Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/2/17 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. By the way - we keep our projection system updated with all of the changes as they occur throughout the day right up until lineup lock. Every day. If you want access to that system so you can cut out a lot of the research element, click the button below! START YOUR FREE TRIAL! What We Know Paul Millsap will come off the bench. Paul Millsap has missed eight consecutive games, with left knee tightness, but this morning the Hawks upgraded his status to questionable for tonight's game against the Nets. It has just been announced that he will play and come off the bench, but this news is enough for me to avoid Ersan Ilyasova tonight as his production will surely take a hit. George Hill remains out. Hill will miss his third straight game Sunday. Raul Neto also remains out so Dante Exum and Shelvin Mack will see the PG minutes for the Jazz. Seth Curry has been ruled out. Seth missed the end of the Mavs game against the Grizzlies Friday after aggravating his shoulder, and the team has decided to hold him out through the weekend. Yogi Ferrell would most likely move up to the starter role with Devin Harris and J.J. Barea seeing some additional run. Marc Gasol remains out, while Vince Carter will rest against the Lakers. Gasol will miss his fifth straight and Carter, who has been averaging just over 30 minutes per game recently, will get a game off with the playoffs fast approaching. Zach Randolph continues to be a great play with Gasol out, especially against the Lakers league worst interior defense, with James Ennis and Troy Daniels benefiting from Carters absence. LaMarcus Aldridge is out today with a sprained left thumb. LMA looks to be day-to-day with this sprain. Danny Green who injured his left thigh Friday against the Thunder will also be held out today as a precaution. Davis Bertans and Kyle Anderson will start in their places. Manu Ginobili will sit out today for rest purposes leading to more minutes for Jonathan Simmons and Kyle Anderson. Taj Gibson will start for OKC. Gibson returned to practice yesterday after missing Friday's game due to illness, and has been cleared to return to action for today's tilt with the...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/1/17 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. By the way - we keep our projection system updated with all of the changes as they occur throughout the day right up until lineup lock. Every day. If you want access to that system so you can cut out a lot of the research element, click the button below! START YOUR FREE TRIAL! What We Know Jusuf Nurkic is out for at least two weeks. Nurkic quickly became an asset to the Trail Blazers after coming over from Denver, and has suffered a fracture in his right leg and looks to miss the remainder of the regular season. Myers Leonard would most likely benefit from Nurkics absence as he should move into the starting center role. Austin Rivers is out for at least the remainder of the regular season. Doc Rivers said Austins hamstring injury is "a pretty good one" and it looks like he will miss the remainder of the regular season. Raymond Felton and Jamal Crawford stand to benefit the most from Rivers absence. Arron Afflalo is available to play tonight. Afflalo has missed 4 straight games but will be available for the Kings today against the Timber Wolves. Tyreke Evans, Kosta Koufos and Garrett Temple will all sit out for rest tonight. The Kings will have 10 players available tonight. Since the all star break, Darren Collison has averaged 1.22 fantasy points per minute with those three off the court, and Buddy Hield sees a +5% usage differential. Brandon Ingram has been cleared to play. Ingram has missed three straight with tendinitis in his right knee but participated in practice on Friday. He will be available on a minutes restriction for the Lakers game thie afternoon with the Clippers. The "Every Lineup" Guys Blake Griffin If you read last nights picks article, you know we love the Hawks and Bulls for the early slate, but the one player from the L.A. showdown that appears in all of the top lineups our system us putting out this afternoon is Blake Griffin. Bake is coming off of back to back thrashings of the fourth and fifth worst teams when it comes to defending against the four, the Wizards and the Suns. This afternoon, he draws the absolute worst defense at the position, the Lakers. Neither of those...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/1/17 April has arrived, the season is winding down, some teams are playing for playoff positioning, others are playing for ping pong balls. There'll be no foolin' here though. Our system has been on fire as of late and it all starts with the picks that follow below. