We have a five game NBA DFS main slate tonight with some very chalky value plays that will be on the board thanks to injury and players being ruled out. Let's jump into the madness! 

Portland Trail Blazers

Portland is without Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Norman Powell and Anfernee Simons tonight as they face the Nuggets. Those absences will push forward Dennis Smith Jr. and Ben McLemore to the forefront of many lineups with both plays very affordable and likely to take a ton of shots. McLemore has already been starting of late while playing next to Simons. Both will be core plays in many Stars & Scrubs lineup builds.

Brooklyn Nets

As it stands right now Kevin Durant, Patty Mills, LaMarcus Aldridge and Nicolas Claxton have all been ruled out. We are expecting Kyrie Irving to be ruled out tonight as well though he could play if the Nets decided to pay the fines for him being unvaccinated in New York City. With the group above out the value plays should focus on Day'Ron Sharpe who has put up big numbers over the last two games with LMA and Claxton off the floor. Kessler Edwards started last night and looked good and may have had an even bigger night if not for the blowout. I think we will also see David Duke Jr., James Johnson and DeAndre Bembry all getting extra run. Another dart throw could be Blake Griffin who will be the backup center and may see big minutes against the Thunder if Sharpe continues to be foul happy.

Amir Coffey, SG/SF LAC - The price has risen for Coffey but for a good reason as he has been lights out since moving into the starting lineup. His fantasy production as returned 8-9x over the last two games but even at today's price there would have still been 7-8x return on the value. As long as he starts again he becomes one of my favorite values on the board.

Ziaire Williams, SG/SF MEM - Williams has been in the starting lineup for the Grizzlies with Dillon Brooks off the floor. Williams is a score first wing that looked good the other night with defenses focusing on Ja Morant and Desmond Bane. He really doesn't provide secondary stats so that shot needs to drop for the value to hit.

Otto Porter Jr., SF/PF MIL  - Draymond Green is out again tonight and we saw Porter play 29 minutes the other night against the Grizzlies. Even with Klay Thompson back for the Warriors the impact on Porter is limited as we like him more for the rebounds and defensive stats and if the shot drops that is an added bonus.

Milwaukee Bucks

Jrue Holiday is not going to play tonight but we expect Grayson Allen to be active. We will need to see the starting lineup for the Bucks but George Hill is also expected to play. Here we have Jordan Nwora, Grayson Allen, George Hill and Donte DiVincenzo has possible value options and likely the more contrarian value options on tonight's slate.