DraftKings NBA Picks April 16

Finally! The NBA Playoffs are here, and we can play DraftKings NBA again! No more tanking. No more resting players. Teams are finally trying again, so it will have the feel of a December slate instead of April. Those were brutal!

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Yesterday’s Pacers-Cavs stack didn’t work. I still finished a little outside the cash line of 258.75.

The winning lineup had a solid 332.5 DraftKings points. He used Chris Paul and LeBron James and got bargain from Tony Parker, Joe Johnson and Greg Monroe. Can we construct something close to that?

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PG: Russell Westbrook ($13,800): Westbrook averaged 65.8 DraftKings points against Houston this year. By comparison, James Harden was at 50.8 against the Thunder this year. As far as fantasy goes, especially daily fantasy, Westbrook is far and away the MVP. It isn’t even close.

SG: Victor Oladipo ($5,700): Oladipo averaged 35 DraftKings points per game in four games against Houston this year. It mostly had to do with his rebounding and slightly elevated scoring. This is going to be a high scoring series, and I want a lot of exposure to this one.

G: Tim Hardaway Jr. ($5,600): This is a bit of a wild card since we really don’t know if the Hawks are going to go with the experience of Thabo Sefalosha and Kent Bazemore or the winning combination of Hardaway and Taurean Prince. Hardaway averaged 27.5 DraftKings points per game in 27 minutes. I still like his chances of hitting value.

SF: Andre Roberson ($4,000): Roberson picked up 27.1 DraftKings points per game against Houston this season. That is well above his posted value. Actually, it has been mostly Oklahoma City who has outdone themselves against the Rockets. That makes the Thunder the stack to have.

PF: Al-Farouq Aminu ($5,100): Aminu has averaged 29.5 DraftKings points in three games against the Warriors this year. Aminu’s skill set matches up pretty well with the Warriors, but his is about the only one that does.

F: Nikola Mirotic ($5,800): Mirotic has replaced Taj Gibson’s scoring up front and then some. He only played two games against Boston this year, but he picked up 55.25 DraftKings points in those two games. If the Celtics have a weakness, it’s at power forward. This is the place to play a Bull. They have done well against Jimmy Butler, though Rajon Rondo is an interesting revenge play in the playoffs.

C: Steven Adams ($4,400): Adams picked up 27.5 DraftKings points per game against Houston this year. Enes Kanter didn’t fare as well, so Adams is the guy to use in this case. Why not? We already have three of his teammates!

UTIL: Clint Capela ($5,600): Houston is not an inferior team to the Thunder. They are just a deeper and more balanced team. That leaves Capela as one of the few that has actually hit value against Oklahoma City this year. Capela has averaged 28.4 DraftKings points per game in just 22 minutes. It will be interesting to see how much Houston plays him. If he minutes go up, he could be a great value.

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