Monday's DraftKings classic slate is a five-game turbo with a $50,000 cap. The games are DET @ CHA, ATL @ IND, BKN @ NYK, WAS @ ORL and CHI @ PHI. Lock comes Mon 11/2 at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT), so there is little time to dither once the news settles.
The top of our model's ranking is dominated by CHI @ PHI. Tyrese Maxey costs $9,000 with a ceiling of 64.4 and a DraftKings average of 44.7. Joel Embiid is $8,900 with a 63.0 ceiling and a 45.8 average, though he carries a Q tag from DraftKings. LeBron James is the standout on price at $7,600, with a ceiling of 73.7 and an average of 41.5. Jaylen Brown rounds out the Philadelphia group at $8,100, with a 69.3 ceiling. Anthony Davis is the lone WAS name near the top at $8,600, with a 72.1 ceiling.
Value is where the Chicago side of that game comes in. Tre Jones is only $4,300 and carries a 59.7 ceiling, against a DraftKings average of 19.1, which makes him one of the cheapest ways to open up salary. Josh Giddey at $7,500 has a 72.3 ceiling and a 33.0 average, and Caleb Wilson at $7,000 has a 57.3 ceiling and a 35.1 average.
The sheet gives no ownership figures, so we can't say where the crowd will land. It does show a long list of DraftKings OUT tags: Jalen Johnson (ATL), Paolo Banchero (ORL), Tyrese Haliburton (IND), Pascal Siakam (IND), Andrew Nembhard (IND), Kon Knueppel (CHA) and Jalen Duren (DET). Check those against your player pool before you lock anything in.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,600 of the $50,000 cap. It runs VJ Edgecombe at PG for $6,500, Josh Hart at SG for $5,800, Franz Wagner at SF for $8,300, Jalen Slawson at PF for $3,500 and Karl-Anthony Towns at C for $8,500. Kelly Oubre Jr. fills G at $4,800, Jarace Walker takes F at $4,600, and LeBron James sits in the UTIL spot at $7,600.
Get your final edits in before lock at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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