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Yaxel Lendeborg should continue his high-usage role for Golden State.<\/p>\n
After an exciting opening to the new NBA season, we\u2019re set for our first full week of action. Good health still largely prevails around the Association, and we now have at least a cursory idea of roles and rotations for each team.<\/p>\n
Each week, we\u2019ll spotlight six players who have an especially bright fantasy outlook for Yahoo\u2019s High Score contests, often focusing on those with the maximum number of games that week. Because only each player\u2019s best score of the week counts toward a High Score lineup of six, we\u2019ll target high-upside players with a strong matchup, a big opportunity, or both.<\/p>\n
Without further ado, here\u2019s our six players to consider for your Week 2 High Score lineups:<\/p>\n
Jalen Johnson<\/a>, Atlanta Hawks<\/p>\n Week 2 schedule: @HOU, MIA, CLE, @NOP<\/p>\n Johnson easily makes the cut for one of our two top-tier entries in this week\u2019s article. The highly versatile forward has gotten his season off to exactly the type of start expected of him, as he\u2019s averaged 21.7 points, 10.0 rebounds, 10.0 assists, and 1.7 steals per contest. As impressive as those numbers are, it\u2019s worth noting they\u2019ve been accomplished with Johnson not even coming close to his typical shooting efficiency.\u00a0<\/p>\n Johnson\u2019s drained just 44.4% of his attempts, including 14.3% from behind the arc, during his first three games. With those numbers due for significant improvement over time and four games on his ledger this week, Johnson is a surefire, high-end consideration for your High Score rosters after posting tallies of 46, 54 and 73 High Score points in Week 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/a>, Los Angeles Lakers<\/p>\n Week 2 schedule: POR, @LAC, @GSW, TOR<\/p>\n Don\u010di\u0107 is as automatic a click as it gets in all fantasy formats, yet he still bears highlighting this week based on schedule and Week 1 output. The superstar guard delivered one of his highest-percentile performances against the Jazz on Sunday, generating a 52-point, 10-assist double-double that also included eight rebounds and two steals.\u00a0<\/p>\n That effort netted a whopping 86 High Score points, making the impressive tallies of 59 and 46 he opened the season with somehow pale in comparison. It\u2019s worth keeping in mind that we could be breaking new ground with Don\u010di\u0107 over the course of the season, as this will be his first full campaign without LeBron James, and the rest of Los Angeles\u2019 starting five is thin on offensive potential outside of backcourt mate Austin Reaves.\u00a0<\/p>\n Amen Thompson<\/a>, Houston Rockets<\/p>\n Week 2 schedule: ATL, @MIL, @DAL, OKC<\/p>\n Thompson has ceded last year\u2019s point guard spot to the returning Fred VanVleet, but even while working at the two, the former is still stuffing the stat sheet early in the new season. Thompson has quickly churned out three double-doubles in as many games to start the new campaign, averaging 17.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.3 steals across 36.3 minutes per contest. The efficiency has been there as well, as Thompson has shot 48.7%, including 50.0% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n Thompson is encouragingly averaging 18.0 field-goal + free-throw attempts per contest, solid usage that should always be subject to a slight bump on nights when VanVleet is given one half of a back-to-back set off, as was the case Saturday. Houston has one such instance coming Friday and Saturday this week, and Thompson, who already has 43- and 50-point High Score tallies as part of his Week 1 resume, is therefore a strong candidate for inclusion in lineups this week.<\/p>\n Naz Reid<\/a>, Charlotte Hornets<\/p>\n Week 2 schedule: WAS, @DET, @WAS, PHI<\/p>\n Reid went into his Hornets tenure with elevated expectations attached, as the big man was set to finally have an opportunity to demonstrate what he could do with an extended starting run. Reid hasn\u2019t disappointed through three games, averaging 20.0 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists. The veteran is flashing his usual floor-spacing prowess as well, connecting on 47.1% of his attempts from the field overall, including a blistering 46.2% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n Reid has averaged 37.7 High Score points over that span, supplying individual game totals of 45, 30 and 38. While those are already fine numbers, Reid figures to only get more comfortable on his new squad and will once again play most, if not all, of the coming week without Coby White and Kon Knueppel due to their respective calf and hamstring injuries. The fact he draws a pair of games against the Wizards only serves to brighten his outlook and helps offset a pair of markedly tougher defensive matchups in those presented by the Pistons and Sixers.<\/p>\n