FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 2

High Salary SG

Klay Thompson-Golden State Warriors (7,400): Thompson and the Warriors went 1-1 on their road trip without Steph Curry, and their one win came in large part due to Klay Thompson’s big game on  Thursday in Houston. Thompson went 16/27 on his way to 38 points to go with seven boards and a block to total 44.4 fantasy points. Thompson has at least 38 fantasy points in five of his last nine games, and has been an excellent producer for the Warriors except when the whole team came out flat in their loss to Dallas.  Whether Curry is back tonight in Oakland or not, the Warriors will take on a scrappy Denver team that always plays hard and should at least make the Warriors starters play into the fourth quarter.  Thompson is still a little under-priced given his recent run of production and the Nuggets are allowing the fifth-most fantasy points to opposing SG.  Look for a big game from Klay as the Warriors return to ORACLE tonight. ∗∗∗∗∗

Will Barton-Denver Nuggets (7,200): Barton continues to produce great numbers coming off then bench for Denver and continues to be a regular in my FanDuel daily picks even though he isn’t as much of a value steal as he used to be.  Barton has at least 32 fantasy points in six of his last seven games and had 44 fantasy points on Wednesday against the Blazers when he scored 31 points to go with five rebounds, four assists, and a steal.  He has become Denver’s go-to option on offense, and he has played at least 34 minutes in six of his last seven games, so don’t let the fact that he doesn’t start scare you from going with him tonight even against the Warriors. ∗∗∗

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