Big slate of games on a sports-packed Saturday, as 16 NBA teams are in action with the first games starting at 3:30 PM E.T. time. There aren’t too many injuries big-name stars for Saturday but the two most notable would be Karl Anthony-Towns who is a GTD with an ankle injury and Devin Booker who is also a GTD with a minor back injury.
The salary is set at $60k per usual but my lineup had about $200 left.
The most notable player that was left out of my lineup was Russell Westbrook (OKC): $12,400 vs SA. Westbrook gets the Spurs once again after scoring 78.6 fantasy points against them on Thursday. Westbrook is an obvious choice to include in lineups but I wanted to give some lower cost options at the point guard spot for tonight.
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Point Guard
Derrick Rose (MIN): $6,500 vs NO
Rose returned after a six-game absence on Friday night against the Mavericks and finished the game with 33.1 fantasy points which falls in line with his 30.8 average per game on the year. Some people might look at this matchup and think that Rose would be unplayable given that Jrue Holiday is expected to cover him for most of the night but Rose has been far too consistent on the year to not be matchup proof. Rose is averaging 19 points, five assists, and three rebounds on the year so insert him into your lineup and enjoy the rewards!