Fantasy streamers and betting tips for Friday's NBA slate - ESPN
ESPN's fantasy basketball daily cheat sheet is your pregame destination before you set your lineups for that night's games. Here you'll read our best advice for the night, including a selection of players you can stream as well as game-by-game injury reports and player projections.
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The NBA season is off and running! Every team in the league has played at least one game, with the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves the only teams to have played twice. That all changes tonight, with 10 games on tap and 20 teams getting in another game. We'll get to see if those that had better-than-expected first games can maintain and build some early momentum, and also whether those that had «down» season premieres can bounce back. As always, let's dig into the action to find some good fantasy streamers and best bets to get your own seasons off to great starts.
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Onyeka Okongwu, Atlanta Hawks (available in 53.3% of ESPN leagues) is one of the most-added players in fantasy hoops after a monster season opener. Okongwu dropped 28 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks while thoroughly outplaying his platoon-mate, starter Clint Capela. Okongwu will look to prove his amazing first game wasn't all a fluke, but instead an indication that he has arrived as an impact player.
Santi Aldama, Memphis Grizzlies (80.3%) surprised in Game 1 by outscoring Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and the rest of the Grizzlies with 27 points, 5 3-pointers, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. With Jaren Jackson Jr. sidelined, Aldama is getting to start at the stretch-four next to behemoth rookie center Zach Edey and is being fed open looks as the defense collapses