The 5 Best Point Guards to Target in Daily Fantasy Basketball Cash Games
1. Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder
Russell Westbrook is the king of the triple-double this season. He is on pace to average one -- 31.1 points, 10.5 rebounds, 10.1 assists -- and has racked up 27 of them.
By dominating so many categories, it makes Westbrook the safest point guard play out there. He has reached 4.5 FanDuel points per $1,000 two-thirds of the time, by far the highest rate of any point guard. The Oklahoma City Thunder superstar's 38 games achieving optimal cash-game value are 4 more than the point guard with the second-most, Kyle Lowry.
| Player | Games | Games ≥ 4.5X | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Westbrook | 57 | 38 | 66.70% |
Westbrook's dominance in daily fantasy is overwhelming. He is averaging 57.5 FanDuel points per night, the most in the NBA regardless of position. He has 44 games with at least 50 fantasy points. Russ has more games (17) with 65 or more fantasy points than he has games under 50 (14).
For all the production, the one drawback is the cost.
Even on his cheapest night, Westbrook's salary was $11,400. It usually takes between $12,000 to $12,800 -- a range in which he has fallen 42 times this season -- to get him in your lineup. At that cost, it would take nearly 70 points for him to reach 5.5 FanDuel points per $1,000. In fact, Westbrook has scored that much only seven times this season.
So while Westbrook will give you boatloads of fantasy points on any given night, he profiles as a better cash-game play due to his sky-high salary.
