NBA Lineup Optimizer Picks for 03/24/17
James Leer
Welcome to another edition of Lineup Lab’s NBA Daily Fantasy article, where we feature our top plays for our Lineup Optimizer on Fanduel and Draftkings. Put your favorite players from the article below in our NBA lineup optimizer and hit calculate. Let it fill in the rest of the spots for you.
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PG
John Wall vs. BKN – $10000 FD – $9600 DK
Projected Points – 48.78 FD – 51.92 DK
Wall vs. the worst Defense in the league? Yes, please! Brooklyn plays at the fastest pace in the league; logically you would start to say yourself, "Hey, this isn’t working that well," and then maybe try and slow things down a bit? But, it seems that the Nets play in an alternate universe. Even though this game is likely to end in a blowout, Wall will still find a way to put up his floor of 50 with a ceiling of 70 DraftKings points on the night.
Tyler Ulis @BOS – $6200 FD – $7100 DK
Projected Points – 35.54 FD – 37.56 DK
Tyler Ulis is the future of the Phoenix Suns, since moving up to the starting position he has been perfect in 3/5 contests, with a double-double in each of them. Over his last five, Ulis is averaging 13.6 points, 10.0 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals with a colossal 41.8 minutes. Ulis isn’t just the future of the Suns he IS the Suns.
SG
James Harden vs. NO – $12500 FD – $12200 DK
Projected Points – 55.98 FD – 60.81 DK
Harden has been more than impressive lately, averaging 76.7 DraftKings points in his last three outings. Last time out on March the 17th versus the Pelicans he had a massive 83 point game. As far as studs go, Wall and Harden will be my top plays of the day.
Tim Hardaway Jr. @MIL – $5800 FD – $6000 DK
Projected Points – 27.08 FD – 29.44 DK
Hardaway has been stellar while receiving extra minutes due to the absence of Bazemore and Millsap. In Wednesday night’s game, he was perfect hitting 44 DraftKings points versus the Wizards. Look for Hardaway to get minutes into the high 30’s again tonight, as the Hawks are out of reliable options.
SF
Jimmy Butler @vs PHIL – $9500 FD – $9200 DK
Projected Points – 47.82 FD – 49.92 DK
The Chicago Bulls are currently a game behind the Heat for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East. What does that mean for fantasy owners? It means The Bulls are going to be playing their hearts out. With Wade out and Rondo in, Butler’s fantasy game has even begun to improve. Last time out versus the Sixers Butler scored 55 DraftKings points, even though his salary has been bumped up a bit I believe that he is still undervalued.
Otto Porter vs. BKN – $5800 FD – $6100 DK
Projected Points – 30.99 FD – 32.43 DK
Even though Otto Porter has been in a mini-slump as of late, I like him tonight for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the last time out versus the Nets he scored 38.5 DraftKings points. The potential is there to come out of the slump and do some damage. Secondly, his ceiling makes him a nice GPP play. But, is this the night he bounces back? 8-ball says, "Outlook is good."
PF
Nikola Mirotic vs. PHIL – $4600 FD – $5400 DK
Projected Points – 24.27 FD – 26.51 DK
As mentioned previously, The Bulls are playing for the final playoff spot in the East. He is determined to finish the season strong, and with a season high of 28 points on Wednesday he is certainly on the right track. Though his salary has skyrocketed on DraftKings, on Fanduel it has remained low, making him an extremely viable option in all formats.
Marquese Chriss @BOS – $5000 FD – $5900 DK
Projected Points – 27.22 FD – 29.25 DK
Chriss has taken full advantage of his uptick in minutes due to TJ Warrens injury, going perfect in 3 out of his last 5 games and scoring a minimum of 30 DraftKings points in 4/5. Last time out versus the Celtics Chriss scored 29 DK points in 25 minutes. If he receives minutes into the mid-30’s tonight, I believe he is fully capable of having another 40+ FP night.
C
Dwight Howard @MIL – $7200 FD – $7300 DK
Projected Points – 38.53 FD – 42.07 DK
Even though Dwight Howard has been performing well, getting his fourth consecutive double-double, The Hawks are having a hard time winning after losing five straight. With plaguing injury problems to their starting lineup, the Hawks are going to have to find a way to start winning so that they can keep their No. 5 seed in the East. This is an important game to win as nipping at their heals are the Bucks to take over the five spot. Milwaukee isn’t great at defending the center position, over the course of the past five games they have given up 56 Draftkings points. Dwight Howard is in an optimal position to put the Hawks on his back and add some more 1’s in the W column.
Al Horford @BOS – $6800 FD – $6600 DK
Projected Points – 34.24 FD – 36.25 DK
Horford has been heating up lately, averaging 43.6 DraftKings points over his last five games. That’s over 6.5x value on DK. Of course all the heat is going to bring the bakers to the kitchen making him highly-owned in a lot of spots. But for a 50/50 cash on DK I think this is nearly a must-play.