Saturday's DraftKings showdown is a single game, ATL @ GSV, and it locks at 8:00 p.m. ET (5:00 p.m. PT). The captain slot scores 1.5x points at 1.5x salary, and the cap is $50,000.
One thing to say up front: our model has no projections for this slate. Everything below rests on DraftKings averages, which are a reference point rather than a forecast.
Angel Reese (ATL, SF/PF) is the highest average on the board at 40.5, and her $13,000 salary reflects it. Rhyne Howard (ATL, PG/SG) is next at 35.2 for $11,000, followed by Jordin Canada (ATL, PG/SG) at 31.6 for $9,800 and Allisha Gray (ATL, PG/SG) at 30.1 for $8,200. Gray's average sits close to Howard's while she costs less than Canada, which makes her the best average per dollar among the top-tier names. On the GSV side, Veronica Burton (PG/SG) averages 28.5 at $8,400, and Gabby Williams (SF/PF) averages 27.9 at $11,600, a steep price for that number.
The cheapest useful name is DeWanna Bonner (ATL, PG/SG), who averages 22.6 at just $3,400. Brionna Jones (ATL, SF/PF) averages 19.7 at $2,000, but she carries an OUT tag from DraftKings and is not a play. Matilde Villa (ATL) and Iliana Rupert (GSV) are also tagged OUT, while Te-Hina Paopao (ATL) is tagged Q.
We have no ownership figures for this slate, so we can't say where the crowd will land.
Our model has no top lineup to offer, since projections were not built for this slate. The tools here are the salary-to-average relationships above. Bonner at $3,400 is the clear salary-saver on the board.
Check the OUT and Q tags before you finalize anything, and get your lineups in before the 8:00 p.m. ET lock.
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