Four games make up Wednesday's NBA turbo slate: SAS @ CHI, DEN @ MEM, LAL @ MIL and BKN @ NOP. It's a DraftKings classic format with a $50,000 cap, and the slate locks at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT).
Luka Doncic (LAL) leads our model's rankings at $12,300, with a ceiling of 114.7 and a DraftKings average of 67.4. That ceiling is well above anyone else's on the board. Nikola Jokic (DEN) sits at $11,500 with a 73.7 ceiling and a 57.5 average, while Victor Wembanyama (SAS) costs $11,800 with a 72.1 ceiling and a 61.6 average. Jamal Murray (DEN) is the one piece of the DEN core that doesn't cost a premium, at $8,300 with a 68.4 ceiling.
The value plays come largely from SAS and LAL. Dylan Harper (SAS) is $6,700 with a 76.1 ceiling, and Stephon Castle (SAS) is $6,600 with a 65.1 ceiling. De'Aaron Fox (SAS) is the cheapest of the group at $6,200, with a 62.0 ceiling. Austin Reaves (LAL) is $8,000 with the second-highest ceiling on our list at 81.5. Keep an eye on the status tags before lock: Devin Vassell (SAS) is Q, Quentin Grimes (LAL) is Q, and Tobias Harris (SAS) is OUT.
The fact sheet doesn't include ownership figures for this slate, so we won't guess where the crowd will land. Check the ownership projections on the site before lock if you plan to chase leverage.
Our model's top lineup spends $49,600 of the $50,000 cap. It builds around Doncic at PG ($12,300) and Murray at G ($8,300), adds Julius Randle at F ($7,700), and fills out the rest with Kyle Kuzma at UTIL ($4,900), Christian Braun at SG ($4,800), Jaylen Wells at SF ($4,400), Jerami Grant at PF ($4,200) and DeAndre Jordan at C ($3,000).
Get your lineups set before the slate locks at 8:00 p.m. ET.
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