SuperDraft NBA DFS Picks (12/30)

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

Guard

RJ Hampton, Orlando Magic (1.75x) – We played Hampton last time the Magic were on the slate, and he didn’t quite get all the way there for us at a slightly higher 1.85x multiplier. Orlando takes on the same Milwaukee team Thursday that they lost to Tuesday, but the major difference for Hampton’s situation is that Hasani Gravett (who has suddenly become a well-known name across the NBA DFS landscape) has entered the health and safety protocols. Gravett had started at point guard the last two games while Hampton remained in his backup role, but the way things stand as of this writing, it would be surprising to me if coach Jamahl Mosely didn’t relent and give Hampton the start here. On this short slate, we should have interest in Hampton at his elevated multiplier on a day when Orlando is so shorthanded, they have little choice but to give the second-year combo guard big minutes. 

Kevin Pangos, Cleveland Cavaliers (2x) – There have been a lot of unfamiliar names being written about across the industry over the last few weeks, including in this article. Oddly enough, Pangos is a player I have penned interest in many times over the last few years. The big difference between those articles and our purposes here is that all my previous Pangos mentions have been in EuroLeague DFS articles. Pangos spent the last half-decade in the EuroLeague, most recently with the Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg. He signed with the Cavaliers in September and has appeared in 15 games so far this season. With the myriad of Cavaliers guards out for various reasons, he looks to get the nod at point guard tonight against the Wizards. Pangos doesn’t project to the moon, even with his 2x multiplier, but if he gets the start, I have interest in rostering him in tournaments for the potential upside. I would slot Denzel Valentine or Malik Newman into this spot of the article if they were inserted into the starting lineup instead, but my money is on the former Gonzaga Bulldog to record his first NBA start. 

Forward

Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers (1.35x) – In contrast to their relative no-names who will play in the backcourt, the Cavs are starting to get their frontcourt depth back. The rookie out of USC has been nothing short of fantastic this season and gets an appetizing matchup with the Wizards here. Mobley was slightly limited minutes-wise in his first game back on Tuesday, playing 30 minutes in the narrow road loss to New Orleans. Assuming he can get back to normal here we should expect 33-36 minutes for Mobley against the likes of Daniel Gafford, rookie Isaiah Todd and Alize Johnson. With his rightful forward eligibility intact on SuperDraft, I like rostering Mobley at his 1.35x multiplier in a spot where he could be called on to do more offensively with so much guard usage sidelined. 

Franz Wagner, Orlando Magic (1.45x) – There aren’t a ton of crazy values on this short four-game slate, but we can still look to the rookie from Michigan as a staple of our SuperDraft lineups. Wagner began as a step below a “dark horse” Rookie of the Year candidate and has now blossomed into a full-on contender for the award. He’s performed well from a fantasy perspective against teams from both ends of the standings spectrum, including a 57.25 SuperDraft point performance against this same Bucks team Tuesday night. I don’t think he gets back to that type of performance here, but we don’t need an explosion like that to be happy with his output at this 1.45x multiplier. Both he and Wendell Carter (1.35x) are solid plays at the forward position from Orlando. 

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Center

Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets (1x) – Keep your eyes peeled for news on this Nuggets-Warriors game, as Denver has lost three more players to the health and safety protocols this morning. But if it plays, Jokic is by far my favorite play at the position, regaining his spot in this article for the first time in over a week. It’s never a hot take to recommend playing the reigning league MVP, but always a great reminder that even at his floor 1x multiplier, Jokic routinely finishes as the top scoring center on SuperDraft. He’s scored 59 SuperDraft points or more in 9 of his last 11 games including three games of 75 SuperDraft points or more in that span. With Denver only five-point home underdogs, it’s near impossible for me to get away from Jokic as of this writing.