DFS NBA Top Plays: August 4

*Jarrett Allen (rest) — Out
*Caris LeVert (thigh) — Out
*Joe Harris (hamstring, back) — Out
*Jamal Crawford (conditioning) — Questionable, no update from coach
*Seth Curry (leg soreness) — Doubtful
*Alex Len (conditioning) — Questionable
*Montrezl Harrell (personal) — Out
*Lou Williams (quarantine) — Questionable
*Kelly Oubre (knee) — Out
*Jonathan Isaac (knee) — Out
*Eric Gordon (ankle) — Out
*Bruno Caboclo (ankle) — Out
*Jaylen Adams (back) — Probable

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.

 

Point Guard

Russell Westbrook ($9,400 DK/$9,600 FD) – The Houston-Portland is the premier game on the slate to attack. A 242.5 total with two teams playing extremely tight rotations at the start of the bubble is a DFS dream. Westbrook is the most underpriced asset in the entire game and a core target on both sites. Westbrook has played 39 and 38 regulation minutes in the first two bubble games and we’d expect him to push upper 30s once again given Portland’s super tight rotations.