FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Eastern Conference Play-In Games Tuesday, 5/18/21 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer 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 Russell Westbrook FD - $13000 DK - $12400Opponent - BOSProj Pts FD - 59.05 DK - 62.9 It’s a shorter two-game play-in slate here and it’s going to be tough to fade Russell Westbrook even at these higher prices. He’s coming in at some of the biggest salary numbers you’ve seen, but it is completely warranted. He’s a near-lock to play 40+ minutes in this game and even with Bradley Beal back the last couple of games, he put up an average of 22 points, 14 assists, and 14 rebounds. The stat accumulation is nearly unmatched and it's lead to the crazy prices, but the floor is so damn high in this game. Kemba Walker FD - $8200 DK - $7300Opponent - WASProj Pts FD - 41.91 DK - 43.47 The bad news first: Kemba hasn’t played in more than a week, sitting out the last few games of the Celtics’ season. That does give me some pause around what his minute's floor looks like in this game. But before he went down the minute's leash was lifted and he played 35, 40, and 38 minutes in his final three games. He dropped more than 30 points in two of those games. Keep an ear out for whether the Celts have a minutes cap on him. And I’ll also say, I like this play a lot less if Jaylen Brown actually makes a return to the fold. Shooting Guard Marcus Smart FD - $5700 DK - $5800Opponent - WASProj Pts FD - 33.95 DK - 34.1 Like Kemba Walker, I’m a little concerned about the Celtics plan with Marcus Smart here. He also hasn’t played in a week, but it does look a lot like injury management and he’s not on the report leading into this game. That leads me to think he’s a full-go in this game. If that’s the case then he does represent one of the better ways to save in the middle tier which isn’t always that easy in these smaller playoff slates. And hopefully, the minutes are going to win out here. Terry Rozier FD - $7200 DK - $7700Opponent - INDProj Pts FD -...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks Main Slate- Sunday 5/16/21 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer 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 Luka Doncic FD - $10100 DK - $10300Opponent - MINProj Pts FD - 58.72 DK - 62.84 The Mavs look like they really want to hold on to the #5 seed in the West meaning we should see a full run of minutes for Luka in that game. On this slate, that’s almost good enough. He triple-doubled last game even with Kristaps back, putting up 20 points, 11 assists, and 10 rebounds. Minnesota has been chippy late in the season and could put up a fight here, but I think the floor on Luka combined with the team’s motivations to win are enough to keep him in cash lineups on this slate. Coby White FD - $6100 DK - $6500Opponent - MILProj Pts FD - 34.24 DK - 36.42 White got the start for the injured (resting), Zach Lavine, on Saturday when the Bulls played the Nets. The former stunk up the joint, going 1-10 from the field and finishing with just three points in his 34 minutes. Obviously, that game was a disaster, but shouldn’t be used to create a projection for this one. If he’s running minutes in the mid-30s then he’s still a good value at these prices. I’d go back to the well on White if he’s starting again against Milwaukee. he still added six assists and seven rebounds. If the scoring rounds out some then he’s a good cash play. The Blazers should be going all-out in this game meaning Damian Lillard (FD 9900 DK 9400) would see a lot of minutes. Shooting Guard Hamidou Diallo FD - $7200 DK - $4700Opponent - MIAProj Pts FD - 34.93 DK - 34.82 Josh Jackson FD - $5200 DK - $5900Opponent - MIAProj Pts FD - 29.59 DK - 30.1 Diallo returned from a Covid protocol absence on Friday and got the start for the Pistons. He was excellent, putting up 18 points and 12 rebounds in his 35 minutes. He should be in line for a similar run on Sunday with Detroit once again playing shorthanded. He also led them in shots and was the primary creator on offense in this current form of the team. His price is...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Saturday, 5/15/21 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer 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 LaMelo Ball FD - $7500 DK - $8400Opponent - NYProj Pts FD - 38.48 DK - 39.27 The Hornets would likely like to get into the 8th seed before the season ends and they will have a chance especially with Indiana so beat up right now. LaMelo isn’t playing tons of minutes since coming back from injury, but motivation is about all we can ask for on the slate. His last two games have been a bit rough, but he does have double-double upside nearly every time he steps on the court. The Knicks are a good defense, and slow but again, few other teams are going to put their best foot forward on this slate. Chris Paul FD - $7900 DK - $8200Opponent - SAProj Pts FD - 38.19 DK - 38.8 Because the Suns own the tiebreaker over the Jazz, this game does mean something for Phoenix. They could still grab the #1 seed in the West if Utah were to lose on Sunday. Again, that’s about as much as we