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Daily Fantasy Basketball: FanDuel Lineup For May 12

ByDave Fuqua|

FanDuel Lineup For May 12

It is our pleasure here at Fantasy CPR to post another FanDuel lineup for May 12. I am a little bit disappointed in my lineup for the eighth and the tenth. I hope to reconcile that with the lineup that we are posting for the twelfth.

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Our starting options for the PG positions are Derrick Rose and Austin Rivers. I will continue to ride these options until they quit producing. Rivers is still a nice option even with the 22 point output at only $4,200. Rose is still playing the role of ‘Windy City Assassin’ despite James tying up the series on a buzzer beater of his own in game four. Rose is putting up some nice numbers and still FanDuel is keeping him at a reasonable salary. Considering our options I don’t mind paying his price tag.

The starters for SG are Jimmy Butler and Iman Shumpert. I will say that I am not crazy excited for using Shumpert, but it is a calculated gamble. And by calculated I mean that he was the best option that fit the bill after I got all the expensive players that I wanted to use. If this were a larger slate of games I would probably pass on using Butler here, but again with out options I find him as the player I want to use here. He is playing well and if he can get us on the higher side of 45 fantasy points I will be pleased.

At SF we go with none other that LeBron James and Corey Brewer. James need no explanation here and despite news of his ankle problems there is really no other option it SF I would dream of using here. I use Corey Brewer here in much the same regard as using Shumpert at the SG spot.

I am rolling with Tristan Thompson and Taj Gibson despite mediocre performances from both of them starting in place of the normal injured starters. Gibson is very capable of putting up some large numbers and so is Thompson. If theses two flip the switch on and the rest of our lineup does their thing then we could be in pretty serious contention here. If they play like they did last game then we will likely be upset and looking for new PFs next game.

By using smaller salaried guys at PF it allows us to upgrade at the C spot. We are starting Dwight Howard in the middle. Howard is a little bit too expensive for normal games but again with the options and the way this draft worked out I feel like we need some potential home run hitters so that we might strike it big, If we get a 40 point fantasy night from Howard and Gibson and Thompson step up to the challenge we should be in pretty good shape. As always we thank you for stopping by and wish you FanDuelers the best of luck.

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