Saturday's NBA turbo slate on DraftKings is a two-game card: WAS @ OKC and ORL @ GSW. The salary cap is $50,000, and the slate locks at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT).
At the top of our model's ranking is Yaxel Lendeborg (GSW) at $8,000, with a ceiling of 63.2 and a DraftKings average of 36.8. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) is right behind in ceiling terms at 61.6. He costs $10,400 and averages 47.2, the highest average among the plays on our sheet. Stephen Curry (GSW) sits at $8,400 with a 38.0 average and a 51.1 ceiling, while Ajay Mitchell (OKC) comes in at $6,600 with a 30.6 average and a 47.0 ceiling.
The value is on the WAS side. Will Riley (WAS) is only $3,100, yet our model gives him a 56.3 ceiling, one of the highest on the board, even though his DraftKings average is just 4.9. That gap is the appeal: a minimum-range price with big upside. Deandre Ayton (WAS) at $3,200 has a 43.2 ceiling and a 19.0 average, and Bub Carrington (WAS) at $3,800 has a 43.4 ceiling and a 13.5 average. Bilal Coulibaly (WAS) rounds out the cheap group at $3,900 with a 33.6 ceiling and an 18.0 average.
Status matters on a slate this small. DraftKings lists Paolo Banchero (ORL), Desmond Bane (ORL) and Jalen Suggs (ORL) as OUT, along with Anthony Davis (WAS), Chet Holmgren (OKC), Jaylin Williams (OKC), Jimmy Butler (GSW) and Kristaps Porzingis (GSW). Check the tags again before lock.
Our fact sheet does not include ownership figures for this slate, so we will not guess where the crowd lands.
Our model's top lineup is not part of the data we have for this slate, so we cannot give you its construction or its total salary here. Use the ceilings and prices above to build your own, and get your lineups in before the 8:00 p.m. ET lock.
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