DraftKings: 3 NBA daily fantasy sleepers for February 9

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Zach LaVine ($6,100)

What’s an article about daily fantasy sleepers without a revenge game? Zach LaVine now healthy and playing well will be coming back to face his old team the Minnesota Timberwolves. While it’s never wise to take a player going against a good defense, revenge is one of them. Also, the Timberwolves are a terrible defense, so that helps!

LaVine has also looked fantastic in spurts since coming back. Post-injury, LaVine has put up 15.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steals a game. His ability to fill the stat sheet makes him a solid play even against a good defense. On top of that, Kris Dunn, another stat filling point guard for the Chicago Bulls, is out tonight. LaVine should be getting more minutes than usual.

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Usually for fantasy sleepers, I try to keep the values of players under $6,000, but I made an exception for LaVine because I think with the matchup and his recent performances, he’s still heavily undervalued. Look for LaVine to put up solid numbers and try to embarrass his old team.