Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/4/16 Playoffs   Now’s your chance to get DFSR Pro with NBA Optimal Lineups, Projections, Player Cards and Google Chrome extension that auto-populates your lineups into FanDuel. Or try a free trial of our base package with projections for every player. While the seasons overlap, you'll get access to our tools for the NBA and NHL (and MLB when the time comes)! 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. We've also launched a Stats and Research Page, which includes a lot of the individual statistics that we use to make our projections. It's free! Enjoy. Atlanta Hawks at Cleveland Cavaliers Analysis The Cavs showed us a lot in game one and it's clear how they want to attack the Hawks in this series. They went primarily small with Thompson getting a lionshare of the minutes at the five and the Cavs working for mismatches all over the court. It worked and expect to see a lot of the same in this one. Cleveland is a big problem for Atlanta's personnel because they are just too athletic and big in their small ball unit if the latter makes sense. I don't see how the Hawks can hang in this series really if the Cavs are going to play this five for most of the game. Vegas agrees of course with the Cavs opening at -7 for Wednesday's game. It's the only one of the docket for tonight so enjoy. Top Plays LeBron James - FD 10600 DK 11000 Opponent - ATL FD Proj. Pts - 53.51 DK Proj. Pts - 55.67 Kevin Love - FD 7600 DK 8100 Opponent - ATL FD Proj. Pts - 39.82 DK Proj. Pts - 42.68 Tristan Thompson - FD 4800 DK 4500 Opponent - ATL FD Proj. Pts - 28.24 DK Proj. Pts - 28.85 J.R. Smith - FD 4700 DK 5200 Opponent - ATL FD Proj. Pts - 24.5 DK Proj. Pts - 27.7 Sure this seems like a massive cop out. I'm just recommending the whole Cavs team right? Well yes, yes I am. But the kind of minutes safety you are looking at with these four guys is really about as good as it gets on a two game slate and they are priced with flexibility all around. On FanDuel I'd probably run all four without hesitation. You just have such a fantastic floor if the Cavs are committed to this being their lineup in the series. And there's no...

Daily Fantasy Basketball Injury News and Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/9/16 Welcome to the daily updates and injury news article. We’ll update this article right up to lineup lock with all information that comes across our desks. You’ll probably find an ongoing discussion below in the Comments section – please jump in with questions, thoughts, etc. All input welcome! 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 Taj Gibson is out He's out again. Last game Mitotic started though didn't see as many minutes as he saw when coming off the bench. Plus his usage takes a dip when he's on the court with both Butler and Rose (and Gasol). This whole situation is a stay away for me. Everyone on the Bulls seems to cannibalize each other when they are on the court at the same time, at least for fantasy purposes.   UPDATE: Steve Kerr has said he will limit Warriors minutes tonight for starters. Hard to believe this especially if game is close. But have to take it at face value. I've downgraded Curry, Draymond and Klay to around 34 minutes. What We're Waiting to Know What Kings will play? They've been openly tanking over the short term and who can blame them? That's what wins (supposedly) in the NBA. The question tonight is who will be on the court? Boogie hasn't played in the last two even though Karl did say he would play all of the remaining home games. Liar. I think he plays tonight and if so he's a decent option if you think he sees minutes in and around 35. That's far from a lock of course. This is a wait and see for me. Will OKC rest anyone again? They sat everyone last game and there isn't much stopping them from doing it again. This game doesn't mean anything to the Thunder and why get hurt against the awful Kings? The "Every Lineup" Guys Devin Booker - FD 6700 DK 6900 Opponent - NOP FD Proj. Pts - 31.5 DK Proj. Pts - 35.16 I think he's one of the safest minutes guys on the slate and going against a terrible team defense in the Pelicans. It's going to get tricky figuring out the bigger...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 4/2/16 Oh man. Late season NBA is a real grind. I'm probably going to say something similar from now until the end of the season but it needs repeating. Teams are all over the map in terms of what they are playing for - the playoffs, tanking, something in between. It means minutes and projections are up the air at almost all times. Please keep that in mind. Please. I beg you. Today it's a standard Saturday slate with a bunch of potential value on the board. We'll be keeping a close ear out for injury news tonight as a couple potential pieces will have a domino effect. Now’s your chance to get DFSR Pro with NBA Optimal Lineups, Projections, Player Cards and Google Chrome extension that auto-populates your lineups into FanDuel. Or try a free trial of our base package with projections for every player. While the seasons overlap, you'll get access to our tools for the NBA and NHL (and MLB when the time comes)! 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. A quick heads up - we post an updates article every day in the early afternoon, EST, to catch everyone up on how things are changing as a result of whatever news has come through. We also have great talks in the comments of that article. Hope to see you there! We've also launched a Stats and Research Page, which includes a lot of the individual statistics that we use to make our projections. It's free! Enjoy.   POINT GUARD Goran Dragic - FD 6800 DK 6700 Opponent - POR FD Proj. Pts - 35.54 DK Proj. Pts - 37.25 On this slate there aren't a bunch of upper tier price plays and there aren't a ton of elite punt plays either. I think when it's all said and done you are going to be middling a lot of your lineups. Dragic fits in perfectly with this idea. He's facing a Portland team that allows worse than league average scoring to opposing point guards mostly because Dame Lillard's main focus is the offensive end. I like Dragic in a vacuum and really love him if D-Wade sits again. Damian Lillard - FD 8000 DK 8500 Opponent - MIA FD Proj. Pts - 39.46 DK Proj. Pts - 42.26 Lillard's seen a price dip over the short term. It's for a couple of different reasons. He had a horrific shooting night against the Celtics and...

Daily Fantasy Basketball Injury News and Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 2/29/16 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! Special Note: Our new optimizer is available! Click the button below to check it out and see if it's right for you. SEE OUR NEW TOOLS NOW! Now let’s look at some news that’s come in throughout the day to see if anything’s changed in our minds or in the NBA landscape. It's a shorter slate and a light news day, but we'll be updating as stuff rolls in. Also throw out some ideas in the comments and we can take it from there. What We Know Jerami Grant is starting With Jahlil Okafor ruled out, Jerami Grant moves into the starting lineup. Grant put up 37 fantasy points in 38 minutes on Sunday, and has performed well out of the starting lineup in the past. And he's dirt cheap. My suspicion is that he's just become an every lineup guy in a great match-up with the Wizards. Gallo is out. Barton time? Like James said in his write up for today's picks, Barton is somewhat speculative. While he's seen minutes before and did when Gallo went down last game, this is Denver where run is never safe. But I think he makes a safer cash game play simply because the Nuggets will need his offense now. Among players with what I would consider significant minutes without Gallo on the court, Barton is the highest usage guy with a 27.7 number. Even at a conservative 34 minute projection today Barton is a top dude at shooting guard and the price has been kept in check by staggered playing time this season. Lebron will play This one really wasn't in doubt as the day off Sunday came simply as a rest day for the King. Expect him to put up usual production   What We're Waiting to Know Will Rudy Gay and/or Rajon Rondo play? This news has major, major ramifications on lineups tonight. If Rondo sat then Darren Collison instantly jumps up to the top of the value/ must...