Handicapping Picks for Daily Draft Fantasy Basketball (3/10/10)
Mar 10, 2010 NBA Picks
Nine games on the NBA Fantasy Basketball schedule for Wednesday and there are some good matchups. Here are tonight’s fantasy basketball roster selections for games at all the major fantasy sports betting sites including: FantasySportsLive.com, Fanduel.com and DraftZone.com:
POINT GUARD:
- I’m still rolling with Darren Collison and his abnormally low salary. Keep riding him until FSL changes the salary.
- Jrue Holiday is also still in the bargain bin and makes a nice minimum salary roster filler if you want to spend your salary cap on another position. His matchup isn’t great against Charlotte, but the salary is right.
- The middle of the PG board is bare. Not much to play. Maybe Jarrett Jack if you feel lucky.
- Toward the top of the PG board, Russell Westbrook is a nice play against New Orleans.
- Chauncey Billups against Minnesota, Rajon Rondo against Memphis and Tyreke Evans against Toronto are all acceptable plays, although the salary on each of these three is pretty high and any one of them could turn in a low odds dud.
- My favorite PG pick today is Deron Williams. I played him last night and he paid off with a good game. He gets a Detroit team tonight that will be without Rodney Stuckey.
- Avoid Baron Davis (attitude/stomach virus), Rodney Stuckey (injury), Mike Conley (bad matchup).
SHOOTING GUARD:
- Wes Matthews is again the best minimum salary, roster filler player available. Plug him into your roster if you want to spend money at another position.
- Marcus Thornton is another nice low salary play, as long as his back doesn’t act up.
- Manu Ginobili is one of my favorite SG starts. He is mid-priced and will start at SG against the Knicks. He had a huge game in his last one.
- Richard Hamilton is the same price as Ginobili and should put up similar stats as Manu tonight. Pairing them together could pay well.
- Stephen Jackson is expensive and I’m shying away from Jax tonight. He hasn’t quite been earning his salary and he didn’t look that great last night.
- Dwyane Wade is the most expensive player on the SG board, but if you have the money you have to roll with him.
- Avoid O.J. Mayo (slumping/bad matchup), Lou Williams (bad matchup), Eric Gordon (leg), Peja Stojakovic (injury).
SMALL FORWARD:
- No real bargains on the SF board. Tayshaun Prince is probably the lowest priced player that I would use tonight.
- Caron Butler could have a nice game against the Nets, but he’s a fairly high salary given his inconsistency.
- Paul Pierce is equal price to Butler and I’d definitely avoid Pierce. Seems like his thumb injury is just causing him to coast along.
- Further up the price scale is Rudy Gay against Boston. I don’t see Rudy earning his high salary against that Celtic defense.
- Andre Iguodala has a tough matchup and he looked horrible last night. Avoid him.
- Gerald Wallace is always a good play and should earn close to his salary.
- I’m going straight to the top of the SF board and playing Kevin Durant, because I just don’t really trust any of the other SF options. I’ll be pairing him with Tayshaun Prince to keep under the salary cap.
POWER FORWARD:
- Jason Maxiell is minimum salary and could get another start if Ben Wallace can’t go.
- Carl Landry is an attractive play against Toronto. He isn’t flashy, but he is dependable to earn his mid-priced salary.
- David West is one of my favorite PF plays. He’s risky for sure, but he could have a big game tonight against the Oklahoma City interior.
- David Lee is another good pick, although he draws a tough San Antonio defense.
- Avoid Zach Randolph (back), Kevin Love (inconsistent minutes), Kenyon Martin (injury), Jason Thompson (inconsistent minutes).
CENTER:
- You are going to have to spend money at the center position tonight. Mehmet Okur is the lowest priced guy I’d start.
- Jermaine O’Neal is a mid-priced play, but he went big minutes Tuesday and he’s fighting a sore knee. He could be in for a letdown against the Clippers.
- Chris Kaman is probably my favorite center play, especially considering the condition of Jermaine O’Neal described above.
- Brook Lopez could also be a nice play with Erick Dampier and Brendan Haywood both a little gimpy
- Andrea Bargnani was hot last night and could continue to surprise against a weak Spencer Hawes and the Kings.
- Avoid Brendan Haywood (back), Erick Dampier (finger), Marc Gasol (bad matchup), Ben Wallace (knee).
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