High Salary SF
LeBron James, CLE at PHO ($12,500): A guy who routinely goes over 50 fantasy points against the worst defense in the league? The best player of his generation desperately needing a victory to salvage something out of this road trip? He could play 20 minutes and I would bet on him dropped 60-plus fantasy points. If he doesn’t have 60 fantasy points in this one, something has gone exceptionally right for the Cavaliers or horribly wrong. *****
Paul George, OKC at ATL ($9,000): George had 32.7 fantasy points against the Kings on Tuesday. He finally shot well from deep, which would be huge for his scoring moving forward. He had 33 fantasy points against the Hawks on Dec. 22. Without Steven Adams, the floor shrinks a bit for the Thunder offense as he creates a lot of space with his screening. He needs 39 fantasy points to hit value on Tuesday. The matchup is good, but there are a lot of factors working against him. ***
Otto Porter Jr., WAS vs MIN ($7,400): Porter Jr. has played just 26 minutes in his last two games, missing value in both. Both games were blowouts in opposite directions, which would explain his lack of minutes. Assuming this game is close, he should be back up to his usual 30-plus minutes. He needs 32 fantasy points to hit value on Tuesday. He’s been over 30 fantasy points fairly regularly since John Wall went down with injury. Expect another solid outing from Porter Jr. ***