The NBA DFS Deep Dive is the primary in-depth daily fantasy basketball article, and it will be free this season. The goal of this article isn’t just to give you a few plays to plug into your lineup, but to dig a little bit deeper into why projections may (or may not) like certain players. Hopefully after reading this article, you’ll have a better feel for the slate as a whole. Combining the context from this article with the raw data that is available in our Boom/Bust tool, Projections and Ownership Projections should allow you to build strong lineups and make the best NBA DFS picks on DraftKings and FanDuel for any format.
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NBA DFS Picks: DraftKings + FanDuel Picks | April 4
Note: With a four-game slate, it makes sense to use the game-by-game format for this week. If you have any questions after reading the article, feel free to DM me in Slack at tmcb74.
Memphis Grizzlies at Philadelphia 76ers (-2.5) 224.5
Memphis Grizzlies
The Grizzlies come into Philadelphia for a game that Vegas likes for a (generally) mid-range total — which stands as the highest on this slate — and a tightly contested affair. The Grizzlies are a frustrating DFS team given their spread of minutes in the average game. Awesemo has only Ja Morant projected for more than 30 minutes, and the team tends to allocate run in the low 20s or high teens to numerous role players. When everyone is healthy and active this becomes a bit of a challenge for DFS purposes.
With a low-for-him salary of just $6,800 on FanDuel, Morant stands out as the top option on the team, and a strong NBA DFS pick at point guard on the blue site. Morant costs $7,600 on DraftKings, a massive price difference from site to site and against a lower cap, but he still has appeal in Awesemo’s boom/bust and optimal lineup metrics on a small slate. He is averaging 1.10 fantasy points per minute across all situations for the season, and there is not much reason to expect less. In fact, many expected more from Morant this year, and there should be significant room for upside at the FanDuel price. If Joel Embiid does not play, the Philadelphia defense is somewhat diminished and Morant will have an easier time getting to the rim. Morant has averaged 19.3 real points on 27.6% usage across his 31.6 minutes per game for the season. That usage should push a higher scoring total, but Morant does contribute a 42.4% assist rate to the equation as well. He does not add much through rebounding, but there is reason to believe in the possibility of a big game from Morant tonight.
Would it be fair to skip the rest of the Grizzlies at this point? If making a few additional selections from this team, the primary options are mostly obvious names. Kyle Anderson has a 12.4 real point per game scoring average that is uninspiring. He adds a 22% rebounding rate and a 23.8% assist share that help his stats overall. When Anderson is at the right price he is worth rostering for the discounted production. On this slate, he is at a fair price and relatively expected ownership on the FanDuel slate, while he comes in slightly underpriced and under-owned on DraftKings, making him the second-best play on this team for that site.
Dillon Brooks is the second ranked member of the Grizzlies by Awesemo’s optimal-lineup rate metric for the FanDuel slate. He has produced 0.90 fantasy points per minute across all situations this season. He adds significant utility on the DraftKings slate through his eligibility at small forward and shooting guard, and should be rostered with some regularity but not as a primary option. Brooks is second on the team, seeing 25.9% usage for the season, turning it into 16 real points in about 30 minutes per game. He contributes next to nothing in the peripheral counting stats, and will need to score the ball to be relevant.
Big man in the middle Jonas Valanciunas is worth consideration on a four-game slate. When there is only one center per lineup on FanDuel, he is strongly in the mix at a relatively flat position. On DraftKings he is potentially relevant as well, but costs more from site to site. Valanciunas has put up 1.30 fantasy points per minute through the season, and is projected for 28.7 minutes in Awesemo’s afternoon update. He is second on the team in scoring with a 16.2 point per game average, while he adds 12.5 rebounds (44.4%) and 1.3 stocks per game. There is some upside to be squeezed, particularly if his ownership slips.
The balance of the lineup is a miasma of mediocrity. The team can roll out any of Grayson Allen, Brandon Clarke, De’Anthony Melton, Desmond Bane, Xavier Tillman or Tyus Jones for up to or above 20 minutes tonight. Each of them could gain relevance with a mid-20s run, but the most likely candidates based on Awesemo’s minutes projections are Clarke and Allen.
Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Kyle Anderson $5,600; Ja Morant $7,600
Top FanDuel NBA DFS Picks: Ja Morant $6,800; Dillon Brooks $5,400; Jonas Valanciunas $7,600
Philadelphia 76ers
The Sixers are likely to be without Joel Embiid on the second night of a back-to-back, as he gradually works his way back from injury. There is a relatively long sample of how this team performs without Embiid, though the disappointing numbers from Ben Simmons during his teammate’s absence are likely more happenstance than they are revelatory. Simmons has produced just 1.14 fantasy points per minute through the season without Embiid on the floor, .02 lower than his rate for the full season with Embiid.
Simmons costs just $7,500 on FanDuel, which is simply too low for a player of his quality; on the other site he is at a far more appropriate $8,900. He does add utility through eligibility at guard and forward, but he is more of a mix-in option on the slate than he is a mandatory piece of the puzzle. On FanDuel Simmons has a 31.4% optimal-lineup rate compared to the 9.2% he comes up with on DraftKings. With a 24.5% usage rate without Embiid, and some capable teammates to pick up his assist share, Simmons looks like a killer play today.
Joining Simmons atop the Sixers usage in Embiid’s absence is Tobias Harris, who slots in above Simmons with a 28.0% usage rate. He has produced in the situation all season long, putting up a solid 1.25 fantasy points per minute, compared to a 1.14 mark for the season. Harris costs just $7,900 at power forward on FanDuel, that is underpriced for the situation, and it makes sense to load up on the play at the spot on that site. On DraftKings Harris slots in at both forward spots, but costs $8,400, pushing him into that same mix-in range where Simmons is.
The balance of the Sixers roster fits into the mid-range for today’s slate. With capable scorers and willing shooters who contribute fantasy points with some regularity on the roster, there could be upside in getting to additional shares of players like Seth Curry and Danny Green. Without Embiid, Green averages 0.82 fantasy points per minute, while Curry is at a 0.72 mark. Green is the player in that duo who makes a jump, Curry’s mark is around his season average. They are both GPP dart throws on the slate tonight at mid-range pricing.
Dwight Howard will pick up minutes in the middle in Embiid’s absence. He is projected for 24 minutes in Awesemo’s latest update. Howard is priced down on FanDuel with just a $5,800 salary for this opportunity; he costs $6,200 and is less relevant on the DraftKings slate, though there is room for upside. Howard produces 1.18 fantasy points per minute without Embiid this season and is the team’s leader in rebounding, while he does an effective job of protecting the rim.
Backup Mike Scott and rotation pieces Matisse Thybulle and Shake Milton could be low-owned bargain bin plays on both sites. Neither stands out for exceptional upside in the situation, but both are capable of hanging up decent scores that could parallel a higher-owned play for less money in our GPP entries.
Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Ben Simmons $8,400; Tobias Harris $8,400
Top FanDuel NBA DFS Picks: Ben Simmons $7,500; Tobias Harris $7,900
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Golden State Warriors at Atlanta Hawks (-1) 229
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Atlanta Hawks
The Hawks got good news in the middle of the day on Sunday, Trae Young moved from questionable to off the injury report entirely, and seems likely to play tonight based on that designation. Stay tuned for anything heading into lock, of course. With Young on the court, the Hawks present fewer extreme value options than they could have for this slate, though they will be without several key players, including John Collins, De’Andre Hunter, Cam Reddish and Kris Dunn. They look like a reasonable team to roster, however, in the game with the slate’s highest total on the board. Both sides of this contest will offer something for NBA DFS, hitting the bullseye on who that will be is the trick.
Young is a dynamic scorer who can light it up from anywhere on the court on any given night. He averages 25.5 real points in 34.4 minutes per game, though he needs 31.6% of the team’s usage to get there. Young adds a 52.9% assist share, but just a 12.1% rebounding rate, making him dependent on his scoring and that of his teammates to get there for us. Against a relatively low salary on FanDuel, Young is in play, though he is getting significant public attention. On DraftKings at $9,500, he loses some of his upside and looks like a less optimal point guard play, though he will remain over-owned.
Kevin Huerter stands out atop Awesemo’s boom/bust tool with a $5,000 salary on both sites. He is projected for 32.4 minutes and should be able to pay off a relatively low salary, though he has underproduced in 306 minutes with just 0.70 fantasy points per minute with this set of teammates off the floor this season. Huerter sees an average 18.9% usage share in the situation and will need to make some three-point attempts to stay relevant.
