DraftKings NBA picks January 11: Giannis is upon us

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Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers passes the ball (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

DraftKings NBA Point Guards:

Best Bets:

Damian Lillard ($8,700): The Mavs have played four back to backs already this year. Luka only cleared 50 DraftKings points in one of them. You may get 50 out of Lillard against the Bucks for a much lower price. I still think Luka is a solid play, I just want to maximize my dollars. He feels too expensive. Lillard has a good matchup against the Bucks in a game that likely stays close. His three games under 40 DraftKings points in the last ten have all been because of lopsided scores.

Kemba Walker ($7,600): Kemba still feels cheap. Considering that he played 33 minutes against Philly on Thursday, I would say that there’s no kind of minutes limit on him. The Pelicans are the worst team in the league in fantasy points allowed to point guards still. And that’s the one thing Kemba really does well: score. I like him a lot at this price.

Honorable Mention:

Jamal Murray ($6,900): So….uh….Barton is cheaper than Murray. Alrighty then. I’ll take the higher floor and higher potential of Murray, thank you. This is also a better matchup against Cleveland’s guards. Murray is reasonably priced considering he is cheaper than both Barton and Rose and has better upside than both.

Lonzo Ball ($6,700): Ball’s price is a little more manageable here. His floor without Holiday seems to be around 30 DraftKings points, so he likely wont hurt your lineup too much. The upside is still there since point is Boston’s worst position defending against. He doesn’t quite have the upside of Murray in this matchup, but he may be a bit safer.

Dark Horses:

Dennis Schroder ($5,600): Both CP3 and SGA are priced at the top of their production scale right now against a Lakers team that is better on defense than most thought they would be. Schroder is the only one that isn’t priced at the very top. This is even a little high for me, but up until the blowout of Houston on Thursday, Schroder hadn’t been under 5x value in nearly a month. That says a lot of his floor and his upside, though I would temper expectations against the Lakers.

Delon Wright ($4,900): I would expect Dallas to start Wright again with Embiid out. They don’t need the size up front, and Wright has been playing well. He notched 30.25 DraftKings points against Philly earlier this year. Wright isn’t going to clear 40 anytime soon, but 6x value is still very possible. I’ll take that from a value pick.

Coby White ($4,300): The floor is terrifying, but White has outplayed Satoransky two games in a row. He took some minutes from him last night since he stayed hot from the floor. If that happens again, White could turn out to be a really good value pick once again. The flipside to this is that if Sato gets back on track, White may not even clear 20. How lucky do you feel?