DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-December 5

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San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge (12) is a good play from today’s DraftKings daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports /

High Salary PF

Anthony Davis-New Orleans Pelicans (11,200): Davis continued to be a fantasy beast last night piling up 70.75 fantasy points on 37-15-2 and four blocks against Russell Westbrook and the Thunder. Tonight, he’ll take the floor at home against Memphis who has been crushed by injury. “The Brow” has struggled this year on some back-to-back’s and is coming off 43 minutes last night. I’d proceed with caution with Davis tonight even though he obviously is producing at a very high leve with over 60 fantasy points in five of his last six games.∗∗

Kevin Love-Cleveland Cavaliers (7,900): Love has struggled a little bit during Cleveland’s three-game slide scoring under 20 points in each of his last three contests and posting under 37 fantasy points. He was on a roll before that including back-to-back games with 62 fantasy points and 56 fantasy points against the Blazers and Mavericks. He also had a pair of solid games against the Raptors earlier this season finishing with a pair of double-doubles of 18-10-2 and 19-13-1. If he can get to 20-10 tonight, he’ll be a nice value at under 8K.∗∗∗

LaMarcus Aldridge-San Antonio Spurs (6,300): Aldridge and the Spurs are in Milwaukee tonight to take on the Bucks who have been playing well lately. Aldridge is also on a bit of a roll although he did have a disappointing game in Dallas last Wednesday. Aside from that letdown, he had at least 25 fantasy points in six of his last seven games including big games against the Hornets, Lakers, and Kings on the road. Since he relies on jumpers, Aldridge can be a streaky play, but I like his upside tonight against the Bucks who are in the top ten in most fantasy points per game allowed to opposing PF.∗∗

Jabari Parker-Milwaukee Bucks (6,200): On the other side of that matchup is one of my DraftKings daily picks favorites-Jabari Parker. Parker always brings a ton of upside and has been able to post at least 29 fantasy points in each of his last three contests. The Spurs defend opposing PF pretty well, but Parker is always an intriguing option due to his ability to go off for a big number when he’s at his best. ∗∗∗

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