Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates - 1/21/18

Welcome to the Sunday update article. There isn't a lot of chatter flying around on this short four game Sunday, we've already received a key piece of info, and are still awaiting word on a couple of other questionable plays. Don't forget to check our systems favorite plays as well at the end of the piece.

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What We Know

Kyrie Irving will play this afternoon against the Magic.
Irving's shoulder held him back in Thursday night's game against the Sixers, but was a full participant in practice on Saturday and has been cleared to suit up today as the Celtics host Orlando.

What We're Waiting to Know

Brandon Ingram and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope are listed as questionable for today's game with the Knicks.
Both Ingram and KCP participated in the Lakers practice yesterday after sitting out Friday night's tilt with the Pacers. More word on both players status should be released following shoot-around.

Manu Ginobili will be a game-time decision tonight.
Manu injured his thigh in Monday night's game with Atlanta and subsequently missed the following two games, he will be a game time call for the Spurs tilt with Indiana tonight but with this being the last game of the day, it would be wise to avoid him, as well as Kyle Anderson who could see diminished playing time if Ginobili returns to action tonight.

Every Lineup Guys

Ish Smith FD - $6400 DK - $6000
Opponent - BKN
Proj Pts FD - 33.68 DK - 33.49
Our first every lineup guy is pretty much a no-brainer at a very weak position today. Ish Smith has been excellent stepping into the role for the injured Reggie Jackson, and sure the price has risen significantly since he stepped into the starting role in late December, but it's still low for the production he brings to the Detroit rotation. Smith came just a hair shy of paying 5X PPD against a top ten Washington defense on Friday, and today will see a much better matchup against a Brooklyn defense not only allowing the most FP to the position on average this season, but also allowing nearly 20 FP more than their season average over their last five games. Point guard is sparse on this four game slate, but Ish should be near universally owned, and I'm not going to be the one to tempt fate by fading him.

Jordan Clarkson FD - $4800 DK - $5800
Opponent - NY
Proj Pts FD - 32.42 DK - 33.41
Lonzo Ball remains out, and as we established earlier, KCP is questionable and probably won't play. This makes Jordan Clarkson an exciting play in a thin Lakers back court. Clarkson brings a spark of electricity to the Lakers offense. He leads L.A. with a 27.1% usage rate, and sees a 1.5% bump with Lonzo and KCP riding the pine. New York sports the sixth worst defense at the position If he can see another 30 minutes of court time, Clarkson is prime shatter value and could very well duplicate the 10X PPD outing he had against the Pacers on Friday.

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