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Hey y'all! Kevin can't be here today, so I' m filling in for him for Monday, March 26th's FanDuel slate. There are just five games happening tonight in the Association, which makes looking at the matchups and how the players have been performing/ how teams are defending certain positions important.
Below you will find our daily fantasy basketball lineup picks for FanDuel on 3/26/18. These DFS lineup picks can vary from higher-priced players and elite options, to lower-priced players and value picks on FanDuel.
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FanDuel DFS Guards
Terry Rozier - PG, vs. PHO ($7,100)
The Suns have allowed the seventh most FanDuel points to opposing point guards over the past 10 games. With Kyrie Irving and Marcus Smart out, Rozier has become the primary ball handler for the Celtics and he's been impressive in that role. He's started nine games this season and has scored in double figures in all nine of those games. He's also recorded at least five rebounds in all of those games and at least five assists in six of them. I love Rozier in his current role with the Celtics. (I don't love that the Celtics will be on the second night of a back-to-back, but...Phoenix.)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - SG, vs. DET ($6,100)
It's KCP against his old team on Monday. Detroit's been hemorrhaging FanDuel points to shooting guards over the last 10 games and Caldwell-Pope has been (mostly) posting strong numbers. KCP has been firing nonstop from behind the three point line, which doesn't necessarily bode well for him against a Pistons defense that has held opponents to a low three point percentage this year, but it does give him some volume-based upside. Where I really like Caldwell-Pope? Detroit has given up the second most rebounds to shooting guards over the last 10 outings, and Caldwell-Pope has five or more rebounds in seven of his last nine games. If he can get his three to go down, expect a strong night.
FanDuel DFS Forwards
Nemanja Bjelica - SF vs. MEM ($5,800)
At this point in the season, I like the idea of playing someone against the Memphis Grizzlies at all times. There's a good argument for Karl-Anthony Towns and Jeff Teague, but I want to point out Bjelica, who's flying a little more under the radar. He's started in 12 games for the Timberwolves since Jimmy Butler went down and has double-digit points in eight of those. He's been rebounding the ball well too, and has taken multiple three point attempts in all but one of those games. Memphis has allowed 3.6 threes per game to power forwards and 3.6 per game to small forwards as well over the past 10 games, so Bjelica should be able to fire the ball no matter what spot on the court he occupies.
Blake Griffin - PF, vs. LAL ($8,800)
I would have gone Marcus Morris here, but I don't want to recommend two Celtics players on the back end of a back-t0-back, even if it's against the Phoenix Suns. I like Blake Griffin on Monday, especially with just 10 teams playing. The Lakers haven't defended power forwards well and -- that Bulls game aside -- we kind of know what we're getting with Griffin, who usually scores in the 20 point range, grabs a good amount of rebounds, and has six games in a row with seven or more assists. Detroit will keep relying on Griffin to shoot the ball (before the Bulls game, he'd taken 15 shots or more in 10 straight games. In fact, his eight shot attempts against the Bulls were the first time since he'd joined the Pistons that he'd taken fewer than 10 shots.
FanDuel DFS Centers
Nikola Jokic - C, vs. PHI ($9,500)
I was surprised that the 76ers were giving up the fourth most FanDuel points to centers over the last 10 games when I was researching for this, because there's this whole sect of people arguing for Joel Embiid as Defensive Player of the Year over Rudy Gobert. (OKAY ANOTHER PLACE, ANOTHER TIME FOR THAT DISCUSSION). Jokic should be able to take advantage of that trend on Monday. Always a triple-double threat, Jokic has scored double-digit points and had six or more rebound is nine straight games. Over that stretch, he's hit the five assist mark seven times and has two triple-doubles. Head coach Mike Malone doesn't seem to be messing around with his minutes as much anymore either, which sets Jokic up to record some strong numbers.
