DFS NBA Podcast - FanDuel and DraftKings Plays for Thursday 2/6/20 It's a superstar-packed Thursday slate of basketball and the DFSR crew has it covered on their DFS NBA Podcast. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA, NFL and NHL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! The guys are breaking down the five-game slate discussing some of the trade deadline DFS impact and going through the value plays on the Thursday...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Thursday 2/6/20 Head on over a for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, our NFL 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 Elfrid Payton FD - $6700 DK - $7300 Opponent - ORL Proj Pts FD - 35.49 DK - 35.1 The Elf is officially off the shelf (sorry), and his mini-Westbrook reign of terror continued with a wild 17/11/15 performance against the Cavaliers on Monday. I think the train is going to stop barreling along at this pace at some point, but I think we get another bite at the apple in this Orlando game. Blowout risk is a nightly concern with the Knicks, but with Payton playing at such a high level they are just 3 point dogs to the Magic at home here. RJ Barrett practiced yesterday, and his return could muddy these waters some, but if Payton starts he gets a full green light for cash games today. Lonzo Ball FD - $6500 DK - $6900 Opponent - CHI Proj Pts FD - 36.18 DK - 37.36 Ball hasn't missed a beat upon Zion's arrival in New Orleans, sitting around 5x points per dollar or better in each of his last five games. He's playing 37+ minute rotations in close games, and given that New Orleans is just a 3.5 point favorite over the Bulls this game rates to be exactly that. The Bulls are essentially a league average match-up in every conceivable way, so we're just going after Ball on his rate alone. I think that suffices for cash game purposes and will happily run him out there tonight. Shooting Guard James Harden FD - $11500 DK - $12400 Opponent - LAL Proj Pts FD - 65.09 DK - 67.8 Harden's value obviously hinges a great deal on Westbrook's status, but if Russ misses again you can expect 90%+ ownership on him tonight. Even if Westbrook plays, Harden is a tough one to turn down. In the last meeting with the Lakers, Harden played 39 minutes and got to the line 18 times. It didn't all come together in a final stat line, but the opportunity was there, and at the very least we can likely consider the 49 fantasy points he chipped in his floor. If Russ plays, he'll likely be less than 100%, and...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Wednesday, 2/5/20 The trade deadline got a-rockin' last night with a four-team deal going down between the Rockets, Timberwolves, Hawks and Nuggets. It could have some fantasy impact for tonight's slate.  There could be some late moves Wednesday as well and that always causes chaos for DFS purposes. That means players can get pulled in the middle of games and it could also open up some value right before lock. With that in mind, let's get into our plays of the day!Head on over a for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, our NFL 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 Trae Young FD - $9600 DK - $10100Opponent - MINProj Pts FD - 49.93 DK - 53.16 It's strange that Young hasn't been given the price increase that he deserves. The simple fact is, he is the Atlanta offense. That's evident when you see that he ranks fourth in the NBA with a 33.9 percent usage rate while taking 20.6 shots per game. That's a truly absurd role and it doesn't even take into consideration that he's one of the league leaders with 9.0 assists per game as well. That has led to this 51-point DraftKings average and we absolutely love that sort of role and form against a Minnesota team who ranks 27th in points allowed. In their one meeting this season, Trae dropped 57 fantasy points against them despite shooting below 40 percent from the field.  Mike Conley FD - $4300 DK - $5100Opponent - DENProj Pts FD - 24.71 DK - 25.57 With Conley being re-inserted into the starting lineup, he remains a nice value until he gets closer to $6,000. We're talking about a guy who's traditionally been a $7,000-player throughout his career and a bunch of injuries has lowered these prices to these enticing numbers. In his return to the starting lineup against Portland on Saturday, Conley collected 34.5 DraftKings points across 30 minutes of action. That's what we expected to see all season and we anticipate him continuing that form at full health. While Denver is certainly a tough matchup, these price tags limit that risk.  