It’s football Sunday!  Now that I’m done pretending to conduct the NFL Redzone theme song in my living room, I’m intrigued by this NBA slate.  Why not drown in DFS today?  Diving in!  Let’s do this using the cheat sheet format, with preferred players (in all formats) in GREEN and preferred tournament options in GOLD.  These are the players I’ll have nearly locked in my lineups, with the non-highlighted names being peppered in here and there.

FYI: I play primarily on FanDuel, so that’s worth considering when you look over my picks, as some of them are related to the new blocks, steals scoring etc.

Implied team totals as of 2PM EST:

GS: 120.5
DEN: 113.75
PHO: 109.5
POR: 109.5
LAL: 108.75
MIN: 108.25
TOR: 107.25
CHI: 107
MIA: 105.5
WAS: 102.75
DET: 102.25
IND: 100.5

Confirmed Inactives & Situations to Monitor:
WAS: John Wall, Sheldon Mac
TOR: Delon Wright, Norman Powell
IND: Glenn Robinson III
MIA: Okaro White, A.J. Hammons, Rodney McGruder
GS: Kevin Durant
DEN: Tyler Lydon
PHO: Tyson Chandler, Jared Dudley, Alan Williams, Davon Reed, Brandon Knight
POR: Al-Farouq Aminu, Wade Baldwin, C.J. Wilcox
LAL: Larry Nance Jr.
MIN: Cole Aldrich, Justin Patton
CHI: David Nwaba, Nikola Mirotic, Cameron Payne, Zach LaVine
DET: Jon Leuer

EARLY SLATE PLAYS

Tim Frazier
Bradley Beal
DeMar DeRozan
Otto Porter Jr.
O.G. Anunoby
Jonas Valanciunas
Kyle Lowry
Fred VanVleet
Thaddeus Young
Domantas Sabonis
Josh Richardson
Bojan Bogdanovic
Victor Oladipo
Hassan Whiteside
Goran Dragic
Dion Waiters
James Johnson

MAIN SLATE

PG

Stephen Curry
Spencer Dinwiddie
Reggie Jackson
Jeff Teague
Lonzo Ball
Tyler Ulis
Jamal Murray
Emmanuel Mudiay

SG

Klay Thompson
Devin Booker
Avery Bradley
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Andrew Wiggins
Denzel Valentine
Kris Dunn
Justin Holiday
Gary Harris
Will Barton
Jordan Clarkson

SF

Jimmy Butler
T.J. Warren
Allen Crabbe
DeMarre Carroll
Wilson Chandler
Brandon Ingram
Omri Casspi
Andre Iguodala

PF

Draymond Green
Tobias Harris
Trevor Booker
Taj Gibson
Lauri Markkanen
Paul Millsap
Kyle Kuzma

C

Andre Drummond
Nikola Jokic
Robin Lopez
Karl-Anthony Towns
Greg Monroe
Alex Len
Brook Lopez

This post will be updated as news/lineups emerge, and as I continue to research the slate.  Come back frequently to check for updates! 

Good luck.

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