Welcome to the free edition of the daily fantasy basketball Playbook picks and advice for Wednesday, Jan. 6, courtesy of Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. If you want to spend up for Russell Westbrook, especially if Kevin Durant is out with a toe injury, we've got some great values, particularly at shooting guard. Also, be sure to check out our FanDuel NBA lineup for tonight (optimal lineup players marked with * below).
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Daily fantasy basketball advice
Pos | Player | Team | Opp | FanDuel | DK | Analysis |
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PG | Russell Westbrook | Thunder | MEM | $10700 | $11600 | GO PRO ! |
PG | GO PRO ! | |||||
PG | Norris Cole | Pelicans | DAL | $4400 | $4500 | GO PRO ! |
PG | Mario Chalmers | Grizzlies | @OKC | $4300 | $4100 | GO PRO ! |
SG | GO PRO ! | |||||
SG | Monta Ellis | Pacers | @ORL | $6000 | $5900 | GO PRO ! |
SG | Eric Gordon | Pelicans | DAL | $4800 | $5000 | GO PRO ! |
SG | Tyler Johnson | Heat | NYK | $4000 | $3700 | GO PRO ! |
SF | Paul George | Pacers | @ORL | $8900 | $9100 | GO PRO ! |
SF | GO PRO ! | |||||
SF | Danilo Gallinari | Nuggets | @MIN | $7100 | $6900 | GO PRO ! |
SF | Bojan Bogdanovic | Nets | TOR | $4400 | $4700 | GO PRO ! |
PF | Chris Bosh* | Heat | NYK | $7900 | $7900 | GO PRO ! |
PF | Thaddeus Young* | Nets | TOR | $7100 | $7400 | GO PRO ! |
PF | GO PRO ! | |||||
PF | Kristaps Porzingis | Knicks | @MIA | $6200 | $6700 | GO PRO ! |
C | DeAndre Jordan* | Clippers | @POR | $7900 | $7800 | GO PRO ! |
C | GO PRO ! | |||||
C | Karl-Anthony Towns | Timberwolves | DEN | $7500 | $7200 | GO PRO ! |
C | Andre Drummond | Pistons | @BOS | $9200 | $9000 | GO PRO ! |