Four games make up the main slate on Tuesday, 10/27: BKN @ BOS, DET @ NYK, SAC @ SAS and POR @ LAL. The DraftKings classic contest runs on the usual $50,000 cap, and lineups lock at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT).
At the top, our model keeps coming back to Luka Doncic (LAL) at $11,300. He carries a ceiling of 88.7, the highest on the board, and a DraftKings average of 52.5. Jayson Tatum (BOS) at $9,500 has a ceiling of 72.3 and an average of 44.7. Victor Wembanyama (SAS) costs $10,800 with a ceiling of 67.5 and an average of 50.9. The best mid-priced option is Deni Avdija (POR) at $7,800, with a ceiling of 73.2, higher than Tatum's for a lower salary.
The value end is where our model finds its edge. Nique Clifford (SAC) is just $3,900 with a ceiling of 61.3, even though his DraftKings average is only 4.2. Daeqwon Plowden (SAC) costs $3,200 and carries a ceiling of 47.7. Jrue Holiday (POR) at $5,000 offers a 59.1 ceiling. Keep an eye on the status tags in the SAC game, where Maxime Raynaud, Keegan Murray and Dylan Cardwell are all listed OUT, and Tobias Harris (SAS) carries the same tag. Scoot Henderson (POR) and Ausar Thompson (DET) are both tagged Q.
Ownership figures are not available for this slate, so we will not guess where the crowd lands.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,200 of the $50,000 cap. It runs Doncic at PG, Holiday at SG, Clifford at SF, Tatum at PF, Micah Potter at C ($3,000), Ben Saraf at G ($3,000), Avdija at F and OG Anunoby at UTIL ($5,700). It pairs three stars with cheap pieces to fit them all in.
Set your lineups before the 7:30 p.m. ET lock.
Follow @numeric_dfs on X.