Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/17/16 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. 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 Monta Ellis and Rodney Stuckey remain out. Ellis, who didn't travel with the team on their current road trip will remain out until at least Monday when the Pacers return home. The injury bug spread to Stuckey on Wednesday when he injured his hamstring against the Heat. He currently has no timetable for return to action. Glenn Robinson and C.J.Miles have seen much more action in their absence. T.J. Warren and Alex Len will play tonight. Both players are projected to play tonight. Warren should most likely come off the bench meaning PJ Tucker should be in line for one more start. Len returning will cut into the minutes Tyson Chandler has been seeing recently, until we see just how they're both used neither makes an attractive fantasy play. What We're Waiting to Know Derrick Rose and Carmelo Anthony are game time decisions. After leaving Tuesdays game due to lingering back pain, Rose sat out against the Warriors on Thursday. He was able to practice Friday and will wait to see how he feels Saturday before his status is confirmed. Should he miss again, Brandon Jennings makes a great play. Melo on the other hand sat out against the Warriors due to a sore shoulder, but this doesn't seem to be anything of concern and he expects to go tonight against the Nuggets. Al-Farouq Aminu is doubtful against the Warriors. Aminu is doubtful tonight and while Myers Leonard and Ed Davis would see more time if he sits out again, the real implication from a fantasy perspective lies in Aminu's defense missing from a game Vegas has the Warriors favored by 14 in. Draymond Green could have his way with the Blazers front court and makes an enticing tournament play. The "Every Lineup" Guys Andre Drummond The Pistons were blown out last night by Washington, cutting in to Drummond's fantasy production. He has been on a nice run as of late, putting...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/11/16 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. 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 JoJo is a no go. Joel Embiid is experiencing some inflammation in his right elbow and will be rested as a precautionary measure. Fortunately for the Sixers Jahlil Okafor should be good to go after missing 2 games due to illness. Nerlens Noel is also set to make his season debut off the bench returning from pre season knee surgery. Jerryd Bayless will miss his 8th straight game which is good news for fans of Sergio Rodriguez as a tournament punt play. Isaiah Thomas is out. Thomas will miss another game as he recovers from that groin injury, Marcus Smart should most likely get the start in his place. What We're Waiting to Know Derrick Rose is a game time decision. No official word has come down yet, but Rose did participate in a full practice yesterday and speculation is that he will go tonight against the Lakers. If he does in fact go, this would send Brandon Jennings back to the bench hurting his fantasy value. D'Angelo Russell is a game time decision. Will he or wont he? First word was that Russell would miss tonight's game against the Knicks. Then coach Walton suggested he may in fact be good to go after missing 11 games with a sore knee. With Nick Young out at least one more game, Jordan Clarkson could still be in play, but just how much he factors will depend on if Russell goes, and how much playing time they plan to give him. The "Every Lineup" Guys Kristaps Porzingis Zinger and the Knicks head to LaLa land to face the Lakers tonight in a prime matchup and it couldn't come at a better time. While his shot hasn't been falling the way we would like to see recently the Lakers are terrible at defending the PF position and I'm feeling redemption in the cards tonight, not to mention LA really has no one to contest with...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/10/16 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. 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 Gordon Hayward will play Word is Hayward will play tonight. While I wrote last night that this would impact Joe Johnsons desirability, word of Rodney Hood sitting out means theres still hope for JJ. We will have to wait and see what lineup the Jazz run out there. With Hood, George Hill and Derrick Favors all sitting out, Hayward generally sees a 4.7% increase in his usage, so if you're confident in that finger then he definitely looks like a nice play. Emmanuel Mudiay is probable tonight Mudiay is fully expected to suit up for tonights game against the magic. This will send Jameer Nelson back to the bench and restrict him to a strictly tournament play. Mudiay himself has been wildly inconsistent lately and until we see how coach Malone plans on distributing time on the Nuggets backcourt, I'm staying away. What We're Waiting to Know Jrue Holiday remains a game