Tuesday, November 4rth has eight games on the NBA schedule for us to choose from. This slate of games is a good one as it gives a decent sampling of players and enough disparity between rosters that one can compile a solid roster top to bottom. This night in the NBA brings us some of the leagues best as Anthony Davis, Kobe Bryant, James Harden, LeBron James, Derrick Rose, Carmelo Anthony, John Wall and Chris Bosh all take the court. The potential is here tonight to score a lot of points; follow our fantasy advice to maximize your dollars while squeezing the most out of your roster.
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VALUE BUYS:
Jabari Parker - $6,100 Small Forward
After saying that I was going to hold off on buying Parker till I saw something out of him worth buying, low and behold he has put together back-to-back double-double games and now heads into Indiana to play the injury depleted Pacers frontcourt. I like this matchup for Parker a lot and he could explode for a huge night here.
Chris Copeland $5,100 Small Forward
One Pacers certainly capitalizing on his opportunity to play is Copeland. Chris is averaging 16 ppg, 4.7 rpg and 2.7 apg over the Pacers last three. A stat to note is that Copeland clearly has the green light to launch three-pointers as he has no problem getting up at least 7 attempts a night. With so much freedom in the offence, Copeland is a nice wildcard to slot into your roster; particularly at this price.
Reggie Jackson - $7,200 Point Guard
Jackson’s long awaited return to the Oklahoma City Thunder lineup provides some relief in terms of ball handling and scoring. With Jackson running the point for the Thunder and his desire to secure a longterm contract come next season, he will be primed to play at this best knowing that he is a member of the starting five. Jackson’s 36 mpg averages from last season are an impressive 16.6 ppg, 5.2 apg and 4.9 rpg; no reason to think we can’t see similar like numbers out of him this season.
OVERPRICED:
Damian Lillard $8,100 Point Guard
Lillard is really struggling to start this season as he just can’t find his shooting stroke. Lillard is shooting a woeful .268 from the field thus far and at times he has put up some horrific looking shots. I don’t see this as the night that Lillard breaks out of his slump as he and the rest of the Blazers are matching up against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tough game to start with, coupled with Lillard’s on-going struggles have him overpriced for this contest.
Nikola Vucevic $8,600 Center
Vucevic has been playing out of his mind lately as he is scoring and hitting the boards with tenacity. What has worked to his favour thus far is that he has matched up against teams with relatively immobile centers and he has been able to show off his perimeter game and use quickness to get to the boards. Vucevic must now play against two of the most mobile big-men in the league as both Pau Gasol and Joakim Noah will take turns matching up on him. There aren’t many tricks that Gasol and Noah aren’t already aware of and this could be a bit of a fall from grace for the red-hot Vucevic.
Goran Dragic $7,400 Point Guard
Dragic is not playing up to his standards from last season. Mind you last year was a career year for Goran; however, so far this year there is a sharp drop off in terms of production. The price set on Dragic is very much indicative of his play last season, but this year he is averaging a pitiful 1.3 apg and is mustering only 12.7 ppg. part of this reduction is due in part to the glut of backcourt players in Phoenix, but nonetheless Goran’s play to date is certainly not worthy of top-tier point guard pricing.