Nine games on today's NBA DFS main slate and it is quite broken. The Sixers are sitting BOTH James Harden and Joel Embiid tonight. The Celtics will be without Marcus Smart and Robert Williams. Brandon Ingram is out, Josh Hart is out, Kyle Kuzma is out, Gary Trent is out and many more. All these players being out mean all the more value plays that are in.
Let's take a look!
Philadelphia 76ers
With James Harden and Joel Embiid ruled out tonight we take a good look at the value that will be coming off the bench either into a starting role or just bigger overall minutes in the rotation. Shake Milton sticks out to me the most here as he is essentially min price and figures to see a nice uptick in usage with Harden off the floor as the first guard off the bench. The likes of Georges Niang, Furkan Korkmaz and Danny Green may also see upticks in production. Defensive stud Matisse Thybulle has shown a bit of a scoring touch in his last game and would be a great option over on FanDuel and Yahoo where you get bonus points for blocks and steals.
Boston Celtics
No Robert Williams and no Marcus Smart should open the doors not just for the potential of Derrick White who will enter the starting lineup but also Payton Pritchard, Grant Williams and Daniel Theis will all likely see increased playing time in the Celtics rotation against the Thunder.
Washington Wizards
Kyle Kuzma is out of the lineup tonight against the Rockets in what is a great matchup for the Wizards. With Kuzma off the floor we likely see Rui Hachimura enter the starting lineup here but I am also a fan of Daniel Gafford, Deni Avdija and Corey Kispert who are all very affordable and will likely see usage and potentially even playing time increases.
Portland Trailblazers
Kris Dunn has been a great fantasy play over the past few games for Portland and with Josh Hart ruled out tonight and the rotation shortened I think Dunn should be a nice contrarian play off of the obvious 76ers value. Dunn has gone for 26, 24 and 31 fantasy points over the last three games.
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