Sunday night's DraftKings classic slate is a two-gamer, with LAC @ GSW and TOR @ LAL on the board. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks at 8:30 p.m. ET (5:30 p.m. PT).
One note on the numbers: our projections are not built for this slate, so the figures below are DraftKings season averages, not model output. Luka Doncic (LAL) sits on top at $12,300 with a DraftKings average of 60.5, well clear of everyone else. Scottie Barnes (TOR) is next at $8,700 with a 43.9 average, and Austin Reaves (LAL) costs $8,900 and averages 38.6. Walker Kessler (LAL) is a $7,800 center averaging 34.2.
Stephen Curry (GSW) carries a $8,500 salary and a 44.5 average, but he and Kawhi Leonard (TOR), who is $8,100 and averages 39.1, both carry OUT tags on DraftKings. Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and Kristaps Porzingis (all GSW), Brandon Ingram and Bradley Beal (both LAC), and Ziaire Williams (LAL) are tagged OUT as well. With that many names ruled out, salary will be freed up and minutes redistributed, so check the tags again before lock.
On the value end, Yaxel Lendeborg (GSW) is $7,600 with a 36.9 average, and RJ Barrett (TOR) is $7,300 averaging 34.4. Our model leans on cheaper pieces too, including Matisse Thybulle at $4,400, Kris Dunn at $4,900, Jakob Poeltl at $4,100 and Graham Ike at $3,900.
The fact sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we have no read on where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,800 of the $50,000 cap: Doncic at PG, Barrett at SG, Ziaire Williams at SF, Thybulle at PF, Ike at C, Dunn at G, Barnes at F and Poeltl at UTIL. Williams carries an OUT tag, so confirm his status before locking anything in.
Lock is 8:30 p.m. ET.
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