Clint Capela should stand out at the center spot on both sites given the absence of several members of the frontcourt in Atlanta, and his recent performance. Over the team’s most recent 10 games, Capela has posted 15.2 real points in 30.5 minutes per game, needing just 19.9% usage. He adds a stellar 47.6% rebounding rate and an average of three stocks per game in the sample. Capela has significant upside in this matchup, though he will be very popular on both sites. He is priced up to a justifiable ceiling for this slate, but still looks well worth consideration. Getting to at least around the field’s ownership seems advisable.
Bogdan Bogdanovic and Danilo Gallinari would be so much easier on the NBA DFS community if they were just one guy. Bogdanovic and Gallinari produces 0.89 fantasy points per minute across all situations this season, no matter how you slice them. Though in this specific situation of missing teammates, it is Bogdanovic who jumps to 1.0 fantasy points per minute, while Gallinari stretches to just 0.92. At a far lower price on FanDuel, Gallinari stands out as the better option, though it is Bogdanovic who is coming up negatively leveraged by the field. On DraftKings where they are closer in salary at $5,400 for Gallinari and just $6,600 for Bogdanovic, the latter looks like a slightly stronger play. Bogdanovic picks up utility through his guard and forward eligibility, where Gallinari despite the lower cost, can be rostered at both forward spots, but not guards. Ultimately both players are on the board as mix and match pieces with minor upside.
Speaking of minor upside, Lou Williams is on the slate at $4,800 on FanDuel and a way-too-high $5,500 on DraftKings. Awesemo expects him for about 20 minutes tonight, making it extremely unlikely that he will pay off the price on either site. He joins teammates like Tony Snell and Solomon Hill as mix-in level afterthoughts on both sites.
Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Trae Young $9,500, Kevin Huerter $5,000; Clint Capela $8,800
Top FanDuel NBA DFS Picks: Trae Young $8,700; Kevin Huerter $5,000; Danilo Gallinari $4,900; Clint Capela $9,000
Golden State Warriors
The Warriors are slight favorites despite potentially being without Draymond Green again tonight. Green scratched post-lock the other night, making him a favorite among NBA DFS players this week. He remains questionable in the late afternoon and will likely be news worth monitoring immediately prior to lock. Hopefully it holds for the night, as Green’s status will have an impact up and down the Warriors’ lineup.
The obvious and easy name from the top of the board with this team most nights is Stephen Curry. At juts $9,000 and $9,800, FanDuel and DraftKings are simply disrespecting Curry at this point. He has posted 1.37 fantasy points per minute across all situations this season, a tick up from his 1.36 mark last year. Curry is dramatically underpriced, and he produces at the same level with and without Green on the floor. Fire with both barrels on this play on both sites.
Assuming Green plays, Awesemo has him projected for 33.1 minutes and he looks like a strong option who may go under-owned for the spot, considering the questionable tag. Green has put up 1.01 fantasy points per minute across all situations this season, and he looks better on DraftKings where he can be rostered as a power forward or center, and costs just $6,500. That is too low for the player, putting the top two options on the Warriors at a discount on the site.
If Green sits, Kelly Oubre can be expected to produce at about the same rate he has through most situations this season, though he takes a minor dip to 0.91. Oubre appears appropriately owned by the public on both sites for the situation with Green playing, and that will likely trend into negatively leveraged territory if Green sits. Oubre has averaged 14.9 real points in 30.5 minutes per game this season, on a 21.4% usage share. That mark spikes to 22.1% with Green out, suggesting there is some upside available if that situation presents itself.
Andrew Wiggins is another potentially relevant play from the Warriors tonight. Wiggins has put up 0.96 fantasy points per minute through the season, down from his 1.06 mark last year. He averages 18.2 real points per game, second on the team, but contributes just a 16.5% rebounding rate and a 12.8% assist percentage. Both of those marks need to improve for Wiggins to become a reliable NBA DFS option on slates where he is priced up. He will be in play tonight given the potential absence of Green, and the price is somewhat right at $7,600 on FanDuel and $8,000 on DraftKings. If he remains positively leveraged against the field, there is good reason to get to Wiggins on this slate.
