FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Helper: Sunday 1/17/21

Our projections update up until tip-off to reflect current news, we have player news updates, and the FanDuel Scout app will send push notifications for pressing updates regarding your players.We'll also be coming at you with this primer every day, breaking down a few of the day's top plays at each position.Let's break down today's main slate on FanDuel:This four-game slate should be a rare one not too impacted by COVID-19 protocols, as the only affected players have been out for over a week now, which includes Philadelphia 76ers guard Seth Curry and Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr.News affecting this slate elsewhere begins with 76ers center Joel Embiid -- and also backup forward Mike Scott -- that will leave an absence in the Philadelphia frontcourt for the second straight night. Fox has eclipsed 41 FanDuel points in the last two contests he has seen over 30 minutes, and he has a great matchup against the Pelicans, who have ceded the third-most FanDuel points to opposing point guards.Other Notable Plays: Malcolm Brogdon ($8,800), George Hill ($4,500) Donovan Mitchell ($7,800): Mitchell's salary is a bit of a head-scratcher in this spot given his recent performances. Assuming he starts, the other question to be answered is the potential of making a great improvement upon his pedestrian rate of 0.83 FanDuel points per minute thus far in 2020-21, as no Pelican sees a greater increase in FanDuel points per minute (+0.22) without Lonzo Ball on the floor. Bogdanovic and O'Neale boast an identical averages of 0.71 FanDuel points per minute, but Bogdanovic comes as a $700 discount in salary in addition to having a far superior role in terms of usage rate (20.3% to 8.8%) than the defensive specialist O'Neale does. Howard now sits at 1.09 FanDuel points per minute on the season and is playing well, so therefore Sunday's message remains the same as Saturday's -- don't get cute at center.