Welcome to the NBA Macro Minute! This is a short article focused on macro environments and trending players. The goal here is to identify easy spots to focus or remove from slates and make DFS a bit easier.
If you have any questions or comments reach out to me in the discord or over on X for some more discussion
Macro NBA Defensive Stats
- Chicago gives up the most fantasy points per minute at 1.11 in the recent sample
- Orlando gives up the least at .95
- The Heat not only give up the most FG3A per minute at .18, but the most FGA overall at .41
Macro NBA Combo Stats
- Best game environments are CHI/BKN and DAL/MIA at 1.03 combined FPPM
- Worst game environment is ORL/SAS at .96 FPPM
- CLE/POR is similar to the POR/TOR game last night in that POR has a high FPPM rate but CLE one of the lower rates on the slate. Will POR speed things up yet again on the B2B?
The CHI/BKN game stands out for obvious reasons given the total and overall game environment. However, from a FPPM standpoint DAL/MIA is a similar environment that should come with lower ownership due to the lower total. Similarly, the lowest total of the slate goes to CLE/POR. I think this is a sneaky GPP spot to target the high usage players in a game environment that is nowhere near as bad as the game total suggests.
Trending Players
- Ryan Nembhard seems like the one of the strongest value options tonight in a game we want to target
- Harrison Barnes won Paydirt Alum CKK all the money last night and does standout again as a viable midrange option
- The MIA/DAL correlation showing up at the top of chart is *chefs kiss*
If you want to research these dudes yourself, go over to the gamelogs tool and look into their rotations and performances!
Thanks for reading, go grab some trophies.
