DraftKings NBA picks January 25: Money can buy Love

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Kyle O’Quinn #9, Ben Simmons #25, and Matisse Thybulle #22 of the Philadelphia 76ers (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /

DraftKings NBA Small Forwards:

If you don’t use LeBron or Ben Simmons, you’re left with Tobias Harris in a horrible matchup as the next best option. I would consider Simmons against the Lakers, but not Harris. As for LeBron, you know what you’re getting. Somewhere between 50 and 60 DraftKings points regardless of the status of Davis. LeBron is a cash-only play tonight because of the matchup, but he’s still not a bad play.

SF is tough for me. I have no desire to run Harris at the Lakers. Andrew Wiggins is trying with Towns back on the court, but this is a bad matchup for him as well. Danilo Gallinari is a solid option, but he is priced a lot closer to his ceiling than his floor. That always makes me nervous.

Robert Covington is kind of the same way. With Wiggins picking it back up and Towns back on the floor, he’s not as heavily involved in the offense anymore. Covington does have 61.25 DraftKings points in two games against the Thunder this year. That’s worth the price if he can do it again.

If the Pistons are as short-handed as they were last night, I’m a huge fan of Svi Mykhailiuk for a value play. Caris LeVert has some upside as well against them. The Brooklyn bench is pretty loaded though. Svi will see a ton of minutes because the Pistons don’t really have anyone else to use.

Cedi Osman is a solid value play, but he doesn’t have much upside with the Cavs getting blown out most nights and the guards taking over the scoring. Still, the scraps are enough for Cedi to keep putting up between 20 and 30 DraftKings points per game. You could do worse.