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new NFL player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA? Be sure to read our free NBA Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Point Guards Early Rajon Rondo FD - $6900 DK - $6900Opponent - ATLProj Pts FD - 31.28 DK - 33.27 The Bulls currently find themselves on the outside looking in for the last playoff spot with time winding down. Today they host a Hawks team who finally figured out how to win a few games without Paul Millsap. It's kind of been a tale of two seasons for Rajon Rondo. He was completely pulled from the rotation back in January for several games, and then relegated to a minor bench role. Now as we come down the stretch Raj looks to be locked firmly in place as the Bulls starting point guard and saw runs of 34 and 36 in his past two outings. Most recently a big win against the Cavs in which he didn't shoot particularly well(3-13), but made up for it by dishing out 15 assists and snagging nine boards. The early word from Vegas is a 4.5 spread, so look for Rondo to see extended run in this one and even though the price is steadily climbing, he still comes in at a value with a high floor and higher ceiling for all formats. Late Damian Lillard FD - $9500 DK - $9700Opponent - PHOProj Pts FD - 44.99 DK - 48.32 The Blazers host the Suns tonight as they fight to hold on to that final playoff spot in the west. Damian Lillard has been very impressive down the stretch, most recently putting up a stellar performance against the tough defense of Patrick Beverley and the Houston Rockets. In 38 minutes against the Rockets, Lillard double doubled with 31 points and 11 assists, while also picking up 4 boards and 2 swipes. The 31 points makes this Lillards first time in 4 games scoring over 22 points, after a run of three straight games scoring over 30. The price is slowly trending back upward, and on a full slate I might be inclined...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 3/28/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new NFL player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA? Be sure to read our free NBA Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Point Guards John Wall FD - $10200 DK - $10700Opponent - LALProj Pts FD - 47.77 DK - 51.22 I'm not sure what you all had for dinner Saturday night, but I had a healthy helping of crow courtesy of John Wall. In this same spot, and then once again in the Saturday update, I stated my doubts against Wall as a plus 10K player, and at a sub 10k price, he paid 6.5X against the Cavaliers for 61.3 FanDuel points. Yes, this would have even paid 6X at his current price, which, as luck would have it, is back over 10K on both sites. I'm not going to argue with the algorithms anymore. It's all about the facts, and the facts are tonight the Wiz travel into L.A. to face the Lakers. The Lakers are a team, that while worlds apart from Cleveland, there are subtle similarities. They're ever so slightly worse at defense, and play at an even faster pace than the Cavs. Early returns from Vegas have this one at a 9 point spread, which gives me some pause, but for cash game purposes, I won't be questioning John Wall anymore. Dennis Schroder FD - $7200 DK - $7800Opponent - PHOProj Pts FD - 36.09 DK - 39.2 Paul Millsap remains out, which is bad news for Hawks and their fans as they're currently riding an 8 game skid in a tightly contested bottom half of the Eastern division top 8. The good news for us is that Dennis Schroder sees a 4.1% usage bump without Millsap on the court and has paid over 5X in his last two outings. In Sundays loss to the Nets, Schroder came 2 assists shy of a double double with 24 points, to go along with 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Tonight the Hawks host the Suns, who for pace of play and defensive purposes could be called the Nets "Western Edition". Schroder's downfall comes in ball protection, as he's averaging 5 turnovers in his last 4 outings. If you think he can protect the rock he's in a tremendous spot here. Ish Smith FD - $4500 DK - $5000Opponent - MIAProj Pts FD - 27.18 DK - 28.65 This pick is of course conditional on...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings – 3/26/17 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. By the way - we keep our projection system updated with all of the changes as they occur throughout the day right up until lineup lock. Every day. If you want access to that system so you can cut out a lot of the research element, click the button below! START YOUR FREE TRIAL! What We Know Dion Waiters did not travel to Boston. Hassan Whiteside will play. Waiters has missed three games already with a sprained left ankle and has not traveled to Boston with the Heat for tonight's game against the Celtics. Hassan Whiteside tweaked his ankle thursday night, but said it was nothing to worry over and is confirmed to play tonight. Ryan Anderson is out. Anderson rolled his ankle Friday against New Orleans, and is currently day to day. Erik Gordon will draw the start in his place, he and Sam Dekker both should see some added usage. Jahlil Okafor is out tonight for Philly. Jah has missed three of his last 4 due to a sore right knee. Richaun Holmes will draw the start at the 5 for the Sixers again and is a viable option in all formats this evening against the Pacers. Robert Covington and T.J. McConnell both also see a slight bump in usage with Okafor off the court making both considerations as well. Arron Afflalo and Kosta Koufos will rest tonight. Garrett Temple and Skal Labissiere will be the starting forwards with Willie Caulie-Stein moving over to center. WCS is the only King who has seen some semblance of consistent minutes since the All Star Break, but Labassiere has been known to flash upside for his value price when presented with additional usage. Austin Rivers will start for J.J. Reddick. Reddick was ruled out of today's tilt with the Kings due to a sprained right ankle. Rivers will start in his place and along with Chris Paul becomes an interesting play, as they both see at least a 2.2% bump in usage with Reddick off the court since the break. This game has a 13 point spread, but if the Kings find a way to keep it competitive, Rivers and Paul stand to see huge upside as the kings are notable poor defending against opposing guards. What We're Waiting to...