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D Mac

Fantasy basketball analyst and content creator better known as D-Mac, the persona behind the NBA Fantasy Bible brand and co-host of the Between Two Hoops NBA fantasy show.

Aug 23, 2026

26:29
Mm.
D MacGUEST
26:30
Having said that, um, you said it, it's gonna be a, a nice solid role, and perhaps the Cavs lean into more a, a, a small ball five.
D MacGUEST
26:38
El- Evan Mobley at the expense of Jarrett Allen, and perhaps playing Payton Watson at the four.
D MacGUEST
26:43
If that does happen, then I think that value does increase for Payton Watson.
D MacGUEST
26:48
I don't expect that to happen very quickly or, or too often for that point.
D MacGUEST
26:52
But, um, yeah, for me, I don't think I can do it at about that 100 mark.
30:58
Yeah.
D MacGUEST
30:58
But KPJ's percentages last season were elite.
13:29
Do we get that version of Zubac, or he- does he kind of just settle back into the top- top 70, top 80 version that we saw in years prior?
D MacGUEST
13:37
I think playing with Haliburton is key here.
D MacGUEST
13:39
And, and Zubac's role is very safe.
D MacGUEST
13:43
They gave up a lot to go and get Zubac, so obviously things didn't work out, uh, with that pick as well.
D MacGUEST
13:48
Um, very, very disheartening if you are an Indiana Pacers fan.
D MacGUEST
13:52
But Zubac is their center of s- um, of the future.
D MacGUEST
13:55
He's not a young man.
15:25
Mm-hmm
11:26
Do we get that version of Zubac or he, does he kind of just settle back into the top, top 70, top 80 version that we saw in years prior?
D MacGUEST
11:35
I think playing with Haliburton is key here, and, and Zubac's role is very safe.
D MacGUEST
11:40
They gave up a lot to go and get Zubac, so obviously things didn't work out, uh, with that pick as well.
D MacGUEST
11:45
Um, very, very disheartening if you are an Indiana Pacers fan.
D MacGUEST
11:49
But Zubac is their center of s- um, of the future.
D MacGUEST
11:52
He's not a young man, um, and he's probably at his peak right now.
D MacGUEST
11:55
So I think alongside of Haliburton, uh, Nenad hard even off-ball is going to give him a lot of looks.
13:22
Mm-hmm
12:07
So you've gone with AJ Mitchell and Cason Wallace, whichever one starts.
D MacGUEST
12:11
Mm-hmm.
D MacGUEST
12:11
Yeah.
D MacGUEST
12:12
So I think that's key, and I've got a feeling that it will be Wallace that starts.
D MacGUEST
12:15
AJ Mitchell is effective coming off the bench as the sixth man.
D MacGUEST
12:19
Potential Sixth Man of the Year Award coming his way as well.
D MacGUEST
12:21
And I think The pathway for him has cleared up.

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31:02
But i- is he someone that you're, you, you think you might end up with?
4:23
So, where, where, where are you on F- Fred VanVleet? Is he on the way back up, or is he gonna continue to slide down?
D MacGUEST
4:30
It, it all depends on where you can grab this guy.
D MacGUEST
4:32
In terms of ADP, and I know that there's a little bit of hype around these guys returning from long-term injury.
D MacGUEST
4:37
So, it just does depend, and I wish I could give more clarity on that, but it does depend on where that ADP lands.
D MacGUEST
4:43
But if you can get him with your last few picks, I'm happy to do that.
D MacGUEST
4:47
We know that he's gonna probably have some maintenance games.
D MacGUEST
4:50
That's probably expected coming off of this long-term injury.

32 MINS LATER

37:07
But do you think he starts?
4:55
So where, where, where are you on Fred VanVleet? Is he on the way back up, or is he gonna continue to slide down?
D MacGUEST
5:01
It, it all depends on where you can grab this guy.
D MacGUEST
5:03
In terms of ADP, and I know that there's a little bit of hype around these guys returning from long-term injury.
D MacGUEST
5:08
So it just does depend, and I wish I could give more clarity on that, but it does depend on where that ADP lands.
D MacGUEST
5:14
But if you can get him with your last few picks, I'm happy to do that.
D MacGUEST
5:18
We know that he's gonna probably have some maintenance games.
D MacGUEST
5:21
That's probably expected coming off of this long-term injury.

33 MINS LATER

37:55
But do you think he starts?
26:05
Um, so where are you on, on Caleb Wilson? I'm, I'm assuming late round guy.
D MacGUEST
26:11
Uh, l- late-ish round, but I've, I've seen his work in Summer League and boy, it's, uh, as advertised.
D MacGUEST
26:17
He, he reminds me of Scotty Barnes, just his playing style.
D MacGUEST
26:22
And you look at some of his numbers as well, even, um, at college, um, very reminiscent of Scotty Barnes.
D MacGUEST
26:27
And Scotty Barnes when he first entered the league was pretty good as a rookie.
D MacGUEST
26:31
He was a top 70 guy.
D MacGUEST
26:33
As a sophomore, he was a top 90 guy in nine cat as well, and we could expect something similar.

7 MINS LATER

34:01
What, what do you think he's gonna do this year? Can he maintain what he did or, or does he go back to being that 20 to 22 minute a night player off the bench?

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