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 🇺🇸 December 13th
Milwaukee Bucks
If Giannis plays, this following paragraph is irrelevant, so just move onto the rest of the article *shrug*
The Bucks are listing Giannis Antetokounmpo as Questionable again here today so we have to approach our roster builds with two possible scenarios today. If Giannis is out, we can go right back to the Eric Bledsoe, Kris Middleton and Ersan Ilyasova value we targeted on Wednesday when Giannis was out. These three put up solid games on Wednesday against the Pelicans and they will be in a prime spot vs the Grizzlies to do the same tonight if Giannis is out again. Bledsoe and Middleton had 30% usage rates on Wednesday and Ilyasova dropped a huge 36.75 score.
GPP Pivot?
Kendrick Nunn should get an increased workload tonight for the Heat with Goran Dragic and Justise Winslow both sitting out vs the Lakers. The matchup is not ideal as the Lakers are a good Defensive team but the opportunities will be there for Nunn to put up a big score. Nunn has played 42+ minutes in back to back games and he’s scored 52.50 and 25.75 fantasy points. So his range of outcomes is pretty high, but, that’s fine in GPP’s. We’ll be playing him over Bledsoe strictly as an Ownership pivot, not truly because he’s a “better play” on this slate.
If you’re playing cash, just play Bledsoe, if you wanna play Bledsoe in GPP’s, that’s fine too, just be different somewhere else.
Tyus Jones $3,700 / $4,300
Ja Morant is out tonight for the Grizzlies so Tyus Jones will probably find his way back into the starting lineup. When he was starting a few games back, he was playing between 25 and 30 minutes per game and scoring around 25 fantasy points per night. At just $3,700 he’s a great value on Draftkings and not quite as good on Fanduel at $4,300.
His teammate De’Anthony Melton is getting some lover across the industry as well and for good reason. In the last stretch of games without Morant, Melton played 22, 24 and 29 minutes and scored 35.75, 32.75 and 28.75 fantasy points. That stretch of games may lead to him being higher owned that Tyus Jones tonight so keep an eye on that.
Whichever player is going to be lower owned is the player I will target in my GPP builds tonight. Right now I’m thinking Jones will be the lower owned of these two.
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Mike Scott $3,000 / $3,600
Al Horford is out again for the Sixers tonight so Mike Scott will probably get another start here against the Pelicans. He started last game for Horford and played 28 minutes, and scored 22.50 fantasy points. He’s dead minimum on Draftkings at $3,000 and only $3,600 on Fanduel so he’s a great salary saving option tonight that will help you jam in another STUD somewhere else in your lineup.
Others we can target for value tonight
Derrick Jones Jr
He should get plenty of run with all the injuries in Miami today.
Marquese Chriss and Omari Spellman
The Warriors are dealing with a ton of injuries today as well and these two should pick up some extra minutes against the Jazz
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AND 1 Top 3’s today
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Joel Embid leads the slate today with a 20.6 AND1 Rating in his matchups against the Pelicans. 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 – Malcolm Brogdon
Ben Simmons
Russell Westbrook
SG – James Harden
Donovan Mitchell
Lou Williams
SF – Giannis Antetokounmpo
Paul George
Tobias Harris
PF – Kawhi Leonard
Domantas Sabonis
Anthony Davis
C – Joel Embiid
Karl-Anthony Towns
Rudy Gobert
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