FanDuel NBA Daily: Fantasy basketball lineup for January 10

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Top 4 Centers

  1. DeMarcus Cousins ($11,600) vs. Memphis Grizzlies
  2. Hassan Whiteside ($7,600) vs. Indiana Pacers
  3. Bismack Biyombo ($5,600) vs. Milwaukee Bucks
  4. Marcin Gortat ($4,500) vs. Utah Jazz

Rationale:

  • With averages of 25.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists a night, New Orleans Pelicans center DeMarcus Cousins is on pace to join some exclusive company. Only five players — Elgin Baylor, Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Charles Barkley — have ever close out a season posting at least 25 points, 12 rebounds and five assists a game. Opponents haven’t managed to keep Cousins from logging a double-double in six games, and to make him an even more effective FanDuel NBA option, Cousins has posted three games with two or more blocks during the same span.
  • Any time Hassan Whiteside plays against the Indiana Pacers, he should be in a FanDuel NBA lineup. For his career, Whiteside is posting 16.3 points, 14.3 rebounds and 2.6 blocks a night against the Pacers. Earlier in the year, he totaled 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting to go along with seven rebounds and two rejections, even though he spent just 22 minutes on the floor. Coming off a double-double Tuesday night against the Toronto Raptors, with 13 points, 15 rebounds and two blocks, Whiteside is a viable FanDuel NBA option at center every night.

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Final Lineup

PG Eric Bledsoe ($8,300)

PG Frank Ntilikina ($4,300)

SG Wayne Ellington ($4,300)

SG Donovan Mitchell ($7,200)

SF E’Twaun Moore ($4,700)

SF Wilson Chandler ($5,000)

PF Draymond Green ($8,500)

PF Ersan Ilyasova ($5,700)

C DeMarcus Cousins ($11,600)

Total cost: $59,600