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Daily Fantasy Basketball Injury News and Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/12/16
Welcome to the daily updates and injury news article. We'll try and update it right up to line-up locks with as much information as comes across our desks. Let's get to it!
Last night's picks can be found here, so you can wrap your mind around what you need to be looking at before lineups lock tonight.
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What We Know
OKC is sitting everybody that is good
So what's it mean? A bad match-up, but TONS of opportunity for Kanter, Foye, Morrow, Payne, and Waiters. Every single one of them paid value, and it makes sense. They are free, and we're freeing up like 110 minutes per game here. Kanter had an absurd 33/20 line and was the play of the night against Portland, and I assume that will be the case here as well.
Paul George is playing
Not exactly huge news, but this obviously eliminates guys like CJ Miles from consideration. As for George, I am still not sure the Pacers are hell-bent on trying for the 7th seed, so I'd deploy him very cautiously.
What We're Waiting to Know
Carmelo Anthony - in or out?
This would be huge for the Knicks because it would free up not only Melo's minutes, but his shots as well. Melo only played 26 minutes in his last game, but his absence would mean great things for Derrick Williams in particular - a good play that would become great.
Will Tony Allen suit up?
He sat against Golden State, and that meant big minutes for both Lance Stephenson and Vince Carter. Lance was awful, but Vince was terrific. Neither is anything more than a speculative play for me today.
The "Every Lineup" Guys
Enes Kanter - FD 5600 DK 5400
Opponent - SAS
FD Proj. Pts - 34.05 DK Proj. Pts - 34.98
Dion Waiters - FD 3900 DK 3600
Opponent - SAS
FD Proj. Pts - 24.32 DK Proj. Pts - 25.72
This one is easy. Last time the Thunder sat their big three Mr. Kanter drew the start and was basically a one-man wrecking crew. He piled on the points with a 33/20 line and I suspect he's the most popular play on the day today. He's not a punt play necessarily, but that doesn't matter on this slate. Kanter will likely be the top player on the team in shots if not for Waiters.
Waiters put up 19 in that last game as well. He's a totally different player when not sharing the court with Russ and KD. He's fully able to revert to his chucker personality. These guys should be everywhere tonight. They should rely
Dwyane Wade - FD 7100 DK 6300
Opponent - DET
FD Proj. Pts - 32.69 DK Proj. Pts - 33.18
Is he a favorite to crush value tonight? No. But you have to spend the money somewhere and Wade and the Heat are still playing for seeding purposes. In case it isn't clear by now, tonight is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous. Make sure you have a healthy appetite for risk before tackling tonight's slate, though there is definitely money to be made if you can get a beat on how things will play out better than your opponents.
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Hey guys. I used the optimizer for the trial, but I would like to cancel my subscription before the payment hits. For those of you that can afford it, I highly recommend it. I tried each of the three cancellation options and emailed support, but haven’t heard back yet and wanted to ensure I used every possibility to cancel. Thanks, and good luck tonight!
The easiest way to cancel that I’ve found is Google “cancel payment DFSR” and it should be the first or 2nd link that pops. They certainly don’t make it easy to cancel
Not really doing NBA till the playoffs start because it’s basically putting names in a hat and drawing these last two games but will make a few cheapo flier lineups. Think the trick is going to be not looking at salaries. Just go with the 9 guys on FD 8 on DK that you think will score the most fp and don’t spend up just to spend up.
thoughts on drummond tonight?
Drummond is in a great spot for his game. Averages +7.8fpts per game in below avg. pace match-ups. Miami is almost as slow as they come. Deploy with confidence…even if he sees 30 mins vs Whiteside he should easily exceed at current pricing.
Thanks Walrus much appreciated
I got a feeling Blake Griffin is going to sit tonight and play tomorrow night
kenneth doc said hes resting his players on Wednesday so i think griffin may play tonight
what you guys think about Phi PG Smith tonight?
Wonder what time pop announces he’s sitting everyone?
Yeah the Spurs are really the only ? left
Normally I would say to just not take your chances on the Spurs but they’re on a 3 game losing streak and surely Pop doesn’t want to extend that any further going into the playoffs because that would not be good for team morale, but then again who am I to know the inside of Pop’s brain.
