Daily Fantasy NBA Player Value Watch – April 1
Gambling911.com has your daily fantasy NBA player value watch for April 1 with some terrific options ahead. This is an easy to follow analysis broken down by date then by individual player. Keep in mind, players are regularly added to these Value Watches so you may wish to come back for updates.
April 1 – Russell Westbrook, Jonas Valenciunas, DeMar DeRozan, DeMarcus Cousins, Brook Lopez
April 3 – Eric Gordon, Deron Williams, Anthony Davis,
April 4 - Robert Covington, Nikola Vucevic, DeAndre Jordan
April 5 - DeAndre Jordan, George Hill
April 12 - Brook Lopez
April 13 - Kent Bazemore, Dennis Schroder, Thabo Sefolosha
Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City - PG) $12.9K – April 1 – Dallas has struggled against opposing point guards. Against Dallas last time Westbrook flirted with 60 fantasy points. That was back on March 16 without Kevin Durant and he’ll still be without Durant in this one.
Brook Lopez (Brooklyn - C) $7.1K - April 1 – Brook Lopez has been on fire of late and is one of the reasons why these Nets have gone 8-2 in their last 10 as they cling on to a Playoffs spot. His price will be up a bit in the morning but against New York that shouldn’t matter. Back in February he came close to tallying up 50 fantasy points against the Knicks. Six blocks helped seal the deal and we suspect he will be in that same territory this go around.
Jonas Valenciunas (Toronto - C) $5.2K - April 1 – For the reason cited above related to Minnesota. He puled off over 30 fantasy points against the T-Wolves last time facing them.
DeMar DeRozan (Toronto - SG) $7.4K – April 1 – DeRozan hit nearly 40 fantasy points against Minnesota last time. This one is on the road making a blowout a little less likely especially considering the last matchup in this series was won by only five points.
DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento - C) $10K – April 1 – Keep an eye on Cousins this day. Houston has struggled against opposing centers of late.
Goran Dragic (Miami - PG) $7K – April 2 – Cleveland has struggled against shooting guards. The injury-riddled Heat will require Dragic to see more minutes. He tallied up over 40 fantasy points versus the Cavs last time facing them.
DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento - C) $10K – April 1 – Keep an eye on Cousins this day. Houston has struggled against opposing centers of late.
Robert Covington (Philadelphia - PF) – April 4 – $4.5K came off the bench March 25 to score 25 baskets, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block. That’s flirting with 40 fantasy points in just 29 minutes. Covington started the night before against Sacramento and scored 21 baskets, 3 rebounds, 1 each of an assist, block and steal. Charlotte on April 4 has had trouble with power forwards of late. He flirted with 40 fantasy points the last time going up against the Hornets.
George Hill (Indiana - PG) $7.5K – April 5 – We had George Hill the other night against Brooklyn and he killed it with close to 40 fantasy points. He played under 20 minutes against Miami last time and hit around 17 fantasy points.
*Brook Lopez (Brooklyn - C) $7.1K - April 12 – Milwaukee not only struggles against centers, Lopez had close to 70 fantasy points against them the last time facing Milwaukee. There is an aserick as we will be closing in on the post season and Lopez could potentially be rested should Brooklyn somehow seal a spot.
Kent Bazemore (Atlanta – SG) $4.2K, Dennis Schroder (Atlanta – SG) $5.8K, Thabo Sefolosha (Atlanta – SG) $3.5K- April 13 - The Knicks have allowed the 7th most fantasy points to opposing shooting guards so Bazemore, Schroder and Sefolosha are all fair game on April 13, the later especially if he is named as starter.
Mike Muscala (Atlanta – PF) - April 13 - $4.3K scored 18 baskets then tacking on 10 rebounds and 4 assists against Charlotte in a game he started recently. As if that weren’t enough he managed to get 2 blocks and a steal. The end result was better than 40 fantasy points or nearly 12X his value.
Enter Kent Bazemore (Atlanta – SG) $4.2K also managed a 30 fantasy point night against the Hornets, needs only around 25 fantasy points to make value.
Dennis Schroder (Atlanta – SG) $5.8K - April 13 - He may be priced higher than the aforementioned players but Schroder produces – not just with baskets scored – but with assists. He had 11 of them against Charlotte recently. All-in-all he had a 35-plus fantasy showing. He only needed around 29 fantasy points to make value.
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
