You might find these top-value players helpful for building your Daily Fantasy NBA lineup. ASL has calculated optimum lineups for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo contests, and is giving you three players that represent the most value (points/salary) as part of an ideal lineup calculation.

Here are three top-value players for each of the three DFS platforms:

Projections listed as of 9:51 AM ET.

DraftKings (Classic)

  • C Nikola Vucevic, Chi, 42.0 for $8,100
  • C Wendell Carter Jr., Orl, 27.6 for $5,400
  • PG/SG Marcus Smart, Mem, 28.9 for $5,700

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FanDuel (Main)

  • SF DeMar DeRozan, Chi, 41.0 for $8,100
  • SF/SG Ausar Thompson, Det, 28.8 for $5,800
  • PG Mike Conley, Min, 26.9 for $5,600

Yahoo (Thu 12/21 23 SAME_DAY)

  • SF Jaden McDaniels, Min, 23.3 for $10
  • SG Alex Caruso, Chi, 27.0 for $12
  • C Deandre Ayton, Por, 37.0 for $23