Hi there! I’m Aaron/AFriedman15 (@AFriedman15DFS)  and this is Friedman’s Fighting Five, where I will include 5 of my favorite plays from the new Prop site and DFS Army Partner Monkey Knife Fight, using information from the DFS Army NBA Research Station (RS),  NBA WOWY, and other sources. I will also offer slate commentary based on DraftKings and DK pricing.   Some days, when there is a smaller slate, there will be fewer picks.  I will generally list them in order of personal preference. My research is focused around DK and the DK Research station, so keep that in mind. Players may be viable to varying degrees at the other sites as well. I will generally try to write Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Weekends, but I may have some spare time on other days as well.

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San Antonio at Brooklyn: 

The Spurs continue their roadtrip visiting the Brooklyn Nets.  Yesterday, I wrote about Aldridge’s drastic home/road split, so I am going right back there, attacking the under on his point prop (also will bet this on myBookie).  Playing their 3rd game in 4 days, I am fading the Spurs in general, and I will play the under on Rudy Gay too here. Meanwhile, on the Nets side, D’Angelo Russell and Jarrett Allen rate as some of our top plays of the day. I love this spot for D-Russ. The Spurs are terrible against the mid-range shot and D-Russ is one of the most prolific mid-range shooters in the league.  I am taking the under on Crabbe, as the Nets are at full strength except Dinwiddie, so 3 3PM feels like a lot here.

• Rudy Gay under 15.5 points to MIN 13.5 points
• Ed Davis under 8.5 rebounds to MIN 7.5 rebounds
• LaMarcus Aldridge under  22.5 points to MIN 19.5 points
• Jarrett Allen over 8.5 rebounds to MAX 9.5 rebounds
• D’Angelo Russell over 6.5 assists to MAX 7.5 assists
• Allen Crabbe under 2.5 3PM to MIN 1.5 3PM
• Rudy Gay under 1.5 steals and blocks (MIN level)

Milwaukee at Chicago: 

I am very interesting in this game for DFS purposes with Giannis doubtful for Milwaukee and Porter and Dunn doubtful for the Bulls. This will create rather large roles for Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkenan. I love LaVine’s over prop here. Meanwhile, tonight is the first game for Nikola Mirotic and getting 8 rebounds feels like asking a lot here, especially if he comes off of the bench. I do like Bledsoe in DFS, but 7 assists still feels like a lot. In the last game Giannis missed, Bledsoe had 5 assists and he is only averaging 4.6 assists in February and 4 in three games against the Bulls.

• Zach LaVine over 22.5 points to MAX 24.5 points
• Nikola Mirotic under 7.5 rebounds to MIN 5.5 rebounds
• Eric Bledsoe under 6.5 assists to MIN 4.5 assists
• Brook Lopez under 2.5 3PM to MIN 1.5 3PM

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Sacramento at Minnesota: 

KAT will return to action following his concussion and he is #2 in projected DK points and #2 in our proprietary And1 Rating on our Domination Station. On the Sacremento side, from a DFS perspective, I really like this spot for Marvin Bagley and D’Aaron Fox, so conversely, I like Cauley-Stein under props here. Jeff Teague is questionable to, which will put more on Wiggins here, who has been playing very well.

• Andrew Wiggins over 16.5 points to MAX 18.5 points
• Willie Cauley-Stein under 7.5 rebounds to MIN 6.5 rebounds
• Buddy Hield under 3.5 3PM to MIN 2.5 3PM
• De’Aaron Fox over 1.5 STL + BLK to MAX 2.5 STL+ BLK

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