FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 17

High Salary PG

Deron Williams-Dallas Mavericks (6,400):  Williams will be looking for his third straight double-double as he faces the Bulls tonight in Chicago. He had 23-2-12 in Mexico City against the Suns for 42.4 fantasy points and followed that with 13-4-10 against Minnesota on Sunday for 32.8 fantasy points. He has over 30 fantasy points in three of his last five games and is still a solid investment as he runs the offense for Dallas tonight against Michael Carter-Williams and the Bulls. No team has given up more fantasy points to opposing PG  over their last ten games than the Bulls, so Williams is a solid mid-range option despite his tendency to produce uneven results at times. ∗∗∗

Ricky Rubio-Minnesota Timberwolves (6,000): The T-Wolves are in San Antonio for tonight’s game which should be an interesting contest. San Antonio matches up well against Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns which could leave more offensive workload for Rubio who has handed out at least ten assists in four straight games. He fell just two points short of his fourth double-double in a row on Sunday against Williams and the Mavericks finishing with 29 fantasy points. In his three previous games, he had three double-doubles with over 40 fantasy points in each of those three contests.∗∗∗∗

D’Angelo Russell-Los Angeles Lakers (6,000): Russell gets a great matchup against the Nuggets tonight who are allowing the second-most fantasy points per game to opposing PG on the season and the most in the NBA over their last five games by a substantial margin. Russell had a couple of down games last week against the Spurs and Clippers, but he bounced back with 20-7-3 for 29.9 fantasy points against Detroit on Sunday. In this matchup he should be able to produce 30+ fantasy points fairly easily at home and is close to a must-play option given the rest of the PG options.∗∗∗∗∗

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