The Core

Damian Lillard- 

Lillard should play tonight without CJ McCollum, who is a focal point of their offense. I love the spot Lillard has tonight, and he should fire up 20-25 shots tonight. Of course he’s dependent on if McCollum sits or not, but by the way the injury looks he won’t suit up tonight in my opinion. Lillard is fairly priced on both sites, and I like his ceiling tonight as well.

Jayson Tatum-

Tatum should get a huge bump with Brown out and Kemba Q to play. Tatum played close to 40 minutes without Brown last game, and if there is no Kemba, they’ll just run everything through him and Hayward. Tatum is in a very nice spot vs the Suns and I think I’ll be locking him if Kemba is also ruled out. The usage is there, the matchup is there, and he’s below 8k on both sites.

The Value

Eric Paschall- 

Paschall should get the start tonight for the Warriors and with Draymond out I think they’ll rely on Paschall more. Paschall showed signs of greatness last game hitting a potential game winner for the Warriors with a gutsy 3. The staff loves him and as a 2nd round pick he’s been amazing out of Villanova. He has a nice offensive game and with Draymond out I think they’ll need Paschall to be aggressive and get them out of their losing streak.

Daniel Theis- 

Theis has been quietly balling as of late, even in tougher matchups. They haven’t been playing him a ton of minutes but still enough to hit value. I love what he can do in his time on the floor and if Kemba doesn’t suit up that’ll be more shots for the whole team, and Theis will have more of an opportunity to be effective on offense. The matchup is alright vs the Suns, main concern is the foul trouble here.

Anfernee Simons 

No CJ tonight, no Kent, no Tolliver. Portland will be super short handed and on the second end of a B2b. Gotta love Simons tonight who will have to play big minutes and is a great scorer who can create his own shot.

Tournament Plays

Willie Cauley-Stein

WCS got the start last game and went off, now today with momentum he’s going to be getting the Magic without Draymond. He’s a nice PPM player but his role has been on and off lately. I love him if he starts tonight!

Carmelo Anthony-

Melo should have the ball in his hands a lot tonight facing his former team. He’s going to be one of their main options with CJ and Kent missing. His usage is nice without CJ and with OKC missing Danilo their defense hurts.