Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks: Thunder vs. Mavericks 1/17/25
Draftkings picks for this evening's Thunder vs. Mavericks matchup.
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks
January 17, 2025 8:30 pm EDT
On Friday night, the NBA presents Draftkings basketball fans with a regular season matchup featuring the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Let’s take a look at this game from a DFS perspective.
Before we dive into the Dallas Mavericks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder 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 tonight’s Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Dallas Mavericks matchup.
Draftkings NBA Showdown Picks
Captain-Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Point Guard, Oklahoma City Thunder $13,400
Oklahoma City point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the driving force behind the Thunder’s exceptional performance this season. With that said, how has the talented young point performed from a statistical perspective? To answer this question, let’s examine Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s game data from the 2024 NBA regular season.
In the 40 games that point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA regular season, Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 31.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 2.1 steals, and 1.1 blocks a game.
More recently, in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s convincing 105-92 victory over the Boston Celtics ten days ago, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played rather well. More specifically, Gilgeous-Alexander tallied 33 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, three steals, and two blocks in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s win over the Boston Celtics.
Looking at the data just presented more closely, in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s victory over the Celtics just mentioned, Gilgeous-Alexander accumulated a massive 67.3 Draftkings points.
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 opinion, Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the most likely player to post the most Draftkings points in this evening’s NBA regular season game. Having stated that, I am backing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the captain position for this one game Draftkings NBA Showdown contest.
Flex Plays
Klay Thompson, Guard, Dallas Mavericks $7,800
In the 36 games that shooting guard Klay Thompson has played for the Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA regular season, Thompson has averaged 13.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.5 blocks a game.
Last month, in the Dallas Mavericks 143-133 win over the Golden State Warriors, Klay Thompson amassed 29 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals, and one block in the Mavericks victory over the Golden State Warriors.
Additional flex plays I like to play well in this evening’s NBA game (Draftkings price noted): Jalen Williams, Power Forward (Oklahoma City Thunder) $10,800: Naji Marshall, Small Forward (Dallas Mavericks) $6,600.