Any input on randolph? Or Corey joseph?
Detroit running a 10 man rotation. I assume this means that 10 guys are getting double digit minutes. If so I really don’t like anyone from the Det game other than maybe Reggie.
Really not sure whether I should play Pistons anymore? 10 man, man minutes are going to be a MESS – tonight is one of the hardest nights by far
I’m playing everyone from Phi, I believe Smith going to have a good night
Melo is out now and PG13 is playing due to playoff seeding being important to coach Vogel.
Affalo should get minutes now.
Yeah but Gallo might be the play there, hard to trust either IMO.
I’m gonna avoid all Spurs anyway. I’m Kawhi plays and gets 40-50 I’ll have to live with that lol
Whats everyones thoughts on lowry and derozan tonight? I definitely like derozan more than wade and I’m also leaning vujacic over waiters as well
Yeah, I’m with you on both, already have Sasha locked in, but going to have to wait and see about DD.
Randolph or Deng? FD Gpp
Does Toronto have anything to play for?
No but it seems theyre running everyone out there
Toronto has nothing to play for since the Cavs won last night.
Who is your top center tonight
Its gotta be Kanter, even if you can afford Whiteside or Drummond
Start FOUR Sixers?!? Sounds nut I know, but without Landry in the LU, I’m really thinking there will be lots of minutes for Grant and Noel. Also, Smith is in a decent spot as well, I’m also thinking of adding Covington, who has really been playing well with many minutes.
Thoughts?
Raptors not resting anyone except James Johnson. Lowry and DeRozan are in play.
Gulp……well, that changes my thinking a tad. Smith loses some of his appeal for sure, but I think that Grant and Noel are still in play. Thanks.
Thoughts on starting both DD and Lowry? If they each get around 30 minutes, they might pay off. Going to pivot to Matt Barnes at SF for some safe points, I don’t trust Morris against the Heat.
Myles Turner anyone? Depends on his minutes, but here is your boom or bust play at PF. Gotta decide between him, Noel, J. Grant, Harris, or Deng. Everyone will be on D.Williams with Melo out, but as a NYK fan I can tell you that even with the extra minutes, his ceiling isn’t that high.
Deng is a solid play I think, probably Harris as well, but safe doesn’t get you the $$$ in Tourneys. Out of those 5, what are the 2 best tourney plays in your opinions?
Morris sat last night. He will be ready to go!
Last time out against the Heat, Morris didn’t do squat in 28 minutes, and that was after 3 days of rest, albeit the game was in Miami.
Thanks, but no thanks Dan.
These games blow. Teams like the Spurs, Raptors and Clippers have zero to play for but because they are the regular season finales they’ll trot the starters out there for the fans making it nearly impossible to gauge/guess minutes. Miami, Detroit and Indy only three teams playing in a game that matters.
my advice is to go with your gut feeling tonight………..also I will post my lineup shortly so you will know who is going to do poorly tonight.
Lol
LOL……My “gut” has been in knots for a while now Jim, I don’t trust it as far as I can throw it. On a confounding losing streak, mainly because of last minute “resting” of players, or bizarre minute distribution, gotta get off this bad streak now.
Final lineup tonight for cash games on FD
Goran Dragic
Ish Smith
Dwyane Wade
Dion Waiters
Paul George
Robert Covington
Blake Griffin
Nerlens Noel
Enes Kanter
Good luck everyone!
Pretty close to mine Nik………only changes are:
DeRozan for Wade
Sasha for Waiters
M. Barnes for Covington ( I like Covington though)
Good luck!
I ended up taking Sasha as well, good luck to you too!
It freaked me out that I saw Waiters listed as SF, and I was not going to play the guy knowing that The Claw was going to be chasing him around.
Only Diaw and Ginobili unavailable tonight for Spurs, per Pop. Diaw expected to play tomorrow in Dallas
Kanter not starting, doesn’t hurt value too much right?
Yea.. Just saw that. I’m a little worried now
WHY IS Kanter not starting….?
