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Payne's Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup

I never got the chance to post even though I played yesterday as I forgot I was taking my kids to see the Little Red Menace, also known as Elmo. Seems like some really obvious choices tonight so here we go:

PG - Darren Collison, $5000 - Still way undervalued and with no Jamal Crawford he should see plenty of minutes. He's been getting a lot of open looks playing next to Chris Paul.

SG - Chris Douglas-Roberts, $3700 - Will probably be heavily owned tonight after scoring at least 12 points in four straight games and with the Bobcats missing Gerald Henderson.

SF - Carmelo Anthony, $10,100 - You can't ask for a better matchup and with no Tyson Chandler he should see a small boost in rebounds. I'm a little worried about the blowout factor but he could surpass value in only three quarters tonight.

PF - Al Jefferson, $9200 - I've used big Al sparingly this season since earlier he wasn't inconsistent. However, it's been a couple of months now that he's been unstoppable and the interior of the Nuggets defense is nothing special.

C - Amare Stoudemire, $4500 - Should be the most owned player across the board tonight. No Tyson Chandler means all the minutes he can handle and he's been producing. If you lose tonight and didn't have Stoudemire in your lineup, I'm going to have a hard time feeling sorry for you.

F - Paul Millsap, $7500 - This is the lowest his price has been in a while and will be his third game back from injury. He logged 33 minutes the other night and shouldn't be on any restriction. Keep in mind Utah let him go so he'll have plenty of motivation.

G - Wilson Chandler, $5800 - I still think this price is too low and he's consistently been putting up 30-plus FPs over his last few games.

Util - Kyle O'Quinn, $4100 - This one I might change and even go with Jeff Adrien instead. I'm hoping some late-breaking news allows me to switch to a better punt option.

I put $168 on 50/50s tonight.