We have a four-game slate at both FanDuel and DraftKings tonight and plenty of ways for us to go and build successful lineups. The following are my NBA DFS Core plays and leverage spots against the field for December 22. 2019
My core plays are the basis of your teams for cash and GPP. For a cash lineup, you will fill out your roster with other starters and players with safe minutes. For tournaments, you will use 1 or 2 leverage plays mixed in with other cash style players. Good luck!
NBA DFS Core 4
Rondo is the best point per dollar option currently on the slate, coming in at 4,300 and seeing about 30 minutes with no Lebron James today. This isn’t the best match-up but these kinds of minutes at this price warrants playing him anyways.
Daniel Theis (4,200)
Charlotte is one of the worst teams in the league against centers and forwards. Theis has been playing around 22 minutes a game and comes in super cheap today.
Gordon Hayward (6,100)
Another Celtic big man against Charlotte. Hayward is coming back from injury and has a serious 40 point upside at his depressed price tag. If you wanted a more tournament play here, Tatum is about 1500 more expensive but should have less ownership in the same spot.
Anthony Davis (10,100)
Lebron is out and that means lock Anthony Davis in for cash games. In this spot, Davis should be 12K so he’s massively underpriced. Targeting the Nuggets isn’t my favorite thing but match-ups get overruled by price and upside. For Tournaments, it is perfectly okay to fade both studs and build a balanced lineup that features Paul George and Jokic.
Lou Williams (5,100) FD
Williams is severely underpriced on Fanduel with Leonard out. On Draftkings I think this is a sneaky spot, but on Fanduel Lou is a core play and should be a building block for lineups.
NBA DFS Leverage Plays
Nikola Jokic (9,200)
Jayson Tatum (7,400)
Malcolm Brogdon (7,100)
Kyle Kuzma (3,500)
NBA DFS Player Pool
PG: Malcolm Brogdon, Jamal Murray, Rajon Rondo, George Hill, Aaron Holiday, Landry Shamet
SG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Dennis Schroeder, Lou Williams, Kentavius Caldwell-Pope, Danny Green, Malik Monk
SF: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Paul George, Gordon Hayward, TJ Warren, Maurice Harkless, Nicolas Batum
PF: Anthony Davis, Domantas Sabonis, Jayson Tatum, Daniel Theis, Paul Millsap, Kyle Kuzma
C: Nikola Jokic, Montrezl Harrel, Brooke Lopez, Myles Turner, JaVale Mcgee, Ivica Zubac
Slate Thoughts
On Draftkings for tournaments you should probably play Davis if not your teams should be built around Jokic, George, the Celtics forwards, and one of Sabonis or Brogdon. On Fanduel I think you can easily get leverage by playing both Theis and Tatum in the same lineup since they’re in the same position. Start with 2 of Lou, Kuzma, and Rondo as value and enjoy playing anyone else you want. Good luck everyone!
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