NHL Best Bets for Tuesday (11/19)
Kenneth Le
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With 10 games on Monday’s slate, let’s get into some of the multiplier plays over on SuperDraft.
Guard
Ish Smith, Charlotte Hornets (1.75x score multiplier) – The Hornets will remain without four key rotation players (LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, Jalen McDaniels and Mason Plumlee), and this shorthanded Charlotte roster actually ended up stealing a win against the Hawks Sunday. This matchup against the 76ers poses some different challenges, mainly Joel Embiid down low, but that won’t take away from the projected minutes on Smith. He got 32 minutes Sunday, putting up 18 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds. At this multiplier Smith projects as a great option if you’re looking to roster a value play at the guard position. But if you’re wary of the matchup and a potential blowout (Charlotte is currently seven-point home underdogs) due to the inability to stop Joel Embiid and company, there are a few other high-multiplier guards worth clicking into your lineups.
Dennis Smith, Portland Trail Blazers (1.95x) – Enter Smith. The young journeyman point guard has landed in Portland this season, and with Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons out, Smith played a healthy 37 minutes in the blowout loss to the Celtics. While he picked up an extra 5:51 in the blowout, I don’t think Smith would have actually lost that much of his run if the game was closer. He played just over 16 first half minutes, an eye-popping number when you realize he lost a few to foul trouble in the first quarter. With Lillard and Simons already ruled out for this game, I have a high level of interest in getting exposure to Smith at this multiplier as long as he receives his second straight starting nod from Chauncey Billups.
Forward
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers (1.05x) – I mentioned above how worried I am for the Charlotte frontcourt’s ability (or lack thereof) to slow down Embiid in this game. With Plumlee out, the Hornets will attempt to stymie the 76ers star center with a combination of Nick Richards and P.J. Washington. That may expand to include a few minutes for Vernon Carey or rookie Kai Jones, but neither of those guys is any less appetizing for Embiid on the offensive end. Embiid has been fantastic of late, posting 61.5 and 57 SuperDraft points over his last two games. With his forward eligibility and sitting just slightly off the multiplier floor, Embiid is my favorite forward to roster in that multiplier range. I’ll talk about why it’s important to utilize his multi-positional eligibility shortly.
Jerami Grant, Detroit Pistons (1.45x) – There are going to be myriad options at both guard and forward in this range, especially if news breaks a certain way on players like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Tobias Harris and Karl-Anthony Towns. But as it stands now, I like looking to Grant going up against one of his former clubs at a high multiplier. Grant has been producing quite efficiently of late, topping 32 real points in two of his last three games. The matchup with Oklahoma City is one of the few around the league that actually favors Detroit, and that should solidify Grant’s minutes alongside his rosy matchup assuming that the Thunder stick Luguentz Dort on first overall pick Cade Cunningham. It feels odd to say, but with his 27.4% usage rate and the reasons I outlined above, I’m more than happy to roster Grant on this 10-game slate.
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Center
Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets (1x) – Enter the biggest reason why Joel Embiid should only be rostered at forward. The reigning MVP is back from his wrist injury and picked up right where he left off, posting 18 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists against the Magic last Wednesday and 32 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in just 27 minutes in a blowout of the Knicks on Saturday. The Nuggets are four-point road underdogs to the Bulls here, but it’s the matchup against a hapless Chicago frontcourt that has me salivating thinking about the damage Jokic could do. Jokic has done well in the recent past against Nikola Vucevic, going for a 28/15/10 triple-double against Orlando last March, just days before Vucevic was shipped to the Bulls. A one game sample size is not what should make you plant your flag on one guy, but in this case it’s another feather in the cap for those who are fans of rostering Jokic on this slate. Hard to go wrong with the guy who is consistently the best option in NBA DFS in terms of raw projection.
