The Sunday 10/25 showdown is a single-game slate, LAL @ UTA, with a $50,000 salary cap. The captain slot scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks at 5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. PT).
Luka Doncic (LAL) sits at the top of the board at $12,400, with a ceiling of 83.2 and a DraftKings average of 54.3. No one else on the sheet comes close to that ceiling or average, which makes him the natural captain candidate even at a captain price of $18,600. Ace Bailey (UTA) is the next big name at $6,400, with a ceiling of 52.2 and an average of 24.6. Collin Sexton (LAL) at $4,800 has a ceiling of 43.6 and an average of 18.9.
The value plays start with Brice Sensabaugh (UTA) at $2,600, who carries a ceiling of 50.7 and an average of 12.4. Kyle Filipowski (UTA) costs $3,000 with a ceiling of 52.4, though his DraftKings average is only 5.3. Isaiah Collier (UTA) at $4,400 has a ceiling of 45.4 and an average of 16.1. Jake LaRavia (LAL) at $2,800 offers a ceiling of 38.7, and Kevon Looney (LAL) is the cheapest option at $1,000 with a ceiling of 25.7. Four players carry a DraftKings OUT tag: Jusuf Nurkic (UTA), Cameron Carr (LAL), Adou Thiero (LAL) and Trey Alexander (UTA).
We don't have ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,800 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Luka Doncic at captain for $18,600, then fills the UTIL spots with Walker Kessler ($9,400), Jaren Jackson Jr. ($8,400), Brice Sensabaugh ($2,600), Isaiah Collier ($4,400) and Ace Bailey ($6,400).
Set your lineups before lock at 5:00 p.m. ET.
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