NBA Notes and Plays 3/12 by xBenJamminx
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Here is an overview for today’s slate
(Pricing is for Fanduel)
I’m now listing my favorite plays first, and using a rating system to say if a play is elite or a shot in the dark.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 is 5 stars and one of my top plays
🔥 is 1 star and a shot in the dark play
*Note* There are plenty more players I could name, but these are the guys I consider most likely to make my lineups. Just because I don’t mention someone it doesn’t mean they are a bad play.
Pace Up Matchups
SAS @ OKC +6.1
SAC vs OKC +3.4
MEM vs MIL +2.0
MIA @ POR +1.5
Vegas Totals (Team Total)
OKC (112) vs SAC (99.5) – 211.5
HOU (111.5) vs SAS (99.5) – 211
POR (108) vs MIA (101) – 209
MEM (99) vs MIL (106) – 205
Rest
1 Day
MIA, OKC, SAS
2 Days
MIL, POR
3 Days
POR
3rd game in 4 nights
HOU (B2B), MEM
It’s important to note that this slate in my opinion is very GPP oriented. I’m not going to be focusing on cash at all. I may be using players that could be considered cash viable, because I still like to have some safety interwoven among my lineups but I take a more boom/bust approach for upside.
I’ll explain how I do that but I generally create a larger player pool, then within that pool I decide who are my favorites. So this is the player pool and I’m going to try and have exposure to all these guys but can guarantee I’ll have every player that is at least 3+ 🔥 and will most likely have everyone else, though I can’t guarantee that part.
This is a slate where I think you need to have reasonable exposure to a lot of the players on the board because there’s so many different injury and blowout possibilities that may come up.
PG
Core Plays
Russell Westbrook $12,100 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Damian Lillard $9,500 🔥🔥🔥
Eric Bledsoe $7,500 🔥🔥 *Update* Downgrade with Brandon Jennings available
Secondary Plays
Goran Dragic $6,500 🔥🔥🔥
Dejounte Murray $6,300 🔥🔥
Value
De’Aaron Fox $5,700 🔥🔥🔥
Tyler Johnson $4,900 🔥🔥🔥
Tony Parker $4,000 🔥
Long Shots
Xavier Rathan-Mayes $3,600 🔥
SG
Core Plays
James Harden $11,200 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Buddy Hield $5,700 🔥🔥🔥
CJ McCollum $7,300 🔥🔥🔥
Secondary Plays
Bogdan Bogdanovic $5,800 🔥🔥
Khris Middleton $7,000 🔥🔥
Eric Gordon $5,500 🔥🔥
Value
Ben McLemore $5,000 🔥🔥🔥
Kobi Simmons $4,000 🔥🔥
Danny Green $4,300 🔥🔥
Wayne Ellington $4,000 🔥🔥
Long Shots
Garrett Temple $3,800🔥
Sterling Brown $3,800🔥
SF
Core Plays
Giannis Antetokounmpo $11,900 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Paul George $8,800 🔥🔥🔥
Secondary Plays
Kyle Anderson $5,600 🔥🔥🔥
Josh Richardson $5,900 🔥🔥
Value
Corey Brewer $3,800 🔥🔥🔥
Justise Winslow $5,000 🔥🔥🔥
Dillon Brooks $5,200 🔥🔥
Long Shots
Rudy Gay $4,400 🔥🔥
PF
Core Plays
Kelly Olynyk $5,100 🔥🔥🔥
James Johnson $4,600 🔥🔥🔥
Secondary Plays
JaMychal Green $6,200 🔥🔥
Carmelo Anthony $5,800 *Moreso if Steven Adams Sits* 🔥
Value
Ed Davis $4,500 🔥🔥🔥
Davis Bertans $4,400 *Moreso if Pau Gasol Sits* 🔥🔥
Jerami Grant $4,000 *Moreso if Steven Adams Sits* 🔥
Long Shots
Bam Adebayo $3,500 🔥🔥
C
Core Plays
Pau Gasol $6,000 🔥🔥🔥
Steven Adams $7,200 🔥🔥🔥
Marc Gasol $7,800 🔥🔥
Secondary Plays
Jusuf Nurkic $6,000 🔥🔥🔥 *Pivot from Pau*
Willie Cauley-Stein $7,200 🔥🔥
Clint Capela $7,200 🔥🔥
Value
Kosta Koufos $4,500 *Moreso if Willie Cauley-Stein Sits* 🔥🔥
Long Shots
Tyler Zeller $3,700 🔥