Reggie Jackson (FD 5000 DK 4900) is coming off a 1-of-16 disaster but remains too cheap with his huge usage.  Shooting Guard Spencer Dinwiddie FD - $7000 DK...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Tuesday, 2/4/20 Head on over a for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, our NFL 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 Damian Lillard FD - $10900 DK - $10300 Opponent - DEN Proj Pts FD - 52.18 DK - 54.49 What to do with Damian Lillard? Well, if this Redditor is to be believed, he has accounted for more points over the last six games than any player ever has in a six game period. That's pretty good. The last slate where I wrote about Lillard I said that players don't tend to fundamentally change at the stage where Lillard is in his career, but it certainly looks like he may have done just that. You can't count on the ridiculous accuracy from deep, but the fact that he's shooting 29-30 times in normal games while also dishing 10+ assists can't be ignored. It's also working - the Blazers have won 5 of their last 6 games against very tough competition. Denver qualifies as a tough opponent, but I don't think it's crazy to just ride this Lillard hot streak. Austin Rivers FD - $4000 DK - $3600 Opponent - CHA Proj Pts FD - 24.31 DK - 24.74 Our system is really hoping that two things align here. First, Westbrook needs to sit. Second, Rivers needs to be healthy enough to play (he missed Monday's practice with an illness). If those two things do come together, though, Rivers is an auto-inclusion as the most clear value play on the slate. I think it's likely enough that those come together for you to plan for that as of this writing. Also considered: Eric Bledsoe. Monte Morris is an interesting big tournament play, as he saw all the minutes you could want even with Gary Harris returning last game. Harris did come off the bench, though, so if he returns to the starting lineup Morris becomes a lot less appealing. Shooting Guard James Harden FD - $11600 DK - $12000 Opponent - CHA Proj Pts FD - 65.29 DK - 68.04 With an incredible bounty of big money options tonight, you're going to be making some tough decisions. I just don't see how Harden isn't the first big money guy to go into the lineup, though. With Westbrook off the court...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Monday, 2/3/20 Super Bowl Sunday hangover? No worries because we've got the remedy. It's a bunch of NBA cash game picks for FanDuel and DraftKings. Head on over a for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, our NFL 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 Reggie Jackson FD - $4500 DK - $4700Opponent - MEMProj Pts FD - 30.59 DK - 31.64 This play is dependent on a couple of different things. The first is that Derrick Rose sits Monday’s game out. He left early in the Denver game on Sunday because of a sore right groin and didn’t return. Th other factor is if the Pistons really have removed the minutes restrictions on Reggie Jackson going forward. I’m a little nervous that Jackson played 34 minutes in the overtime game against the Nuggets but I’m also encouraged that Jackson played 34 minutes in the overtime game against the Nuggets. He led the team with 18 shots and would be one of the slate’s very best bargains on both sites if the two factors above came to fruition. As it stands, I would probably only need to know Rose was out to feel comfortable playing Jackson at these price points. Elfrid Payton FD - $6400 DK - $6500Opponent - CLEProj Pts FD - 36.11 DK - 35.65 Payton sat out Saturday’s game after being suspended because of his role in the scuffle between the Knicks and Grizzlies on Wednesday. But he’s been the running the majority of the point guard minutes for New York, going 32 or more in each of his previous five games with an 11-point, 10-assist, six-rebound average in that timeframe. Because he’s able to add so many different stats across the line, he makes for a safer cash game play in this price tier with a matchup against a bottom third defensive team to boot. If 27+ minutes is the new norm for Dejounte Murray (FD $5300 DK $5200) then he’s starting to look like a cash game play as well with real upside because of the defensive stats. Make sure to listen to the best Brooklyn Nets Podcast around with the latest episode of the We Got Nets Podcast Shooting Guard Spencer Dinwiddie FD - $7100 DK - $8000Opponent - PHOProj Pts FD - 38.44 DK...