After a couple break even nights in a row (breaking even is like winning, right?) it's time for a very unexciting four game Thursday night slate.
How does one attack a slate when the best DFS player in the league, Russell Westbrook, is involved in a game with an O/U south of 200?
How many Dallas Maverick players are too many Dallas Maverick players?
TNT -- I appreciate you wanting to show us how good Westbrook is, but seriously, this is the game you're making us watch tonight?
Anyway, onto my teams. I decided to play a few more cash games tonight, so we'll go with that lineup:
PG: Eric Bledsoe - Suns: Against my better judgement, I decided to avoid Westbrook in my cash game lineups tonight. Usually he's a staple of my team when playing cash, but I ended up going a different route tonight. With the O/U of the Suns and Nuggets game tonight being in the 230 range, I decided to load up on a few pieces from that game. Bledsoe has been on fire recently and I decided to pivot away from Russell and give Eric a shot tonight instead.
SG: Devin Booker - Suns: As mentioned, this game's over under was pretty big and Booker has been one of the hottest players in the league lately. He is quite scoring dependent but he has consistently been producing of late and I don't see that stopping tonight. Gary Harris DEF worries me a little, but I have faith that Devin should be able to reach value pretty easily.
SF: Justin Anderson - Mavericks: The Mavericks are kind of a MASH unit these days. There will be several players from this team in my lineups tonight in both tournaments and cash as the key group should see plenty of minutes and chances to produce. Anderson is a cheap option that looks to be gaining confidence with each minute he gets. Facing a OKC team that doesn't overly focus on DEF and isn't exactly shooting the lights out these days - Anderson should have a chance to both score and steal some rebounds during this game.
PF: Darrell Arthur - Nuggets: A little bit of a gamble here, which I don't usually make in cash lineups, but Arthur has been very solid since coming back from injury. The front court for Denver is a bit muddled so I have to hope they continue to give him 15-18 minutes and, at league minimum, it is not overly concerning but he could get a DNP at any time as we've seen from Mike Malone.
C: Tyson Chandler - Suns: Chandler has been producing at a $7200-$7300 range but is still sitting at $6800 as of today. This may be one of the last nights I am able to justify rostering him for a while but I wanted to roll him out there tonight in this high total game. a consistent 28-30 point player lately, he is exactly what I need to balance out my cash teams tonight.
G: Jameer Nelson - Nuggets: Other than one dud, Nelson has stepped into the starting role nicely since Mudiay went down with an injury. Another player from the highest predicted total on the board tonight, Nelson is another player that may not flash huge upside but certainly shouldn't kill my team, barring disaster.
F: Karl Anthony-Towns - Timberwolves: KAT is an absolute monster and I try and fit him onto my teams any time I can. It was a toss up on KAT or Jokic and my coin flip lead me to Towns (kidding). I just think that Len and Chandler could get Jokic in some foul trouble tonight so I decided to pivot over to Towns as he is a solid 45-50 pt player night in and night out. When fielding cash teams I like to try and stay as solid and predictable as possible.
UTL: Ricky Rubio - Timberwolves: I think Rubio was scared of being Wally Pipped. Ricky went home for a game earlier this week and Kris Dunn had a monster night. Needless to say, Rubio came right back to the team and deemed himself ready to go. Jeff Teague defense really is nothing to scare me away from someone and this game is another of the higher totals of the night. Rubio is able to put up solid fantasy nights without relying on scoring, and those are the kind of players I like.
In my tournaments I have shares of Pierre Jackson, Dwight Powell, Enes Kanter and Andrew Wiggins.
Good luck to everyone! I hope your players stay out of foul trouble and don't decide to put up a dud tonight.
