PG
J Murray
Collison FD
Ish Smith DK
Rondo – I won’t blame you for not feeling good about this and it might not work out, BUT the only backup guard the Pelicans looked like they want to use is Ian Clark and he’s splitting minutes behind Rondo and Jrue…Rondo seems to have the safest minutes he’s had all season right now and it makes sense – BUT a lot of DFS plays make sense. Weirdly, if playing lighter tonight I wouldn’t mind chancing Rondo in my ash lineup but if you’re a heavy hitter I likely wouldn’t have the brass to use him in cash. I would lean towards using Murray with Collsion on FD and likely just locking in Ish Smith on DK***
SG
Wiggins *LOCK FD/DK* 46, 47, 26 fantasy points against NO in three games this year. Crushes them.
Harden has the highest ceiling on the slate and I fully expect him to finish the night as the highest scorer. On FanDuel I think he’s a lock BUT on DK I don’t because I much rather lock people like Drummond and Beal on DK
D Wade DK price is delicious, I have zero problems using him + Ish smith on DK at the PG and SG
G Harris DK price is delicious, the perfect blend of floor + upside for our ladder system on DK only**
Side Note**** Beal – He’s also my favorite GPP play of the night because a lot of people will pay up for Harden, so by using Harden in cash but fading him in GPPs you can roll out Beal and hope he gets 50 while harden gets his normal 55. I won’t touch him in cash though I’ll go Wiggins + Harden on FD
SF
Butler FD
Moore
Green
Hezonja has a massive positive correlation with Maurice Speights so if we hear that Speights is starting then Hezonja jumps up to my second favorite SF on FD…on DK I would prefer to use Wiggins in the SF spot
PF
Mirotic *LOCK ON DK ONLY*
Olynyk *
Simmons
Taj
C
Bam *LOCK* ON FD ONLY
Drummond *LOCK* ON DK ONLY
Turner (if he is active) on both sites
Capela on FD
If playing GPPs I really like this slate because the chalk will be pretty heavily owned. It’s pretty easy to create a lineup without a 40% owned Harden, just pray he doesn’t go for 70 and you’ll be fine. Use that money and load up on the second level studs and hope for big nights from Beal, Drummond, Dipo, Butler, Simmons in that order for me. Take a shot at Mirotic on FD, fade him in GPPs on DK. If you didn’t risk it with Rondo in cash then do it in GPPs.
If fading Harden you can get leverage on the field by taking the secondary players like CP3, Ryan Anderson, Gerald Green. Likely if they crush then Harden did not. See how leverage works? You’re welcome. Enjoy!
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