Sunday's NBA showdown is a single game, MEM @ SAC, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lock is 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT).
The top-end play on our model's board is Cameron Boozer of MEM at $8,800. He carries a ceiling of 61.6 against a DraftKings average of 43.1, the highest ceiling on the list by a wide margin. In a captain format, that kind of upside is what you pay for, even at the 1.5x price.
The value end is crowded with $1,000 players. Javon Small of MEM has a 36.8 ceiling, while Jahmai Mashack and Taylor Hendricks, both MEM, sit at 35.8. Leaky Black of SAC is also $1,000 with a 32.7 ceiling. Daeqwon Plowden of SAC costs $1,600 and brings a 33.7 ceiling and a 17.8 DraftKings average, the strongest average of the cheap group. Cam Spencer of MEM at $2,800 has a 35.5 ceiling, and Nique Clifford of SAC at $4,000 tops the mid-priced options with a 41.4 ceiling.
Check the status tags before building. Cedric Coward (MEM) and Keegan Murray (SAC) carry a Q tag. Zach Edey (MEM), Maxime Raynaud (SAC), Dylan Cardwell (SAC) and Ben Simmons (SAC) are tagged OUT.
The sheet has no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd is headed.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,600 of the $50,000 cap. Boozer is the captain at $13,200. He is joined by Precious Achiuwa at $5,800, Domantas Sabonis at $10,600, Ty Jerome at $9,600, Scotty Pippen Jr. at $6,400 and Clifford at $4,000. It's a stars-and-scrubs-free build that pays up for the captain and fills out with proven salaries.
Rosters lock Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET.
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