Daily Fantasy DraftKings and FanDuel NBA Picks - Friday, October 25, 2024 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, NFL optimal lineups, and our NHL Optimizer. Plus our 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/ Shooting Guard LaMelo Ball FD - $10100 DK - $9300Opponent - ATLProj Pts FD - 51.09 DK - 55.4 LaMelo Ball balled out in the first game, and the Hornets actually took down the Houston Rockets on the road to start the season. LaMelo’s promise is that he can stay healthy and play major minutes all season. If so, then the line we saw in the first tilt isn’t all that crazy. He dropped 34 points, added 11 assists, and grabbed eight rebounds. This is on the table for him, and the Hornets will be without Brandon Miller tonight, which could even open up more shots. Tre Mann FD - $5400 DK - $4300Opponent - ATLProj Pts FD - 30.03 DK - 32.38 Brandon Miller went down early in the first game of the season and will sit this one out as well. Tre Mann stepped in, played 29 minutes, and ended up with 24 points and six rebounds. His 16 shots were second only behind Ball, a promising sign for his floor in this game. It’s unclear if he’ll get the start or if it will be Josh Green (expected back tonight), but I think Mann might even be a DraftKings play off the bench at these prices. Dyson Daniels FD - $5200 DK - $4600Opponent - CHAProj Pts FD - 34.98 DK - 35.49 Dyson Daniels was one of the big performers in the first big slate of the season, a guy we ended up with in cash games on FanDuel because of the lower pricing. He played 35 minutes, went 6-12 from the field, scored 15 points and added five steals. All of this is just a little outlier (ish), but not to a crazy degree if he’s getting all the run. Plus, the Hawks will be without Bojan Bogdanovic in this game, meaning possibly even more opportunity. Davion Mitchell FD - $4200 DK - $5300Opponent - PHIProj Pts FD - 24.9 DK - 27.18 Davion Mitchell looks like he’ll draw the start for the injured Immanuel Quickley, with the Raptors entering the season injured all over the place. RJ Barrett and Bruce Brown are already ruled...

Daily Fantasy DraftKings and FanDuel NBA Picks - Thursday, October 24, 2024 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, NFL optimal lineups, and our NHL Optimizer. Plus our 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/ Shooting Guard Luka Doncic FD - $11900 DK - $11100Opponent - SAProj Pts FD - 51.54 DK - 56.35 Kyrie Irving FD - $8100 DK - $7500Opponent - SAProj Pts FD - 39.75 DK - 42.51 Luka Doncic didn’t play in the preseason, so I’m a little worried about the workload in this first game of the season. He’s probably a bit too expensive to wonder if the minutes aren’t going to get blown out of the water, but the Mavericks have the second-highest implied total on the slate. That means something against a Spurs team that ran a fast pace and played below-average defense last season. CP3 probably slows things down some this season, but it’s worth noting. Meanwhile, if you think Doncic is at all limited here, then Kyrie Irving becomes one of the better values on the slate. He’s not all that expensive on either site and would stand to see heavy usage in this offense. I’m inclined to just go with Kyrie in cash games and spend up elsewhere, but the game environment for Luka is worth throwing out there. Chris Paul FD - $6600 DK - $5900Opponent - DALProj Pts FD - 29.33 DK - 32.25M It’s hard to imagine Chris Paul playing tons and tons of minutes in this first game, but it’s also tough to imagine him air-balling at these prices, especially on DraftKings. The Spurs brought him in specifically to help facilitate an offense around Victor Wembanyama, and that’s what we should get. The usage was low in the preseason, to be expected, but the assist levels should climb enough to make him a play here. Julian Champagnie FD - $3900 DK - $3800Opponent - DALProj Pts FD - 19.25 DK - 20.13 Yeah, this is a weird name to put on the list, but when you are rostering guys like Luka Doncic and Victor Wembanyama, you need some cost savings somewhere. With Devin Vassell out to start the season, Julian Champagnie should draw the start at the two guard. There is still rookie Stephon Castle behind him, so the playing time might not be too, too crazy. But he’s about as...

