SuperDraft NBA DFS Picks (12/7)

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

Guard

James Harden, Brooklyn Nets (1.05x score multiplier) – Typically I’m not a fan of such a short slate, but to the league’s credit, two of these three games are star-studded and going to be wildly entertaining from both a real basketball and daily fantasy standpoint. Given the positional eligibility of all the stars, I prefer using my first guard spot on former MVP James Harden. The most famous beard in basketball was off to a notably slow start but has picked it up of late, averaging 20 points, 11 assists, 9 rebounds and 2 steals per game over his last four. A perfectly acceptable line for a player near the multiplier floor on SuperDraft. However, when you look at the full context of Harden’s recent performance, specifically from an efficiency standpoint, his true ceiling becomes clear. In that same four-game span Harden is shooting just 36% from the field and 17% from beyond the arc. A career 44/36/86 player, we could see Harden absolutely explode against Dallas here in a game where the Nets are projected to have the highest team total on the slate. 

Alec Burks, New York Knicks (1.45x) – Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau reportedly will make some changes to the starting lineup this evening against the Spurs. With such a wonky lineup in the first place, your guess is as good as mine as to what the differences will actually be in the first five for New York. As of this writing, I’m still expecting Burks to start at point guard and get big minutes on the road in San Antonio. He had a disappointing outing (as did the rest of the Knicks) Saturday in the blowout loss to the Nuggets, but prior to that Burks had averaged over 40 minutes per game in his previous three. With the Knicks favored on the road by two, it’s tough to get away from a player whose minutes could legitimately be tops on a three-game slate at this 1.45x multiplier. 

Forward

Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks (1x) – The young Slovenian sensation came into the day listed questionable but has since been upgraded to probable for this game against the Nets. The Mavericks tend to ebb and flow in line with how Doncic performs, so if you think this game stays close it would be foolish to not consider clicking on his name on SuperDraft. There are a litany of stats I could throw at you like his 36.2% usage rate, 45.9% assist percentage, or his 27/10/7 averages over his last four games. When it comes down to it, you need some safer options with a high floor of fantasy points in lineups with so few games to choose from. Given the context of the other games and teams we have on the menu tonight, Doncic projects as the highest-scoring player on this slate and my favorite All-Star-caliber player to roster on this slate.

LaMarcus Aldridge, Brooklyn Nets (1.65x) – With Nic Claxton returning to the Nets active roster late last week, albeit in a very limited fashion, the outlook for Aldridge’s ceiling was in doubt. But in his return from the “mystery illness,” which may or may not have been mononucleosis, Claxton only played three minutes and then sat out the second end of the back-to-back the next day. As Claxton works to regain his conditioning (and reportedly weight), we can still go to Aldridge at his elevated multiplier for some good upside. The Mavericks are not short on frontcourt depth, providing plenty of cover for Aldridge to remain on the court guarding the likes of Dwight Powell, Maxi Kleber and maybe (if we’re lucky) Boban Marjanovic. Aldridge, a Dallas-native, returns to his hometown tonight riding an eight-game streak of double-digit shot attempts. At 1.65x, he is a priority for me on SuperDraft if we are looking for plays carrying 1.5x and above multipliers.

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Center

Jakob Poeltl, San Antonio Spurs (1.35x) – The center position leaves a lot to be desired when trying to separate the great plays from the good ones. Thibodeau does everything in his power to run a traditional center for all 48 minutes, which bodes well for a guy like Poeltl on this slate. The Spurs center has taken a step forward on both ends of the floor through the first two months of the season and is playing 30-plus minutes in competitive games. Poeltl has a double-double in three of his last six games and continues to be one of the most active rim defenders in the league, averaging 2.6 blocks per game over his last five. He should see less ownership at center than the two options above him, Anthony Davis and Julius Randle, and with the ability to both match and exceed those two on a good night, I like targeting Poeltl in SuperDraft tournaments.