Rookie center James Wiseman is the last relevant member of the Warriors. Wiseman has had a roller coaster rookie season, putting up 0.99 fantasy points per minute in unreliable stretches. In 340 minutes without Green, Wiseman has put up 0.93 fantasy points per minute, so his teammate’s absence could hurt his overall upside. Wiseman is in play for the price, coming in at $5,100 on DraftKings and a fair $4,800 on FanDuel. He carries risk and is a GPP only option on both sites.
The balance of the Warriors are in the mix and match range, though there could be added utility for players like Kevon Looney and Kent Bazemore.
Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Stephen Curry $9,800; Draymond Green $6,500 (Q); Kelly Oubre $6,800; James Wiseman $5,100
Top FanDuel NBA DFS Picks: Stephen Curry $9,000; Draymond Green $7,200 (Q); Kelly Oubre $6,000; Andrew Wiggins $7,600
New Orleans Pelicans at Houston Rockets (+5.5) 222.5
New Orleans Pelicans
The visiting Pelicans could end up even worse off than the home Rockets in the injury department in this one. The team has multiple key players listed as questionable for the game, while the Rockets at least know where things stand with their anemic roster. For NBA DFS purposes, this game could be a bonanza of scoring upside if the stars from the Pelicans play, or value if they do not.
If Zion Williamson goes he will be the best player on either team and one of the better options on the entire slate on either site. Williamson slots in at $9,700 in the power forward role on FanDuel, while he is a $9,300 power forward or center on DraftKings. His per-minute production has spiked this season, with Williamson climbing from last year’s 1.21 mark to a 1.29 with upside for more. Over the team’s most recent 10 game stretch, Williamson has averaged 30.4 real points in 33.7 minutes per game, putting up just a 21.7% rebounding rate alongside it. If the rebounding ever takes a leap, the sky is the limit for fantasy production. Williamson is already a willing passer, coming in with a nice 20.9% assist percentage and he adds 1.7 stocks per game — another mark that should climb as he develops further in the future. Williamson needs only to take the court to be extremely relevant for NBA DFS purposes tonight.
In the absence of Lonzo Ball and the ineptitude of Eric Bledsoe, Nickeil Alexander-Walker has taken center stage with his scoring upside and three-point acumen. His 0.97 fantasy points per minute in situations without Ball and guard Josh Hart are suggestive of upside, though the pricing is beginning to catch up with the player, Alexander-Walker is no longer a bargain at $6,500 on FanDuel and all the way up at $7,000 on DraftKings.
Bledsoe will also be in play given his $5,800 salary on the blue site, while he is less appealing for $6,300 on DraftKings. The minutes will be there, and Bledsoe has produced as recently as last season, when he had 1.12 fantasy points per minute across all situations. This year he is down to a meager 0.77 mark. He will need to do far more to carry a fantasy lineup tonight, though absence of teammates could lead to that opportunity.
Center Steven Adams has some upside at just $5,000 on FanDuel and $5,300 on DraftKings. He slots into the optimal lineup at a reasonable rate on both sites, having produced 0.87 fantasy points per minute across all situations this season, though that mark stands at just 0.67 without Williamson on the court in a 192 minute sample. Adams is a GPP upside center, but there are better options on the board for reliability.
If Brandon Ingram plays he will be on the board as a mix-in option, he is fairly priced on both sites for his 1.12 fantasy points per minute, though he seems less than likely to play given his questionable tag and the injury to his foot. The same can be said for Ball, who has been out for the long-term and would have only minor relevance if he manages to make it back for this one.
The balance of the Pelicans lineup is filler at the mix-in level, though Jaxson Hayes has minor value for his $4,100 price at the center spot on DraftKings.
Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Zion Williamson (Q) $9,300; Nickeil Alexander-Walker $7,000; Steven Adams $5,300
Top FanDuel NBA DFS Picks: Zion Williamson (Q) $9,700; Nickeil Alexander-Walker $6,500; Eric Bledsoe $5,800
Houston Rockets
The Rockets will be without two of their primary scorers again, with John Wall, Eric Gordon both out. This leaves Christian Wood and Kevin Porter Jr. as the primary NBA-relevant names, though there are a few DFS-relevant plays on the slate on both site to parse through as well.
