Daily Draft Handicapping Picks for Monday’s NBA Fantasy Basketball Action (3/8/10)
Mar 8, 2010 NBA Picks
Only 5 games on the board, so there’s not much to choose from tonight. It’s probably a good day to keep the betting small. Also, LeBron James is a gametime decision, which really presents a huge roster selection problem and can put you way behind if he plays and your opponent has him going. I’m only playing one ten team tournament at FantasySportsLive.com tonight, mostly just for entertainment. Here are today’s handicapping tips:
POINT GUARD:
- Rodrigue Beaubois is a minimum salary play with Jason Terry out. He’s been hot and playing him at minimum will allow you to go with more expensive players at other positions, which is a necessity on thin nights.
- Darren Collison is another low priced pick and you should continue to use him until FSL adjusts his salary. He’s got a great matchup against the Warriors.
- Devin Harris had a nice game in his last one and gets a favorable matchup against Memphis.
- George Hill will start for San Antonio and could be a nice play tonight, but don’t expect too much with the matchup against Cleveland.
- Avoid Mo Williams (slumping), Jason Terry (injury), Tony Parker (hand), Jonny Flynn (bad matchup).
SHOOTING GUARD:
- Manu Ginobili should be in the starting lineup with Tony Parker out. George Hill will start at PG. Manu is a decent mid-priced play. but he has a tough matchup with Cleveland.
- Marcus Thornton has been one of my favorite low salary roster fillers, but his back is acting up, so avoid him tonight.
- Courtney Lee returned from injury and put up a nice line in his last game and could have another one against Memphis. He’s really inconsistent though.
- Joe Johnson is at the top of the SG board and is the best play out of the group tonight. He’s expensive and recovering from the flu, but he should earn his salary against the Knicks.
- Avoid Monta Ellis (injury), Tracy McGrady (fatigue).
SMALL FORWARD:
- Not many SF options tonight, so you are probably going to have to spend some salary on this position. Caron Butler had a nice game in his last one and should earn his upper middle-priced salary against Minnesota. He’ll get all the minutes he can handle with Terry out.
- Rudy Gay is just a tad more expensive than Butler and has good matchup with the Nets. Play him if you have the salary cap space.
- LeBron James is questionable tonight so you have to avoid him at his maximum salary. It’s just too big of a gamble to play him.
- Josh Smith is a decent play against the Knicks and he should earn pretty close to his high salary.
- Corey Maggette is trying to play through his hamstring problem, but he is just too high priced to gamble on.
- Avoid Marvin Williams (banged up).
POWER FORWARD:
- David West has a great matchup with the Warriors and makes an excellent play tonight.
- Antawn Jamison is another good high priced play. If LeBron sits, Jamison will put the team on his back and carry them. He could put up a big line tonight.
- Zach Randolph against New Jersey and David Lee against Atlanta are both good plays, but very expensive.
- No really dependable cheap PF options tonight, although if you really want a minimum salary roster filler, Chris Hunter could get minutes if Ronny Turiaf can’t go.
- Avoid the JJ Hickson/Anderson Varejao tandem.
- Avoid Yi Jianlian (injury)
CENTER:
- Brook Lopez has been playing better and could have a nice game against Memphis, although Lopez is expensive.
- Al Horford is a great mid-priced pick against the Knicks.
- Avoid Brendan Haywood (back)
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