FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks – Sunday, 10/27/19
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Sunday, 10/27/19 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 Luka Doncic FD - $10100 DK - $9500 Opponent - POR Proj Pts FD - 48.88 DK - 51.02 Point guard is sort of a mess on this 4 game main slate, which makes Luka look like a straight-forward pay-up option. He's averaging 52.5 fantasy points a game this season, and while you could argue that he's had great match-ups in New Orleans and Washington, all you can really do is beat the team that's in front of you. He actually could present size issues for the Portland wings, and when you look at the rest of the position "high floor" options just don't really exist. I'll be pretty unhappy if my final lineups don't have Luka involved. Terry Rozier FD - $6500 DK - $6400 Opponent - LAL Proj Pts FD - 31.16 DK - 31.84 Did I mention that point guard is thin? Because it's really heckin' thin. I'm not a huge believer in Rozier necessarily, but I was actually encouraged by his game two performance against the Timberwolves. While foul trouble limited him to just 18 minutes, he still managed a double-double, and given how thin Charlotte is I just can't figure out what they will do if they don't at least try to lean on their "big ticket" off season acquisition. Given that I really don't want to pay up for Kyrie against Memphis or Lillard against Dallas, I'm not really seeing the other attractive options here. Shooting Guard Tyler Herro FD - $5300 DK - $5600 Opponent - MIN Proj Pts FD - 27.66 DK - 28.17 For as good as Herro looked in his first game against Memphis, he looked a lot more like a rookie against Milwaukee. Still, Herro seems locked into a 32-33 minute rotation until Butler gets back, and as of now, Butler is still slated to miss this one. The Miami rookie should have a great match-up against the defensive duo of Teague and Napier, and if he's really going to keep taking 15 shots a game it's hard to imagine him not being a $5,300 player in a plus match-up. Caris Levert FD - $6400 DK...
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks – Saturday 10/26/19
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Saturday 10/26/19 It's our first Saturday slate of the NBA season, and with a few games under our belt, things are starting to look a little more clear. Of course, we did win the first three main slates of the season on both FanDuel and DraftKings, so maybe more sanity isn't necessarily a good thing. Let's take a look! 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 Malcolm Brogdon FD - $6900 DK - $6500Opponent - CLEProj Pts FD - 36.6 DK - 37.25 Brogdon was Indiana's big off-season get, and there is a lot of pressure on his shoulders until Victor Oladipo returns. The concerns prior to the season seemed legitimate. Could he thrive without the benefit of Giannis' gravity drawing the defense elsewhere? It's all well and good to go 50/40/90 as mostly a bench guy, but what about when the spotlight shone brightest? Well, things looked pretty good for Brogdon in his first outing. He scored an efficient 22 points on 13 shots, and chipped in a somewhat surprising 11 assists as well. We don't want to get carried away about one game, but that's honestly not even what we're doing here. We're just seeing Brogdon translate last season's skills to a full time role in Indiana. I'm a buyer, and think the price has room to climb another 15%-20% here. Going up against a porous Cleveland defense doesn't hurt, either. The Cavs were dead last in defensive efficiency last season, and given that they did nothing to address their defensive difficulties, Brogdon should have his way once again. Kyle Lowry FD - $7600 DK - $7300Opponent - CHIProj Pts FD - 40.02 DK - 41.6 I'm still just buying as much Raptors stock as I can. Lowry didn't light the world on fire in the Raptors' opener, but it's painfully obvious that Nurse and company plan to address their relative lack of depth by leaning on the starting cast. Lowry played an astonishing (irresponsible)? 40 minutes in regulation in the opener, and while there may have been some emotion involved in that decision given that the Raptors were playing their first game since becoming world champions, I still think the plan is to run...
