NBA DFS Building Blocks: Aaron Gordon Potentially Denver's No. 1 Option

While playoff football certainly takes center stage on Sunday, the NBA has a nice four-game slate beginning at 8 p.m. ET on DraftKings. Using Stokastic’s NBA DFS projections, let’s take a deeper dive into the player pool to discuss the top NBA DFS building blocks for both DraftKings and FanDuel. Be sure to check out the Stokastic NBA DFS & Fantasy Basketball home page, where you can find fantasy basketball picks and analysis for each slate of games.

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NBA DFS Building Blocks Today: Sunday, January 22

Core Play of the Day — Aaron Gordon: Oklahoma City Thunder-Denver Nuggets

Stokastic’s Preliminary Point Projections: DraftKings: 36.41 | FanDuel: 35.98
Stokastic’s Preliminary Rostered Projections: DraftKings: 45.40% | FanDuel: 48.70%
DFS Salary: DraftKings: $6,400 | FanDuel: $6,800

With back-to-back MVP Nikola Jokic questionable to miss his second straight game with a hamstring injury, it should come as no surprise that Aaron Gordon is a core building block for tonight’s slate. Averaging a respectable 32.1 DraftKings points per game, Gordon sees a huge bump in his rates with Jokic off the floor, and he couldn’t ask to be in a better spot matched up with the Thunder. Gordon is making a hard push to be a Western Conference All-Star, and he has had his way against Oklahoma City this year, averaging 46.35 DraftKings points in two meetings with the Thunder. He would be a strong play in this spot even if Jokic were to play, so with Jokic likely to miss a second consecutive game, he’s arguably the top overall play on the slate.

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Brooklyn Nets-Golden State Warriors

There is a lot to like on both Brooklyn and Golden State this evening. On the Brooklyn side, Kyrie Irving is on fire right now, and he remains one of the top plays on the slate even as his price tag continues to rise on both DraftKings and FanDuel. Coming off his best game of the season, Irving should be feeling good about himself after dropping 48 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and four steals as he single-handedly halted the Nets’ three-game losing streak. Nicolas Claxton also looks good in this spot, but even with Kevin Durant out, Brooklyn starts and ends with Irving.

For the Warriors, Anthony Lamb is questionable, but other than that, Golden State enters this game relatively healthy as they return home from a five-game road trip. After sitting Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins last time out against the Cavaliers, the Warriors definitely have the rest advantage in this spot, and they come home to a really good matchup against the Nets.

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Final Thoughts on NBA DFS Picks Today

There are only eight teams on the main slate tonight, so while there will be news leading up to lock, it should be easy enough to handle. Be sure to check out Stokastic’s Starting Lineups page to see who is in and who is out on tonight’s slate.

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Matthew Belman

Matt Belman graduated from Tulane University with a degree in Consumer Behavior. He has been playing and analyzing DFS full time since 2018. He has qualified for the 2023 DraftKings NBA World Championship (5x), the 2023 DraftKings MLB World Championship (2x), the 2023 FanDuel MLB World Championship (2x) and the 2023 DraftKings NFL World Championship. You can find him on X at @fantasytipsmatt.