I hope everyone is enjoying their Fourth of July weekend. I want to begin Friday’s WNBA DFS Playbook by apologizing for the lack of a WNBA DFS podcast. I just wasn't able to find a time to record with my holiday schedule. We should have another episode of the podcast up for Sunday’s four-game slate.
There are not a whole lot of cheap plays I love for Friday’s slate. If you are looking to play multiple studs on FanDuel, you may have a hard time. While I love Elena Delle Donne, Natasha Howard and Liz Cambage as much as the next person, I don’t think you need to play them to be successful. As has been the case for the last week or so, there are a lot of mid-tier forwards who are playing awfully well. Throw in some of the upper-end guards who are also underpriced, and you can field a competitive lineup even without rostering a top center.
| Player | FanDuel | DraftKings | Comments |
| Jordin Canada, G, SEA | $7,000 | $7,500 | Jordin Canada's price has gone up on DraftKings, but you can argue it still isn't high enough. In three games with Jewell Loyd out, Canada is averaging 29.6 fantasy points. The guard in Friday's slate averaging more than 27 fantasy points on the season is DeWanna Bonner. |
| Tiffany Hayes, G, ATL | $6,900 | $8,300 | Stop me if you've heard this before: I'm willing to forgive her for a bad game against Minnesota. Hayes was averaging 32.9 fppg in her last four games prior to facing the Lynx. |
| Brittany Boyd, G, NY | $6,600 | $8,100 | Boyd is averaging 29.8 fppg over her last six games. |
| Leilani Mitchell, G, PHO | $6,300 | $4,400 | The latest report on Diana Taurasi is that she has been cleared for full contact and could return Friday. Considering she was probable two weeks ago and still hasn't played, I think there is a decent chance Taurasi sits and Mitchell is an elite fantasy play again. Mitchell is so cheap on DraftKings that I think you can play her either way, especially considering the Liberty have allowed the most fantasy points to opposing guards this season. |
| Arike Ogunbowale, G, DAL | $6,200 | $8,900 | She is probably overpriced on DraftKings, but Ogunbowale is averaging 29.3 fantasy points over her last four games. I'll happily play her instead of the more expensive options on FanDuel. |
| Theresa Plaisance, F, DAL | $6,000 | $8,100 | Plaisance has played at least 30 minutes and scored at least 30 fantasy points in each of her last two games. She should be safe so long as she is in the starting lineup. |
| Reshanda Gray, F, NY | $6,000 | $6,100 | Gray is averaging 27.3 fppg over her last three games. Gray will turn into a pumpkin when Amanda Zahui B. returns from Europe, but I'm going to keep playing her until then. |
| Isabelle Harrison, F, DAL | $5,600 | $5,800 | Harrison has played at least 25 minutes in three straight games, with at least 22 fantasy points in two of those games. |
| Mercedes Russell, F, SEA | $5,000 | $6,200 | Russell has played at least 31 minutes in three straight games, averaging 24.5 fantasy points per game over that span. No team has allowed more opponent's rebounds than the Dream this season. |
| Sami Whitcomb, G, SEA | $4,900 | $5,600 | In three games with Jewell Loyd out, Whitcomb is averaging 30.0 minutes and 23.7 fantasy points. Whitcomb should be safe for fantasy until Loyd returns. |
| Tanisha Wright, G, NY | $4,600 | $5,000 | Wright is averaging 20.0 minutes and 24.8 fantasy points over her last three games. |
| Alex Bentley, G, ATL | $4,000 | $7,700 | Bentley is the closest thing I can find to a punt play on FanDuel. She played 27 minutes and had 25.5 fantasy points against Minnesota in her first game back from Eurobasket despite shooting 5-15 from the field. Poor shooting as been an issue for Bentley all season, but it was nice to see her be productive against a good defense anyway. |
| POS | FanDuel Cash | $ | POS | FanDuel GPP | $ | POS | DraftKings Cash | $ | POS | DraftKings GPP | $ |
| G | Tanisha Wright | $4,600 | G | Alex Bentley | $4,000 | G | Tiffany Hayes | $8,300 | G | Leilani Mitchell | $4,400 |
| G | Arike Ogunbowale | $6,200 | G | Sami Whitcomb | $4,900 | G | Jordin Canada | $7,500 | G | Tiffany Hayes | $8,300 |
| G | Sami Whitcomb | $4,900 | G | Tanisha Wright | $4,600 | F | Theresa Plaisance | $8,100 | F | Isabelle Harrison | $5,800 |
| F | Theresa Plaisance | $6,000 | F | Theresa Plaisance | $6,000 | Pivot | Teaira McCowan | $7,500 | Pivot | Reshanda Gray | $6,100 |
| F | Isabelle Harrison | $5,600 | Pivot | Reshanda Gray | 6000 | F | Elena Delle Donne | $11,000 | F | Liz Cambage | $10,000 |
| F | Dearica Hamby | $5,600 | F | Natasha Howard | $7,600 | F | Liz Cambage | $10,000 | Pivot | A'ja Wilson | $10,200 |
| F | Natasha Howard | $7,600 | F | Mercedes Russell | $5,000 | Pivot | Natasha Howard | 10400 | F | Natasha Howard | $10,400 |
| Pivot | Liz Cambage | $7,400 | F | Brittney Griner | $7,800 | UTIL | Tanisha Wright | $5,000 | UTIL | Brittney Griner | $10,600 |
| F | Mercedes Russell | $5,000 | Pivot | Liz Cambage | $7,400 | | | | | | |
