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He has averaged 33.9 minutes per game this season with 1.18 DraftKings points per minute. He has only averaged 28.6 minutes per game and 0.78 DraftKings points per minute this season, but there is room for him to get more playing time when he is playing well. His salary is too expensive for his average production, but he has shown 40-plus point upside this season and it’s pretty tough to find inexpensive guys with a legitimate ceiling on a two-game slate.Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ($8,700), George Hill ($4,300), Isaiah Roby ($4,100), Mike Muscala ($3,400)Top FanDuel DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ($8,600), Darius Bazley ($5,200), Isaiah Roby ($4,500)Michael Porter Jr. remains out for the Nuggets so Will Barton should stay in the starting lineup.Jokic is the only player priced above $9,100 on DraftKings and $8,600 on FanDuel tonight, so we don’t have any alternatives to look to for the highest ceiling on the slate. He has averaged 0.87 DraftKings points per minute and 29.9 minutes per game in nine starts this season. He has averaged 0.80 DraftKings points per minute this season and projects as a solid point-per-dollar value with a similar outlook to George Hill on the other side of this game.JaMychal Green and Paul Millsap have been close to interchangeable this season. He has averaged 0.83 DraftKings points per minute this season and is the least expensive of the trio.Whenever we are in a position where we need to hope to get lucky on our guess about a value play, it’s important to use groups to put ourselves in the best position to be right. It is also unlikely that all three of Morris, Harris and Barton are in the lineup as they have played just 13 possessions alongside Murray and Jokic this season.Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Nikola Jokic ($11,000), Jamal Murray ($7,300), Monte Morris ($4,200)Top FanDuel DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Nikola Jokic ($11,500), Jamal Murray ($7,800), JaMychal Green ($4,400)Lonzo Ball is probable tonight after missing the last couple of games for New Orleans.Ball’s return takes away some of the value that the Pelicans have offered in recent games as Nickeil Alexander-Walker is unlikely to play enough minutes to be useful and Eric Bledsoe will go back to his inconsistent role as the third scoring option and the third facilitating option with the starting unit. He still brings a high ceiling to the table since he leads the team in minutes per game, usage rate, assists rate and DraftKings points per minute, but the margin for error is smaller due to the increased salary.Zion Williamson is more scoring dependent than we would like for a player of his caliber, but he does have a 29.7 percent usage rate and he’s averaged 1.15 DraftKings points per minute this season in 32.3 minutes per game. Adams has produced 1.02 DraftKings points per minute in seven meetings with Gobert over the last three seasons, matching his average of 1.02 DraftKings points per minute over that time, so I think this is a spot where he is likely to maintain his average production while playing more than his average number of minutes.Top DraftKings NBA DFS Picks: Brandon Ingram ($9,100), Zion Williamson ($7,900)Top FanDuel NBA DFS Picks: Brandon Ingram ($8,400), Zion Williamson ($7,800), Steven Adams ($5,800), Lonzo Ball ($5,500)Joe Ingles is questionable and Derrick Favors is probable.