DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-January 19
High Salary SG
Bradley Beal-Washington Wizards (7,000): There are some nice young rising stars at the top of the SG pool tonight, and Beal gets the top spot as he faces the Knicks in a great matchup in New York. The Knicks have give up the fourth-most fantasy points in the NBA to opposing SG this season. Beal comes into the matchup off of a rough night last night against Memphis after posting at least 39 fantasy points in two of his previous three games. Beal scored at least 19 points in his first eight games of 2017 with 32 fantasy points or more in five of this eight games before last night’s letdown with just 12-1-4 for 20.25 fantasy points. He’ll look to bounce back tonight in a much better matchup, and I think he’ll light up the Garden tonight. Don’t worry about his back-to-back since in his last back-to-back set he played 36 and 37 minutes against the Bucks and Bulls.∗∗∗
Devin Booker-Phoenix Suns (6,200): Booker played a massive 46 minutes against Utah on Monday and totaled just 25.5 fantasy points on 25-0-1 with three turnovers. His 25 points gave him at least 22 points in each of his last six games, though, and he had 40 fantasy points or more in three straight before Monday’s underwhelming total. One of those big games came against the Cavs when he had 28-5-4 for 44.25 fantasy points against Cleveland who he’ll face again tonight, this time in the home of the defending champs. ∗∗∗
Will Barton-Denver Nuggets (6,100): Barton was a huge part of my DraftKings daily picks on Monday night when he poured in 45 fantasy points on 26-4-8 against the Lakers. All season, Barton has stepped up as starting SG Gary Harris battles injuries. Harris has already been out for tonight’s game against San Antonio, so Barton will have an increased role whether he draws the start or just gets more usage coming off the bench. It’s a tough matchup tonight against Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard, but Barton is still very capable of posting over 30 fantasy points if he gets over 25 minutes of playing time.∗∗∗∗
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