FanDuel NBA Lineup Advice: Tuesday (3/13)

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the NBA FanDuel lineup article. We have a big, 11-game slate to work tonight. Let’s go ahead and take a look at my lineup for tonight’s slate.

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Point Guard

Ricky Rubio (UTA): $7,500 vs. UTA
Ricky Rubio is definitely having a resurgent season with the Jazz and enters tonight’s contest averaging 38.2 FanDuel points over his last five contests. Rubio has a decent matchup against the Pistons who are near the bottom third of the league against opposing point guards this season.

Tyler Dorsey (ATL): $3,800 vs. OKC
Kent Bazemore has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury which means that Tyler Dorsey will see a huge bump in minutes. Tonight he has an excellent matchup against the Thunder, who have been one of the worst teams against opposing shooting guards over the past four weeks.

Shooting Guard

Jrue Holiday (NOP): $8,900 vs. CHA
Jrue Holiday’s salary has really inflated, but it is not without merit. Holiday has been outstanding ever since DeMarcus Cousins went down with a season-ending surgery, seeing a significant bump in usage percentage. Tonight he has a decent matchup against the Hornets who have really struggled against opposing backcourts over the past few weeks.

Caris Levert (BKN): 5,300 vs. TOR
Levert does not have a great matchup tonight against the Raptors. However, he has been a pretty safe option to use in DFS since returning from an injury, averaging 26.3 FanDuel points over his past seven games. After the top few priced shooting guard options, the quality really drops off significantly making Levert one of the only attractive value options at the position.

Small Forward

LeBron James (CLE): $12,500  at PHO
Ever since the Cavs have retooled their roster, LeBron James has returned to consistently putting up huge numbers on a nightly basis. Tonight he has an excellent matchup against the Suns who play at one of the quickest paces in the league. LeBron is easily my favorite option to spend up on tonight’s slate.

Nemanja Bjelica (MIN): $5,800 at WAS
Ever since Jimmy Butler went down with his knee injury, Nemanja Bjelica has seen a nice minute boost which has resulted in solid DFS production. Bjelica is averaging 29.9 FanDuel points and nearly 35 minutes  over his past seven games. The Wizards have been solid for most of the season against opposing small forwards. However, they have been worse over the past few weeks, ranking only in the middle of the pack.

Power Forward

Paul Millsap (DEN): $6,700 at LAL
Paul Millsap has not quite been as consistent as I thought he would be at this point since returning from his injury, but I still firmly believe we will see his salary settle into the $7,500 to $8,000 when this season is all said and done. Tonight he has an outstanding matchup against the Lakers, who he did well against just four days ago.

Taj Gibson (MIN): $5,600 at WAS
Overall the state of the power forward position is not all that great. So, when in doubt Taj Gibson makes for a solid cash game option since Tom Thibodeau always loves playing his starters heavy minutes. Tonight he has a decent matchup against the Wizards who rank in the bottom third of the league against opposing power forwards.

Center

Mike Muscala (ATL): $3,600 vs. OKC
I’m normally not a fan of punting the center position on large slates since we can only use one center in our lineups on FanDuel. However, Mike Muscala has recently seen a nice bump in his role on the Hawks seeing at least 20 minutes of court time in eight of his last nine games. Over that span, Muscala has returned decent production relative to his salary, averaging 19.6 FanDuel points. The Thunder have been decent against opposing power forward this season, but Muscala should see the majority of his minutes against the Thunder’s second unit.

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