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DFS: Friday's Center Value Rankings

Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports

Here are theScore's center value rankings for Friday, November 6:

Value Rankings
PG | SG | SF | PF | C

# Name Opponent Risk
1 Andre Drummond (DET) at PHO Low
2 Al Horford (ATL) at NO Low
3 Hassan Whiteside (MIA) at IND Low
4 Brook Lopez (BKN) vs. LAL Low
5 Jonas Valanciunas (TOR) at ORL Low

Center might be the weakest position on Friday's slate. Drummond is leagues ahead of everyone. He's scoring at an elite level in the early going, making him the absolute best at the position.

Valanciunas is cheaper than the others, and has seemingly shaken his streaky label. Horford is in tough against the Pelicans, but he'll probably be the best offensive option for the Hawks. Whiteside has turned it on in his last two games, and he'll look for a third consecutive double-double.

# Name Opponent Risk
6 Greg Monroe (MIL) at NY Low
7 Jahlil Okafor (PHI) at CLE Medium
8 Festus Ezeli (GS) vs. DEN Medium
9 Robin Lopez (NY) vs. MIL Medium
10 Tyson Chandler (PHO) vs. DET Medium
11 Marcin Gortat (WAS) at BOS Medium
12 Dwight Howard (HOU) at SAC Medium
13 Willie Cauley-Stein (SAC) vs. HOU Medium
14 Kosta Koufos (SAC) vs. HOU Medium
15 Roy Hibbert (LAL) at BKN) Medium

As good as Karl-Anthony Towns has been in Minnesota, Okafor has been right there with him. He'll have off nights, but the good should outweigh the bad for the rookie. Ezeli continues to fill in for the injured Andrew Bogut and should provide inexpensive returns.

Since DeMarcus Cousins is out of the lineup, Koufos or Cauley-Stein will step up. It could be both, but Cauley-Stein is slightly less expensive giving him the edge.

# Name Opponent Risk
16 Myles Turner (IND) vs. MIA High
17 Timofey Mozgov (CLE) vs. PHI High
18 Bismack Biyombo (TOR) at ORL High
19 Alex Len (PHO) vs. DET High
20 Nikola Jokic (DEN) at GS High
21 Dewayne Dedmon (ORL) vs. TOR High
22 Ian Mahinmi (IND) vs. MIA High
23 Joffrey Lauvergne (DEN) at GS High
24 Andrea Bargnani (BKN) vs. LAL High
25 Alexis Ajinca (NO) vs. ATL High

If Mahinmi and Lauvergne are out again on Friday, consider Turner and Jokic in their stead. This is assuming Jokic himself returns to the lineup. It may be better, then, to go with the injury replacement in Dedmon who is starting against the Raptors instead of Nikola Vucevic. Bargnani could score some buckets, but he's just as likely to toss a barrel of airballs.

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