Sunday's NBA showdown is a single game, TOR @ MIN, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. The slate locks at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT), so there is no second game to fall back on.
Scottie Barnes ($9,400) tops the board by ceiling at 60.7, with a DraftKings average of 45.1. LaMelo Ball ($10,000) is next at a 54.1 ceiling and a 35.0 average, and Ayo Dosunmu ($5,600) shows a 42.8 ceiling against a 20.9 average. Barnes and Ball are the priciest names, and Dosunmu offers a big ceiling at a much lower cost.
The value end is where the salary relief lives. Kyle Anderson ($1,000) has a 24.3 ceiling, which is a big number for the minimum tier. Trey Lyles ($2,000) carries a 27.6 ceiling and Bones Hyland ($2,600) a 28.8. Terrence Shannon Jr. ($3,200) has the best ceiling of this group at 34.0, with an 18.8 DraftKings average that backs it up. Jaylen Clark ($1,000) is the thinnest of the cheap options, with a 15.1 ceiling. Keep in mind that Kawhi Leonard (TOR), Donte DiVincenzo (MIN) and Nate Bittle (TOR) all carry an OUT tag from DraftKings.
The sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,300 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Barnes in the captain slot at $14,100, then fills the UTIL spots with RJ Barrett ($8,400), LaMelo Ball ($10,000), Dosunmu ($5,600), Joan Beringer ($4,200) and Jaden McDaniels ($7,000). It leans on the three highest-priced names and finds salary in Dosunmu and Beringer.
Get your lineups set before the 7:00 p.m. ET lock.
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