Mitchell Thoennes 
Welcome back for tonight’s NBA GPP Picks 4/26 where we have a huge eleven-game NBA slate to break down. The first thing we notice looking at this slate is that we have two stars questionable in Luka Doncic and Joel Embiid. That isn’t including guys like Kristaps Porzingis, Tobias Harris, and Dennis Schroeder all being questionable as well. This all makes for Discord Chat being an extremely important place to be tomorrow up till lock. Our WinDaily family will be in there to help you adjust to this slate as it changes. Let’s get into today’s pick to help you take down a GPP!
In today’s article, I will be using DraftKings pricing to select my two top players at each position using a GPP/Tournament mindset.
Bombcarlo’s NBA GPP Picks 4/26
Point Guard
Tyrese Haliburton – ($6,800)
Last night without Fox, Haliburton had a 26.6% usage rate while leading the team in shots taken at 20. He played 37 minutes and scored over 40 fantasy points in his start. The rookie sees a 6.7% usage increase without Fox and Bagley that results in a fantasy point per minute. The Mavericks could be without several players tonight especially on the front end of a back-to-back. I believe Wright, and Hield could be other selections.
Theo Maledon – ($5,300)
When taking off all the players out for OKC we get Maledon with a 6.3% usage increase to a 25.2% usage rate. That is good for second on the team behind only Darius Bazley. Maledon is averaging .85 fantasy points per minute with all these guys out. The 76ers may sit several players with Simmons also already ruled out. He has 8x ceiling left in this price as he just went for nearly 40 last time out.
Shooting Guard
Paul George – ($9,600)
With Kawhi, Luke Kennard, Ibaka, and Beverley off the court George is seeing a 36.7% usage rate and scoring 1.4 fantasy points per minute. The matchup here is great against the fourth-worst defensive team this season. In seven of the last eight games without Kawhi, George has scored more than 50 fantasy points including three 60-point games. This matchup will allow George another 50+ fantasy point night.
Shake Milton – ($4,900)
The 76er’s have Tobias Harris and Joel Embiid coming into this game questionable and Ben Simmons ruled out. With Simmons off the floor, Milton has a usage rate of 28.1% and averaging .92 fantasy points per minute. A fantastic matchup here as the Thunder have been the fifth-worst defensive team and the third quickest team over the past ten games.
Small Forward
Tim Hardaway Jr. – (4,300)
They say Luka is a 50-50 to play tonight with the Mavs on the front end of a back-to-back. Dallas has Porzingis and Josh Richardson listed questionable as well. Hardaway has had usage of over 22% in six straight games his shot just has not been falling. He is at a reduced price from where we saw him a month ago and will surely benefit from any of those three being ruled out. Let’s not forget the Kings are the worst defensive team in the NBA this season.
Power Forward
Anthony Davis – ($9,400)
Davis played 28 minutes last game but struggled to find his Rythm shooting 5-19. His minute restriction should be lifted in time for a great matchup. Over the past ten games, the Magic have given up the second-most fantasy points to power forwards and rank dead last in defensive rating. The Laker star had a 39% usage rate last game and he is at a reasonable price with Lebron absent.
Bojan Bogdanovic – ($6,400)
We just saw the Jazz and Wolves play when Bogdanovic played 38 minutes to score 42 fantasy points. I can easily see that happening again since the wolves rank third-worst in defensive rating and play at the fourth-fastest pace. That last game was much lower scoring than expected and Bogdan still put up these numbers. His usage without Mitchell is 25%, good for second on the team averaging just under a fantasy point per minute.
Center
Joel Embiid – ($10,200)
When Ben Simmons is off the court Embiid sees a 6.2% usage increase making his usage an absurd 43%. An average of 1.84 fantasy points per minute to go along with that should be enough to put him in. He is starring at a dream matchup against OKC who has given up the fourth-most fantasy points to centers this year. The Philly big has gone for 60 fantasy points in three of his last five games as long as he is healthy fire him up.
Jarrett Allen – ($7,000)
First off, this is the cheapest that Allen has been in well over a month. Today he gets a good positional matchup against the Raptors who have given up the fifth-most fantasy points to centers. The Cavs played Toronto a little over a month ago where Allen scored 39 fantasy points. I like that his minutes have been up to 33 and 34 in the past two games too.
Closing Bombcarlo’s NBA GPP Picks 4/26
It is a large slate tonight for NBA GPP Picks 4/26. This eleven-game slate that looks as if it should have tons of value will be high scoring too. I will be crossing off two games to start. Those two will be PHO vs NYK and LAL vs ORL unless Schroeder guys ruled out for LAL. We have a fun slate ahead of us with many injuries and tons of stars to play. Don’t forget to check out our projection models to help you select the top point per dollar value plays. Good luck with tonight’s slate.
