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DraftKings NBA picks December 15: Embiid’s playing the Nets!

By Mike Marteny

FanDuel NBA: PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 20: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers celebrates a three point shot against the Orlando Magic at Wells Fargo Center on October 20, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)
FanDuel NBA: PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 20: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers celebrates a three point shot against the Orlando Magic at Wells Fargo Center on October 20, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images) /
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DraftKings NBA Small Forwards:

Best Bets:

Even if LeBron plays, I’m still not using him. This feels like an A.D. game against the horrendous Atlanta front. Honestly, the best part about the upper tier of SF is that you can use both Simmons and Hield here if you run out of guard spots and still want to use more guards.

Honorable Mention:

This is a great matchup for Tobias Harris, and despite all of the talent on this team, Harris continues to put up strong numbers for the price. Harris has at least 40 DraftKings points in four straight and six of the last seven games.

Finally we have a middle teir that is loaded. Will Barton is on one of his hot streaks again. The Knicks are dominated up front though, so I feel like this is more a Jokic than Barton game, but I can still see Will hitting 5x value.

Draymond is back, and with the way the Warriors are running him, I’m tempted to use him again. Evans did play well in his stead, so we may see that eat into Draymond’s minutes. I will likely leave this alone tonight, but Draymond is almost worth using on defense alone.

Dark Horses:

It’s rare that you see someone with the upside of Bogdan Bogdanovic in this tier, but he has not been a huge part of the offense since his return. Bogdan is still running good minutes here, so I just feel like he could go off again at any time.

There is still value potential with Matisse Thybulle and Mike Scott if Horford is out again. Richardson is stll on a minutes limit, but Thybulle has done almost nothing in his 28 minutes per game that he’s still getting since Richardson’s return. We need value someone, but this doesn’t feel like a good place to chase.

Damion Lee and Jacob Evans both played very well with Draymond out. Well, this team isn’t just going to sit Draymond, so now what? My guess is that they will either ride the hot hand, or they will take the minutes from Robinson. Hell, the latter could happen regardless of if they are planning it or not. Lee and Evans are both much better offensive players.