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Guard
Tomas Satoransky- Sato is not a huge per minute player, (0.84 DK PPM) but we don’t necessarily need that at only $3,600 in salary. Recently the Bulls moved Coby White to the bench, elevating Satoranksy to the starting lineup. He might not close the game if the score is close in the fourth quarter, but will still be locked into solid minutes at this low price. In the Bulls last game, he logged 26 minutes resulting in over 33 DK points. I won’t project him to shoot 50% from the field again, but even if we take a few buckets away, he is more that capable of beating his price tag.
Forward
Aleksej Pokusevski-I was extremely high on Pokusevski coming into last draft season, but I wasn’t even expecting him to come to the states and play right away. He struggled early this season for the Thunder, but has been great especially on the offensive end since getting recalled from the G League. Oklahoma City isn’t quite as thin as they were in their last game — when Poku smashed for 48 DK points — but we are still projecting him to start at PF and log over 30 minutes. The Thunder are clearly looking to evaluate their younger players as the season winds down, Al Horford is slated to rest tonight despite it not even being a back-to-back. Some might be worried about the return of other Thunder players tonight, but Poku is cheap enough still for me to build around in my main lineup on DK.
Center
Moses Brown- Our last building block today is Poku’s teammate, Moses Brown. The one place that the Thunder are still thin is big men, both Darius Bazley and Al Horford are out tonight and it doesn’t seem like OKC wants to give heavy minutes to Mike Muscala. Brown started at Center on Sunday and churned out 23 DK points in 24 minutes while battling foul trouble. This is a much stronger matchup vs a Bulls team that struggles with big men, and even if he only hits mid-20’s in minutes that should be enough at his price tag.
Note: As mentioned above, the theme of today’s article is value and plugging these three in will allow you to spend up on whoever you want.
Written by Ben Hossler (Follow @BenHossler on Twitter)
