3 Under-the-Radar Daily Fantasy Basketball Plays for 1/30/17

Brook Lopez, C, Brooklyn Nets

FanDuel Price: $7,500

Why He Will Go Overlooked:

As just mentioned with Drummond, there are a plethora of options at the center position tonight, especially at the top end. Brook Lopez's performance has been erratic enough that most daily fantasy players aren't going to rush to roster him in a pace-down matchup against Hassan Whiteside and the Miami Heat, who are thought of as a tough matchup for opposing big men.

Why You Should Use Him:

BroLo went for 37.4 FanDuel points in his most recent game, which now makes it five of his past six games with over 37 FanDuel points. One of those games was a 40.3-FanDuel-point performance against this very team just five days ago.

It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that he was able to post a big performance against the Heat, given his performance in close games this season, as they have allowed the fourth-most points in the post this season. Lopez trails only Marc Gasol in points in the post this season, and his 52 percent field goal percentage on post ups is the highest among qualified big men, after he also led the league in success rate from down low last season.

Miami has also struggled to defend the pick-and-roll this season, allowing the fourth-highest points per possession to opposing bigs in the pick-and-roll. Lopez hasn't been quite as dominant in the pick-and-roll as the post, but he still easily leads the Brooklyn Nets in points out of the pick-and-roll and should exploit Miami's weakness.

Everything lines up for a big offensive game from Lopez in this one, and seemingly the only thing that could keep him from exceeding value is a blowout. His volatile nature from game to game makes him a bit hard to trust in cash formats with so many excellent center options available, but he has big-time tournament upside.