Tuesday's DraftKings slate is a single-game NBA showdown, BKN @ BOS, with a $50,000 cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. Lock is Tue 10/27 at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT). Devin Carter (BOS) and Tyler Bilodeau (BKN) both carry an OUT tag on DraftKings.
Jayson Tatum (BOS) sits at the top of the pool at $11,600, with a DraftKings average of 44.7 and a ceiling of 56.9. Michael Porter Jr. (BKN) is the other big-ticket option at $9,200, with an average of 31.1 and a ceiling of 48.7. Neemias Queta (BOS) fills the middle tier at $5,200, with a ceiling of 35.5 and an average of 17.4.
The value end is where our model finds its leverage in a pool this thin. Ben Saraf (BKN) and Mike Conley (BOS) each cost $1,000, and Saraf's ceiling of 35.2 is the stand-out at that price. Luka Garza (BOS) is $1,400 with a ceiling of 26.6 and an average of 11.3. Danny Wolf (BKN) at $3,000 carries a ceiling of 32.0, and Josh Minott (BKN) at $3,600 has a ceiling of 32.1 and an average of 13.1. Dollars saved at the bottom are what make room for the top-end captain.
Ownership figures aren't available for this slate, so there's no read on where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup spends $49,400 of the $50,000 cap. Tatum takes the captain slot at $17,400. He's joined by Julius Randle at $9,600, Queta at $5,200, Minott at $3,600, Nolan Traore at $4,400 and Porter Jr. at $9,200. It pairs two stars with two mid-priced options and a pair of cheaper pieces.
Lock is Tue 10/27 at 7:30 p.m. ET, so get lineups set before then.
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