Bryan Armetta breaks down Thursday\u2019s four-game featured NBA slate to find two undervalued players to slot into your lineups.<\/p>\n
Just eight teams are suiting up for Thursday\u2019s four-game featured NBA DFS slate. Still, there\u2019s several big names worth targeting for managers filling out their lineups. Stars such as Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, and Donovan Mitchell are all expected to take the court.<\/p>\n
Any successful fantasy basketball lineup demands a mix of high-priced options and low-cost values. With that being said, which under the radar players should managers consider picking up tonight? Here are two to target in DFS and season-long formats.<\/p>\n
Set your\u00a0DraftKings<\/a>\u00a0fantasy basketball lineups here: NBA $300K Fadeaway [$100K to 1st]<\/a><\/p>\n SG\/SF Max Christie, Dallas Mavericks at UTA ($4,400)<\/p>\n Anthony Davis ($9,300) and Cooper Flagg ($7,500) have handled most of the scoring in Dallas. The rest of this roster is less than stellar, to put it lightly. That\u2019s not to say the Mavericks are without any intriguing depth pieces. Max Christie, a part of last winter\u2019s Luka Doncic trade, has impressed with his new club. Through 35 games this season, the guard is averaging 12.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists (22.1 FPTS). In addition, he\u2019s accounted for stellar 48\/45\/86 shooting splits.<\/p>\n If there\u2019s a knock on Christie, it\u2019s that his contributions can be inconsistent. The 22-year-old has notched at least 37 fantasy points in two of his last four outings. However, he failed to reach double-digit FPTS on several occasions this season. Boom-or-bust isn\u2019t the worst way to round out your lineups. That\u2019s especially true against a terrible Jazz defense. Utah is giving up the second-most fantasy points to opposing shooting guards. That alone is enough to give Christie a closer look tonight at $4,400.<\/p>\n As of Thursday morning, Jaime Jaquez Jr. is listed as questionable to play with an ankle injury. Assuming the forward is sidelined, there will be even more minutes to go around for Miami. The Heat don\u2019t have much firepower on their bench at the moment, especially if JJJ sits. That could mean more minutes than usual for Pelle Larsson. As it stands, the guard is head coach Erik Spoelstra\u2019s top bench option in the backcourt. This season, he\u2019s posted 9.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game (19.2 FPTS).<\/p>\n The Arizona alum is by no means a complete player, especially at this stage of his NBA career. However, he offers a fantasy-friendly, jack of all trades skillset. Larsson has tallied at least 34 fantasy points in three of his last five appearances. In each of those games, he played at least 26 minutes. The Heat play at the NBA\u2019s fastest pace while the Bulls, Thursday\u2019s opponent, rank third. That bodes well for a potential shootout in Chicago. Larsson, at such a dirt-cheap salary, is someone worth heavy consideration tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryan Armetta breaks down Thursday\u2019s four-game featured NBA slate to find two undervalued players to slot into your…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,6,12,30682],"class_list":{"0":"post-526471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-nba-draft","11":"tag-rail"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115863288883629355","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}