While our NBA DFS lead expert FantasyBum is off on vacation we are pleased to have fill-in contributor ComingUpShort (Domenick) fill in and provide his core NBA DFS plays on the larger slates this week.
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Most notable Injuries to Monitor
Myles Turner (IND) – Questionable with an illness … Boot for Sabonis if he sits.
Tyler Herro (MIA) – OUT, while Jimmy Butler is Questionable.
Zach Lavine (CHI)
Cody Martin (CHA)
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The Starting Five
In short this is the CORE build for tonight, these players price considered are identified as players to build lineups around today.
CORE 3
Caris LeVert (Pacers, DK: $5.3k, FD: $5.6k)
Kevin Porter Jr. (Rockets, DK: $6.8k, FD: $6.3k)
Jakob Poeltl (Spurs, DK: $5.7k, FD: $5.8k)
The Pacers and Timberwolves game should be one of the top ones to target tonight, while others may rush to Sabonis with Turner questionable I will be locking in Caris LeVert to have a high ceiling outcome game at his price point on all sites. Kevin Porter Jr. is coming off a massive 54 point performance and should once again be able to lead the way for the Rockets while Jakob Poeltl won’t post a massive score but at his price he should be among the better value plays at center today for the Spurs.
CORE STARS
Dejonte Murray (Spurs, DK: $9.6k, FD: $10.0k)
Paul George (Clippers, DK: $10.2k, FD: $9.2k)
Paul George projects to be one of the more popular plays on the slate and against a bad Pelicans team will hit his floor easily. For Murray his opponent the Washington Wizards have managed to be a better defensive team this season they are still weak against point guards which will make Murray and his 26.4% usage rate an optimal pick for tonight.
The Bench Mob
These are the additional salary relief plays to get exposure from around your core build.
- PJ Washington
- Nassir Little
- Darius Bazley
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Top Games to Target for Stacks
Indiana vs Minnesota
A nice tempo boost all around for this game which has a good total and two good tempo teams. Monitoring the status of Myles Turner to see how that changes the Pacers lineup, but overall this is a good game to have premier players from.
Pacers: LeVert, Brogdon, Sabonis and if Turner sits Kelan Martin or Chris Duarte could see more minutes
Timberwolves: Russell, Anthony Edwards
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Top Games to Fade
Denver vs Miami
Orlando vs Philadelphia – Take the under 204.5
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