Fantasy Basketball High Score Perfect Lineup for Week 16: Stephon is K

Looks like high scores are back on the menu! It figures that the minute Nikola Jokić gets back into the Nuggets lineup, we see a shift away from Luka Dončić dominating the perfect lineup week-after-week. But it wasn’t Joker who topped the scoreboard in Week 16 in fantasy basketball — it was the reigning Rookie of the Year.

Let’s take a look at the perfect lineup from this past week, which featured a few players we haven’t seen in here before.

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Stephon Castle, guard: Castle is your best score of last week, coming (virtually) out of nowhere. We say that because the Spurs PG hadn’t topped 60+ fantasy points in a game all season long. In fact, his highest output since Dec. 10 was 54 points prior to Saturday, when Castle had a 40-point triple-double with 12 apiece in rebounds and assists while adding 4 stocks. Plenty of teams have had their rosters gutted after the trade deadline last week and are in full-tank mode. Look out, because those will be prime teams to target against when it comes to fantasy.

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Isaiah Collier, guard: Collier has been in and out of the Jazz lineup thanks to injuries and the deadline. Utah shipped out four players as part of the Jaren Jackson Jr. trade, plus third-year guard Keyonte George has been dealing with an ankle injury. In a rare win over the bottom-dwelling Pacers, the Jazz ran a seven-man rotation, which helped Collier play the ENTIRE 48 MINUTES last Tuesday. As a result, Collier dished out an astonishing 22 assists to just two turnovers in the victory.

Nikola Jokić, frontcourt: Jokic has been back for five games entering play on Monday as we approach the All-Star break. He had a few tough matchups, so of course, a date with the Bulls, who had a very active deadline, was the perfect High Score remedy. Managers who had seen Joker posting 80+ fantasy points consistently were glad to see him return to that realm in…