rebounds over his last three games so with Andrew nard still out um I think TJ McConnell is someone you can roster always fills up the stat sheet on the humble um and it won’t cost you much I think he’s under 10% rostered right now

So he’s a guy that I’ve been kind of trying to flag a little bit um and also uh let’s see here um keep an eye out on Chris abs porzingis uh in his injury maintenance for his calf injury he missed last night’s game um so I think he should be

Playing tonight but it hasn’t been determined yet I think he’s questionable so that means Al Horford in Shallow leagues is is becoming fancy relevant again he’s 55% rostered so he should be out there if you’re you’re playing in a 10 team or less League um definitely

Somebody that I would look at as well as Um Zack Collins I think you also need to kind of watch out for Victor webman Yama was missing in the last couple of games with an ankle injury it doesn’t seem to be a long-term thing but anytime wemi

Misses a game I think Zack Collins is going to benefit he’s probably been dropped in a lot of leagues so just look out for him he had 22 points eight rebounds and some stocks um without Wy in the lineup so if I don’t know pops also been playing some some tricks with

His rotation but if he ends up back as a starter Zack Hollin should be rostered again but uh right now playing off the bench in 15 minutes probably not worth it so I understand why you dropped him if you did yeah those Spurs games are insane I’m talking like 140 150 points like

There is no defense these guys are all just trying to get Buckets right now um a lot of teams have been like that like I mentioned but the Celtics Kings game is going to be exciting one tonight I like the call on ton Horton Tucker as

Well uh he led his team in scoring last game outscore and Colin seon which is pretty much all you have to do in Utah and another mentioned by TJ iear Prada of McConnell uh Rafael uh Wendell Carter is coming back for Orlando who just dropped two games to the Celtics up in

Boston pretty disappointing in my opinion but what are you thinking about the Orlando Magic’s rotation now I think that’s going to be an interesting one to watch goo Paz has played well as his replacement in the starting lineup but when Wendell was healthy goou was out of the rotation so

He’s outplayed Mor Vagner but do they go back to that original rotation where Mo keeps those backup minutes and Goa doesn’t play or do we see a shift here um they’ve got three games left to play this week including a Wednesday Thursday backto back so Carter’s minutes will be

Also worth monitoring there um in ter in those first two games from a stamina standpoint but I’m interested to see how that rotation behind him shakes out at the center position you have any opinions on that Dan no I agree I I think it’s Goa baz that’s probably gonna be the sacrificed

Uh player here um just because Mo Vagner was the the bench guy prior to W Carter going down so definitely something to monitor we’ll see how W Carter kind of plays back into the rotation here but I know he gets hurt a lot so I don’t know

I would keep an eye out on on Goa just in case yeah another team that’s been dealing with some injuries though um hopefully Jaylen Suggs and Company can stay healthy I’ve like to watch him and his progression whenever he’s uh he’s had it going for him and Dan I do have

To point out that how this how how is joelan B and the Sixers going to let the Bulls beat them the other night didn’t to say that to you yet on this show since we’re both fans of the teams but man I ain’t nobody worried about the

Bulls it was they CAU them slipping I think it’s more impressive what Joel embiid is doing in three quarters against the NBA right now um against the worst of the NBA right now let’s be honest this man is an MVP right now um even though the league

Doesn’t want to give him back to back again but uh we’ll see well I I think he’s he’s definitely making the case for making the case for it for how much he’s dominating in the in the games he’s actually playing yeah 40 points per game this month uh for Joel embiid he has

Scored 50 against Washington and 34 against them 41 and 35 against Detroit 42 on Charlotte 40 on Chicago and 38 on Atlanta ah my goodness uh before we get out here any any other thoughts in Rafael is julan beid one of the MVP candidates is he top three right now is

He hanging out with Giannis and uh I mean I don’t even know who else you throw in there right now now it’s not clear Luca Luca I think ka’s play recently you know if he were to keep it up especially with the availability that he’s had he’s someone else I think the

The race is kind of wide open but yeah embiid is certainly in the mix for for MVP at this point in the season yeah it wouldn’t be my favorite pick but I want to see him mention on a good team yeah SGA is definitely definely too yeah he has been

He had 30 points the other night again um yeah he’s certainly one of the top five guys right now y yic MB donic Shai and Giannis are top five MVP candidates in order um so looks like we got all of our guys being represented up there um

All right closing thoughts for the show um whether it’s Waiver Wires your favorite pickups your favorite 30 deep ad uh give it to me Dan and Rafael what you got man I don’t know where we go from Sam Marill but uh yeah I would look at uh Vince Williams Jr of the Memphis

Grizzlies he’s been getting minutes and I think that they’ve been looking for someone to kind of sustain that Wing defense there he’s a decent rebounder put up a couple double doubles already um I wouldn’t be surprised if Taylor Jenkins stuck with him just for how he’s

Playing um and now with jaw there you know maybe we see a little bit more out of him uh just raising that floor in general so that that’s a guy in deeper leagues I would be considering adding Rafael um D no really just happy happy holidays everybody thanks for tuning in yeah we

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