DraftKings
Elie Okobo , PG PHO ($3,200) - News coming out just recently that Ricky Rubio will officially be ruled out tonight and that Okobo will be starting in his place. In his lone start this season in place of an absent Rubio he scored 17 points with four rebounds and three assists over 30 minutes. He has a really solid match up against the Hawks who very much struggle to defend the point guard position.
Ben McLemore , SG HOU ($3,500) – Russell Westbrook has been ruled out and while Eric Gordon is in the starting lineup there is still value here in McLemore who played 32 minutes the other day when Westbrook sat out against the Hawks. In that game we saw McLemore score 18 points and go for 26 FP.
Glenn Robinson , SF GSW ($4,200) – The return of D’Angelo Russell will take some shots away from GR3 here but he still put up 20 FP the other night against the Grizzlies. The minutes are secure here as he should play around 30 a night even in blowouts like we saw against Memphis in their 20-point loss. Over his last five games he is averaging 23 FP which would be just shy of 6x return on his price tag.
FanDuel
Larry Nance , PF CLE ($4,100) – Kevin Love has been ruled out and Nance is probable to make his return after missing two weeks due to a knee injury. Now, he could be limited but we haven’t seen any official word on that yet. This season when Love has sat we have been all over Nance and he has largely produced for us. On a slate where we are looking for value to build those stars and scrubs lineups he would fit the bill.
Eric Gordon , SF HOU ($4,100) – Gordon is going to start with Westbrook ruled out and his price tag on FD Is cheaper than it is on DK so let’s roll here. Over his last four games Gordon has plated at least 26 minutes and he has gone for 20+ FP in three of the last five games. He will be popular tonight.
Dillon Brooks , SG MEM ($5,300) – I know he is coming off a dreadful game against the Warriors but I trust a bounce back game is coming here for Brooks who had a ceiling game just the game prior against the Spurs, going for 44 FD points. I think he is a great value to bring you back in your game stack of this Rockets/Grizzlies matchup.