Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the NBA FanDuel lineup article. Normally Tuesday night slates are pretty light, but we have nine games to work with tonight. Let’s go ahead and take a look at my lineup for tonight’s slate.
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Point Guard
Ish Smith (DET): $6,000 vs. CLE
The blockbuster trade of Blake Griffin to the Pistons is going to open up a ton of value on tonight’s slate for both the Pistons and the Clippers. Therefore, you’re going to see a fair share of players from both teams in this article. These two teams just played each other on Sunday and Ish Smith did not do too well. However, with the absence of Tobias Harris and Avery Bradley, Smith is going to have a huge increase in usage percentage tonight against the Cavs.
Ricky Rubio (UTA): $5,100 vs. GSW
Normally known as only a distributor, Ricky Rubio has improved his scoring recently with double-digit points in four out of his last five games. It appears that his shot attempts will not be going down anytime soon making him a solid, cheap point guard option in a huge up-tempo matchup with the Warriors.
Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the NBA FanDuel lineup article. Normally Tuesday night slates are pretty light, but we have nine games to work with tonight. Let’s go ahead and take a look at my lineup for tonight’s slate.
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Point Guard
Ish Smith (DET): $6,000 vs. CLE
The blockbuster trade of Blake Griffin to the Pistons is going to open up a ton of value on tonight’s slate for both the Pistons and the Clippers. Therefore, you’re going to see a fair share of players from both teams in this article. These two teams just played each other on Sunday and Ish Smith did not do too well. However, with the absence of Tobias Harris and Avery Bradley, Smith is going to have a huge increase in usage percentage tonight against the Cavs.
Ricky Rubio (UTA): $5,100 vs. GSW
Normally known as only a distributor, Ricky Rubio has improved his scoring recently with double-digit points in four out of his last five games. It appears that his shot attempts will not be going down anytime soon making him a solid, cheap point guard option in a huge up-tempo matchup with the Warriors.
Shooting Guard
Lou Williams (LAC): $8,900 vs. POR
Lou Williams has been outstanding this season, but he has been even more spectacular whenever Blake Griffin was not playing. With Austin Rivers still nursing an injury, it’s going to be the Williams show for the Clippers offense. His salary is up there, but it’s only going to continue to increase without Griffin in the picture and the likelihood of the Clippers shopping DeAndre Jordan as well.
Tyrone Wallace (LAC): 4,400 vs. POR
Another Clippers player who will see a bump is Tyrone Wallace. Wallace has seen at least 30 minutes in every game since January 10th. Those minutes will be secure at least until Rivers returns and without Griffin, there will be plenty of more shots to go around for this Clippers team.
Small Forward
Wesley Johnson (LAC): $4,500 vs. POR
A third Clippers player who will be in my lineup tonight is Wesley Johnson. Johnson has consistently seen minutes in the 30s over the past couple of weeks and similar to Wallace and Williams, he will see a boost in usage percentage.
Reggie Bullock (DET): $3,800 vs. CLE
A second Pistons player who will crack my lineup tonight will be Reggie Bullock. With Harris and Bradley gone, there is a huge number of minutes available for the Piston reserve wing players. Bullock has shown in each of his past two games that he is capable of putting up solid numbers when given the minutes, including 29 FanDuel points in 30 minutes against the Cavs on Sunday.
Power Forward
Anthony Davis (NOP): $12,500 vs. SAC
There are several premier star caliber players on this slate tonight, but my favorite is by far Anthony Davis. With Cousins out of the picture, most of the usage is going to transfer over to Davis. The Pelicans rotation usually staggered Davis and Cousins at the end of the first quarter, and when Cousins took a breather Davis normally did extremely well. The Kings are extremely beat up in their frontcourt with Skal Labissiere ruled out and an aging Zach Randolph.
Montrezl Harrell (LAC): $4,100 vs. POR
My fourth and final Clippers player in my lineup tonight is probably the direct beneficiary from Griffin’s absence. Montrezl Harrell will more than likely enter the starting lineup and be in line for huge minutes. Now I normally do not like loading up with so many players from a single team in my cash game lineup. However, tonight is an exception since both the Clippers and Pistons will likely have only an eight or nine-man rotation.
Center
Andre Drummond (DET): $10,500 vs. CLE
My final Pistons player who I will be using tonight will be Andre Drummond. Probably the most prominent All-Star snub for this season, Drummond has been absolutely outstanding averaging 14.7 points and a league-high 15.1 rebounds per game. With Reggie Jackson out with an injury and Harris, Bradley, and Boban Marjanovic out of the picture, Drummond could be in line for nearly 40 minutes of court time tonight.
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