Nicolas Brussino Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

With Dirk Nowitzki, Wesley Matthews, Harrison Barnes, J.J Barea, and Seth Curry off the floor and Brussino and Powell on, Powell sees a giant 9.7% bump in usage and his per-minute production rises 0.30 FD ppm to 1.19. That's over a 166.5-minute sample size, so while it's not as big as we'd like, it's pretty decent. He'll be a really solid value option tonight.

The Mavericks are resting their top veteran players and will leave it to their young core to finish the season. Dwight Powell, Salah Mejri, Yogi Ferrell, Devin Harris, Nicolas Brussino, Nerlens Noel, and Dorian Finney-Smith should figure to receive the most run of that core with Ferrell, Brussino, and Powell the top options of that group.

Nowitzki and Seth Curry will not play in tonight's game against the Sacramento Kings after previously being listed as questionable on the Mavericks' injury report with their respective ailments, while Wesley Matthews appeared in the Mavericks' game notes as out yesterday and will indeed sit for rest purposes in tonight's contest. In their absences, Dwight Powell and Nicolas Brussino will receive the starting nod at power forward and shooting guard respectively, while Yogi Ferrell will start his third consecutive game at point guard in Curry's place. There obviously isn't a huge sample size with the aforementioned players unavailable in the same game, but J.J. Barea, Nerlens Noel, and Dwight Powell all own at least a +5.6% usage rate differential with Nowitzki, Curry, and Matthews off the court this season. This makes them the preferred Mavericks to target along with Harrison Barnes and some Yogi Ferrell shares in tournaments on the late slate.