Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Hornets vs. Lakers 2/19/25
Draftkings picks and predictions for this week's Hornets vs. Lakers matchup.
Charlotte Hornets vs. Los Angeles Lakers
February 19, 2025 10:00 pm EDT
On Wednesday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Los Angeles Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets. Let’s take a look at this game from a Draftkings perspective.
Before we dive into the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Charlotte Hornets 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 week’s Charlotte Hornets vs. Los Angeles Lakers matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-LaMelo Ball, Point Guard, Charlotte Hornets $9,800
In my opinion, Charlotte point guard LaMelo Ball has been the driving force behind the Charlotte Hornets success on the offensive side of the basketball this season. Having stated that, how has the talented young point guard performed from a statistical perspective? Let’s review Ball’s recent game data to answer that question.
In the 33 games that LaMelo Ball has played for the Charlotte Hornets in the 2024 NBA regular season, Ball has averaged a robust 27.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.4 steals, and 0.3 blocks a game.
Upon closer examination of the data just presented, in the 33 games that point guard LaMelo Ball has played for the Charlotte Hornets this season, Ball is averaging an impressive 48.5 DraftKings points a contest.
More recently, in the Charlotte Hornets thrilling 117-116 win over the San Antonio Spurs earlier this month, Charlotte point guard LaMelo Ball certainly played at a high level. Let me be more specific. Ball tallied 24 points, four rebounds, ten assists and one steal in the Charlotte Hornets victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
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. Keep that in mind as you construct your lineups for this one game DFS slate.
In my view, LaMelo Ball is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this NBA regular season game. With that said, I am backing Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
LeBron James, Forward, Los Angeles Lakers $10,200
Los Angeles forward LeBron James has been the leader in the paint that the Los Angeles Lakers have needed to win games this season. In the 33 games that LeBron James has played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2024 NBA regular season, James is averaging 24.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 0.5 blocks and 0.9 steals a game.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA game (Draftkings price noted): Luka Doncic, Guard (Los Angeles Lakers) $10,600: Austin Reaves, Guard (Los Angeles Lakers) $8,400: Miles Bridges, Power Forward (Charlotte Hornets) $8,800.
