Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates - 12/16/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below.START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or NFL? Be sure to read our free NBA and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered.What We Know Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert left Friday night's game against Boston after a collision, Favors is questionable for tonight's game against the Cavaliers, while Gobert is unlikely to play. Early on in Friday night's game against the Celtics, Favors rolled onto Gobert's leg, and both had to leave the game. Favors passed concussion testing and should be fine to start tonight. If he does start it will likely be at center as Gobert suffered an MCL sprain, and word is he will miss about a month. Favors was fantastic starting for Gobert when he missed several games last month with an injury to his other knee, and will be a solid play if starting at the five once again, since his price has dropped drastically in the time since Gobert has returned. In addition, Jonas Jerebko would likely slide into the starting power forward spot once again and also be a valuable play. Austin Rivers missed last night's game with a concussion, while Milos Teodosic was rested, and Danilo Gallinari remained out for a third straight game for the ailing Clippers. Rivers suffered a concussion on Wednesday in Orlando, and was not cleared for return last night, so his chances for tonight are looking slim. Jawun Evans was fantastic at the point with him and Milos Teodosic both sidelined paying over 10X PPD in 40 minutes. Teodosic was rested as he is still working his way back from a foot injury, but should be good to go tonight, which could cut into Evans value against the Heat. Gallo meanwhile is considered a game-time decision after missing his third straight last night due to a strained hip. The general feeling is the team is going to play cautious with the situation so don't look for Gallinari to rush back to action too quick, and consider him unlikely to go tonight. Kawhi Leonard will be rested on the tail end of the Spurs back to back set tonight. Leonard saw 16 minutes in his second game, but of course San Antonio doesn't want to over work the quad so they will sit him tonight as they host the Mavericks. This will move Rudy Gay back to the starting role and make him an attractive play...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/16/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or NFL? Be sure to read our free NBA and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Point guard Russell Westbrook FD - $11100 DK - $11500Opponent - NYProj Pts FD - 54.43 DK - 57.79 About 70 or so times a year we open the article the exact same way, with the point guard of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook, and today is no different. Occasionally the matchup is too tough to justify the price being too high, but aside from that, Russ is a staple in the opening profile here as an electric player who dominates the game, and puts up 50 fantasy points on the regular. tonight he travels to the Big Apple to take on a Knicks team that may be without Kristaps Porzingis, and has no one else that could even hope to contain him. Russ isn't quite at a season high in price, though it's close. On opening night the Thunder hosted the Knicks in OKC and Westbrook posted his first trip/doub, of many, of the season with a 21/10/16 line in 33 minutes. For the cost of admission, I don't think Russ is a must have tournament play, but he's got a solid cash game floor. Note: I wrote Westbrook up in the first quarter of the game against Philly. If the 52 minutes he played in triple OT concerns you, I get it, but Russ didn't look the least bit winded at the end of that game, and I don't think it impacts his minutes tonight. Jeff Teague FD - $6400 DK - $6500Opponent - PHOProj Pts FD - 35.16 DK - 35.36 The recurring theme of the night will be the Minnesota Timberwolves, who host the Phoenix Suns tonight. The Suns are terrible on the defensive and and play the third fastest game in basketball, which means opportunity aplenty for Jeff Teague and company. Teague is now seven games returned from an achilles injury that kept him on the bench for a stretch, and it looks as though everything is all good now. Thibs ran him out there for 34 minutes in his first game back and hasn't let up any on the workload since in true Thibs fashion. The 30 he saw against the Kings on Thursday was the fewest minutes he's seen in that stretch and that...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/12/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or NFL? Be sure to read our free NBA and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Point guard Jeff Teague FD - $6500 DK - $6500Opponent - PHIProj Pts FD - 33.02 DK - 33.32 Welcome back to another edition of NBA Tuesday. Tonight we are the lucky recipients of a seven game schedule of hoops action, which presents a nice change of pace from the usual Tuesday micro-slates we've seen throughout the most of the season. Unlike last night, where Austyn had the unenviable task of telling you to play a bunch of guys who could never fit into your lineups together due to a lack of value, we only have a handful of studs in the top tier tonight, and there are plenty of value plays, some of which may turn your stomach, but we'll ride this out to the end together. We start out at point guard with Jeff Teague of the Timberwolves, who host the Sixers tonight. Teague was an every lineup play on Sunday against the Mavericks, and let us down royally. In 35 minutes on the court against a terrible Dallas defense he was virtually nonexistent. Live