Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Lakers vs. Raptors 11/1/24

The NBA presents a regular season matchup featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and the Toronto Raptors. Let’s take a look at this Game from a Draftkings perspective.

Before we dive into the Los Angeles Lakers and the Toronto Raptors 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 tomorrow evening’s Los Angeles Lakers vs. Toronto Raptors matchup.

Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks

Captain-LeBron James, Forward, Los Angeles Lakers $9,200

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 James played in 2023, let’s shift our focus to this season. In the five games that LeBron James has played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2024 NBA regular season, James has averaged 41.4 Draftkings points a game.

More recently, in the Los Angeles Lakers 131-127 win over the Sacramento Kings five days ago, LeBron James played exceptionally well. More specifically, James compiled a whopping 32 points, ten rebounds, and one block.

As I noted in the rules section above, selecting the correct player at the captain position for a Draftkings NBA showdown lineup is absolutely vital if you hope to win a large field GPP (guaranteed prize pool) DFS contest.

In summary, I think LeBron is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this tomorrow night’s NBA regular season game. For that specific reason, 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 $11,400

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 Los Angeles Lakers 123-116 victory over the Phoenix Suns six days ago, Davis accumulated a massive 35 points, eight rebounds, four assists, two blocks and one steal.

Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA Game (Draftkings price noted): RJ Barrett, Small Forward (Toronto Raptors) $8,000: Austin Reaves, Guard (Los Angeles Lakers) $10,200: Rui Hachimura, Forward (Los Angeles Lakers) $7,000.