Seige with his ranked plays and top analysis for tonight’s monster 11-game NBA DFS slate!!
What’s going on Mafia? 11 game slate tonight, so lots of different ways to go which makes it a fantastic GPP slate and paying attention to all the late-news will be important so make sure you check out the NBA Chat that hour before lock for all the latest!
Players are based on FD pricing/positions. Plays noted with (DK) are notably good plays on Draftkings. Please read the entire article as the rankings are explained in the bottom half (along with what news can radically shift these rankings).
Note: We are 24 hours away from the NBA trade deadline, so lots of late news will happen that isn’t predictable. Be smart with your bankroll when playing these next couple days.
Note: I’m projecting James Harden out for these rankings!
PG
- Luka Doncic
- Derrick White
- Theo Maledon
- Darius Garland
- TJ McConnell (if Brogdon out)
Bonus: Tyler Johnson
SG
- Tyrese Haliburton
- Devonte’ Graham
- Marcus Smart
- Josh Jackson
- Fred VanVleet (really nice GPP spend up, hoping Lowry sits last min)
SF
- Gordon Hayward
- Malik Monk
- Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot
- Jaylen Brown
- Kawhi Leonard
PF
- Nicolas Claxton
- Jeff Green
- PJ Washington
- Aleksej Pokusevski
- Jayson Tatum
C
- Ivica Zubac
- Nikola Jokic
- Jonas Valanciunas
- Jakob Poeltl
- Moses Brown (in case Horford late scratch sits)
Fanduel:
Top Stud over $8k: Luka Doncic
Top Value under $5k: Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot
FD Core: Doncic, TLC, Monk
Draftkings:
Top Stud over $8k: Luka Doncic
Top Value under $5k: Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot
DK Core: Doncic, TLC, Monk
Key Injury News to Watch:
Toronto Raptors – Kyle Lowry and Norman Powell aren’t on the injury report but they are highly likely to be traded by the deadline so I’d be floored if either player plays tonight. This makes FVV, Siakam, Boucher and Terence Davis good low-owned options.
Brooklyn Nets – James Harden is a game-time decision with a neck injury. I’ve projected him as if he’s going to SIT and if he sits it turns into a bench game with Tyler Johnson, Jeff Green and Nicholas Claxton becoming even better options no matter how big the spread gets.
Key Game:
N/A – NOT APPLICABLE CJ are you kidding me?!?! Alright hear me out before you curse at me for what appears to be a cop out.
This is one of the weirdest slates we play all year with TONS of random sitting happening. When that happens I’m focusing on getting the high usage value that opens up across all the games. While stacking on most slates works even when there is news this particular slate has 4 games with totals over 230 and another 4 in the 220’s. With this many fast games, our focus should be finding the best usage value as opposed to focusing on a certain game.
Slate Edges: Be flexible, most likely I’m going value and then a bunch of 6-9k players who get usage bumps from other players being traded or ruled out because they are about to be traded. I’m focusing on BRK value and fading DET/IND to give myself an extra 30 minutes for news to break.
