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 26th
Today’s injury situations
DET – Bruce Brown -Questionable
MIN – Karl Anthony Towns – Questionable
NYK – Marcus Morris – Questionable
WAS – Moe Wagner – OUT
WAS – Rui Hachimura – OUT
WAS – Davis Bertan – OUT
WAS – Iaiah Thomas – OUT
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Shabazz Napier $3,300 / $4,700
Today we start with a Draftkings specific play as Napier is priced at just $300 above the minimum on Draftkings. He has played 29, 20 and 21 minutes in his last 3 games and he has scored 35.50, 18.50 and 23.50 fantasy points. For just $3,300 he’ll give you a lot of wiggle room in your lineup on this slate. The matchup is a solid one vs the Kings should be fast-paced and if he can get 25-30 minutes again I think he can pay off this cheap price tag very easily.
BRING IT BACK?
On the flip side of this game, on the Kings side, Marvin Bagley is just too cheap, priced at only $5,300 as he works his way back from injury. He’s been playing right around 25 minutes but I’ve got to think he’ll get off this minutes restriction soon. In his last 3 games, he has scored 30.75, 32.25 and 19.50 fantasy points. For just $5,300 on DK he’s just too cheap in this matchup even with a minutes cap.
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Garrett Temple $5,800 / $4,300
The above plays were focused on Draftkings, while, Temple is a much better play on Fanduel tonight. His price is just $4,300 on Fanduel compared to $5,800 on Draftkings so get your exposure on Fanduel tonight. Temple has been solid for the Nets with Kyrie Irving and Caris LeVert out of the lineup he’s really stepped his game up. In his last 3 games he has played 39, 34 and 39 minutes and he has scored 41.7, 22.6 and 19.5 fantasy points. His last game was a big one, with 41.7 fantasy points, but, we should expect him to be closer to 25 or maybe 30. He’s a solid value play that is getting a ton of minutes in a real solid matchup against the Knicks so he fits the “free square” classification for me tonight.
BRING IT BACK?
Knicks point guard Elfrid Payton has been very solid recently. He just came back from an injury on 12/5/19 and it’s taken him a while to get going but he seems to finally have it all worked out. In his last 2 games he has played 30 and 27 minutes and he’s scored 35.4 and 37 fantasy points in those games. He’s only priced at $5,400 on Fanduel and $5,300 on Draftkings tonight so he’s a solid value option on both sites.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander $6,700 / $6,700
We just got word that Danilo Galinari will be OUT tonight for the Thunder. This will open up some more opportunities for Shai Alexander tonight vs the Grizzlies. Shai has been on fire recently and in his last 3 games he has played 34, 36 and 38 minutes and he has scored 47.25, 44.50 and 40.25 fantasy points. The Grizzlies are not a great defensive team and the Thunder are implied to score about 5 more points than their season average tonight. With Gallo off the floor this is a real solid spot for Shai at a very reasonable price on both sites.
AND 1 Top 3’s today
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Andre Drummond leads the slate today with a 25.0 AND1 Rating in his matchups against the Wizards. 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
Derrick Rose
Spencer Dinwiddie
SG – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Bradley Beal
Donovan Mitchell
SF – Tim Hardaway
Markieff Morris
Harrison Barnes
PF – Blake Griffin
Kristaps Porzingis
Marvin Bagley
C – Andre Drummond
Rudy Gobert
Steven Adams
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