Second big slate of the NBA season and we already have our first two big inactives of the year with Bradley Beal and Darius Garland both ruled out.
With Beal out of the lineup all eyes should shift to Spender Dinwiddie as well as Kyle Kuzma to see increased workload with value plays like Rual Neto, Deni Avdija and maybe even Kentavious Caldwell pope entering the mix.
For the Cavs you can stare down Ricky Rubio who had a double-double off the bench on opening night and should slide right into the starting lineup against the Hornets who were torched by guard Malcolm Brogdon on opening night.
The late night hammer to attack tonight is going to be the Suns vs Lakers matchup. Chris Paul is very reasonably priced across the industry with both LeBron James and Anthony Davis being viable options on DraftKings with their price tags being much more expensive on FanDuel and Yahoo.
LaMelo Ball is the cover of today's Core Plays. The activation of Terry Rozier shouldn't impact Ball too much as we say last season he was more than capable of being a top tier guard next to Rozier and if anything we may see a boost to Ball and his assist numbers.
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