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks – Friday 10/25/19
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Friday 10/25/19 The NBA season has barely started and it already feels like a ton has happened. Overtime games, looks at new teams, some surprises, a big-name suspension, and more. It's been nuts. Now we get a big Friday on the schedule with nine games on the schedule. Let's take a look at some plays 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 Kyrie Irving FD - $9700 DK - $9000Opponent - NYProj Pts FD - 47.21 DK - 48.31 Kyrie came about an inch away from turning his first game as a Brooklyn Net from amazing to transcendent. Irving was everything the Nets could have hoped for and more. He dropped 50 points on 17-33 shooting, with eight rebounds, seven assists and zero turnovers. It was basically like pitching a perfect game considering how damn efficient he was on the offensive end. He’ll have a chance to put up big numbers again on Friday against a Knicks’ team that simply can’t figure out what it wants to do at point guard. They started Alonzo Trier on Wednesday, but ceded way to Elfrid Payton and DSJ later. This team is already seeming like a mess and I suspect Irving comes out firing again with the Wednesday loss still fresh. That context aside, at these prices and his current implied usage it’s awfully tough to fade his scoring here. Mike Conley FD - $7300 DK - $6800Opponent - LALProj Pts FD - 37.07 DK - 37.7 Conley had all kind of issues in his first game as a Jazz. He got into foul trouble (finished with 5) which ended up costing him some minutes. But even when he was on the court, the shooting was the thing of nightmares. He put up a 1-16 from the field and somehow, because they are so good, the Jazz still pulled out a victory. The thing to be encouraged going forward though is the usage. If the plan is to have him as this kind of focal point of the offense, then these prices are entirely too low. We are buying low because of the horrific shooting. This is a good matchup against the Lakers who did give...
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks – Thursday, 10/24/19
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Thursday, 10/24/19 After a wild mega-Wednesday slate, we see a slight return to sanity with a three game primetime slate on Thursday. It's not without intrigue, though. The two front-runners for MVP in 2018 go head to head in Houston, Kawhi returns to Golden State to pour salt on their wounds, and... Atlanta and Detroit are playing as well? Sure, why not. Let's get to the picks! 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 Stephen Curry FD - $10500 DK - $9400Opponent - LACProj Pts FD - 49.21 DK - 52.12 Much has been made about how the Warriors will look without Klay and Durant this season, but I think I have a pretty good idea. It involves Curry shooting the ball an absolute ton, and making an MVP run on the back of gaudy offensive numbers. You're seeing a slight uptick in price over last year's numbers, but the usage uptick should more than make up for it. When Durant, Klay, and Curry shared the court last season Curry's usage was 25.4%. When he sat? That number jumped to a staggering 41.5%. Now, it shouldn't sit that high this season with D'Angelo Russell's arrival and the simple unsustainable nature of such a pace, but one thing is clear: this man is shooting the rock. I love him in the Warriors' home opener. The rest: I'm not running Reggie Jackson with Derrick Rose in town. I'm not running Russell Westbrook until I see how the heck that Rockets offense is going to look. Trae Young costs $9,000 and averaged 36 fantasy points last year. So, yeah, I'm just going to play Hill and Curry in all likelihood. Shooting Guard Khris Middleton FD - $7600 DK - $6900Opponent - HOUProj Pts FD - 38.06 DK - 39.45 With Brogdon gone and Bledsoe out of the picture, it's pretty much going to be the Giannis and Middleton show. Both of them averaged better than 34% usage with Bledsoe and Brogdon off the court last year, and that's how they're getting started with things this season. Of the two, Middleton is super cheap at a very tough position today. So, I am pretty sure he'll wind up making...
DFS NBA Podcast – FanDuel and DraftKings Plays for Wednesday 10/23/19
DFS NBA Podcast - FanDuel and DraftKings Plays for Wednesday 10/23/19 It’s the first big NBA slate of the season and the DFSR has you covered on their DFS NBA Podcast for FanDuel and DraftKings. 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! A two-game slate on Tuesday saw an overtime affair between the Pelicans and Raptors along with a comeback win for the Clippers over the Lakers. Now we get a full, eleven game, run with plenty of offseason turnover and new situations to break down. The guys go game-by-game through the schedule, breaking down the cash versus GPP plays and highlighting some of the better matchups. They discuss Karl-Anthony Towns as the premiere big-money play against a Nets team that’ll likely still struggle to contain opposing bigs. There’s also discussion about the Celtics this season without Kyrie Irving or Al Horford, the Dallas duo of Luka Doncic, the completely turned over Knicks and even wading into some of the bad teams for DFS...