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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New Orleans Pelicans at Atlanta Hawks
Vegas ATL -2.0
Total 238

Another day, another Anthony Davis questionable status. If AD is out, Randle would become one of my favorite DFS plays and I like his over points prop here with this very high point total. For the Hawks, I will be loading up on John Collins and Trae Young again and I like their props even better than Randle’s.

 

• Julius Randle over 23.5 PTS  to MAX 24.5 PTS
• Taurean Prince under 1.5 STL + BLK (min level)
• John Collins over 9.5 REB to MAX 11.5 REB
• Trae Young  over 9.5 PTS to MAX 10.5 AST

Milwaukee Bucks at San Antonio Spurs
Vegas SA -1.5 
Total 227

I like the under in a lot of the Milwaukee props as this is a potential scheduled rest game for the Bucks. Combined with the 4/6 over under format, I like playing this prop a lot. Meanwhile, for San Antonio, they have to go against one of the better defensive teams around. Give me the unders here on the Spurs.

 

• Brook Lopez over 2.5 STL+ BLK to MAX 3.5 STL +BLK
• DeMar DeRozan under 6.5 AST to MIN 5.5 AST
• Giannis Antetokounmpo under 12.5 REB to MIN 11.5 REB
• Khris Middleton under 2.5 3PM to 1.5 3PM
• LaMarcus Aldridge under 21.5 PTS to 19.5 PTS
• Eric Bledsoe under 15.5 PTS to MIN 14.5 PTS

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New York Knicks – 108 at Minnesota Timberwolves – 119 
Vegas MIN -11.0 
Total 227

There are still a couple big questions this afternoon about who is playing with Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns both questionable. I do like Wiggins a ton if he is in. My take on this over/under series is that if Wiggins plays, he will do well and if he is out, this series will be cancelled. If Wiggins and KAT are out, Saric becomes a solid value play, and I’ll take a shot on his over prop here. Deandre Jordan and Mitchell Robinson are somewhat correlated together. With DJ back, it puts a cap on Robinson’s production

• Mitchell Robinson under 3.5 STL+ BLK to min 2.5
• Dario Saric over 1.5 3PM to MAX 2.5 3PM
• Deandre Jordan over 11.5 REB to MAX 13.5 REB
• Andrew Wiggins over 15.5 PTS to MAX 17.5 PTS

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