Monday's DraftKings slate is a single-game showdown, POR @ DEN, with a captain slot that scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary and a $50,000 cap. Lineups lock at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT).
At the top, Nikola Jokic (DEN) costs $13,000 and carries a ceiling of 79.3, the highest on the board, with a DraftKings average of 53.3. Jamal Murray (DEN) is $9,600 with a 62.2 ceiling and a 42.1 average. Deni Avdija (POR) is $10,000, with a 62.0 ceiling and a 40.5 average. DeMar DeRozan (DEN) sits at $6,200 with a 48.5 ceiling against a 19.1 average, which makes him the most interesting mid-priced piece.
The value end is crowded with minimum-salary names that our model likes. Ryan Nembhard (DEN) is $1,000 with a 40.7 ceiling, and Micah Potter (POR) is $1,000 with a 37.1 ceiling. Branden Carlson (POR) costs $1,600 and tops out at 34.5. Vit Krejci (POR) is $1,000 with a 19.8 ceiling. Their DraftKings averages are modest, from 4.1 to 10.0, so these are upside bets that depend on role and game flow rather than steady production. On the injury front, Ja Morant (POR), Shaedon Sharpe (POR), Spencer Jones (DEN) and Julian Strawther (DEN) all carry an OUT tag from DraftKings.
We don't have ownership figures for this slate, so we won't guess where the crowd will land.
Our model's top lineup spends $49,900 of the $50,000 cap. It puts Nikola Jokic at captain for $19,500, then adds Jamal Murray at $9,600, Jrue Holiday at $7,000, Cameron Johnson at $5,400, Robert Williams at $4,400 and Scoot Henderson at $4,000. Paying up for Jokic as captain and Murray as the second star leaves just enough room to fill the rest with mid-range salaries.
Lineups lock Mon 11/2 at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT).
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