Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Lakers vs. Pelicans 11/16/24

The NBA presents a regular season matchup featuring the New Orleans Pelicans and the Los Angeles Lakers. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.

Before we dive into the Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Pelicans game let’s review the rules for Draftkings single game showdown contest.

Draftkings Single Game Showdown Contest Rules

You have $50,000 to utilize on five players from either team. However, one of those players will be designated as your team captain. The captain accumulates 1.5 times the standard fantasy points. Additionally, the captain is 1.5 times the standard cost of the flex position.

The remaining four players in your lineup will receive the standard fantasy points. Having stated that, it is highly important for you to identify the correct player for your captain position if you hope to win a large field DFS GPP (guaranteed prize pool) showdown contest.

If you have additional questions regarding the rules for the single game showdown contest, I recommend that you check out the Draftkings website for more details.

*I recommend that all readers review the starting lineups for both teams prior to setting your DFS lineup for this one Game slate.

Here are my Draftkings picks for this evening’s Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Pelicans matchup.

Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks

Captain-LeBron James, Forward, Los Angeles Lakers $11,400

Los Angeles forward LeBron James was the leader that the Los Angeles Lakers needed to advance to the NBA playoffs last season. Let’s take a look at James’s Game data from the 2023 NBA regular season to better shed light on my previous statement.

In the 71 games that LeBron James played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023 NBA regular season, James averaged a massive 25.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.3 assists, 1.3 steals, and 1.1 blocks a game.

Now that we have determined how LeBron James played last season, let’s turn our attention to 2024. In the 12 games that LeBron James has played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2024 NBA regular season, James has averaged an impressive 52.8 Draftkings points a game.

More recently, in the Los Angeles Lakers 116-106 win over the Philadelphia 76ers eight days ago, LeBron James played exceptionally well. More specifically, James compiled a whopping 21 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists, and three blocks in the Los Angeles Lakers victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Looking closer at the data just presented, in the Lakers victory over the Philadelphia 76ers just mentioned, LeBron James tallied a massive 66.1 Draftkings points.

For the specific reasons just noted, I am backing Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James at the captain position for this one Game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.

Flex Plays

Anthony Davis, Forward, Los Angeles Lakers $11,600

In addition to LeBron James, Lakers forward Anthony Davis was a key contributor to the Los Angeles Lakers success on the offensive side of the basketball last season.

In the 76 games that Anthony Davis played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023 NBA regular season, Davis averaged a rather impressive 24.7 points, 12.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.2 steals, and 2.3 blocks a game.

How is Anthony Davis playing this season? In the 11 games that Anthony Davis has played for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2024, Davis has averaged 31.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.2 steals a game.

Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA game (Draftkings price noted): Brandon Ingram, Guard (New Orleans Pelicans) $10,400: Brandon Boston Jr., Point Guard (New Orleans Pelicans) $8,000.