SuperDraft NBA DFS Picks (12/2)

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 five games on Thursday’s slate, let’s get into some of the Multiplier plays over on SuperDraft.

Guard

Chris Paul, Phoenix Suns (1.25x score multiplier) – The Suns now sit atop the NBA with an 18-3 record, but they’ll have to try to extend their 17-game win streak without the services of Devin Booker, who is out for multiple games with a hamstring injury. From a minutes standpoint, players like Cameron Johnson and Landry Shamet likely stand to benefit the most. But Chris Paul, who is averaging a career low in both shot attempts and points per game, should be relied upon to help pick up the slack in the scoring department for Phoenix. With the highest team total on the slate against a bottom feeding Pistons team, I have interest in rostering CP3 before his multiplier potentially shrinks if he starts smashing with Booker out. 

CJ McCollum, Portland Trail Blazers (1.3x) – It’s been an absolutely brutal couple of days in the news tank for NBA, with lots of players entering the health and safety protocols and sitting for non-COVID-19 illnesses and some unfortunate injuries to stars. We’ve already talked about Booker, and as we shift to Portland, we find Damian Lillard out for the next 10 days as he continues to struggle with abdominal pain. Enter CJ McCollum and his elevated usage rate with Lillard off the floor. In 251 minutes with Lillard off the court this season, McCollum has a 32.1% usage rate, and that number climbs slightly higher to 32.6% if we just look at the two full games that Lillard has missed this year. The Blazers have a great matchup against the Spurs at home, and I absolutely love rostering McCollum, like Chris Paul, before his multiplier likely shrinks.

Forward

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks (1x) – You likely don’t need someone to tell you that rostering Giannis in DFS is a good idea most nights that he is on the slate, but just in case you do, here’s your reminder. The reigning Finals MVP has been fantastic (as always) this season, and with Thursday’s game against Toronto only a 4.5-point spread, he is my preference when choosing between the floor-range multiplier options. I have zero concerns about the defensive matchup against the likes of Precious Achiuwa and Pascal Siakam (our editor extraordinaire Daniel Kelley will be pleased that I spelled Siakam right for the first time), and if this game remains close, we should see a fantasy output in the 60 range for Antetokounmpo. 

Dillon Brooks, Memphis Grizzlies (1.4x) – This is not the first time I’ve written up Brooks this week, but I love going back to the former Oregon Duck at this multiplier. Possessing one of the quickest triggers in the league, Brooks continues to lead the Grizzlies in usage and even though he let us down from an efficiency standpoint last time out, it’s encouraging that we saw him exceed 33 minutes, which was a season high in his eight appearances. Like the Suns and Blazers, the Griz are also missing star guard Ja Morant, opening the door for Brooks to take over the reins on offense. The matchup against a shorthanded Oklahoma City team makes me like Brooks even more, and it’s rare that we get a chance to roster a player with a 32.6% usage rate (35.8% without Morant) at this kind of a multiplier.

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Center

Nikola Vucevic, Chicago Bulls (1.2x) – The Bulls are another team that’s been hit by the injury bug early in the season, including various trips to the health and safety protocols for a few players. Vucevic is rounding back into form after his stint on the COVID-19 list and coming off a humongous 30/14/5 performance against the Hornets. I’m certainly not calling for another ceiling game from Vuc, as the guy is averaging just 14.5 points per game this year. But the most encouraging thing for me from that game against Charlotte was the 35 minutes, which was the most Vucevic has played since November 6th. At a center position that isn’t very deep on this five-game slate, the Bulls center stands out to me against the Knicks in the Garden, in a game that boasts just a two-point spread.