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Monday Night NBA Fantasy Basketball Betting Action (3/15/10)

Mar 15, 2010 NBA Picks

Thin schedule of only 6 NBA games for Monday night.  I’ve got a few cheap multiplayer tournaments going at FantasySportsLive.com and a couple of heads up matches at DraftZone.com and Fanduel.com, but that’s pretty much just for entertainment value.  Remember, always check the Twitter Feed on the Fantasy Sports Handicapping homepage for the gametime status updates that could affect your roster selections.  Here are Monday’s fantasy basketball handicapping tips and betting picks:

POINT GUARD:

  • Toney Douglas could be a decent minimum salary roster filler against the Sixers.  He’s getting a look as the season winds down.
  • Jrue Holiday is my favorite near minimum roster filler at PG.  He makes a fine cheap play against the Knicks.
  • Darren Collison is also in action tonight against the Clippers.  You can pair up Collison and Holiday and have enough salary cap to fill the rest of your roster with studs, especially given the thin options with only 6 games going.  The problem is, everyone else is probably using this strategy too.
  • The expensive PG options really aren’t that attractive anyway.  Deron Williams is fighting a shoulder injury, Stephen Curry has a tough matchup with the Lakers and Baron Davis continues to be overpriced given his horrible inconsistency.
  • Chauncey Billups against Houston is an ok option and Rajon Rondo against Detroit is decent as well if you really want to spend money on a PG. 

 

SHOOTING GUARD:

  • Bill Walker has been getting some good run and he is near minimum salary.  He’s a good play if you want a SG roster filler.
  • Wes Matthews had a career high 29 points yesterday.   You can’t beat that kind of production from a near minimum salary player.  Ride the hot streak.
  • Marcus Thornton against the Clippers should continue to produce good returns at his low salary.
  • Kevin Martin has a good matchup against Denver, but he’s a little pricey, especially with Trevor Ariza now back on the court.
  • Kobe Bryant has a prime matchup against the Warriors.  He should have 25 by halftime.  The only problem is that he could ride the pine for the second half.  Given all the cheap roster filler options available, I think you have to roll the dice on Kobe getting a full games worth of stats.  If he gets benched, then he just gets benched.
  • Avoid Lou Williams.  He got benched last night and could get the same treatment tonight.

 

SMALL FORWARD:

  • Andray Blatche remains mispriced on most sites and he’s a must play at his salary.  It allows you to use extra cap space elsewhere.
  • SF is a bit thin tonight and this is probably the position where you should spend a big chunk of your salary cap budget.  Andre Iguodala has  good matchup against the Knicks and Carmelo Anthony has a good matchup against Houston.  Use them both if you have the cap space.
  • Tayshaun Prince is an interesting play tonight.  He’s very cheap, but he’s got a difficult matchup against the Celtics.  With Andray Blatche at the same salary, you should probably just avoid Prince.
  • Avoid Andrei Kirilenko (injury).

 

POWER FORWARD:

  • I’ve been recommending Jason Maxiell as a low priced roster filler, but there is a chance Ben Wallace could return.  Even if Wallace remains out, the matchup against Boston is a bad one.  Avoid him.
  • Paul Millsap should get another chance to shine tonight with Andrei Kirilenko out and Mehmet Okur questionable.  Millsap wasn’t that great on Sunday, but he’s still a good mid-priced option.
  • Luis Scola has been on fire and has a great matchup against a Denver team who is without starting PF Kenyon Martin.  Definitely an attractive play.
  • David West has been streaking and gets a matchup with the Clippers.  He’s a bit expensive, but might be worth it.
  • At the top of the PF board we have David Lee against the Sixers and Pau Gasol against the Warriors.  Both excellent, but expensive plays.

 

CENTER:

  • Here we go again with the JaVale McGee dilemma.  He’s minimum salary and has a matchup with a Utah team who will probably be missing their starting Center.  Again, do you feel lucky?
  • Kendrick Perkins against Detroit, Samuel Dalembert against New York and Emeka Okafor against the Clippers are all similarly priced and similarly risky plays.
  • Chris Kaman has been burning me lately.  Something just doesn’t seem right with him and his stats have  been disappointing.   I’ve got enough salary cap to play him, but I think I’m going to pass on him.  His matchup is decent, but I’ve just got a bad vibe about him.   I could be completely wrong, so use him at your own risk.
  • Andrew Bynum has a great matchup against the Warriors and should be able to earn his salary.

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