NBA DFS Starting Five: March 8

James Grande brings you the top five players to build your lineups around for today's slate.

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Published Sun Mar 08, 2020 3:24 pm (EDT)

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M. Kleber - PF

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"There was the back injury and then the COVID stuff, so yeah, it's going to take him a little while to get back in the flow," Silas said. "He was good at practice [Monday] though." During his absence from the team due to COVID-19, House worked on conditioning and core-strengthening to address his back injury. He's a low-usage guy but could get enough 3-pointers and steals to make a dent in standard leagues, so we'll keep an eye on his role. The Rockets did not list him on the injury report for Tuesday's game.

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J. Wall - PG

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J. Wiseman - C

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R. Hood - SF

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R. Rubio - PG

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Rubio was able to get everyone but himself involved in Monday's game vs the Dubs. He went 1-of-8 from the field and continues to shoot it terribly this season, connecting on just 37% of his shots and 21% of his threes. Unless you're in a deep league, there's no need to hang onto him other than when D'Angelo Russell is out of the lineup.

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J. McLaughlin - PG

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Jordan McLaughlin played 22 minutes off the bench and hit 7-of-12 shots and a 3-pointer for a season-high 15 points, two rebounds, five assists and a steal in Monday's loss to the Warriors.

D'Angelo Russell is out with quad contusion and may or may not be ready for Wednesday and McLaughlin has been getting some nice run as a backup point guard to Ricky Rubio. He'll likely crawl back under a rock once DAR is back in action, but if he's out again on Wednesday, McLaughlin could be worth a DFS flier again on Wednesday.

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