Kmarko's DraftKings Picks - January 15
Welcome back to the daily DraftKings picks where we try to get super rich playing daily fantasy basketball. As usual I’ll do a brief recap of my lineups from the week before then throw out some picks that I’m brainstorming for this weekend, and hopefully get some good feedback/tips/picks from you guys either in the comment section or on Twitter @kmarkobarstool.
Had a solid night.
And those blog picks were fire: Butler, Hayward and Noah combined for 160 points. That’s insane. And Jimmy Butler was shockingly low owned for such a short slate, so hope everyone followed me on that one and cashed in.
Let’s run it back tonight, got 3 pretty cheap picks lined up.
PG Isaiah Thomas $7.9K
Listen if they’re not going to price Isaiah where he deserves to be priced, I’m gonna keep playing him right in DraftKings’ face. Really no choice at this point. Seems like he’s dropping a 50+ game every night – even his off nights he ends up with a non-lineup killing 35, 36 points. He’s been killing it and now he gets the Suns who are basically in shambles right now and giving up monster games left and right. He may not have Westbrook upside, but really nobody does, and for 7.9K he’s one of the best values out there. The fact he’s priced below Kemba is pretty nuts.
SG Khris Middleton $6.8K
He’s not a sexy name, and you know I hate playing Bucks, but I do love winning money and Middleton has been straight cash lately. I doubt I’d trust him at a higher price, but 6.8K with this matchup and the upside he’s been showing lately makes him one of my top SGs on the whole board regardless of price. Giannis ain’t a bad way to go either – Middleton has been a little bit more consistent though so I’ll give him the feature spot.
VALUE PLAY Tyler Johnson $4.2K
Goran Dragic is out for the week, and while Beno Udrih takes his starting spot, it’s Johnson that benefits from it the most from an actual fantasy standpoint. Guy has been having some great games off the bench all year, so with Dragic out and D Wade a GTD, could be a great spot to get 30-35 points out of a 4.2K guy. The risk is very low, the upside is great, and if Wade ends up sitting out he becomes a no brainer play against that Nuggets defense.
Or, if Wade is out, Gerald Green could be money too. Your choice.
Other guys to keep in mind….
Lillard has been bananas lately, no matter who the matchup is with…you might be chasing points with Jimmy Buckets, but I wouldn’t put another monster game past him, the guy is a machine…I love Lebron tonight but he’s been shaky on B2Bs so be careful spending up for him…I like Millsap at PF, and for mid range guys I like Zaza, Gallo and CJ McCollum. In the value range you could look at PJ Tucker and Mirza from the Suns, or Oubre getting the start for Otto Porter.
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That’s it for me, good luck tonight. Tweet me @kmarkobarstool with your picks or to talk shit, whatever. Also if you’re depositing to play make sure to use my referral and we’ll both get hooked up with some stuff.