Saturday's main DraftKings classic slate has five games: VCU @ MEM, COL @ SDSU, NMST @ GONZ, NEB @ PROV and UMD @ GU. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks at 3:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. PT).
At the top of our model's ranking, Justin Neely (COL) at $7,800 carries a ceiling of 70.7 and a DraftKings average of 38.4, the highest average of any player on our list. Lazar Djokovic (VCU) at $8,100 has a ceiling of 54.7 and a 24.5 average. Pharrel Payne (UMD) costs $9,000, with a 56.5 ceiling and a 30.7 average. Braden Frager (NEB) at $7,100 sits at a 40.1 ceiling and a 20.0 average.
The value end is where our model finds its biggest gaps between price and production. Mike McNair Jr. (UMD) costs just $3,000 and carries a 56.5 ceiling and a 30.6 average, which is nearly the same as Payne's numbers at a third of the price. Cale Jacobsen (NEB) at $3,900 has a 37.6 ceiling and a 12.7 average. Julius Thedford (MEM) at $4,600 brings a 43.4 ceiling and an 18.2 average, but he carries a Q tag from DraftKings, so check his status before lock.
Several other statuses are worth a look before building. Nick Anderson (SDSU), Vyctorius Miller (GU) and Stephon Payne (NMST) are all tagged OUT. Arrinten Page (PROV), Sam Orme (NEB), Devin Vanterpool (PROV) and Iaroslav Niagu (COL) are tagged Q.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,500 of the $50,000 cap. It runs Trevan Leonhardt at $8,000, Nyle Ralph-Beyer at $3,500 and McNair at $3,000 at guard, with Braden Huff at $9,600, Djokovic at $8,100 and Neely at $7,800 at forward. Bear Cherry at $5,300 and Tylik Weeks at $4,200 fill the UTIL spots.
Lock is 3:00 p.m. ET, so get your lineups in before then.
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