NBA Post Season Nuggets vs Lakers Draftstars DFS Captain Contest Preview and Projections for April 21, 2024
Last updated: Apr 20, 2024, 11:57PM | Published: Apr 20, 2024, 8:57AM
Draftstars Australia's NBA Post Season Nuggets vs Lakers DFS Captain Contest kicks off at 10:40am AEST on April 21, 2024, and Fantasy Insider has crunched the numbers for every player in the game to help you make winning line-ups.
An accurate Draftstars cheat sheet is a must for NBA fantasy players. This DFS preview aims to help you in building your fantasy teams for Draftstars' NBA contests or even enhancing your season-long fantasy line-ups on April 21 and beyond.
Fantasy Insider, renowned for its world-class DFS tools and projections since 2015, employs the same machine learning models as Stats Insider to come up with some of the most reliable DFS projections available.
With the best NBA fantasy insights and DFS strategies from Fantasy Insider, you're set to win in more NBA fantasy contests.
Cheat Sheet and Projections
We've reviewed players from each team to help you make the best selections on Sunday's slate.
| Selection | Player | Salary | Proj. Pts | Pts/$1K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stud | Nikola Jokic (DEN) | $22,830 | 68.1 | $3 |
| Stud | Anthony Davis (LAL) | $18,890 | 64.1 | $3.4 |
| Value | Anthony Davis (LAL) | $18,890 | 64.1 | $3.4 |
| Value | Aaron Gordon (DEN) | $11,950 | 36.4 | $3 |
| Fade | LeBron James (LAL) | $20,700 | 49.1 | $2.4 |
| Cheapie | Rui Hachimura (LAL) | $9,990 | 30.2 | $3 |
According to Fantasy Insider's DFS model, our "studs" are the highest projected scorer across the slate, while "value" picks provide the most "bang for your buck," meaning they are expected to perform well relative to their salary.
Conversely, a "fade" is a player considered to offer lower value for money, based on their expected score relative to their salary. For those needing to stay under the salary cap, "cheapie" options refer to the best value players at lower price points not already mentioned.
In fantasy sports, understanding value—assessing a player's potential output against their salary—is crucial, as players scoring high relative to their cost are key in crafting the optimal line-up.
The "Pts/$1K" metric shows the predicted points for every $1,000 of a player's salary. A higher number indicates better value, making it easier to spot players who could outperform their cost.
Captain Contest Tips
Sunday's NBA Post Season Nuggets vs Lakers contest is a Captain Contest, in which you generally pick one captain and five other players The captain scores 1.5x the usual number of Draftstars points, but they also cost 1.5x their usual salary.
You may want to consider players with a high ceiling, such as Nikola Jokic and Anthony Davis, who can score big points and make the most of that 1.5x multiplier. They may be expensive, but if they go big, you go big too.
Alternatively, if you want to spread your funds around your line-up, you could choose player who you think is good value, with our model liking Anthony Davis as a potential value option. Choosing a value pick as captain gives you more points per dollar spent, which could help you spend your budget more wisely.
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As with all NBA DFS contests, whether you start with our studs or build around our value picks, leveraging Fantasy Insider's data-driven NBA fantasy news and strategies, combined with your own research, can enhance your chances of winning in the NBA Post Season Nuggets vs Lakers slate. The unique insights here can give you an edge when you make your NBA DFS line-ups.
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