You don’t have to play cash games to understand why it’s important to grasp them. Player s 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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With Kelly Olynyk inactive, we expect Meyers Leonard and Derrick Jones Jr. to play some backup center, but this increases the minutes ceiling on Bam Adebayo and makes him a more compelling target. Iguodala’s path to upside is still likely dependent on foul trouble risk from Jae Crowder , so we’d be hesitant to endorse him coming back from an injury. We have these backup minutes spread between Kendrick Nunn , Iguodala, and Jones Jr without anyone making for much of a play. Leonard likely won’t make enough of a DFS impact and is unlikely to get much overlap with Bam.
Injuries * Chris Silva (foot) — Out
* Kelly Olynyk (knee) – Questionable
* Tyler Herro (hip) – Probable
* Giannis Antetokounmpo (ankle) – Questionable
* Anthony Davis (finger) – Probable
* LeBron James (groin) – Probable
* Rajon Rondo (back) – Probable
Point Guard
Russell Westbrook ($8,500 DK/$9,000 FD) – Westbrook remains a bit underpriced as his playing time approaches his regular season average. He got up to 32 minutes in Game 1 of the series and we’re projecting 34 this time out. He’s a stronger play on DraftKings given the scoring system and the softer price tag, but he’s viable in cash on FanDuel as well.
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