can ask for with these late-season slates which have gotten ridiculous. Paul has double-digit assists in five of his last seven games and has scored 24 or more in each of the last two. The Spurs have already decided to sit a lot of their key players for this game so there is blowout concern, but Paul should have a high enough floor at these price points. If Caris LeVert again then we could be looking at T.J. McConnell (FD $6500 DK $6600) playing mid-40s minutes again. Shooting Guard Devin Booker FD - $7300 DK - $8500Opponent - SAProj Pts FD - 45.34 DK - 47.78 Booker was a chalk option on Thursday and really struggled from the field going 5-17 and scoring *just* 18 points while turning the ball over four times. It was a disappointing performance, to say the least. But considering there is a lack of very expensive options on this one and likely a lot of punts, it’s going to make sense to run him out there against the Spurs. Like I said with Paul, stacking some Suns on this slate is going to be the play...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Friday, 5/14/21 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer 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 Russell Westbrook FD - $12500 DK - $12800Opponent - CLEProj Pts FD - 67.14 DK - 70.98 Let’s start with the easiest one ever first. Westbrook is going to be nearly-100% owned on this slate and really they probably couldn’t have made his price high enough based on how this slate is shaking out. Sure, he’s pushing up to around $13K but does it really even matter? There is going to be so much savings elsewhere that it won’t be any issue at all to fit his salary in. The Wizards still have a chance to move up to the 8th seed so they will be going for it here and Westbrook has been other-worldly all season, but especially with Bradley Beal out of the mix. Over his last seven games, he’s averaging 27 points, 17 assists, and 15 rebounds per game. You read those stats right. This is unreal and he’ll be a total lock on Friday. Luka Doncic FD - $10100 DK - $10800Opponent - TORProj Pts FD - 53.3 DK - 56.07 With so many of the big money guys likely to sit on Friday, we are probably looking at paying up for both Westbrook and Doncic here. The Mavericks are still in win-now mode with the team fighting to keep the 5th or 6th seed and stay out of the play-in game. That should keep Doncic in the starting lineup and playing a lot of minutes if the game remains close. That could be a stretch with Toronto putting out a skeleton crew once again, but we have to take the risk. Doncic’s minutes have been lower of late but that’s because the Mavs have played in an inordinate number of blowouts. It could be the case again, but we know Doncic has triple-double upside if the run is there. Shooting Guard Khyri Thomas FD - $5800 DK - $5800Opponent - LACProj Pts FD - 41.54 DK - 38.09 Welcome to the part of the NBA season in which you are playing guys at non-punt prices who you had never even heard of two weeks ago. But that’s the case with Thomas who joined the Rockets not too long ago...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Thursday, 5/13/21 Head on over a for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, our MLB Optimizer and NHL Projections as well. 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 Facundo Campazzo FD - $5600 DK - $5800 Opponent - MIN Proj Pts FD - 31.89 DK - 31.71 Man, I'm just thrilled to be able to lock Campazzo into a PG slot and build around him. The Nuggets' young point guard is a real dealer - go search Twitter for his highlight clips if you'd like - and the Nuggets are trusting him with the reins out of necessity at the moment. As a starter in the last two weeks he's hit 7x twice and 9x three times. The floor and ceiling are both outrageous against the Timberwolves, who have allowed the fourth most fantasy points to opposing point guards this season. Malachi Flynn FD - $5500 DK - $5700 Opponent - CHI Proj Pts FD - 28.65 DK - 29.07 With basically the entire Raptors team ruled out for Thursday, we get the chance to run Malachi Flynn as close to a one-man band. He's paid nearly 6x points per dollar in each of his last two games, and the Raptors are even thinner tonight than they were then. It's a league-average match-up, but this is a straight-up price and opportunity mismatch that we're happy to take advantage of. Also considered: Ben Simmons. Shooting Guard Devin Booker FD - $7500 DK - $8300 Opponent - POR Proj Pts FD - 45.19 DK - 47.31 Now if this isn't a marquee match-up, I'm not sure what is. The Trail Blazers are battling tooth and nail to stay out of the play-in game, and the Suns are battling for the #1 seed. Great stuff. Booker has been solid on these prices all season, and has been cresting toward 39-40 minute rotations as the Suns stay hungry down the stretch. Portland, meanwhile, will be on the second half of a back-to-back after facing the actual #1 seed Jazz on Wednesday. I love Booker as a cash game option here. Kevin Huerter FD - $4300 DK - $4700 Opponent - ORL Proj Pts FD - 25.6 DK - 25.96 This price is just a straight up mistake, right? Huerter is no longer injured, and the May 10th Wizards game shows us...