Welcome back to another full week of the Value Index. We hope you enjoyed your weekend and are ready to get back to another full week of DFS basketball.
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Tonight we have a 12-game slate in the association. If you have been a follower, you know we have been utilizing DraftKings pricing for recommendations. For today’s slate, I feel DraftKings has made it clear it wants salaries to be meeting production.
There’s not a lot of cheap options at the moment to fill in our lineups with value, so we must keep any eye on things closer to lock if we want to comfortably use the studs on this slate. It’s definitely a stars and scrubs slate, we will just have to wait to see who the scrubs are closer to lock. All of my selections won’t be able to be crammed into one lineup, so you will need to fill in with low-salary plays should you use some of these guys in your lineups.
Below you will see 5 players, one at each position, that I feel will hit 5x or better tonight. Since it is a Monday, today’s Index will be premium. But after you get a taste and you want to finish the meal, sign up for our 7-day free trial!.
Good luck!
Damian Lillard – PG – Trail Blazers
Analysis: Lillard and the Blazers travel to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves tonight and with new addition Jusuf Nurkic fitting in nicely, Lillard is still the usage machine on this team. He will take on Ricky Rubio on the offensive end, so we know that is a boost to potential production for Lillard, couple that with his increase in usage since the Mason Plumlee trade and we have all the makings of a solid performance for Lillard at $8,800. He’s scored at least 40 DK points in his past five outings and this has all the makings of a close, high scoring game.
Nicolas Batum – SG – Charlotte Hornets
Analysis: I have had a difficult time picking a SG on this slate and I keep deferring back to Batum against the Pacers. This is a pace-up game for the Hornets and both teams match up well. They are conference foes and should be in a close contest down to the end. Who is going to guard Batum at SG? Exactly. He scored under 40 DK points in these two teams’ first matchup, but the offense still rolls through Kemba and Batum, who can also fill up the stat sheets with rebounds, assists, boards and steals. His price is coming down a bit and he should be locked in for 35 fantasy points tonight.
