Sunday's main NBA slate on DraftKings has five games: UTA @ MIN, BKN @ DAL, BOS @ MIL, NOP @ LAC and MIA @ SAC. The $50,000 cap is in play, and lock comes at 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT).
Our model's top projected play is Giannis Antetokounmpo of MIA at $11,300. His ceiling of 100.5 is the highest on the board, and his DraftKings average of 55.7 shows how much production the price is buying. Darius Acuff Jr. of SAC is next at $8,400, with a ceiling of 86.9 and a DraftKings average of 42.6. Bam Adebayo of MIA, at $8,100, brings a ceiling of 75.9 and an average of 38.8, so MIA supplies two of the top plays.
The value end of the board is where lineups get built. Kobe Sanders of LAC costs just $4,500 and carries a ceiling of 69.8, well above what that salary usually demands. Kris Dunn of LAC, at $5,600, has a ceiling of 60.5 and an average of 26.5. Davion Mitchell of MIA at $6,600 offers a 73.3 ceiling, and Ayo Dosunmu of MIN at the same price sits at 62.5. Kyrie Irving of DAL, at $7,800, has a 61.6 ceiling and a 37.1 average.
Check the status tags before building. Domantas Sabonis of SAC is tagged Q. Anthony Edwards of MIN, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic of UTA, Brandon Ingram and Isaiah Jackson of LAC, Yves Missi of NOP and Maxime Raynaud of SAC all carry OUT tags.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,800 of the $50,000 cap. It runs Mitchell at PG for $6,600, Zach LaVine at SG for $6,600, Jaime Jaquez Jr. at SF for $5,800, Jonathan Kuminga at PF for $6,000 and Danny Wolf at C for $3,000. Tyler Herro fills the G slot at $6,700, Paul George takes F at $7,300, and Irving rounds it out at UTIL for $7,800.
Lock is 7:00 p.m. ET, so get your lineups set before then.
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