Friday's NBA turbo slate on DraftKings is a four-game card: NYK @ PHI, CHI @ BOS, DET @ BKN and ORL @ TOR. It's a classic format with a $50,000 salary cap, and lock comes at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT).
At the top of our model's ranking, Jayson Tatum of BOS carries the highest ceiling on the board at 83.0 for $9,800. His DraftKings average is 46.0. Josh Giddey of CHI is close behind at 80.5, and he costs $7,600 with a 31.9 average. Scottie Barnes of TOR brings a 73.3 ceiling at $8,400, and Joel Embiid of PHI sits at 66.0 for $8,600. Cade Cunningham of DET is the priciest of the group at $9,600, with a 58.0 ceiling.
The value end runs through CHI. Tre Jones costs just $4,000 and carries a 69.7 ceiling, a big number for the price. Leonard Miller is $4,200 with a 49.4 ceiling, while LeBron James of PHI, at $7,200, has a 53.5 ceiling. Tight pricing like this is what lets a lineup afford the stars at the top.
Availability matters on a card this small. DraftKings lists Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs of ORL, Kawhi Leonard of TOR, Jalen Duren of DET, Nic Claxton of CHI and Egor Demin of BKN as OUT. Jaylen Brown of PHI and Jalen Smith of CHI are tagged Q, so keep an eye on both before lock.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,500 of the $50,000 cap. It starts with Payton Pritchard at PG for $6,000, Paul George at SG for $6,800 and Tatum at SF for $9,800. James fills the PF slot at $7,200, and Paul Reed takes C for $6,300. Duncan Robinson is the G at $4,900, Miller is the F at $4,200, and Jakob Poeltl rounds it out at UTIL for $4,300.
Set your lineups before the 7:30 p.m. ET lock.
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