Fantasy basketball tips and projections for Tuesday - ESPN

ESPN's fantasy basketball and basketball betting tips cheat sheet is your pregame destination for basketball betting predictions and our best intel and data, featuring ESPN's proprietary Basketball Power Index (BPI) to help you make smart fantasy and wagering decisions. Fantasy advice is based on ESPN 10-team leagues.

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A festive five-game Monday slate featured some quality basketball action. The superstar angel is Luka Doncic dropping 50 points in leading his Dallas Mavericks the nightcap win over the Phoenix Suns. The actionable fantasy spin is how well three widely-available guards played for their respective teams.

Yesterday, we nominated the trio of Brandin Podziemski (rostered in 9.4% of ESPN men's basketball leagues), Grayson Allen (14.1%), and Jaime Jaquez Jr. (22.2%) as strong streaming options and each of them came through for both their real and fantasy teams.

Allen scored 30 points in that loss to the Mavericks and is now averaging 15.1 points, 1.8 steals, and 2.6 3-pointers in December. Rising rookie «Podz» is starting for the Golden State Warriors in the wake of Draymond Green's suspension and brings atypically strong rebounding for a guard to complement his scoring and passing acumen. The gem of this triumvirate is likely Jaquez, who produced 31 points and 10 boards in a big win for Miami over Philadelphia.

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