I'm trying to decide which players to start on my best teams - I typically don't play anything more than $5 contest for NBA games but even those games have big payoffs if you hit it just right...and hitting it just right usually means having drafted a player that isn't a lot of other teams. I'm thinking/hoping that McRae might be that guy tonight.
There's only three games on opening night so I'm sure McRae will be on plenty of teams but I still think he could be the sleeper of the night. It just depends on how many minutes he gets as he's proven that he can produce when on the court.
He was great during the preseason games. I think his daily fantasy price during the preseason contests was around $6000 but it dropped to only $3400 for tonight's game.
Below is the info provided by Draftkings for McRae in the lead-in to tonight's season opener vs the Knicks.
"McRae has been a DFS darling this preseason, as coach Tyronn Lue's tendency to rest his key rotation players over the Cavs' five games has afforded the 25-year-old ample run. The 19-point outburst is remarkably only his third-best effort of the preseason, trailing back-to-back 20-point outings in the club's first two games. McRae looks like a roster lock at this point, but his chances of cracking the Cavs' rotation to open the regular season took a major hit after the team ended its standoff with J.R. Smith during Friday's game, signing him to a four-year, $57 million contract. With Smith set to start at shooting guard and Iman Shumpert in line to serve as his top backup, there likely won't be playing time available for McRae most nights."
There's only three games on opening night so I'm sure McRae will be on plenty of teams but I still think he could be the sleeper of the night. It just depends on how many minutes he gets as he's proven that he can produce when on the court.
He was great during the preseason games. I think his daily fantasy price during the preseason contests was around $6000 but it dropped to only $3400 for tonight's game.
Below is the info provided by Draftkings for McRae in the lead-in to tonight's season opener vs the Knicks.
"McRae has been a DFS darling this preseason, as coach Tyronn Lue's tendency to rest his key rotation players over the Cavs' five games has afforded the 25-year-old ample run. The 19-point outburst is remarkably only his third-best effort of the preseason, trailing back-to-back 20-point outings in the club's first two games. McRae looks like a roster lock at this point, but his chances of cracking the Cavs' rotation to open the regular season took a major hit after the team ended its standoff with J.R. Smith during Friday's game, signing him to a four-year, $57 million contract. With Smith set to start at shooting guard and Iman Shumpert in line to serve as his top backup, there likely won't be playing time available for McRae most nights."
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