High Salary C
Karl-Anthony Towns, MIN at WAS ($9,400): Towns had 58 fantasy points against the Warriors on Sunday. The Timberwolves are best when they feed the ball to Towns. This is a tough matchup as the Wizards rank third against centers in their last 15 games. He needs 43.1 fantasy points to hit value on Tuesday. He had 43.75 fantasy points against the Wizards on Nov. 28. Both teams are in much different places now, but the talent of Towns and the fact that the Wizards have no one to check him remains the same. ****
Nikola Vucevic, ORL at SA ($8,300): Vucevic has missed value in his last two games. But the Spurs are 24th against centers in their last 15 games and on a back-to-back. And, as tough as it is to say, the Spurs are just a bad basketball team right now. The status of LaMarcus Aldridge is unknown at the time of this writing. If Aldridge doesn’t play, that makes life much easier for Vucevic. Aldridge isn’t a bad option if he plays because he’s literally the only guy on the Spurs you can trust right now. ****
Rudy Gobert, UTA vs DET ($7,800): Gobert bounced back from his 24.5 fantasy point effort against the Grizzlies with 48.5 fantasy points against the Pelicans on Sunday. He needs 35.8 fantasy points to hit value on Tuesday. He had 34.5 fantasy points against the Pistons on Jan. 24. Andre Drummond got the better of him in that game, but the Jazz and Gobert are hot and at home. Look for Gobert to extract revenge on Tuesday. ****