NBA DraftKings Tips for 1/2/19

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Happy New Year DFS’ers!! This will be my first DraftKings article of the year, and hopefully we start 2019 out winning. There are an immense number of injuries to look for in tonight’s 9 game slate, so hopefully we can weave through them and produce a winning lineup. Tonight, was difficult, but hopefully The Sports Chief will help out.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are loaded with injuries. Jeff Teague, Derrick Rose and Robert Covington will be out vs BOS, so I am going with Karl Anthony Towns at $9,600. I have pretty good success picking against Al Horford for some reason, so let’s keep it up. Tyus Jones at $5,600 is going to be my Point Guard tonight. He had 41 DK points last time out, so I think he can keep that up against Terry Rozier who is starting in place of injured Kyrie Irving.

I love picking the LA Lakers without LeBron. Brandon Ingram at $6,400 is about as safe as it gets. He is averaging 31 DK points in the last 10 days and is taking on a heavier workload. Kyle Kuzma is at $7,500 and I will be going with him again. He is a “shot-chucker” and if he takes 20 shots, hopefully he hits 10…

My lower options are Marcus Smart ($4,300), Jeff Green ($4,400), and Guillermo Hernangómez ($3,800). The reason behind each of these guys are related to injury. Kyrie is out for BOS, so Smart will have the ball in his hand more. Jeff Green has been getting immense run with Markieff Morris out, and he got 42.25 DK points in his last game. The Hawks are terrible, so I think Green could at least get 25 DK points meeting his EV. Hernangómez will possibly start tonight with Zeller out, and he is a guy who typically makes the most out of his minutes. 

Well that is it, hopefully these lineups will benefit you in making your choices tonight. I will only be in double-ups tonight, so let’s double it up! Happy 2019 everybody!

PG: T. Jones: $5,600

SG: B. Ingram $6,400

SF: L. Doncic $7,800

PF: K. Kuzma $7,500

C: G. Hernangómez $3,800

G: M. Smart $4,300

F: J. Green $4,400

UTIL: K. Towns $9,600

AustYn

References: ESPN, DraftKings, Rotowire