SuperDraft NBA DFS Picks (1/17)

SuperDraft is one of the hottest platforms in the market for DFS players. SuperDraft offers a unique twist on your traditional DFS experience with game modes like “Multiplier” and “Super 15.”

This daily article will focus on daily value plays from SuperDraft’s exclusive multiplier game mode. By eliminating the traditional salary cap structure and providing a points multiplier for every player on the slate, there is almost limitless flexibility when building lineups on SuperDraft. You can load up on all the studs, but their point multipliers will be low. You can balance those plays out with some long shots that could score up to 2x their fantasy points to vault you to the top of the leaderboards.

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With six games on Monday’s main slate, let’s get into some of the Multiplier plays over on SuperDraft.

Guard

Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz (1.15x score multiplier) – The Jazz will go out to Los Angeles for a date with the definition of mediocrity. I’ll duck now before the purple and gold faithful start throwing objects and insults my direction and focus on how we can take advantage of this porous defense. This game currently has the second-highest implied total on the slate and the Jazz are 4.5-point road favorites. Mitchell has been fantastic this season as the head of the Jazz offensive snake, sporting a 33.6% usage rate in his 39 games. He’s been hot from the field of late, scoring 31 or more real points in three of his last four outings, something that shouldn’t be easily curtailed by this Lakers defense. Per our advanced DVP tool, the Lakers rank in the bottom third in the league against all three of Mitchell’s traits (primary ball handler, scorer and crafty finisher). All signs to Mitchell having another huge night, and I prefer him in tournaments to some of the other options who will likely be higher rostered his multiplier range like Dejounte Murray and Trae Young.

Cole Anthony, Orlando Magic (1.3x) – It’s somewhat worrisome that the second-year point guard hasn’t cracked the 30-minute threshold in either of his last two games. Rookie Jalen Suggs is back for the Magic, and while that’s certainly had some effect on Anthony’s minutes, I don’t think it’s the whole story. In particular in Saturday’s nightcap against the Mavs, the Magic were blown out and Anthony finished with 26.5 minutes played while not seeing the court for the last ten and a half minutes of the fourth quarter. I think he gets back up over that 30-minute mark tonight closer to his season average of 33, and at his 1.3x multiplier in a matchup against Portland he looks like an attractive option at guard. The fact this game is only a two-point spread in favor of the visiting Blazers gives me confidence we get full run from the former Tar Heel, who has shown the upside with and without Suggs active this year to be optimal at this 1.3x tag.

Forward

Bobby Portis, Milwaukee Bucks (1.55x) – Milwaukee currently tops the slate with their 118.5 implied team total and are 5.5-point road favorites in Atlanta. Portis has been hovering around this multiplier range for a while now on SuperDraft, apparently sneaking in enough disappointing performances over the past two weeks to not warrant a big change. His usage rates over his last five games have been a bit of a roller coaster, with two games of sub 15% usage, two in the mid-20s and one above 31%. But the minutes have been too solid to ignore him today even with the volatility in his production, averaging just over 32 minutes per game over his last five. At this multiplier we’re looking for Portis to put up just over a SuperDraft point per minute if he’s going to get that kind of time, and he’s averaged 1.1 SD points per minute over the five-game sample size. With Clint Capela still out for Atlanta here, I like getting to Portis against the likes of Onyeka Okongwu and Gorgui Dieng.

JaVale McGee, Phoenix Suns (1.75x) – Deandre Ayton left Sunday’s game against the Pistons early with an ankle injury. The Suns haven’t submitted their injury report yet for this game, but it’s safe to assume there’s some question to Ayton’s availability. If he’s out, we once again find ourselves with the opportunity to play McGee at forward on SuperDraft. I assume most people reading this are familiar with just how productive McGee can be from a fantasy perspective, but if you aren’t let me direct you to his performance against the Pistons yesterday where he posted 29.5 SuperDraft points in 15.5 minutes. Of course, that one-game sample size isn’t indicative of how he’ll perform over a longer span, but it does illustrate just how monstruous his production can be in extended time. The Spurs will run out Jakob Poeltl for a majority of the center minutes on the other side of this game, meaning McGee likely won’t get played off the court by small ball barring foul trouble. He’s a priority for me if Ayton is ruled out.

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Center

Rudy Gobert, Utah Jazz (1.15x) – Going back to the Jazz here at the center position, I have a lot of interest in rostering Gobert, who has been one of the most consistent fantasy producers in the league over his last six games. This sample size is dating back to late December given Gobert’s stint in the health and safety protocols just after the calendar flipped to 2022, but he picked up right where he left off in his return against the Nuggets Saturday, going 7-of-7 from the field and recording 49.25 SuperDraft points. Over his last six he’s scored no less than 42.75 SD points, by far the highest floor of any other center option on the slate. As of this writing the only other centers that comes close Gobert for me are Omer Yurtseven and Jakob Poeltl (and of course JaVale McGee if you want to roster him at center instead of forward). I’m also shying away from what should be a fairly popular Jusuf Nurkic with CJ McCollum returning in favor of Gobert up top.