Collision is starting. Kanter should still get his minutes.
Hopefully he still gets at least 30, it figures that something had to potentially screw up a no brainer start.
* collison
lmaooooo jim
here it is ….get rid of them quick….sorry so late…
Grant
Lowry
Derozan
Wade
Covington
Morris
Griffin
Grant
Drummond
FantasyAces lineup for tonight
G D.Wade 32.74 5,350.00
G R.Jackson 28.96 5,200.00
G D.Waiters 16.95 3,800.00
F Z.Randolph 29.19 5,300.00
F N.Noel 30.14 4,900.00
F D.Williams 17.54 3,600.00
C H.Whiteside 39.43 6,000.00
Util A.Drummond 36.64 5,700.00
Util E.Kanter 24.76 4,850.00
Kanter didn’t start vs Por. either in his 33/20 line…don’t worry. Collison only had 9 minutes in that start.
Kanter did start that game against portland, I’m a huge blazers fan.
And then Reggie Jackson announced as questionable with seconds left before lock….sigh….
where’s that reggie news coming from?
Basketball Monster….usually pretty good…crossing fingers though….
Thanks
and we’re off….keep the chatter going……not too many people were communicating last night…..c’mon…….we have nothing else to do right?
At 401 I get a Jackson out alert this shit is fixed
Kanter should get plenty of run. He’s coming off the bench because they playoffs are coming up and they want to keep the second unit thing going.
May have lucked out. Optimizer spit out Jackson but personally liked Dragic better so faded Jackson..
Good luck to everyone tonight.
Wow Reggie Jackson is in 3 of my 5 lineups. There goes tonight. There’s just a new late scratch every day. I’m glad there’s only another day of this.
Frikkin’ Jackson….Well I’m in the same boat as 50% of the entries in my double-ups…That should help a bit….at least 50% of us will be hobbled and hoping to get a bit contrarian elsewhere….
This is why Im getting sick of Fanduel. R Jackson’s last minute news and I cant change him. Of Course hes not in my DK lineup where a switch is still possible. Fanduel needs to fix that option quick before they lose business. I freaking LOVED my Fanduel team tonight.
Wow 39% of the lineups in the FD shot gone just like that. I’m glad I decided to play less today, only had Reggie in 2/5 lineups. My cash entries are dead in the water but hopefully I can make up for it in GPP.
reggie jackson..what in the world
does reggie news make dragic any more appealing? on DK where i can switch (had like 80% reggie exposure). Could just go Ish, but considering Dragic as well.
Thoughts?
I think I’ve played Reggie Jackson twice this year and both times got screwed after lock. Luckily I’m traveling tomorrow and can just ignore the final games. See you all Saturday! LOL
thanks Reggie
happy i play yahoo dfs i just got finished fixing like 8 rosters because of the late Jackson scratch hopefully it doesnt crew me up much
Spurs are playing players right?
Will we see a full run from the Spurs tonight or do they sit the entire 4th when they’re up 30?? Or sit even if it’s close? And does Kanter get a full run if it’s a blowout??
Though I don’t see a blow out, does anyone trust a full run of minutes for the Clips??
Doomed lmao!!!!!
Reggie Flippin jackson. Ah well. Should have known better then to try and squeeze one more night out of the reg season. Only saving grace I guess is that he’s owned 39-45% in every contest I’m in. Would be nice to be on the other side of that advantage
Yeah f me.. I switched Reggie in 20min before lock.. I was gonna roll Jerian who’s killing it right now instead and upgrade Kanter.. Fu basketball
Thought I read Spurs are sitting
I’m straight stinking it up tonight
Just received this from FanDuel after complaining about lineup/late scratches….
Hi Cody,
Thank you for contacting us here at FanDuel Support. We understand that the news of Reggie Jackson sitting out tonight was unforeseen until after tonight’s contests began, and that it’s frustrating to have selected players that receive zero points, so we certainly empathize with your situation.
