Vincent Pensabene 
Isaiah’s Protocol picks for the NBA DFS slate are built around DraftKings pricing, but are good across the industry with some slight adjustments to salaries on the various sites.
Happy New Year everyone. We have a small 4 game NBA DFS slate today. I will try and give you some of my thoughts to start 2020 off with some money in your pockets. Minnesota has listed KAT, Wiggins, Teague, Okogie, Layman, Vonleh, and others as either out, or not expected to play today. This has me looking to fade most of the Bucks. I fear either a blowout, rested players, or limited minutes. We also have a large spread in the LAK/PHO game. After projecting a similar upside with some of the cheaper players, I’ll most likely be fading Lebron and Anthony Davis’ elevated salaries.
THE CORE
Bradley Beal ($8700) Beal is still listed as questionable but practiced fully on Tuesday. He has a 33.5% usage rate and scores 1.27 FP/min. Beal has averaged 57 DKFPTS against Orlando in his last 2 meetings and is simply priced too cheap for this NBA DFS slate.
Hassan Whiteside ($8300) Whiteside played 37 minutes on Monday with numerous injuries to the Blazers frontcourt. He scores 1.35 FP/min and has put up 40+ DKFPTS in 6 of his last 7 games. Projecting 50+ from Whiteside today is making him one of my top plays at this salary.
Nikola Vucevic ($8200) The Wizards rank 26th in DvsA and 23rd in DEFF against opposing bigs. Vucevic has a 24.5% usage rating, scores 1.3 FP/min, and dropped 63 DKFPTS on Washington his last time out. Aaron Gordon is questionable and if he remains out, those stats will get a slight boost.
Julius Randle ($8000) Julius has been playing better recently. I take his game logs with a grain of salt as 2 of his previous 3 were against Washington. Julius still has a 26.8% usage rating and scores 1.11 FP/min. He’s been playing 35+ minutes over this last week, and there are some serious depth concerns in the Blazers frontcourt, as they rank 22nd in DEFF.
Value
Jordan Mcrae ($5800) I missed this play on the last NBA DFS slate, and he crushed it, so he has to make the list today. I’m still hesitant as it feels like point chasing, and he’s going to be very popular. Jordan is only an option for me if Beal happens to miss this game. The upside here is too hard to ignore. Isaiah Thomas ($5100) is a very intriguing GPP pivot here as he has a 26% usage rate, and starts. He should go under-owned after some sub-par shooting nights.
Kelan Martin ($4000) Kelan has been playing over 30 minutes a game with all the injuries to the Timberwolves. Martin came close to a dbl/dbl against Brooklyn last time out, and I can see him getting good run tonight as well. His price has come up a bit, but I’ll still take the risk here with 6x value upside.
Terrance Ross ($4200) It makes me sick to write him up here as I declared him on my DNP list after the last game. In FULL disclosure, I can’t promise he won’t make my lineup. He has great upside on this NBA DFS slate if he can hit his shots. He has a 21.3% usage rate and plays 25 mins. a game off the bench. He should also get a bump if Gordon misses the game.
Breaking news will be extremely important today. I highly encourage all readers to join myself, and the rest of the WinDaily team in the Discord chat rooms as we break down and discuss our favorite plays of the NBA DFS slate. Thank you for reading my content and feel free to leave a comment, or hit me up on Twitter @IsaiahsProtocol.
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