Welcome to the DFS Army NBA Free Squares article, where I will try to break down my favorite NBA Free Squares and Fanduel and Draftkings for Today’s NBA slate.
So what is a Free Square exactly? In DFS we define the Free Square as a player to build your lineups around. Generally, this player represents the closest we can find to a sure thing for the slate.
This column is all about trying to identify the free square for a particular slate. Often times, this will be a low-cost player who is thrust into a starting role and sure to make or exceed value. The type of player that allows us to load up the rest of our lineup with high salary studs. Occasionally it will be a high priced stud in a great spot. Each slate we will take a look at three or four players which represent great value on the day’s slate of games and choose the one which best represents the top value and floor play to earn the title of the slates Free Square
My NBA Free Squares for Today 🇺🇸 November 18th 🇺🇸
Today we get a solid 9 game Monday slate to tip off the week today. Currently, the highest implied team totals belong to the Bucks (119.25), the Rockets (119) and the Clippers (115.5). While the three lowest totals belong to the Hornets (103.25), the T’Wolves (103.25) and the Cavs (103.75).
(prices shown are Draftkings / Fanduel)
🇺🇸 Aaron Holiday $5,500 / $4,100
The Pacers are dealing with a ton of injuries today, with Malcolm Brogdon already being ruled out, and currently, they are listing Jeremy Lamb and Domantas Sabonis as questionable. With Brogdon out, Holiday is a great play even if Lamb and Sabonis end up playing. Holiday is priced at 5.5k on Dk and only 4.1k on FD. He’s a better play on Fanduel because of the price, but I still like him on both sites. He’s been playing really solid over his last 3 games, playing 33, 28 and 31 minutes and scoring 29, 26 and 30.5 fantasy points. The Nets allow 14% more fantasy points to Point Guards than the league average so this is a solid spot here tonight. He should get close to 30 minutes again in this game tonight and if Lamb is out he’s an even better play.
🇺🇸 Rondae Hollis-Jefferson $4,700 / $4,400
With Serge Ibaka out again for the Raptors, we should get some solid minutes from RHJ tonight vs the Hornets. He’s priced at 4.7k on DK and 4.4k on FD tonight so I like him slightly better on Fanduel, but, he’s definitely in play on both sites. He has played 25, 26 and 29 minutes in his last 3 games, and he has scored 16, 35.75 and 28.25 in those games. The Hornets give up 4% more fantasy points per game to the Power Forward than the league average, so he should be a solid source of value for us on this good sized Monday slate.
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Nicolas Batum $4,300 / $3,600
Batum came back from injury last game and played 29 minutes against the Knicks. He only scored 3 real points but he stuffed the stat sheet everywhere else grabbing 9 rebounds and dishing out 6 assists to go with 1 block and 1 steal. His talent level far exceeds this price tag today, especially on Fanduel where he is only priced at $3,600. The matchup against the Raptors is not ideal, as they allow 2% fewer fantasy points per game to Small Forwards than the league average. That being said, Batum’s price is just too cheap to ignore today, I could see him hitting 10x this salary on Fanduel tonight if he gets 30 minutes again.
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AND 1 Top 3’s today
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Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the slate today with a 25.6 AND1 Rating in his matchups against the Bulls. Check out the Rest of the Top 3 at each position below. Mix in the Free Squares with these guys below when you build your lineup this evening.
PG – Luka Doncic
Russell Westbrook
Mike Conley
SG – James Harden
Donovan Mitchell
Lou Williams
SF – Giannis Antetokounmpo
Pascal Siakam
Paul George
PF – Kawhi Leonard
Jayson Tatum
Julius Randle
C – Rudy Gobert
Brook Lopez
Marc Gasol
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