Welcome back to the Fantasy Alarm NBA DFS Value Vault! It is Monday and we have a monster 11-game slate to kick-start the week! There aren’t as many value plays as I would have thought at first glance for today, but I did find some ones that I really like before we get the news later on today! Let’s take a look!
DRAFTKINGS
1.) Dillon Brooks SG/SF (MEM) $5,600 –
Brooks has been on fire as of late, and particularly on the road. Brooks has put up 41, 37.5, 11.5 (only 20 mins vs LAC), 34.5, and 35 DraftKings fantasy points over his last five-game road stretch. For that stretch, he sits second on the team in usage rate at 24.7%, behind only Ja Morant (29.1%). Brooks has also taken at least 15 or more shot attempts in four of five and grabbing at least one steal in all five games to boot. The Nuggets are decimated at the guard position with another one going down in Will Barton just a couple days ago. Let’s ride the hot hand at a decent price here on Brooks.
2.) Delon Wright PG/SG (SAC) $5,000 –
Everyone loves a little revenge narrative against the former team and that is exactly what we get here with Wright hosting his former team in the Mavericks in Sacramento tonight. With De’Aaron Fox on the shelf, it has allowed Wright to be the direct back-up to starting PG in Tyrese Haliburton. Wright saw 27 minutes last night in the first game without Fox and managed 26.0 DraftKings fantasy points while scoring seven points, grabbing six boards, dishing five dimes, and swiping two steals. Wright has topped 26 fantasy points in four of his last five contests, with three of those reaching at least 28 or more fantasy points.
3.) Daniel Gafford C (WAS) $3,900 –
Draftkings is still not respecting this man’s upside potential with their pricing and for that reason – we thank them. This Wizard’s rotation of Big men can be frustrating at times, but with Gafford still mis-priced on DraftKings, he has to be in consideration. Gafford played 27 minutes last night, his most since joining the Wizards, and this resulted in another positive outcome for the impact player. Gafford scored 12 points, grabbed six boards, dished two assists, added four swats, and four swiped steals in route to 38.5 DraftKings fantasy points on the night. Gafford has now reached 38 or more fantasy points in two of his last three games.
FANDUEL
1.) Tyrese Haliburton SG (SAC) $6,100 –
Can’t help but love this price on Haliburton over on FanDuel as he is still rather cheap ($6.8K on DK). Haliburton played 37 minutes in his first start at PG with Fox on the sideline and put up 24 actual, with three rebounds, eight assists, and a steal in route to 41.6 FanDuel Fantasy points. Tonight, he gets the Mavericks at home and we should likely see a similar outcome. Haliburton led the team in usage rate for last night’s game at 26.8%. It’s always nice to have a little piece of the late-night hammer and this game has a decent total sitting at 224 currently.
2.) Kevin Huerter SG (ATL) $5,900 –
A pivot (or 2nd SG on FanDuel) to play off from Haliburton here is Huerter for tonight against the Pistons. Let’s face it, this Pistons backcourt has not been getting it done against opposing PG/SGs. Huerter, although mildly inconsistent at times, has picked up quite an up-tick in role and usage with the absence of Trae Young . Huerter has played 30 or more minutes now in nine of his last ten contests, while also putting up 28 or more FanDuel fantasy points in eight of those ten to boot. He is contributing in multiple categories and has recorded 11 total steals and two blocks over his last five game span. He should continue to have a heavy work-load with Young out and Bogdan starting at the PG spot.
3.) Raul Neto PG (WAS) $4,500 –
Don’t care what happened last night with Neto, and I hope everyone jumps off the ship with his down game against the Cavaliers (only managed 20 fantasy points). He still played 28 minutes in the start once again, making his third-straight start and has put up 19.7, 31.3, and 34.6 FanDuel fantasy points in those three starts. He once again should get another start here tonight against the Spurs at home, and while his price rose a bit on DraftKings to $5.2k, I don’t think we can ignore his price on FanDuel at $4.5K tonight against the Spurs with him recording at least 14 actual, an average of 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game for that span of starts.