Jay Huff

Had a question from a user on Twitter earlier.

It's like, should I pick up Zachary Rissachet or who was it? It was Jay Huff.

And I thought, man, the minutes at 30 per game seems to point towards Zachary Rissachet.

The injury potential with Cooper Flagg seems to point towards Zachary Reese's shape, but this four combined defensive stats per game is an outlier.

And I think Zachary Reese Lachey is just not going to make the number anyway.

We slice it.

So I kind of hinted that I would take Jay Huff in that area.

But the play is probably to add the guy playing 30 minutes per game.

If it's Zubats, he is out with his ankle sprain.

Jay Huff will likely start at centre.

I don't think he plays starter-level minutes, but he's definitely worth an add.

They have four games this week as well, the Pacers, so...

So we don't have a real timetable for him, whether it's going to be a week or two weeks or just one game.

But so a lot of people rushing out to grab Jay Huff off the waiver wire, which I think is fine.

But based on what he did last year, Nick, I think Huff is one of those guys where we just want him to be better than he actually is.

And they also have Larry Nance available and they have Obi Toppin now.

And that just wasn't the case last year.

Yeah, I mean, we immediately saw Jay Huff go five or six from the field, 14 points, three assists, two boards, three blocks last night.

But that was also when a blowout against the Brooklyn Nets game was completely out of hand in the second half.

That's like one of the weakest center teams, maybe the weakest in the NBA right now.

They've got better defenders on the perimeter.

They've got probably a stronger interior presence with Zubac and Jay Huff coming off the bench.

But we're going to keep it close.

We're going to lose 110-107.

But I'll tell you this.

If you can get Jay Huff and Jalen Smith, you don't change much about your offensive play style.

You don't change much about your playbook at all.

You actually plug and play both of those players into the same spots that Joel Embiid survives and thrives in.

Maybe not the mid post, maybe not the free throw extended, but the top of the key from three, Jalen Smith can hit those shots and Jay Huff's been working on it.

The paint, you gotta put both of those guys planted and parked in the paint to not only be dominant, but to shot block, to rim protect, and to rim run.

Jay Huff and Jalen Smith I'm not going to say they have similar game styles and on-court ability, but I think their usage rates, very similar in a way, where they're both used to defend, rim run, rebound.

Obviously, Jay Huff, the better and bigger rebounder than what Jalen Smith does, but Jalen Smith, the better shooter and perimeter defender than what Jay Huff brings to the squad.

I, again, we're, we're talking chemistry and it's going to take a few, it's going to take a few games, right? It's going to take a few games and, uh, With Zoo being out now, I'm really interested to see what Rick does tonight against the Milwaukee Bucks.

I thought Huff played very well last night, especially.

Huff played very well last night against the Nets.

You know, Larry Nance got some good run for the Pacers.

Obi Toppin played very well last night also.

And then Obi Toppin has been a massive spark off the bench.

Toppin has kept the tempo high for the second unit for the Pacers, most recently chipping in a higher – A hyper-efficient 16 points against the Nets last night.

I think Jay Huff could be added to that as well.

I thought maybe, hey, we're going to talk about Terrence Shannon and things of that nature.

No, we're going to talk about Jay Huff and A.J. Mitchell ad nauseum.

So get yourself ready, grab your popcorn, and smash that like button, of course.

Not muted anymore.

It's your firm, a difference when yet.

So that was good stuff.

Jay Huff season.

Is it ever Jay Huff season? This guy gives you a 50 or he gives you 10.

Obi Toppin, quite popular.

Jay Huff, quite popular.

Tyrese Halliburton, popular.

Diakim, Nembhard, all these guys sitting around 20 to 30% owned in this matchup against the Bucks.

I'm going to start at the center position and work my way back.

The highest optimal or owned play on today's slate.

That is... that has center eligibility would be $3,500 Jay Huff.

Now, I'm sure some of you are wondering why that is Jay Huff.