LaMelo Ball, CJ McCollum Top Oct. 28 NBA DFS Picks — SkimNews
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- LaMelo Ball is one of McClure’s top Wednesday picks at $7,700 on DraftKings and $7,900 on FanDuel in a 12-game slate, up from four Tuesday; Ball averages 14.8 points, 6.3 assists and 2.0 rebounds and will shoulder primary scoring and distribution while Anthony Edwards is out for a couple of months with a knee injury.
- Golden State Warriors have allowed the second-most Fantasy points to opposing point guards on both DraftKings and FanDuel this season, giving Ball what McClure calls the ideal Wednesday opponent.
- CJ McCollum is a $5,300 pick on both sites after scoring 20 points Monday and shooting 53% overall and 44% from three; he also has 20-plus points in each of his last four games against Miami, averaging 3.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists in that stretch.
- Miami Heat are allowing 121.8 points this season, seventh-most in the NBA, and the Heat defenses McCollum faced during his four-game streak were better than the current one.
- Mike McClure, a SportsLine predictive data engineer with more than $2 million in career DFS winnings, uses a model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, incorporating matchups, statistical trends and injuries.
- SportsLine identifies Ball and McCollum as the featured McClure selections in the public text, while the other top picks, rankings, stacks, advice and optimal lineups are available only after heading to the site.
Why it matters: For DFS players, SportsLine publicly discloses only two selections—LaMelo Ball at $7,700/$7,900 and CJ McCollum at $5,300—while the remaining rankings, stacks and optimal lineups are available only through its site. That leaves the visible Wednesday recommendation set at two disclosed options, not the full 12-game board players must manage.
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