NBA DFS picks December 28: Harden and the seven dwarfs

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Dec 26, 2020; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Pistons forward Jerami Grant (9) drives to the basket during the second quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /

NBA DFS Small Forwards:

LeBron is the only top tier SF, and I suppose he at least has to be considered with A.D. off the court. The thing about LeBron is that he’s perfectly content letting his teammates do a lot of the work unless the game stays close down the stretch. That could happen against the Blazers, but I still don’t see the ceiling for LeBron like I do for Harden.

Kyle Kuzma is really the guy you want with Davis out. His ceiling isn’t that high with LeBron around, but Kuzma was active and efficient against Minnesota last night. Expect more of the same tonight.

Jerami Grant destroyed Cleveland on Saturday. He’s not going to have a monster line like that against Atlanta even with Blake out, but Grant still has potential to hit 7x value easily. You don’t find that often for his price.

The other Bogdanovic also finds himself in a timeshare. This one has an enigmatic shooter that he shares the timeshare with. Utah goes nine deep regularly, but Bojan has played 67 minutes in two games. He gets plenty of chances at a reasonable price.

It was Kyle Anderson, not Brandon Clarke, that picked up a lot of slack for the Memphis front in the first couple of games. If Anderson can start to score like that with consistency, he’s going to be a great play for much of the season. I would like to see some consistency first, but on a five game slate, anything goes. Anderson has plenty of potential here.

Luguentz Dort showed flashes of what he can be in the bubble this summer. He is taking that to another level so far this year. Dort and SGA look good on the court together. Dort is one of my favorite values on the entire slate.

Josh Jackson has been a bench star for the Pistons and could be asked to do some more with Blake out. SF is loaded with value, so I see no real reason to pay up, even on FanDuel.