Friday's DraftKings main slate has seven games: WAS @ ATL, BOS @ CHA, PHI @ CLE, UTA @ DAL, OKC @ MEM, TOR @ MIL and MIN @ NOP. Rosters lock at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT), and the salary cap is the usual $50,000.
At the top of the price range, our model likes Cooper Flagg of DAL at $9,900, with a ceiling of 89.7 and a DraftKings average of 46.9. Tyrese Maxey of PHI has the next-highest ceiling at 87.6, priced at $8,900 with a 45.8 average. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of OKC costs $10,200 and averages 47.0, though his ceiling of 77.3 sits well below the other two. Kyrie Irving of DAL, at $7,400 with a 39.0 average, is a step down in price with a ceiling of 67.9.
Two of the pricier names carry question marks. Scottie Barnes of TOR ($8,800) and Anthony Davis of WAS ($8,600) both have a Q tag from DraftKings. Barnes averages 45.1 and Davis 43.1, so both are worth watching as lock approaches.
The best values in our rankings come from the lower salary tiers. CJ McCollum of ATL costs $6,100 and has a ceiling of 74.7 against an average of 27.1. Aday Mara of OKC is only $4,600, with a ceiling of 64.2 and an average of 18.8. Both give you real upside without eating into the budget you need for the stars.
The sheet gives no ownership figures, so we can't say where the crowd is headed.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,900 of the $50,000 cap. It starts with Maxey at PG ($8,900), Kyshawn George at SG ($5,800), Jaime Jaquez Jr. at SF ($5,800), Naji Marshall at PF ($5,400) and Daniel Gafford at C ($5,200). Ja'Kobe Walter fills the G spot at $5,000, LeBron James takes F at $7,500, and Jonathan Kuminga rounds it out at UTIL for $6,300.
Set your lineups before the 7:00 p.m. ET lock.
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