DraftKings NBA picks January 2: Is Luka worth the price?

DraftKings NBA picks January 2: Is Luka worth the price?

We have the largest DraftKings NBA slate since Christmas with nine games on the docket for tonight. There are stars. There is a ton of value. This is going to be an interesting one! First, we have to check on just how much value we have to work with.

Out: Kyrie Irving (shoulder), Pascal Siakam (groin), Steph Curry (hand), Klay Thompson (knee), D’Angelo Russell (illness), Malcolm Brogdon (back), Victor Oladipo (knee), Norman Powell (shoulder), Marvin Bagley (foot), Caris LeVert (thumb), Luke Kennard (knee), Blake Griffin (knee), Justise Winslow (back), Marc Gasol (hamstring), Tim Hardaway Jr. (hamstring), Markieff Morris (foot), Mike Conley (hamstring), Otto Porter (foot), Willie Cauley-Stein (illness), Patrick Beverley (wrist), Jake Layman (toe), Kevon Looney (abdomen), Edmond Sumner (knee), David Nwaba (Achilles), Kevin Durant (Achllies), Reggie Jackson (back), Khyri Thomas (foot), Matt Thomas (finger), Dewan Hernandez (ankle), Chandler Hutchison (shoulder), Andre Iguodala (personal), Dylan Windler (leg), Andre Roberson (knee), Ryan Broekhoff (leg), Nic Claxton (hamstring).

Questionable: Karl-Anthony Towns (knee), Kristaps Porzingis (knee), Andrew Wiggins (illness), Jeff Teague (knee), Garrett Temple (knee), Gary Harris (shin), Jae Crowder (ankle), Noah Vonleh (back), Treveon Graham (illness).

There are a few things up in the air here, but we are really only waiting on word of the Timberwolves pieces. We wouldn’t play Porzingis anyway.

I put two of my three linueps in the money tonight, but one got all the way up into the top 1000, so it was a solid night. I built with Randle, LeBron, and A.D. in that one and survived Kelan Martin thanks to Augustin and Fultz.

kdill30 took it down with 335.75 DraftKings points. Again, I was only about 25 points out of first. He built with LeBron, Randle, and Vucevic and got huge value out of Culver, Augustin, Oubre, and Kuzma.

Just because you don’t see someone on here doesn’t mean they aren’t a good play. I only have so much room, and I’m not going anyone a favor if I recommend more than half of the players at a position. If you have a feeling about someone, by all means, follow that. I mostly follow numbers and trends.