Wood is the clear standout play from this team on both sites, and he is among the best options on the slate. He is a power forward on FanDuel and a center on DraftKings, the positioning on the blue site gives him far more value, he is simply the top FanDuel play and a fundamental building block on that site despite the heavy ownership. Wood has 1.28 fantasy points per minute through all situations this season, though that drops to 0.99 in 136 minutes without this set of teammates. Wood is second overall on the team in usage at 26.1% for the season, third at 25.1% in this situation. That should be plenty of room for him to hit his upside at fair pricing given the 35.1% rebounding rate that helps Wood pad his stats.
Porter is the usage leader in this situation, seeing 26.3% and putting up 0.94 fantasy points per minute in 182 minutes. Porter has been a dynamic producer for the Rockets in his brief stint, averaging 15.5 real points, though he needs to score given the lack of substantial peripheral stats. There should be every opportunity for that to happen tonight, and Porter seems like a strong go-to option on both sites given what is a discounted price for the situation.
Rostering Jae’Sean Tate in this situation could have value, which is a surprise given the $6,400 price on FanDuel and $6,200 mark on DraftKings. Tate has put up 0.84 fantasy points per minute through the season and he will be active in this one, with a 33.3 minute projection from Awesemo. For the season, Tate has contributed a 21.2% rebounding rate and averaged 10.5 real points per game on minimal usage. Tate has little room for upside, but could be a solid plug-in option for around his median projection on a four-game slate.
Rostreing either Danuel House or Sterling Brown is viable tonight, though both are risky GPP only plays. House is uncomfortable at best given the 0.71 fantasy points per minute he has bullseyed each of the last two seasons. There is a bit of upside for the price and the projected minutes, but there is plenty of history of this player going pop in all the right situations, the House play is not for the faint of heart. Brown is similarly shaky, coming in with 0.71 fantasy points per minute across all situations, up from 0.63 last season. In this situation he has produced just 0.56 fantasy points per minute across 271 minutes this season.
Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Christian Wood $8,600; Kevin Porter Jr. $6,900; Danuel House $4,600; Sterling Brown $4,300
Top FanDuel NBA DFS Picks: Christian Wood $8,000; Kevin Porter Jr. $6,000; Danuel House $4,600
Orlando Magic at Denver Nuggets (-16.5) 213
Orlando Magic
Just a nightmare of a game. The Magic are bringing in a Civil War field hospital of a roster tonight, with nine players listed on the injury report. The team is yet to announce the status of center Mohamed Bamba, forward Otto Porter, guard Michael Carter-Williams, forward Khem Birch and more. For a team largely comprised of replacement level players at this point, this is bordering on the absurd, but could create value and opportunity for NBA DFS purposes.
Based on Awesemo’s most recent run of projections, Dwayne Bacon should be among the more relevant names from the Magic tonight. That is the degree to which this squad is banged up. Bacon averages 0.66 fantasy points per minute across all situations this season, but he is projected for 29.6 minutes and has reasonable upside for a significant amount more than that. He is the team’s leading scorer over their last five games, putting up 15.6 points per game. Bacon has minor upside at $5,200 on FanDuel, though that is mostly evaporated by the time he hits the $5,900 he is priced up to on DraftKings. He will have plug-in utility for around his median projection given the pricing on both sites. Do not skip him, but expect a ceiling game is unreasonable for the money. The leverage scores for the play on both sites is interesting, as are the marks for most of the currently questionable Magic.
If Carter-Williams plays, he is projected for around 27 minutes and he could be useful to lineups. Carter-Williams has produced 0.84 fantasy points per minute through all situations this season, though with this set of teammates he is likely to need to do a bit more. Similarly in an if he plays situation, center Bamba looks like a standout value play on the DraftKings slate for his $4,600 price. Bamba averages 1.22 fantasy point per minute in the right situation, though he is only projected for 20.7 minutes tonight, making it a risky GPP play with solid upside and extreme leverage.
Another player who is more than willing to do his share, and that of others, is frequent shooter Terrence Ross, who has led the team in usage at 26.7% over their last three games. This has resulted in 15.3 points per game and a 29.5% field goal percentage (16.7% from three) over the stretch for the hot and cold shooter. If Ross’ shot is falling he can rack up fantasy points in a hurry, when it is going like this it can get cold awfully fast.