Daily Fantasy DraftKings and FanDuel NBA Picks - Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, NFL optimal lineups, and our NHL Optimizer. Plus our 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/ Shooting Guard James Harden FD - $9300 DK - $9200Opponent - PHOProj Pts FD - 48.79 DK - 53.06 No Kawhi Leonard for the Clippers, and we already know Paul George left in the offseason for greener pastures (presumably) in Philadelphia. That leaves James Harden as pretty much the whole offense at this point, with a couple of slight exceptions. He will run the show with the scoring and assist numbers likely to spike early in the season at the bare minimum. Heck, he dished out 12 assists in just 23 minutes in the Clips final preseason tuneup. He does have some wings around him and a center in Zubac who can run the pick-and-roll. The Clippers might be down bad here, but Harden is still a relatively easy play. Cade Cunningham FD - $8700 DK - $8600Opponent - INDProj Pts FD - 44.51 DK - 48.23 The Pistons are coming off a historically bad season with the extended losing streak, etc., but they get a somewhat new lease on basketball like this around. New front office. New coach. And some slight roster upgrades around Cade Cunningham. He gets a bit more shooting around him with Tobias Harris starting and Tim Hardaway Jr. coming off the bench. Plus, Isaiah Stewart is now the backup center instead of being an ill-matched power forward. This game against the Pacers has the highest total on the slate, and we want pieces of action. Cade makes for a high-floor play. Tyrese Maxey FD - $9600 DK - $9000Opponent - MILProj Pts FD - 42.72 DK - 46.08 No Joel Embiid and no Paul George to start the season for the 76ers, who begin a possible championship run (though doubtful) banged up. The show should turn over to Tyrese Maxey against the Bucks. Maxey is already priced up considerably so you aren’t getting any kind of discount here, but because Philly has a lot of shots open, he could be a popular play in cash games. Last season, Maxey has a 32% usage rate with Joel Embiid off the court, easily the highest on the team. It should be the case again here with the...

Daily Fantasy DraftKings and FanDuel NBA Picks - Tuesday, October 21, 2024 - Opening Night Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, NFL optimal lineups, and our NHL Optimizer. Plus 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/ Shooting Guard Jrue Holiday FD - $6400 DK - $5800Opponent - NYProj Pts FD - 31.14 DK - 31.87 Derrick White FD - $6900 DK - $6300Opponent - NYProj Pts FD - 34.46 DK - 34.58 The Boston Celtics are coming off winning the championship, and without Kristaps Porzingis to start the season, much of the offense should center around the two guards and the two wings. All four are in play in this two-game slate, especially considering they have the highest implied total (223) at -5.5 favorites against the visiting Knicks. Derrick White had the best season of his career, spiking the three-point percentage to 39% while averaging a 15/5/4 line, all effectively career-highs. He’s simply too cheap on both sites, even in the $6K range. Meanwhile, Jrue Holiday saw the rate stats dip coming from Milwaukee to Boston, going down to 12.5 points and 4.8 assists, both lows compared to his Bucks tenure. But the efficiency was there, shooting 43% from beyond the arc while averaging 1.7 blocks + steals on the defensive end. I like stacking both of these Celtics guards and think in this first game there will be plenty of minutes out of the gate. D'Angelo Russell FD - $6500 DK - $6200Opponent - MINProj Pts FD - 34.72 DK - 36.05 Austin Reaves FD - $6300 DK - $6000Opponent - MINProj Pts FD - 31.74 DK - 32.85 The Lakers look remarkably similar to last season in terms of their starting lineup, without too much in the way of upgrades in the backcourt specifically. While LeBron James remains the de facto point guard on this team, there should be plenty of minutes for both D'Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves here. Sure, there’s Gabe Vincent hanging around on the bench, but the starters should see minutes in the 30s+ in J.J. Redick’s team. Small Forward Jayson Tatum FD - $9600 DK - $9000Opponent - NYProj Pts FD - 46.48 DK - 47.97 It’s tough to get away from a Celtics stack on Tuesday in cash, mostly because the team’s production is just so concentrated to the top four guys. Without Kristaps...

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