Saturday night's DraftKings classic slate has four games: SAC @ MEM, CLE @ MIL, MIN @ SAS and OKC @ HOU. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT).
At the top of our model's ranking, Victor Wembanyama (SAS) costs $10,900 and carries a ceiling of 59.9 with a DraftKings average of 52.8. Domantas Sabonis (SAC) is $9,400 with a 58.3 ceiling and a 45.6 average. Donovan Mitchell (CLE) has the highest ceiling among the top plays at 67.3 for $8,700, and LaMelo Ball (MIN) sits at $8,500 with a 62.6 ceiling.
The value end is where our model finds its leverage. Ousmane Dieng (MIL) costs just $3,200 with a 40.3 ceiling, against a DraftKings average of 6.9. AJ Green (MIL) is $3,500 with a 40.2 ceiling, and Olivier-Maxence Prosper (MEM) is $3,000 with a 36.5 ceiling. Kel'el Ware (MIL) is the mid-priced option at $6,200, and his 58.8 ceiling is close to what the stars offer at a much lower cost.
The slate has plenty of absences to track. DraftKings lists Anthony Edwards (MIN), Ty Jerome (MEM), Chet Holmgren (OKC), Jalen Williams (OKC), Fred VanVleet (HOU), Rudy Gobert (MIN), Maxime Raynaud (SAC) and Keegan Murray (SAC) as OUT. We have no ownership data for this slate, so we won't guess where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,100 of the $50,000 cap. It starts with De'Aaron Fox at PG for $6,600 and Mitchell at SG for $8,700, then adds Ayo Dosunmu at SF for $5,900 and Tari Eason at PF for $5,500. Joan Beringer fills C at $4,000, Ryan Rollins takes G at $6,000, Cameron Boozer plays F at $7,400, and Kyle Kuzma rounds out UTIL at $5,000.
Set your lineups before 8:00 p.m. ET, when the slate locks.
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