Sunday night's DraftKings classic slate is a two-game card: DET @ PHI and MEM @ SAC. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT).
At the top of the board, Cade Cunningham of DET is the headliner at $9,700 with a ceiling of 67.5 and a DraftKings average of 45.4. LeBron James of PHI is the other major name, at $7,400 with a ceiling of 63.3 and a DraftKings average of 36.7. He carries a Q tag from DraftKings, so check his status before lock. Jaylen Brown of PHI sits at $8,200 with a ceiling of 58.2, and Cameron Boozer of MEM costs $7,500 with a ceiling of 51.4 and a DraftKings average of 42.1.
The value plays are where our model leans hardest. Javon Small of MEM, Jahmai Mashack of MEM and Taylor Hendricks of MEM all cost $3,000. Small has the highest ceiling of the group at 45.8, with Mashack at 44.5 and Hendricks at 41.5. Each has a DraftKings average of 5.8 or lower, so these are ceiling bets rather than safe floors. Nique Clifford of SAC is a slightly pricier option at $4,100, with a ceiling of 44.4 and a DraftKings average of 8.4.
The sheet doesn't include ownership figures, so we can't say where the crowd will land. With Joel Embiid, VJ Edgecombe, Zach Edey, Jalen Duren, Ausar Thompson and Maxime Raynaud all tagged OUT, though, expect heavy attention on the cheap options that remain.
Our model's top lineup spends the full $50,000. It starts with Cunningham at PG for $9,700 and Domantas Sabonis at C for $9,500. Cedric Coward fills SG at $6,600, and Coward carries a Q tag. Gregory Jackson takes SF at $4,200, Precious Achiuwa is at PF for $4,900, and Clifford slots in at G for $4,100. James fills F at $7,400, and Cam Spencer rounds out the UTIL spot at $3,600.
Lock is 7:30 p.m. ET, so finalize your lineups before then.
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