If you're playing Daily Fantasy NBA contests, you might find these top-value players helpful for building your lineup. ASL has calculated optimum lineups for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo contests, based on multiple top projection sources and a "Blend" lineup that uses all sources together. These aren't necessarily the players that will score the most points, but represent the most value (points/salary) as part of an ideal lineup calculation.

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Here are two top-value players from each projection source for each of the three DFS platforms:

Projections listed as of 2:44 PM ET.

DraftKings

  • Blend: PG Elfrid Payton, NO, 31.4 for $5,400; PG/SG Jordan Clarkson, Cle, 29.3 for $5,100
  • numberFire: PG Elfrid Payton, NO, 32.6 for $5,400; PF/C Larry Nance Jr., Cle, 27.4 for $4,600
  • RotoGrinders: PF/C Amir Johnson, Phi, 23.1 for $3,200; PG/SG Jordan Clarkson, Cle, 35.3 for $5,100
  • Daily Fantasy Fuel: C Kosta Koufos, Sac, 21.0 for $3,200; C Damian Jones, GS, 16.3 for $3,200

FanDuel

  • Blend: PG Collin Sexton, Cle, 25.2 for $4,400; SG Jordan Clarkson, Cle, 28.0 for $5,100
  • numberFire: C Jordan Bell, GS, 26.2 for $4,200; PG Collin Sexton, Cle, 26.0 for $4,400
  • RotoGrinders: SG Jordan Clarkson, Cle, 32.9 for $5,100; PG Collin Sexton, Cle, 28.3 for $4,400
  • Daily Fantasy Fuel: C Kosta Koufos, Sac, 21.5 for $3,500; SG Rodney McGruder, Mia, 27.3 for $4,900

Yahoo

  • Blend: SG Jordan Clarkson, Cle, 25.6 for $11; SF Kyle Anderson, Mem, 22.6 for $10
  • numberFire: C Jordan Bell, GS, 26.2 for $10; SG Jordan Clarkson, Cle, 27.8 for $11
  • Daily Fantasy Fuel: SF Kyle Anderson, Mem, 21.3 for $10; SG Jordan Clarkson, Cle, 23.3 for $11

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