FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-December 9

High Salary SF

LeBron James-Cleveand Cavaliers (9,800): LeBron takes on his former team as the Heat come to visit tonight. While there aren’t bonus fantasy points for the water-bottle challenge, James still managed 44.7 fantasy points against the Knicks on 25-6-7 giving him three straight with over 44 fantasy points. He should be motivated to power the Cavs to another big win at home tonight, and he’ll be in a great matchup against the injury-depleted Heat SG/SF. ∗∗∗

Carmelo Anthony-New York Knicks (7,300): Anthony has been boom or bust lately, but he’ll need to step up for the Knicks on the road in Sacramento tonight. In his last four games, ‘Melo has a pair of contests with over 40 fantasy points, but he burned his owners with just 14.8 fantasy points on Wednesday in the Knicks’ blowout loss to LeBron and the Cavs. He could get extra usage if Derrick Rose is out or limited tonight, which gives him high upside to go with his high risk.∗∗

Rudy Gay-Sacramento Kings (7,200): Gay got the best of Melo when they met on Sunday going off for 22-9-4 with three steals for 41.8 fantasy points. He has at least 34 fantasy points in three of his last five games, but he can disappear at times as well. He’s lower risk than Anthony tonight, but I also think his ceiling is a bit lower since the focus of the Kings offense is definitely going to be Boogie (more on him later.)∗∗∗

Andrew Wiggins-Minnesota Timberwolves (6,000): Wiggins went back to Canada last night and scored 25 points to power him to 31.7 fantasy points. He looks like he’s shaking off his shooting slump and has at least 29 fantasy points in four straight games not counting his Tuesday visit to the “Kawhaian Island” when Leonard and the Spurs held him to just 16 fantasy points. ∗∗∗∗

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