NBA DFS picks December 28: Harden and the seven dwarfs

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA – AUGUST 21: Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz (Photo by Ashley Landis-Pool/Getty Images) /

NBA DFS Shooting Guards:

Harden was the one-man gang for a coronavirus-depleted Rockets team on Saturday. He will be here as well. Beard might not push 80 against Denver, but he could flirt with 70.

I’m not touching the jacked up price on CJ because of his opening heater. Donovan Mitchell against the Thunder has the potential to flirt with a ceiling game.

SG is thin in the middle tier. That’s the only reason I’m thinking about Will Barton. He has the potential for a big game against Houston, but he needs to shoot the ball better to have a line that could break the slate.

This is a really nice spot for Kevin Huerter on the cheap. The same is true for Bogdan Bogdanovic. They play well together much like Hield did with Bogdan out west. This also lowers the ceiling on both players.

You would think that Donte DiVincenzo would be seen and not heard in the Bucks starting lineup, but that hasn’t been the case. DiVincenzo is an efficient shooter and scorer and does well in the peripherals. His price is getting high enough to give me pause, but this is too good of a matchup to just ignore him.

David Nwaba is pretty much the only other healthy guard for the Rockets. His price is low enough to make Nwaba look like a nice bargain, but no one on this team has a high ceiling with the way Harden plays in a lineup devoid of stars.