Chuma Okeke is tied with Bacon atop the team’s scoring list over the last five games, and outpaces him with a 14.0 scoring average to Bacon’s 11.7 over the team’s three most recent contests. Okeke has a 21.1% rebounding percentage and a 25.0% assist rate over the stretch, adding to the appeal, though he does not stand out given the pricey salary on FanDuel, nor does he pop against a lower mark on DraftKings, where he is at least slate-relevant as a mix-in option.
James Ennis and Wendell Carter Jr. are appropriately priced for their roles and their respective 0.74 and 1.07 fantasy points per minutes. Of the pair, Carter is the far more interesting. He has is seventh on the team with just a 19.6% usage rate while leading them with 17 points per game over the team’s last three contests. He adds 10 rebounds and 2 stocks per game, padding his counting stats nicely, though there is not apparent upside for the cost.
The balance of this roster is best left behind.
Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Dwayne Bacon $5,900; Mo Bamba (Q) $4,600
Top FanDuel NBA DFS Picks: Dwayne Bacon $5,200; Mo Bamba $5,200
Denver Nuggets
The bottom line with the Nuggets tonight is that they are massive favorites against a team that would likely lose to either of the teams in the NCAA final this year. The Nuggets will have no problem dispatching this Orlando squad and their roster of usual suspects are all in play.
Nikola Jokic needs no introduction. He is the extreme spend-up option on this slate on both sites and is deserving of the salary given his whopping 1.57 fantasy points per minute. Jokic has a 26.5 point per game average to go with his 40.3% assist share and 34.3% rebounding percentage. He is just a dominant offensive player who does everything right for both real basketball and NBA DFS. Jokic can be rostered with confidence wherever he can be afforded, though there is some relevant thought toward blowout potential in this one.
In his three games with the Nuggets, Aaron Gordon has averaged just 16.1% usage, contributing 14.8% of the team’s rebounds and 15.7% of their assists in his 28 minutes per game. This has translated to 0.92 fantasy points per minute in his 82 minutes with the team, down from his 1.02 for the season prior to joining the club. Gordon has the skillset to do more for the team, but he is an interesting fit and appears to be finding his way. In the team’s most recent game, Gordon started and played most of the game alongside Jokic, seeing 38.7 minutes, his most since joining the team. In that contest, Gordon managed 14 real points, six rebounds and six assists, along with five stocks in a standout performance. There is reasonable expectation of that type of upside for the player if he is getting extended run in the starting unit. Gordon has proven to be a reliable NBA player and producer of fantasy points throughout his career, and playing alongside a star like Jokic should provide him the opportunity for some easy buckets, both through the attention Jokic draws and through playing with a running mate who has that extreme ability to distribute the ball. Gordon is a strong option at the power forward spot on FanDuel and a standout who can be rostered at either forward position on the DraftKings slate.
Michael Porter Jr. has put up 1.03 fantasy points per minute across all situations this season, and has been lighting it up from behind the three point line. shooting 51.0% from deep over the team’s last 10 games. Porter Jr. has a perfect skillset to play alongside this group of teammates, and he is projected to have a relevant scoring night on both sites. The only issue is that he is coming in at a very appropriate price at this point. If getting Porter for a few hundred less, he would be one of the leading plays on the slate. At these prices, he is largely a mix-in option.
Guards Will Barton and Jamal Murray are at different pricing tiers, but present similar metrics on the boom/bust tool and can be taken as an either/or proposition to some degree. Barton has averaged 0.79 fantasy points per minute across all situations this season, while Murray is at a 1.01 mark that equals his output from last year. Both players are in for their usual complement of minutes but are appropriately priced and do not pop in any of our metrics as anything more than mix-in values. There is limited upside in both, as they are quality NBA players, but it is largely capped by the pricing.
The balance of the Nuggets lineup can be viewed as skippable or minor mix-in plays for small shares of ownership, barring any significant news.
Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Nikola Jokic $10,700; Aaron Gordon $6,400; Michael Porter Jr. $7,400
Top FanDuel NBA DFS Picks: Nikola Jokic $10,800; Aaron Gordon $6,800; Michael Porter Jr. $7,200
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