time decision. We're still waiting on the official word here, but coach Gentry has already come out and said the Holiday will most likely miss another game due to his toe injury. Once word becomes official this will make Tim Frazier an excellent play. Blake griffin is questionable It's being reported that Griffin has a sore right knee, which while not thought to be serious, does have his status tonight up in the air. With this being the last game of the night, we may not know for sure one way or the other in time for line up lock which puts one of tonights better plays in to serious question. Who's playing in Orlando? Bismack Biyombo, Nikola Vucevic, and Jeff green are all questionable for tonights game against Denver. Depending on how this all shakes out there are numerous fantasy implications here. Should all three miss tonight then that leaves the Nuggets extremely short handed with a ton of minutes up for grabs. Fortunately this one is early enough...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/10/16 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 Tim Frazier FD - $4900 DK - $5700 Opponent - LAC Proj Pts FD - 27.56 DK - 29.66 Jameer Nelson FD - $4800 DK - $5300 Opponent - ORL Proj Pts FD - 26.54 DK - 29.16 Shelvin Mack FD - $4000 DK - $4900 Opponent - SAC Proj Pts FD - 22.41 DK - 24.58 These are the "if" guys and they are only viable if their teammates aren't able to run. We will need to wait on news about Jrue Holiday, Emmanuel Mudiay and George respectively but if any guy misses then either these three stand to benefit in a major way. Frazier should see minutes in the low 30's without Jrue and he's adept at running the offense. It's a little suspect that he only saw 29 against the Sixers with Moore and Holiday out, but they don't have have great ball-handlers after him on the bench. Meanwhile Jameer ran 36 minutes against the Wiz and the Nuggets would need him to handle all of the playmaking for Denver were Mudiay to sit again. I'm more inclined to play him than Frazier if things break right and he's a bit cheaper to boot. The minutes appear more secure if he's the primary PG in the offense. And finally, we have Mack who played 37 minutes against Golden State and went 19/5/2. He was helped greatly in usage with Gordon Hayward sitting as well. The Jazz were, miraculously, able to hang somewhat with the Warriors the other night thanks to Mack actually scoring. I'm not worried about Dante Exum butting up against his minutes if Hill is out either. But again, we will need to wait on news for all three of these guys. Kemba Walker FD - $8000 DK - $7500 Opponent - CLE Proj Pts FD - 39.39 DK - 41.68 He's more of a DraftKings value than FanDuel but I don't mind playing him over there tonight in a plus matchup against the Cavs. He was a chalk DK play last night in cash an underperformed his price thanks in large part to the blowout they dealt the Magic. That will have folks off Kemba tonight even though he gets to face up against Kyrie, a dude...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/4/16 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. 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 Reggie Jackson will play limited minutes. Jackson will play for the first time this season sending Ish Smith to the bench. The Pistons will likely keep Jackson restricted to about 20 minutes of play so he isn't in consideration for DFS purposes. Smith becomes an intriguing tournament play though since he should still see a decent run of minutes off the bench. What We're Waiting to Know Paul George and CJ MIles are game time decisions Early reports are saying that George plans to play tonight against the Clippers. This is still unconfirmed and it remains to be seen if any kind of minute restriction would be imposed if he does play. His return would directly impact Glenn Robinson who has been servicable in the past couple of weeks with both Hill and Miles sidelined with injury. Joakim Noah and Courtney Lee are game time decisions Lee is questionable after rolling his ankle Wednesday. If he goes that could cut into Justin Holidays minutes who had nice production vs Minnesota on Friday. If Noah is able to start that would cut in to Kyle O'Quinns production. O'Quinn put up an impressive 40.6 fanduel points against Minnesota in 31 minutes on the court. The "Every Lineup" Guys Russell Westbrook On a short slate Safety is a must have, and no one presents more safety than Russell Westbrook. Here we are 20 games into the season and he's averaging a triple double per game and runs the court for OKC from tip off till the final buzzer. Even at this salary he has put up enough fantasy points to pay at least 5X points per dollar in 7 of his last 8 games. Lock Mr Westbrook into your PG slot and build up from there. Blake Griffin Griffin only put up 28.3 fanduel points against the Pacers last Sunday, but he followed up that performance with a career high 11 assists against the Cavs...