Tonight’s nine-game slate will require more attention closer to game times than usual. There are loads of question marks to be answered in the minutes leading up to lock: Will Kyrie Irving be healthy or will Terry Rozier get a second start after his triple-double? Are the Warriors resting any of their stars in what should be a blowout against the Kings? Perhaps most important, how many of the Bucks’ starters will miss tonights game? I can only reccomend a lineup based on what we know now, but please consider these pressing questions before tip-off and be sure to get Terry Rozier in your lineup if he does end up drawing another start.
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Point Guard
Stephen Curry (GS): $10,200 @ SAC
Make sure the Warriors don’t randomly rest him this evening. If they don’t, he will obviously play a significant role in nearing the Warriors’ implied total of 117.5 points. He is coming off a rough game against the always tough Jazz defense, but prior to that, he had 66.3, 51.5 and 48.7 FanDuel points in three straight games. The Kings have far and away the easiest defense of the bunch.
Tonight’s nine-game slate will require more attention closer to game times than usual. There are loads of question marks to be answered in the minutes leading up to lock: Will Kyrie Irving be healthy or will Terry Rozier get a second start after his triple-double? Are the Warriors resting any of their stars in what should be a blowout against the Kings? Perhaps most important, how many of the Bucks’ starters will miss tonights game? I can only reccomend a lineup based on what we know now, but please consider these pressing questions before tip-off and be sure to get Terry Rozier in your lineup if he does end up drawing another start.
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Point Guard
Stephen Curry (GS): $10,200 @ SAC
Make sure the Warriors don’t randomly rest him this evening. If they don’t, he will obviously play a significant role in nearing the Warriors’ implied total of 117.5 points. He is coming off a rough game against the always tough Jazz defense, but prior to that, he had 66.3, 51.5 and 48.7 FanDuel points in three straight games. The Kings have far and away the easiest defense of the bunch.
Ricky Rubio (UTA): $5,900 @ PHO
Speaking of teams who can’t play defense, the Suns are worse than anyone besides the Nets (we will get to that later). Rubio would be interesting on that fact alone, but the fact that he is been playing great basketball lately helps quite a bit as well. He has reached 28+ FanDuel points in 6 of his past 7 games including 45.5, 33.2 and 30.5 in his last three.
Shooting Guard
Khris Middleton (MIL): $7,500 vs NYK
One or several of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Eric Bledsoe and Malcolm Brogdon my be sitting tonight. If one or all sit, Middleton will be the top play of the night. Even if each plays, however, Middleton is still a stellar play. In his past 8 games, the Bucks’ unheralded guard has at least 32.6 FanDuel points and is averaging 42 per contest.
Klay Thompson (GS): $7,000 @ SAC
I mentioned this crummy Kings’ defense earlier with the Steph recomendation and how the Warriors have an implied 117.5 total as a result. This time last year, Klay’s salary was nearly $2,000 higher, but he still has the same skill set. We know he can go off for a 7x game, and while this isn’t the safest cash play most nights, you can expect at least 4x in the tremendous matchup. He has been playing quality basketball of late, averaging 5x value in his last three contests.
Small Forward
Brandon Ingram (LAL): $6,400 @ BKN
We covered the absymal Kings and Suns’ defenses, but the Nets take the cake. You could reasonably pick on them with four players from the opposing team most nights. The issue here is that there isn’t enough game to game reliability for most of the Lakers’ players. Ingram and Julius Randle are the lone exceptions. With Lonzo Ball out, Ingram has been handling the ball more and is excelling in fantasy lineups as a result. He is averaging 5x value in his last four games with a floor of 4x.
Josh Jackson (PHO): $5,300 vs UTA
Typically, I reccomend avoiding the Jazz defense, especially with Rudy Gobert on the floor. The difference here is that the Suns always play up-tempo and this game will be no different, as evidenced by their implied 102.3 point total. Jackson has kickd it into another gear of late with at least 29 FanDuel points in three of his last four contests including a 7x performance Wednesday evening versus the Mavs.
Power Forward
John Henson (MIL): $5,500 vs NYK
I mentioned with Middleton that Giannis and Bledsoe may miss this game. If one, and especially both do, Henson has to be locked into your lineups as a major usage-rate bump is due. Even if they play, they won’t be at 100%, plus Henson has hit 5x value in each of his past four contests. He is a solid play regardless of the injury status of the Bucks’ stars tonight.
Marquese Chriss (PHO): $5,000 vs UTA
Like Jackson, we get the deflated salary because of the Jazz matchup, but plenty of saftey and upside with that low salary. Chriss game back Wednesday night, going for 34.4 FanDuel points. prior to his injury, he posted no fewer than 24.4 FanDuel points over 7 consecutive starts, often hitting 6 and 7x value in that time.
Center
Enes Kanter (NYK): $7,000 @ MIL
There are plenty of quality options here tonight. You can spend up on Dwight Howard, even in a cash game, or if you need to save money, Jarrett Allen might go nuts on the Lakers tonight. Julius Randle is a good investment as well, but I’m going with the center who has been blazing lately and draws and banged up Bucks’ team tonight. Kanter has at least 27.8 FanDuel points in each of his last 8 games and is averaging 34.9 in that time including 5x, 7x and 5x value over his past three games.
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