NBA NEWS 01/10/20 

ATL: Jabari Parker - OUT
ATL: Bruno Fernando - OUT
• Hunter, Reddish and old man Vince Carter get a boost here
• Collins will get run at Center along with Alex Len

BKN - Wilson Chandler - Questionable
BKN - Garrett Temple - Questionable
• LeVert could get Temple's minutes if he's out

CHA: Marvin Williams - Questionable
• Miles Bridges is the target if Marvin Williams is out

CHI - Wendell Carter - OUT
• Thad Young will start for Carter and he's been playing big minutes recently

DAL: JJ Barea - Questionable
DAL : Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
• Luka gets the big boost with Porzingis out
• Powell and Kleber have been playing close to 30 minutes each when Porzingis has been out

GSW: Kevon Looney - OUT
GSW: Ky Bowman - OUT
GSW: Draymond Green - Questionable
GSW: D'Angelo Russell - Questionable
• Paschall, Spellman and Cauley Stein will eat up Looney's minutes
• Paschall could start for Draymond if he's out
• if Russell is out Burks is a solid option - if Russell is back I don't want much of any Burks

IND: Domantas Sabonis - Questionable
IND: Malcolm Brogdon - Questionable
• Myles Turner gets a bump if Sabonis is out +6% usage
• Aaron Holiday will start if Brogdon is out - he's priced appropriately now and no longer a value

LAC : Paul George - OUT
• boost for Kawhi Leonard, Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell
• Jamycal Green is a solid value option near min price

LAL : Avery Bradley - Questionable
LAL : Anthony Davis - Questionable
• Rondo and Pope would fill in for Bradley if he's out
• LeBron will do everything is Davis is out and gets a big usage increase
• Kuzma will start if Davis is out - McGee and Howard get a bump here as well if Davis if out

MIA : Justise Winslow - OUT
• Jones Jr and Dragic will get Winslow's minutes

MIL : Ersan Illyasova - Questionable
• Pat Connaughton will get Ersan's minutes

NOP : Kenrich Williams - OUT
NOP : Jrue Holiday - OUT
• Brandon Ingram gets the big usage increase here
• Lonzo Ball gets a bump
• and Josh Hart should start again for Jrue Holiday

NYK : Dennis Smith Jr - Questionable
NYK : Marcus Morris - Questionable
NYK: Julius Randle - OUT
• Kevin Knox, and Bobby Portis will be two of the chalkiest value plays on the slate

ORL : Michael Carter Williams - OUT
ORL : DJ Augustin - Doubtful
ORL : Jonathan Isaac - OUT
ORL : Aaron Gordon - Questionable
• Markell Fultz should get a bump in minutes with both PG's hobbled
• Birch will start for Isaac
• Iwundu would start for Gordon if he's out
• Fournier and Vucevic get the major usage boosts if Gordon is out

SAC : Marvin Bagley - Questionable
SAC : Bogdan Bogdanovic - OUT
SAC : Richaun Holmes - OUT
• if Bagley is back, he will fill up the minn for Holmes
• Harry Giles could get big minutes if Bagley is still out with Holmes already out, however may not get much min. as well.
• Trevor Ariza has been playing 30+ minutes per game recently and that should continue today

WAS: Garrison Matthews - OUT
WAS: Davis Bertans - Probable
WAS: Bradley Beal - Questionable
• Jordan McRae will start and Ish Smith will run the show on the 2nd unit if Beal is out

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My thoughts on a few things:
Between Powell and Maxi, yes, they're going to be getting more minutes. That being said, each average around .8 DK points/game (not great) and I can't think of a game where they BOTH produced. Usually one or the other, and it's usually not worth the gamble. Also, that Lakers front court is still pretty good defensively even without AD.

Thad Young is fun in DK because you can also put him in your 3 spot on DK. Nice rebounding to increase your floor at the 3.

I still think that Trae Young still might be under priced. He has literally no offensive threats around him against a VERY bad Washington defenses. He's going to be chucking up shots and find himself to 40 pts. My numbers say he's going to have 55 DK points, if not a little higher.

Ariza has been great if you're playing him, and the minutes can help. His old self still loves the three ball.

Goes to the top of the idea, but Dwight Howard could absolutely feast against the Mavs. Over 1 DK pt per minute, and he could get all of AD's minutes. McGee (for some reason) never gets REAL minutes (over 23) no matter the situation, and he also feasted on the Mavs last time.