The NBA DFS picks Sunday will have more importance when the Los Angeles Clippers take on the Denver Nuggets for a Showdown Slate. Fantasy players everywhere are looking to get an edge, with the Paul George–Kawhi Leonard DFS projections at nearly a deadlock entering the anticipated matchup. Let’s take a look at the DFS rankings for LA’s two brightest stars and see which has more value on the showdown slate.
Kawhi Leonard-Paul George NBA DFS Picks
Per Stokastic’s expert DFS rankings, Kawhi Leonard ($9,600 on DraftKings Sportsbook) projects at 41.40 fantasy points, second behind MVP favorite Nikola Jokic (61.31 points) on the slate. Paul George ($9,000) projects for 38.98 points. Stokastic has Leonard rated as a slightly higher-value play than George despite the higher price.
Leonard comes into Sunday night’s matchup averaging 22.7 points per game, 6.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists. He poured in 44 points in the high-scoring 176-175 2OT loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. George has averaged 23.5 points per game with 6.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists. He had 34 points in Friday’s thriller.
The Kings game also gave NBA fans the first opportunity to see how George and Leonard would mesh with the newly-acquired Russell Westbrook. Despite his struggles with the Los Angeles Lakers, the veteran point guard did enough for fans to wonder if moving to the other side of town could prove to be a better experiment.
Westbrook played 39 minutes in his Clippers debut, scoring 17 points with a game-high 14 assists.
“It’s about what I imagined,” George said of Westbrook’s Clippers debut, per Sports Illustrated’s Farbod Esnaaahari. “The reason why I was high on Russ on this team.”
George and Westbrook have maintained a close relationship since their days as teammates with the Oklahoma City Thunder, with PG13’s lobbying playing a role in bringing Westbrook to the Clippers. But make no mistake, this is still Kawhi Leonard’s team, and he projects as the best option on the Clippers when looking at the best NBA DFS picks.