Unfortunately, late scratches are a part of fantasy sports, but since all users operate under the same rules, all are susceptible to late scratches. We understand that in certain cases the late scratch can seem unavoidable, as was the case in this instance, but most users will ultimately experience both sides of this situation. Especially in the NBA where players are announced as out so close to game time. Sometimes you are fortunate enough to avoid the player in question and gain an advantage on the field, while other times you happen to select that player and are at a disadvantage. We understand it may not make you feel better at the current moment, but again, all users are in the same boat once contests lock.
With that being said, we do understand the unavoidable nature of a late scratch and would hate for you to have a bad experience on FanDuel because of it. I have gone ahead and credited your account with $10.00 in FDP (24,000 FDP) for both your entries and for being a loyal FanDueler. Please keep in mind that this credit is a one time courtesy, so while we certainly hope this does not happen to you again, we would not be able to issue you another credit in a similar situation.
hopefully the coach for Toronto is telling lowry and derozan at halftime……………….
hey guys…it’s ok to play hard, have pride, and do well tonight…don’t be shy!!!!!!!!! GEEEEEEEZ!!!!!
can you even believe you would have to say that to a millionaire nba allstar player….GEEEEEEEZ!!!!!!
somebody needs to tell jerian grant that there are 2 halves in a nba game……GEEEEEEEEZ!!!!!!
I guess wade needs to be reminded he is the best player on the heat also…….GEEEEEEZ!!!!
lookin real bad for old jim tonight……….players are slackin……disgraceful laziness……..per shame, per shame…..better see some second half production or it’s all over for me…..GEEEEEEEZ!!!
hello……anybody out there doing any good?
anybody elses players taking the night off….ON THE COURT?
hope nobody picked up CRAWFORD
what the hell happened to jerami grant……did he fall asleep?? GEEEEEEEEZ!!!!
I dont even play fantasy basketball anymore….. I just come here for Jims comments…..
thanks jesse……I just try to make sense of this foolishness.
everone is so quiet tonight……they must all be making their plans to spend all their FD money $$$
Does anybody know if CP3, Blake, and Jordan are playing tonight
I know Crawford is out
I have Griffin in my lineup so I would assume he will sit
Paul and Jordan I have no idea
ok……now I only need 100 FD fantasy points from Griffin…….bahahahahaha
Yeah, it’s crazy… I might try a quarter arcade tomorrow night.. lineup locks are at a time i cant check because i cant have a phone at work unless i’m on break and i always get burned by the last minute scratches….
Jim:
I feel ur pain, I had wade too and all my guys took the second half off so yeah unless Matt Barnes goes nuts I lose again
Wtf Crawford is out Nooooooooooooooooooo
Okay I’m seriously tired of everyone complaining about FanDuel not being able to switch your lineups. Suck it up. It’s getting really irritating, sometimes it happens to me too, other times I luck out and it happens to others. That’s the entire reason for the existence of a lineup lock… If you aren’t up to it, then leave and go to DK cause I’m tired of hearing about it. I hope not all of you got screwed tonight lol.
Nikolas, if you’re referring to my comment then your off…. I have never played fanduel…. and i was just making conversation with Jim because he’s an entertaing guy….
Haha it wasn’t for you I promise, it was for everyone in general.
Jim, are you telling me I should change Blake to Zbo.
Zbo or Barnes !!!!!?????
no….im just being sarcastic…..sorry boss….I rant and rave all night…..I “think” blake is gonna play really
Crawford? Yeah, I sure did.
That’s on me, though. He was listed out 2 hours ago, but I got caught up playing with my kids.
chad…….what are you doing spending time with your family when there is more important things going on in life……like pure luck fantasy basketball? will you ever learn?
Stephenson out??? I’m sitting in the money on a $25 league with Paul, Stephenson, Barnes, Griffin, and Randolph!!! No Stephenson??? There was absolutely zero word of his sitting!!
Never mind!! Whew!!
it’s all over but the crying……talk to you tomorrow night
14 game slate tomorrow should be interesting
Surprised Doc has only run Blake 23 minutes. He’ll most likely sit tomorrow and he’s been sucking wind against one of the slowest paced teams in the NBA when he’s playing. Don’t want him to get him hurt obviously but they look to be playing Portland so he needs to get his minutes up pronto.
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