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FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-February 3

By Zachary Thompson

Feb 1, 2017; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler (21) drives to the basket in front of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Semaj Christon (6) during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 1, 2017; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler (21) drives to the basket in front of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Semaj Christon (6) during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /
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Robin Lopez, Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Serge Ibaka
Chicago Bulls center Robin Lopez (8) joins Orlando Magic forward Serge Ibaka (7) in today’s FanDuel daily picks. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

High Value C

Greg Monroe-Milwaukee Bucks (5,700): The Bucks traded away one big-man when the dealt Miles Plumlee to Charlotte, but the move won’t open up time for Monroe necessarily since they got back both Roy Hibbert and Spencer Hawes. Hibbert and Hawes won’t be available tonight, though, which could mean more run for Monroe. He has huge upside as he showed with 14-13-1, three blocks, and three steals for 42.1 fantasy points against Boston, but he also has some games where he almost completely disappears. He’s very boom-or-bust tonight in Denver where he could get a good matchup if Nikola Jokic is out.∗∗ 

Clint Capela-Houston Rockets (4,900): Capela looked great last night against Dwight and was one of my best FanDuel daily picks cheap plays. He ended up with 22-9-0 and 36.8 fantasy points against the Hawks while logging 31 minutes. Capela doesn’t usually play north of 30 minutes, so I’m not sure how much he’ll play tonight against the Bulls. Coach Mike D’Antoni decided not to use Montrezl Harrell last night, but could throw him back into the mix tonight while limiting Capela’s minutes. I’ve been in on Capela most of the season, and I still love his upside. He’ll be looking for his seventh straight game with over 20 fantasy points, but don’t set expectations too high after last night’s monster game.∗∗

Robin Lopez-Chicago Bulls (4,600): Don’t forget that in that game last night, Dwight Howard had huge numbers against the Rockets whose interior defense has bee suspect this season. RoLo will look to take advantage of the same matchup tonight. Lopez has been playing well in his two games this weeks with 21-10-2 and 42 fantasy points against the Sixers and 14-2-0 in just 21 minutes for 18.4 fantasy points against the Thunder. He’s less risky than Capela tonight since he’s not on the second half of a back-to-back, but his ceiling is a bit lower.∗∗∗

Salah Mejri-Dalas Mavericks (4,000): If you have to go even cheaper and are looking for a high-risk play with very high upside check out Salah Mejri in a good matchup against the Blazers. Mejri is coming off an exceptional 16-17-0 game on Wednesday when he had 39.4 fantasy points. With Andrew Bogut out tonight, Mejri could get playing time again and be a wildcard flier to check out again in this very favorable matchup.∗

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