Sunday's showdown slate is a single game, BKN @ IND, with a $50,000 salary cap and a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary. It locks at 5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. PT).
The top end of our model's ranking is priced accordingly. Michael Porter Jr. ($9,800, BKN) carries a ceiling of 58.0, the highest on the list. Pascal Siakam ($10,800, IND) is next at 57.5, and Julius Randle ($10,000, BKN) sits at 56.8. Randle has the best DraftKings average of the three at 36.5, just ahead of Siakam's 36.0 and well clear of Porter's 34.9.
The value plays are where the slate gets interesting. Kobe Brown ($1,800, IND) has a ceiling of 35.9 and a DraftKings average of 13.5. Jalen Slawson ($2,200, IND) tops out at 36.0, Danny Wolf ($2,400, BKN) at 36.1, and Josh Minott ($3,200, BKN) at 36.3. Jarace Walker ($5,800, IND) is the mid-priced option, with a ceiling of 41.6 and an average of 20.6. Several players carry an OUT tag on DraftKings, including Tyrese Haliburton, Ivica Zubac, Obi Toppin, T.J. McConnell and Johnny Furphy for IND, and Egor Demin, Mikel Brown Jr. and Tyler Bilodeau for BKN.
The fact sheet gives no ownership figures for this slate, so we won't guess where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,300 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Porter in the captain slot at $14,700, then rounds out the UTIL spots with Nolan Traore ($5,400), Andrew Nembhard ($9,400), Chaney Johnson ($4,000), Randle ($10,000) and Walker ($5,800).
Lock is at 5:00 p.m. ET.
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