THURSDAY NIGHTS DRAFTKINGS NBA PICKS

Brandon Knight - $6,900 PG- Bucks

Brandon Knight seems to be the only player on The Bucks who’s minutes stay constant.  Its been a complete nightmare playing Sanders, Zaza, Dudley, or even Ante because they might play 32 minutes, or they could play 18 minutes.  Jason Kidd hates Fantasy as much as Bellichick does.  Knight will play 30-34 minutes tonight, Oj Mayo is terrible, Parker is done for the season, and the big men are a mess.  Knight will have to shoot the ball tonight, and that shouldn’t be much of an issue against Darren Collision tonight and a beat up Sacramento team.  The Kings stink, The Bucks stink, that sometimes equals a good fantasy night for the few weapons available.    I expect him to score somewhere in the 36-42 fantasy points range

Joakim Noah - $7,100 C- BULLS

Noah will play tonight and I LOVE him for these following reasons:  1.  He faces up tonight against Sam Dalambert, Quincy Acy, and Jason Smith.  GROSS.  Amare is out, JR Smith is out, Carmelo is out.  2. Taj Gibson is having an ankle issue and might not play, leaving Noah with a 30 minute game even if (or when) this becomes a blow out.  Noah gets 15 pts, 15 rebounds, a couple of assists, and 4 blocks tonight.  Yes please.

Trevor Ariza - $6,500 SF- ROCKETS

It looks like Tyreke Evans will miss tonight (Check around 6:00 pm).  If he does, Austin Rivers plays starting SG, and Luke Babbitt will play all night long at SF against Ariza.  Ariza hasn’t dazzled yet this season, but he is good for 30 fantasy points a night.  I’m not sure if Howard plays full minutes tonight, Motiejunas has to deal with The Brow tonight, and Harden can only score so much, I think Ariza has one of his better games tonight.  Pencil him in for 35-38 unless Howard is restricted, and that will jump to 40-44.

Tim Hardaway JR- $5,400 SG- KNICKS

Shumpert, Amare, Carmelo, Jr Smith, all OUT tonight.  SOMEBODY has to score for The Knicks, the game isn’t going to end 96- 27.  Lets take the guy with the best matchup, Hardaway.  He faces Mike Dunleavy tonight, who might be one of the worst defenders in the league.  Hardaway will start at SF in place of Carmelo, and probably will also play SG as well with Prignoni.  Hardaway is looking at a solid 35 minutes of play and will probably finish the night with 40 fantasy points.  I cant imagine where else its coming from, it won’t be Acy, and Calderon is a chump.  I expect Jason Smith to be a great value tonight at $3,000 as well, Dalambert is not capable of playing over 20 minutes. 

Aaron Brooks- $3,000 PG BULLS

I am all in on Brooks tonight if Derrick Rose sits.  Hinrich and Brooks will split the duties tonight if Rose can’t go, but Kirk Hinrich does NOTHING even when given the chance.  Brooks can produce a fantasy point per minute on the floor, and might go assist CRAZY tonight if given the chance.  He isn’t a great play if Rose plays, but could even produce in a blow out scenario with garbage time production.  Double-Double for Brooks if he can play 25 minutes tonight (Points + Assists), that’s HUGE at $3,000