to fight another day though, and today Teague finds himself paired up with a Sixers team that is average defensively at best when defending the point. In spite of Sunday's dud, this pace up contest with Philly should present Teague with a nice chance to bounce back, and though I'll have most of my exposure in cash games, I like the thought of Teague in tournaments where he could go low owned, and be a nice sneaky option as well. Spencer Dinwiddie FD - $7000 DK - $6100Opponent - WASProj Pts FD - 33.37 DK - 33.33 In the absence of D'Angelo Russell, Spencer Dinwiddie is emerging as a solid fantasy play, while helping the Nets to climb towards .500 and stay out of the east's basement. Since Russell went down with his knee injury, Dinwiddie has fallen below the 30 minute mark in just two games, most recently against Russell Westbrook and the Thunder last week when he fell into early foul trouble. He's flirted with double doubles twice in the past four games, while filling out the stat sheet nicely. He'll take on a Wizard's team tonight, that will either start Tim Frazier...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates - 12/10/17 ***Updated for the 7PM Main slate*** Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or NFL? Be sure to read our free NBA and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. What We Know Jameer Nelson has been ruled out for the Pelicans. Nelson will miss the game against the Sixers tonight with an ankle issue. Rajon Rondo will return to action following a rest day on Friday, while Anthony Davis, who passed his 25 minute restriction on Friday with 30 by the end of the night, will have no restriction tonight. Dennis Smith Jr. will miss a second straight contest as the Mavericks head to Minnesota. Smith is dealing with a hip strain, and was questionable heading into Friday's tilt with the Bucks, before the team ultimately ruled him out of that game and tonight's contest with the Wolves. JJ Barea, Devin Harris and Yogi Ferrell were all likely candidates to see a bump in workload with Smith sidelined, but none lit the world on fire with their performances on Friday. Robert Covington and T.J. McConnell are both out for the Sixers trip to New Orleans. Covington fell into the stands in the fourth quarter of last night's loss to the Cavaliers, and bruised his back in the process. The team will rest him on the tail end off the back to back as they play the Pelicans tonight. McConnell has missed four of the last five games with a shoulder injury and will be sidelined once again tonight. Jerryd Bayless has seen extended time in McConnells absence but hasn't done much with it, though if with both RoCo and T.J. out, that could add to his playing time, while Timothy Luwawu-Cabarot will start in Covington's spot. In positive Sixers news, Joel Embiid, who was rested last night, will play the tail end of the B2B set tonight. Nikola Jokic remains out for the Nuggets. The Joker will miss game number five with a sprained left ankle, Mason Plumlee and Kenneth Faried will continue to absorb the bulk of Jokic's minutes. Willie Cauley-Stein will not rejoin the Kings when they host the Raptors today. WCS was held back from the Kings recent two game road trip with a lower back strain, and is apparently still nursing the injury. Look for the Kings to keep Zach Randolph at the center spot with JaKarr Sampson starting once again at power...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates - 12/9/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or NFL? Be sure to read our free NBA and NFL Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. What We Know Joel Embiid will rest against the Cavaliers in the first game of a back to back. Embiid will take his standard rest day during a Sixers back to back set on the opening end as the Sixers head to Cleveland tonight. In addition to Embiid, T.J. McConnell, who returned from a three game absence to play the Lakers on Thursday night, aggravated the same shoulder that kept him out for those games and will miss once again tonight. The two may be joined on the bench by Dario Saric who is looking unlikely to play a second straight game. Amir Johnson could see extended run again and we may get our first look at Trevor Booker in a Sixers uniform. Jerryd Bayless will see the most benefit from McConnells absence. Aaron Gordon suffered a concussion last night against the Nuggets, joining a long list of injured Magic. Gordon joins Terrence Ross, and Evan Fournier among the inactive Orlando players after suffering a concussion last night. He will join Fournier, who missed last night's game with a sprained ankle, and has no current timetable for return, and Ross who has missed several games with a hyperextended knee. In addition, we are waiting on word for D.J. Augustin who is questionable after injuring his quad last night. As we noted in the picks article, Nikola Vucevic, and Jonathon Simmons will provide tremendous value tonight for the depleted Orlando team. If Augustin is unable to go, then add Shelvin Mack to the list of Orlando value plays as well. Jeremy Lamb left last night's game with a shin contusion. He has been ruled out while Nicolas Batum is listed as questionable. Batum is experiencing soreness in the elbow that kept him sidelined through the first 12 games of the season, He's considered a game time decision and may likely be held out as a precaution tonight as the Hornets host the Lakers. If held out, he will join Lamb on the bench, who injured his shin in last night's contest. Dwayne Bacon and Malik Monk would be the beneficiaries if both are unable to play tonight. Jusuf Nurkic will sit out tonight's game against Houston with a sore ankle. Nurkic sprained his ankle Tuesday...