NBA – Industry Expert Consensus – March 4th

We are stacked in the Highly Touted category.  Oddly enough, that top category provides you with some top, mid and low priced guys.  Should be able to find a solid combo of those guys and mix in some other to come up with a decent linuep.

The numbers in the parenthesis are the number of experts that picked that player to give you more context as to the gaps between players and the tiers.

Highly Touted

• LeBron James (9x) – Bron went to Miami to workout with DWade on his off days.  Will that bring out some old Bron-Miami magic tonight?
• D’Angelo Russell (8x) – I said the other day that he had figured it out…boy has he ever!  Averaging 23+ppg in the last five.
• Zach Lavine (8x) – Lavine is posting big minutes lately which has translated to 15.8ppg over the last five games.
• Alex Len (8x) – Can still be had at a fairly decent price.  Has a double-double in the last three games.
• Karl-Anthony Towns (8x) – Towns has a double-double in four of the last five in which he’s averaged 20ppg and 12rpg.
• Thaddeus Young (7x) – 15ppg and 10.6rpg in the last five.
• Khris Middleton (7x) – He gets almost 16 FG attempts per game.  Scoring 21.5ppg in the last ten.
• Giannis Antetokuonmpo (7x) – Averaging a double-double in the last five games.  Also dishing out 7.8apg in that stretch.

Recommended

• Victor Oladipo (6x) – The guy I will never roster because every time that I do, he duds.  16ppg and 5.5rpg in the last ten.
• Aaron Gordon (6x) – Had 13 points and 15 rebounds in his last time out.
• John Wall (5x) – Wall has been a beast over the last five…averaging 22ppg and 10apg.
• Paul Millsap (5x) – Went for 15 points and 8 rebounds in this season’s earlier matchup against the Lakers.
• Brook Lopez (5x) – 23ppg and 7.8rpg over the last five.  Has become a valuable DFS option on a nightly basis.
• Isaiah Thomas (5x) – Averaging 22.5ppg in the last ten.

Suggested

• Al Horford (4x) – Averaging a double-double in the last five…17.6ppg and 11rpg.
• Kyle Lowry (4x) – Averaging almost 30ppg in the last four.
• Ricky Rubio (3x)
• Kent Bazemore (3x)
• Hassan Whiteside (3x)
• Jabari Parker (3x)
• Julius Randle (3x)
• Mario Hezonja (3x)
• Will Barton (3x)
• Emmanuel Mudiay (3x)
• Robin Lopex (3x)
• DeMar DeRozan (3x)
• Bojan Bogdanovic (3x)

Good luck everyone and catch us next Monday for the next edition of Expert Consensus.

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