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DraftKings NBA Small Forwards:

Best Bets:

Brad Beal ($9,900): Beal was a little sluggish coming off of injury, but that feels like a distant memory. Beal has five straight games of more than 50 DraftKings points and has cleared 60 in each of the last two. The Nets defend the wings pretty well, but I’m still going to use Beal at least once. He’s all they have!

DeMar DeRozan ($8,700): I’m far more interested in DeRozan if Aldridge is out again. In the past two games with LMA sidelined, DeRozan went for over 50 DraftKings points. One of those was against Utah, with SF being statistically their strongest defensive position. This is a superb matchup with Charlotte. I wouldn’t be surprised if DeRozan clears 50 again.

Honorable Mention:

Tobias Harris ($7,100): The Sixers have played Boston three times already. Harris has averaged 42.7 DraftKings points per game in those three contests. The Celtics are geared to make someone besides Embiid beat them. Harris has been the one that has stepped up. Harris has slowed down lately, but it may be time to dust him off.

Bojan Bogdanovic ($6,100): In the words of the immortal Shaq “anybody with the last name -vic, can shoot that bitch.” He went on to mention Stojakovic, Petrovic, and Vucevic as well, but you get the point. Bojan isn’t shy about shooting. His floor is ghastly because this year, Bojan is doing practically nothing besides scoring. Don’t worry. There will be plenty of that to go around against the Portland forwards.

Dark Horses:

Bogdan Bogdanovic ($5,200): The Lakers are superb on the wings, but I still think they’re going to be spent after last night. Bogdan lit into the Lakers for 33.25 DraftKings points in the first meeting. His price is plenty low enough to find out if he can do it again.

Dorian Finney-Smith ($4,500): DFS winds up on my radar once in a while. He’s a solid but unspectacular player when he’s on the court. Dallas is missing all kinds of pieces tonight again, so expect DFS to be out there providing a couple timely shots, some rebounds, and about 6x value at this price.