Sunday night's NBA classic slate on DraftKings is two games: NOP @ LAC and MIA @ SAC. Lock comes at 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT), and the $50,000 cap leaves room to build around a star or two.
Giannis Antetokounmpo of MIA is the headliner at $11,300, with a ceiling of 94.9 and a DraftKings average of 53.7. Teammate Bam Adebayo at $8,100 carries a 62.7 ceiling and a 42.6 average. Darius Acuff Jr. of SAC costs $8,400 and brings a 64.5 ceiling and a 41.7 average, which puts him in the same tier as Adebayo.
The value end is where the slate gets interesting. Jeremiah Fears of NOP is only $6,400 and has a 66.4 ceiling, higher than Acuff's, though his DraftKings average sits at 32.5. Malik Monk of SAC at $4,300 has a 53.0 ceiling, and Leaky Black of SAC at $3,800 has a 46.3 ceiling. Derik Queen of NOP at $6,100 and Precious Achiuwa of SAC at $6,000 round out the mid-range options, with ceilings of 44.9 and 41.3.
Plenty of bodies are unavailable, so check the status tags before lock. Domantas Sabonis, Maxime Raynaud and Ben Simmons of SAC are tagged OUT, as are Yves Missi of NOP and Brandon Ingram, Isaiah Jackson, Bradley Beal and Jordan Miller of LAC.
Ownership figures aren't available for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd is headed.
Our model's top lineup uses $49,400 of the $50,000 cap. It starts with Acuff at PG ($8,400), Kris Dunn at SG ($5,600), Max Strus at SF ($4,400), Zion Williamson at PF ($7,500) and Adebayo at C ($8,100). Klay Thompson ($4,800) takes the G spot, Rui Hachimura ($6,000) the F spot and Brook Lopez ($4,600) the UTIL.
Get your lineups set before the 9:00 p.m. ET lock.
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