We have a four-game slate Friday, and by some fluke of the schedule, all of the best forwards are playing. With that in mind, there is absolutely no reason to pay for someone who like Sylvia Fowles who has a hard matchup. You can fade the most expensive players and still field an awfully strong lineup.
With that in mind, I’m mostly spending down at guard to pay for the second tier of forwards. There are a couple of expensive guards I like, but I’m mostly avoiding the mid-tier guards. One or two will go off, but good luck guessing which ones.
Player | FanDuel | DraftKings | Comments |
DeWanna Bonner, G, PHO | $8,500 | $12,000 | |
Brittney Griner, F, PHO | $8,000 | $10,200 | For as good as the Sparks are up front, they are undersized. No team has allowed more rebounds per game than the Sparks, and Griner should be able to take advantage. |
Liz Cambage, F, LVA | $7,800 | $10,600 | Liz Cambage broke through with 25 minutes and 38 fantasy points at New York Sunday, but I am concerned she will fail to reach either of those milestones if this game is a blowout. |
Elena Delle Donne, F, WAS | $7,600 | $10,500 | We know a big game is coming, and at home against Seattle, the Mystics just might need her to have a big game. At the very least, we know she is safe and reasonably priced. |
Chiney Ogwumike, F, LA | $7,100 | $8,200 | As I stated on Friday's WNBA DFS podcast, there is no good reason Chiney Ogwumike should cost so much less than her sister. Chiney's season averages are brought down because she struggled when Maria Vadeeva played, but she has been just as good as her sister, and even more consistent, since. |
LaToya Sanders, F, WAS | $5,500 | $8,000 | |
Briann January, G, PHO | $5,200 | $5,700 | She's averaging 23.0 fppg on DraftKings agianst teams other than the Lynx, which is even more impressive when you consider three of those games were on the road. January is more safe than Leilani Mitchell, and she doesn't cost much more. |
Danielle Robinson, G, MIN | $4,900 | $7,000 | Danielle Robinson isn't quite as safe as the looked at the start of the season, but she has scored at least 20 fantasy points on DraftKings in five of her seven games this season. At her price, it's hard to find anyone to trust more than her. |
Karima Christmas-Kelly, G, MIN | $4,800 | $6,000 | |
Leilani Mitchell, G, PHO | $4,700 | $5,100 | Mitchell has been a bit inconsistent, but I think playing her first home game will help. She has played at least 24 minutes in every game this season, and she has at least five assists in each of her last two games. |
Kia Nurse, G, NY | $4,700 | $7,100 | She has played at least 30 minutes in three of her last four games, including 31 minutes against the Aces Sunday. She had 39.75 fantasy points against Minnesota, which is completely unheard of. She might turn into a pumpkin, but at her price, she is worth rolling the dice. |
Sancho Lyttle | $4,000 | $4,200 | She's never going to rack up huge fantasy points, but she's the cheapest forward you can trust. She has played at least 12 minutes and scored at least 10 fantasy points in her last three games that weren't against Minnesota, and that's not nothing. |
Tanisha Wright, G, NY | $3,900 | $4,400 | Wright has played at least 18 minutes and scored at least 15 fantasy points in each of her last two games, and there is a decent chance that continues with Bria Hartley away for Eurobasket. She could also get some more run in a blowout, which we expect this game to be. |
Natasha Cloud, G, WAS | $6,900 | $9,200 | The only guards on the slate who are averaging more fantasy points than Cloud are DeWanna Bonner, Courtney Williams and Jewell Loyd. Cloud had 36 fantasy points Tuesday despite 3-11 shooting. She is second in the WNBA in assists and only the Dream are allowing more assists to opponents than the Storm. |
POS | FanDuel Cash | $ | POS | FanDuel GPP | | POS | DraftKings Cash | $ | POS | DraftKings GPP | $ |
G | Tanisha Wright | $3,900 | G | Kia Nurse | $4,700 | G | Briann January | $5,700 | G | DeWanna Bonner | $12,000 |
G | Leilani Mitchell | $4,700 | Pivot | Leilani Mitchell | $4,700 | G | Leilani Mitchell | $5,100 | G | Karima Christmas-Kelly | 6000 |
Pivot | Kia Nurse | $4,700 | G | Tanisha Wright | $3,900 | Pivot | Tanisha Wright | $4,400 | Pivot | Tanisha Wright | $4,400 |
G | Danielle Robinson | $4,900 | G | Natasha Cloud | $6,900 | F | Chiney Ogwumike | $8,200 | F | Brittney Griner | $10,200 |
Pivot | Karima Christmas-Kelly | $4,800 | F | Brittney Griner | 8000 | F | Nneka Ogwumike | $9,700 | F | Nneka Ogwumike | $9,700 |
F | Chiney Ogwumike | $7,100 | Pivot | Nneka Ogwumike | $7,900 | F | Elena Delle Donne | $10,500 | F | Chiney Ogwumike | $8,200 |
F | Liz Cambage | $7,800 | F | LaToya Sanders | $5,500 | Pivot | Natasha Howard | 11600 | UTIL | Marina Mabrey | 3800 |
F | Elena Delle Donne | $7,600 | F | Alysha Clark | $6,100 | UTIL | Brittney Griner | $10,200 | Pivot | Tierra Ruffin-Pratt | $5,400 |
F | Sancho Lyttle | $4,000 | F | Mercedes Russell | $4,900 | Pivot | | | | | |