So, here's the deal ok? I had a playbook of 40 players that I spent working on today but as is life with technology things happen and when that was published everything was lost. Unfortunately there just isn't enough time to re-write everything so I'm going to do more so of a list of who I was on with some notes on a few players I am high on. I apologize - and definitely toon into the NBA Livestream at 6:00 PM which you can find on the Fantasy Alarm Twitter, Facebook and Youtube channels as well as the Fantasy Alarm home page in the upper right corner.
Let's begin!
Point Guard
Kyrie Irving - Doing it all for the Nets and a great match up against the Blazers who are on a back-to-back.
Luka Doncic - Hard to ignore the overall production right now and the match up against the Knicks is great. He is pricy and that likely keeps ownership low.
Malcolm Brogdon - Has torched the Pistons in each match up they have played.
Kyle Lowry - Great spot here in a face paced game against the Pelicans.
Trae Young - Got a price drop after a bad game against. Great spot against the Kings to bounce back.
Isaiah Thomas - Great upside at a fair price. I think eventually he reaches 30 mnutes and Cavs backcourt stinks.
Rual Neto - Played 30 minutes after Simmons got injured and he is BELOW $4,000 on each site.
Shooting Guard
Jimmy Butler - DK only play for me at his price tag. Coming off a back-to-back but has been really productive for Miami
Bradley Beal - Another underpriced player on DK. We can attack this Cleveland guard tandem.
D'Angelo Russell -Has a usage rate over 30% with Curry and Green off the floor. He is going to take all the shots against Minnesota.
RJ Barrett - The rookie has gone for under 33 FP in just one game this season.
Josh Richardson - Biggest benefactor in both usage and fantasy points per minute with Simmons off the floor
Jordan Clarkson - Great scorer off the bench. Only one game this season where he did not give you 5x return on his price tag.
Small Forward
LeBron James - Triple-doubles in three straight games. Yes, I do like Giannis as well but hard to go against LBJ right now.
Pascal Siakam /OG Anunoby - Putting both here, like them both a lot in this up tempo high scoring game against the Pelicans. Siakam went for 66 FP in the first meeting and we just saw Anunoby crush his price tag.
Brandon Ingram - Killing it for the Pelicans. This game is going to be a popular stacking option tonight.
Jonathan Isaac - The man can honestly break a slate like we saw with his 10x performance the other night. We get him in an up-tempo contest tonight against the Grizzlies. I love the upside.
Harrison Barnes - We love attacking the Hawks at all positions. Barnes minutes are very secure and he is scoring over 32 FP over the last 5 games.
Taurean Prince /Joe Harris - Both in play for me here against the Blazers. Harris is the cheaper option while Prince has given us double-doubles in two of the last three games.
Troy Brown Jr. - He let us down the other night but they announced him as the starting small forward tonight and stated last game he no longer has a minutes restriction. I am a sucker for this kid's upside in GPPs.
Jarrett Culver - Started and played 30 minutes the other night. He is a FD only play for me at his $3,800 price tag.
Power Forward
Kevin Love - The Wizards have the second worst rebounding differential in the NBA and are allowing the third most rebounds to opponents this season. Love had an off night against Boston because they actually used Marcus Smart to defend him. The Wizards do not have a Marcust Smart so here he go.
Kristaps Porzingis - We get him against the Knicks who you know he is motivated to dominate any he is going to face them given how his tenure with that team soured at the end which lead to his eventual trade to Dallas.
Jabari Parker - He has been productive since filling in for the suspended John Collins . The Kings are not a strong defensive team. We can definitely go back to the well here as this game is appealing to stack.
Julius Randle - No Mitchell Robinson tonight and that leads to both a usage and fantasy point per minute boost for Randle. Dallas has a neutral rebounding differential this season but I still expect Randle to be active on the glass and in the post.
Richaun Holmes - As long as he keeps getting 30 minutes he will be in my lineup. You can eat up the Hawks front court, especially now that it boats Jabari Parker . Love him in GPP's.
Center
Karl-Anthony Towns - He is my number one center on the slate tonight. There will definitely be an interesting discussion between Towns, Drummond and Embiid but this is where I roll. He gets the pace up spot against the Warriors who start WCS. I see Towns eating in the post.
Andre Drummond - He broke the slate on Opening Night with his 30/20 performance that also saw him with a ton of steals and blocks. He went for 18/18 against the Pacers in their second meeting. He works for sure as a pivot off Towns and may go overlooked with Embiid being cheaper on FD.
Tristan Thompson - Everything I said about Kevin Love applies to here as the Wizards are a horrible rebounding and defensive team. Bring me some Thompson tonight in Cash games.
Rudy Gobert - Is Brook Lopez really going to stop Gobert? Naw, I didn't think so either. I expect 12-15 rebounds here for Gobert and hopefully the scoring comes through as well. Gobert is avreaging 39 FP over the last 5 games on DK adn over 40 FP on FD.
Hassan Whiteside - We saw him go off in the second half last night and now he gets one of our favorite match ups to attack as he faces the Brooklyn Nets who will be without DeAndre Jordan . He is a GPP only play but that price tag on DK is awfully hard to ignore.