The Suns got both Bradley Beal ($7,800) and Kevin Durant ($8,500) back from injury on Tuesday night as they cruised past the Lakers. Both Beal and Durant looked good in their return, but Beal is questionable for Wednesday’s matchup with the Nets. With both Beal and Durant in the lineup, Josh Okogie ($4,600) played only three minutes, but if Beal is out he will be back on the radar as a value play in DraftKings contests like the NBA $100K Fadeaway [$20K to 1st] which includes the three late games tonight.
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SF Josh Okogie, Phoenix Suns vs. Brooklyn Nets, $4,600
Okogie played 22+ minutes in four of his last five games before being limited to just three minutes on Tuesday. In those five games, he produced 1.01 fantasy points per minute and 24.5 per game with a 19.2% usage rate. All of those games were without both Beal and Durant.
In the first of those five games, Okogie showed his high ceiling with 25 points, eight boards, and 42 fantasy points. With Durant expected to be in the mix, he probably won’t have to carry that much of the scoring load, but he has proven he can contribute good non-scoring stats as well.
At $4,600, Okogie isn’t an extreme value, but he produced over 25 fantasy points in three of the last five games that Beal missed, so the potential for value should be there this Wednesday if Beal gets the night off to recover.
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