Saturday's NBA showdown is a single game, MIA @ CHA, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks at 6:00 p.m. ET (3:00 p.m. PT), so there is one game and one chance to get the captain right.
The top end of the board belongs to MIA. Bam Adebayo costs $9,600 and has a ceiling of 56.6 with a DraftKings average of 37.4. Giannis Antetokounmpo is $11,800 with a ceiling of 53.7 and a DraftKings average of 41.1. Both are at the top of our model's ranking, and Giannis is the captain in our model's lineup, where he costs $17,700.
The value plays are the story of the cheap end. Tidjane Salaun (CHA) is $1,000 with a ceiling of 38.9 against a DraftKings average of 6.2, a big gap for the price. Nick Richards (MIA) is $1,600 with a ceiling of 27.9, while Keshad Johnson (MIA) and PJ Hall (CHA) are both $1,000 with ceilings of 17.9 and 19.9. Pelle Larsson (MIA) is $3,800 with a ceiling of 31.7, but he carries a Q tag from DraftKings, so check his status before lock.
The fact sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land. Several CHA players carry OUT tags: Kon Knueppel, Coby White, Grant Williams and Kylan Boswell.
Our model's top lineup uses $48,900 of the $50,000 cap. It starts with Giannis Antetokounmpo at captain for $17,700. The UTIL spots go to Davion Mitchell at $6,600, Moussa Diabate at $7,800, Brandon Miller at $8,800, Bobby Portis at $5,000 and Royce O'Neale at $3,000. Portis has a ceiling of 36.4 at $5,000, which makes him a solid mid-priced anchor.
Lock is Saturday at 6:00 p.m. ET, so get your lineups in before then.
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