Ew. With our friends at StarStreet as a guide.
As always, the full tables for today's action are available at our Daily Fantasy Projections page. But I'm here to break down the best of the best and tell you why they're so valuable.
The numberFire Optimized Roster
| Player | Position | Projected FP | Cost | Value |
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Rotoworld: "The milk has gone bad for DeRozan." But is it still drinkable? Our analytics think so, given his overall body of work rather than immediate recent play. He's still a major part of the offense, posting a usage rating of at least 20 percent in five of his past six games. And facing an Orlando squad that is dead-last in forcing turnovers and 24th in defensive rating can't hurt either. The shots will begin to drop soon with a return to the mean. Quick HitsYour medium-sized sleeper of the day is Eric Bledsoe of the Los Angeles Clippers. The main question is: how many minutes will he get with Chris Paul on the bench? We've seen him get 35, we've seen him get 20. numberFire took a conservative estimate at just around 23 minutes, especially in the second game of a back-to-back. But if you have a personal conviction that he'll be up above 30 minutes again, then his NBA-leading 4.2 steal percentage, .481 eFG%, and surprisingly-high 8.7 percent rebound rate make him a great value at $8,000. Your deep sleeper of the day is Jason Terry of the Boston Celtics. Considering the lack of games today, our options for a deep sleeper are limited. As such, I'm not too sold on Jason Terry, but considering the Knicks' injury troubles, he's the best of a weak crowd. The Knicks are letting opposing shooting guards shoot .487 eFG% from the field this season, and at the very least, Terry has seen consistent seventh-man type minutes so far in January. You could do worse for $5,000. Stay away from Ed Davis of the Raptors today. His 18 points against the Lakers and 13 points against Miami might look nice, but for the price (Ed Davis is the fifth-highest cost player?!?!), I want a little bit more than a high of 18 points over his last five games and only one double-digit rebounding effort during that same span. And the Magic aren't half bad against opposing power forwards - they shoot .487 eFG% against them on the season. The game to watch today is Celtics/Knicks. Boy, what a fun slate to choose from, huh? But it's likely that whoever has the most fantasy points out of Carmelo, Rajon Rondo, and Kevin Garnett will in turn spur his fantasy owners to victory as well. |