After basically taking the day off on Saturday with a weak Showdown slate, the WNBA is back in action with it’s second five-game slate in three days.
It’s a lot to digest, but more games means more ways to win – and hopefully a good amount of value. The big question is which studs do we pay up for, and which chalk to fade.
If you’re looking for some help before finalizing your WNBA DFS lineups, then consider leaning on today’s WNBA DFS core.
WNBA DFS Core: A’ja Wilson, Alyssa Thomas, and JJ Quinerly
First off, you don’t have to pair Wilson and Thomas if you don’t want to. I do think it could stretch us pretty thin (seeing as they’re both $12.8-$13k) BUT they also are the two best plays by quite a bit.
Wilson is projecting for crazy ownership but her projection is 51 fps. Let that sink in. Thomas is only $200 cheaper and half as owned, but she is TEN points behind her. One solid GPP approach is to play Thomas at half the ownership and fade Wilson. If running multiple lineups, I think that’s a fine thing to try, but if I am doing a SE I will just pair them. We can get different in other ways.
The nice thing is that we kind of are, as Thomas at 21% ownership is definitely not chalky. So pairing the two best options together won’t be a super chalky approach (check updated ownership as we get closer to lock, though).
For the moment, Quinerly does not project to be a chalky value. That could change, as she is still cheap and just played a ton in a tight game against the Sparks. Arike being out is huge, while two other players are banged up for Dallas. If we can feel good about her pushing for 30 minutes again, she feels like a smash play.
Odyssey Sims, Maddy Siegrist, and Saniya Rivers all stand out as quality values we should be looking to, but Quinerly is the top P/$ play of the slate and possibly looking at a pretty big role.
If you’re only looking to play one of Wilson/Thomas or simply fading both, I’d start your build with Paige Bueckers. Arike being sidelined opens up more usage and raise her ceiling, while she is almost $2k cheaper than the top 2 options of the slate and comes in 3rd for projection.
Indy’s Kelsey Mitchell and Seattle’s Nneka Ogwumike stand out as solid pivots that aren’t expected to garner a ton of ownership. You can also take a shot on one of the Sparks players, but they tend to eat into each other and are nothing more than a dart throw.
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