As you may have noticed we have transformed Scout into a data and stats driven service geared towards helping invested fans make the right decisions on a daily basis. This is our new Fantasy Scouting Report that we produce for each fantasy relevant player. We treat them like a stock and report their value in season long fantasy, the current fantasy week, and if applicable, on FanDuel and on DraftKings. We establish what is expected of the player based on fantasy ownership %, start %, and DFS Salary and see if our proprietary forecasting model projects a better or worse than expected performance. For complete recaps of the best and worst values for each market (season, weekly, daily), injury reports and team outlooks be sure to check out the new Scout.

DAILY FANTASY VALUE

George is projected for 41.9 FanDuel points and is fairly ranked. At $10700 he is expected to be the #1 small forward. At his projected points, he is worth a salary of $10.1K. Based on salary, he is expected to have 44.5 FPs, a value reached in 50 of 86 games (58%). The combined 'cover percentage' for small forwards priced at $4.0K and above is 46%.

• 4/23 MATCHUP: OKC @ POR, OKC Vegas Line Expectation 107.8 Points (#6 most points for the day)
• PROJECTION (POS RANK): 41.9 Fantasy Points (#1), 25.1 pts (#1), 7.5 reb (#1), 3.6 ast (#1), 1.8 stl (#1), 0.4 blk (#5), 3.3 3pt (#1), 2.7 turnovers (#1 most)

DRAFTKINGS VALUE: George is projected for 45 DraftKings points and is fairly ranked. At $9000 he is expected to be the #1 small forward. Using our calculation of expected points per dollar, George is worth $9K. Based on salary, he is expected to have 45.1 FPs, a value reached in 55 of 86 games (64%). The combined 'cover percentage' for small forwards priced at $4.0K and above is 50%.

George is NOT in the SportsLine DraftKings optimal lineup or the FanDuel optimal lineup which are based on the computer model's projection. SportsLine.com also offers premium optimal lineups from Mike McClure, a professional DFS player who has over $1 million in career winnings. He uses his own proprietary model to find great DFS values and often differs from the computer in how a player is projected to play on a daily basis.

SEASON FANTASY RECAP AND TREND

Paul George Is the #6 ranked fantasy player this season and the most valuable small forward. His elite ranking is helped by his higher games played (77). Based on average fantasy points he is the #2 small forward. He showed an upward trajectory as the season went on. He averaged 40.9 FPs in his first 25 games and 45.2 FP in his final 26 games. His fantasy production is stable and he is not as volatile as most players based on a below average standard deviation. Our projected ceiling for George when he 'goes off' is 79 fantasy points (his average is 44.4FPs) with a floor of 18 points.

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STATISTICAL IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST SEASON

He was sble to improve his fantasy production significantly this season. His fantasy average improved by 30%. His usage rate is trending up.

WEEKLY FANTASY RECAP

He has averaged 132 fantasy points per week and had 9 weeks where he exceeded that by 20% and 6 'bad' weeks where he came up 20% short of his average.

DAILY FANTASY SEASON RECAP

His FanDuel average was 47.6 points and on DraftKings it was 50.6 per game. We looked at all of his games that were between the 10th and 90th percentile where the 10th percentile is his floor and the 90th is his ceiling. On DraftKings his floor was 34.8 and on FanDuel it was 31.5 fantasy points. He did not have a high ceiling (less than +50% over average). On Draftkings it was 65 and on FanDuel it was 61 FPs. He has had more bad FanDuel games (below average by 20%) than good games (20% above average), and the same was true on DraftKings. We are only including games where they were in the daily fantasy slate and played.