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.

PlayerFanDuelDraftKingsComments
DeWanna Bonner, G, PHO$8,500$12,000 
Brittney Griner, F, PHO$8,000$10,200For 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$10,600Liz 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$10,500We 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$8,200As 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$5,700She'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$7,000Danielle 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$5,100Mitchell 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$7,100She 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$4,200She'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$4,400Wright 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$9,200The only guards on the slate who are averaging more fantasy points than Cloud are DeWanna Bonner, Courtney Williams and Jewell Loyd. Cloud had 36 fantasy points Tuesday despite 3-11 shooting. She is second in the WNBA in assists and only the Dream are allowing more assists to opponents than the Storm.
POSFanDuel Cash$POSFanDuel GPP POSDraftKings Cash$POSDraftKings GPP$
GTanisha Wright$3,900GKia Nurse$4,700GBriann January$5,700GDeWanna Bonner$12,000
GLeilani Mitchell$4,700PivotLeilani Mitchell$4,700GLeilani Mitchell$5,100GKarima Christmas-Kelly6000
PivotKia Nurse$4,700GTanisha Wright$3,900PivotTanisha Wright$4,400PivotTanisha Wright$4,400
GDanielle Robinson$4,900GNatasha Cloud$6,900FChiney Ogwumike$8,200FBrittney Griner$10,200
PivotKarima Christmas-Kelly$4,800FBrittney Griner8000FNneka Ogwumike$9,700FNneka Ogwumike$9,700
FChiney Ogwumike$7,100PivotNneka Ogwumike$7,900FElena Delle Donne$10,500FChiney Ogwumike$8,200
FLiz Cambage$7,800FLaToya Sanders$5,500PivotNatasha Howard11600UTILMarina Mabrey3800
FElena Delle Donne$7,600FAlysha Clark$6,100UTILBrittney Griner$10,200PivotTierra Ruffin-Pratt$5,400
FSancho Lyttle$4,000FMercedes Russell$4,900Pivot