NBA DFS Today: Gems with Ghost & Adam 4/9

We only have three games tonight as the NBA season is just about to wrap up and get us into the playoffs. Tonight’s slate is not one that has any teams that need to play hard, which could lead this one to be a tricky slate. Motivations are in question but there is still money to be made in the NBA DFS Today: Gems with Ghost & Adam 4/9!

Question 1: “Which approach are you taking when building a single lineup? Stars & Scrubs, Balanced, Game stack, etc.?”

Ghost: Balanced; the only studs on this slate are Paul George and Ja Morant, who makes his return to the Grizzlies lineup after a lengthy absence. 

Adam: You really don’t have a choice but to go mostly balanced because on DraftKings, there is no player over $10,000 and Paul George is only $9,300. It’s possible Ja Morant plays but there’s no telling how many minutes he’d play with nothing for the Grizzlies to achieve. At least with George, he’s facing Sacramento and is still logging 30 minutes to get into playing shape. 

Question 2: “Which stud is a lock for you on this slate?”

Ghost: Paul George.

Adam: Paul George. 

Question 3: “Which stud are you most likely to fade in a single-entry contest or be underweight on in 150-max?”

Ghost: George is a priority over Morant, but you can’t go wrong with either one.

Adam: That’s really not an option today given the slate context, but Morant would be the closest to fitting the bill. 

Question 4: “If you had to pick one star and one value play to be in the winning lineup, who would they be and why?”

Ghost: Zach Collins grades out tremendously well in my model as a value play, while both George and Morant are tied for the top-scoring player on the slate.

Adam: Zach Collins. The Spurs are sitting a lot of their starters once again and that includes Jakob Poeltl so Collins is in line for big minutes at just $4,500 tonight against a Warriors team that struggles with big men from time to time.  

Question 5: “Give us a hot take for tonight’s slate.”

Ghost: Jordan Poole drops 25/5/5 en route to a Warriors route of the Spurs.
Adam:Paul George hits six 3-pointers and scores over 30 points tonight even if he’s not required to play more than 30 minutes.

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