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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DKFPPG = DraftKings Fantasy Points Per Game

DKFPPM =DraftKings Fantasy Points Per Minute

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Milwaukee at Phoenix: 

There is a pretty sizable spread here tonight between one of the best teams in the league (the Bucks) vs. one of the worst (the Suns). Depending on who plays, I like three of Giannis, Middleton and Bledsoe.  I liked Middleton and Bledsoe’s props a lot. Bledsoe, of course, returns to his former team and a city he was desperate to leave. I took the Booker under on a 2/3 prop (bottom right) as Milwaukee is a very solid defensive team. The Oubre and Johnson overs I did not particularly like, but they seem doable on this slate.

 

• Khris Middleton over 18.5 PTS to MAX 20.5 PTS
• Tyler Johnson over 3.5 AST to MAX 4.5 AST
• Devon Booker under 24.5 PTS to MIN 22.5 PTS
• Eric Bledsoe over 5.5 AST to MAX 7.5 AST
• Kelly Oubre Jr. over 1.5 STL + BLK (max I would go)
• Khris Middleton over 6.5 REB to MAX 7.5 REB

New Orleans at Utah: 

This game is the most interesting game for me to attack on MKF. Utah has the third-best paceup spot on the slate and the Pelicans have a poor defensive efficiency rating, so I am very interested in Utah for MKF and DFS.  Rudy Gobert is top 5 in projected DK points, while Donovan Mitchell is #3 in our And1 Rating chart, both according to the DFS Army Research Station.   Meanwhile, for the Pelicans, Elfrid Payton has at least 9 assists in his last six games and Julius Randle has only been under 21 points once in his last five games.

• Donovan Mitchell over 2.5 3PM to MAX 3.5 3PM
• Anthony Davis over 2.5 STL + BLK (max level)
• Julius Randle over 20.5 PTS to MAX 22.5
• Rudy Gobert over 13.5 REB to MAX 14.5 REB
• Rudy Gobert over 2.5 STL + BLK to MAX 3.5 STL+BLK
• Elfrid Payton over 6.5 AST to MAX 8.5 AST

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LA Clippers at LA Lakers:

Hard not to like a bunch of players h ere in the Battle of Los Angeles. LeBron is the top play of the night, while his former teammate Ivica Zubac looks to show up the Lake Show. There are a bunch of great plays as outlined in NBA Full Court Press.

This should be a fun game and I’ll have a lot of LeBron.

• LeBron James over 28.5 points to MAX 29.5 points
• Ivica Zubac over 7.5 REB to MAX 8.5 REB
• LeBron James over 9.5 REB to MAX 10.5 REB
• Lou Williams over 21.5 PTS to MAX 22.5 PTS
• Pat Beverly over 4.5 AST (max level)

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Those are your Fighting Five Props! Some are going to be commonplace, and some won’t.  These are players my research led me to and some will contain risk.  Your research may indicate you agree or disagree, and that’s ok….we discuss these things in our coaching channels nightly.  Good luck tonight!  Check the coaches picks for even more confidence in your plays.  And always consult all of the unlocked tools (including the Research Station) before lock!  And, if you are catching me on a #FreebieFriday, you are going to want to unlock those coaching channels by admitting……

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