You don’t have to play cash games to understand why it’s important to grasp them. Players we consider for cash are the ones we believe are the most underpriced, have the best floor/ceiling combo and feature a relatively tight range of outcomes. In other words, these are the best plays on the board once price, slate context and positional depth is accounted for. Those sound like pretty good options for GPPs as well.
The optimal GPP lineup will mix some of these cash-type plays with higher-variance options. In cash games (where roughly 50% of the field gets paid out), we don’t worry about ownership or game stacks or correlation. In large-field tournaments, our ACO (average cumulative ownership) should stay reasonably low.
With all that said, these are our Top Plays considering the following factors: Median projection, matchup, upside and value. Ownership is not considered here. Generally speaking, these players are what we consider to be “head-to-head and 50/50 considerations.” They are listed in price descending order (NOT ranked by “best play”). At the bottom, you’ll find suggested rankings by site once salary is accounted for.
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Injuries
*Aaron Gordon (hamstring) — Questionable (likely out)
*Michael Carter-Williams (foot) — Out
*Melvin Frazier (back) — Questionable
*Vic Law (Achilles) — Questionable
*Russell Westbrook (quad) — Out
*Luc Mbah a Moute (knee) — Out
*LeBron James (groin) — Probable
*Anthony Davis (back) — Probable
*Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (knee) — Probable
*Rajon Rondo (back) — Doubtful
*Damian Lillard (knee) — Out
*Nassir Little (dehydration) — Out
*Zach Collins (ankle) — Out
*C.J. McCollum (back) — Available
Point Guard
Chris Paul ($8,100 DK/$7,900 FD) – Paul is the best value at the point guard position as we expect the Thunder to once again run tighter rotations and get Paul into the upper 30s in minutes. Paul’s upside has been modest in the series as the athleticism of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dennis Schroder has dominated the offense of late. On DraftKings, we’d prefer to spend less on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for similarly projected production but on FanDuel you need to play two point guards and Paul grades out as one of the best options.
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