Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/16/16 Playoffs Now’s your chance to get DFSR Pro with MLB Optimal Lineups, Projections and Player Cards. 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 as well! 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. Toronto Raptors at the Cleveland Cavaliers Analysis Could these two teams be coming into this game with more different post-season experiences thus far? The Raptors have played fully 6 more games than the Cavaliers over the same stretch of time, and are missing their starting center. They've been in back to back rock fights, reserving really any good play until game 7 of the Heat series, when their guards finally went off. So am I crazy for saying I don't hate Toronto's chances to at least keep it close in these games? The Cavs are relatively weak when it comes to back-court defense, and the Raptors went out and got Demarre Carroll specifically for match-ups like LeBron. The Raptors shouldn't need to rely on Valanciunas' low post scoring here, and Biyombo is actually a welcome defensive presence down low for them here. Top Plays Lebron James LeBron nearly averaged a triple double in the last two games of the Hawks series, and while the Raptors play quite a bit more slowly than the Hawks, the Hawks make up for some of their fast play by having the 2nd highest defensive efficiency in the league. When healthy, Carroll is a tougher defender than anyone who guarded LeBron on the Hawks, but he isn't. I don't know that LeBron has huge upside here, but he seems awfully safe. Kyrie Irving Kevin Love The other two Cleveland stars are simply underpriced, here. The Raptors were the toughest match-up in the league for opposing point guards this season, but that didn't stop Goran Dragic from nearly leading the Heat to a win in the 2nd round. Irving should be able to show up in the 5x points per dollar range, here. But I really love Love here. I love love Love. Valanciunas being out means the Cavs can afford to play Love at the 5, and that would make it extremely tough for Biyombo to keep track of him on the perimeter....

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/15/16 Playoffs Now’s your chance to get DFSR Pro with MLB Optimal Lineups, Projections and Player Cards. 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 as well! 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. Miami Heat at Toronto Raptors Analysis The series that just wouldn't die. Like the zombies in a horror movie, just when you think you have put them down and are free and clear, they wake back up and keep on coming. From a viewing standpoint, this series has only been enjoyable if you are a fan of Miami or Toronto (and even then I'm not so sure). Things changed just a tad in game six when Miami went super small to start the game, running Deng and Winslow together in the 4/5. That sped up their pace with Richardson coming off the bench to play major minutes. The Heat went total small ball and likely will again for the deciding game. It proved effective against the slower Raptors. Top Plays Goran Dragic - FD 6400 DK 6400 Opponent - TOR FD Proj. Pts - 32.98 DK Proj. Pts - 34.54 We got God Mode Dragic in game 6, and if the Heat are going to try and small-ball the Raptors to death, he's going to need to do a lot once again in game 7. It worked so well that I can't imagine why they'd get away from it, and while I don't think you can count on him for 20+ shots and 7x points per dollar on these prices, he'll be super involved once again. Dwyane Wade - FD 8300 DK 8400 Opponent - TOR FD Proj. Pts - 39.18 DK Proj. Pts - 39.79 If you think Wade is playing any fewer than the very most upper end of his minutes tonight, you're nuts. Wade played as hard as I've seen him go all season in game 6, and his complete 22/6/5/3/2 line was good for 5x points per dollar on these prices. The Raptors don't have anyone that really wants to cover him (especially if DeRozan has to handle so much offensive load), and I'm getting the popcorn and preparing for another big game. On...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/9/16 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.   Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat Analysis You like games that end up with fewer than 190 points? It's the Raptors and Heat, baby! While there wouldn't be much to say about this series normally, we've been delivered two huge bombshells over the weekend: both Hassan Whiteside and Jonas Valancunias will almost certainly miss the game. Figuring out where those minutes are headed will likely be the key to profiting from this slate, so without further ado, let's parse it. Top Plays Bismack Biyombo - FD 4700 DK 3900 Opponent - MIA FD Proj. Pts - 27.28 DK Proj. Pts - 27.85 When Valancunias missed time earlier this season, Bismack was a routine 30-40+ fantasy points contributor. If Whiteside were playing I'd have some concerns about foul trouble and being up against a superior rebounder, but with this looking like a heavy dose of guys like Udonis Haslem, Josh McRobert, and Amar'e Stoudemire, I think Biyombo feasts here. I don't see any way around him playing 30+ minutes and putting up at least 5x points per dollar, and I'd say he's a favorite for 6x or better. On the same token, I likely won't be gambling on the Heat bigs. Whiteside only played 8 minutes in game 3, and none of the other guys really played enough to have a huge impact. You could make a case for Haslem as a play on DraftKings, but I love Biyombo on FD. DeMar DeRozan - FD 7600 DK 7300 Opponent - MIA FD Proj. Pts - 37.23 DK Proj. Pts - 38.19 Kyle Lowry - FD 7900 DK 7500 Opponent - MIA FD Proj. Pts - 34.96 DK Proj. Pts - 37.3 I'm not going to lose sleep on one bad game from DeRozan - he shot 6/17 (which shouldn't happen again here) and had 3 very solid games before that. As for Lowry, things are...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/8/16 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.   Cleveland Cavaliers at Atlanta Hawks Analysis Are the Cavs the least respected great team in recent memory? After rolling the Pistons in round 1 they're dusting off their Nimbus Two Thousands in the fourth game of round 2. Didn't expect to see a Harry Potter joke in a daily fantasy basketball article? Tough. I'm reading them to my kids each night, and I've got Hogwarts on the brain. So what did we learn from game 3? Well, more than I would have expected. We saw a roster flexibility that neither team had showed up til this point - Channing Frye led the Cavs in scoring, Kevin Love lost 10 minutes in spite of grabbing 15 boards in 29 minutes, and Tristan Thompson disappeared. On the Hawks side, Al Horford saw his minutes go drainward (the chess piece that caused the Cavs to go small and ultimately win), Teague is back in the picture, and Thabo got big minutes as the de-facto guy who's best suited to cover LeBron. What does this mean for this slate? Let's do it. Top Plays The Cavs' starters We have some tiers working here, since there are a lot of assumptions at play. LeBron James - FD 10800 DK 11100 Opponent - ATL FD Proj. Pts - 53.51 DK Proj. Pts - 55.67 By a mile. The more things change for the Cavs from game to game, the more they stay the same for James. After a 50+ fantasy performance in game 3, he's going to be out there cracking skulls again in game 4. The Hawks are throwing the kitchen sink at him and it's making no difference. I'm doubling down here for sure. Kyrie Irving - FD 7900 DK 8300 Opponent - ATL FD Proj. Pts - 38.59 DK Proj. Pts - 40.75 J.R. Smith - FD 5100 DK 5400 Opponent - ATL FD Proj. Pts...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 5/3/16 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. Miami Heat at Toronto Raptors Analysis These two teams played about the ugliest 7 game series that I can recall in recent league memory, and now we get to watch another hard fought slog in round 2. Huzzah! The Raptors and Heat each played a bottom 5 PACE this season. They also played a top 10 defensive efficiency each. The game has a 191 O/U. Barf. That said, this game should be a much more even contest than the Trail Blazers/Warriors, and there are still some values to be had. Top Plays Joe Johnson - FD 4700 DK 4700 Opponent - TOR FD Proj. Pts - 23.97 DK Proj. Pts - 26.03 DeMarre Carroll - FD 4400 DK 4300 Opponent - MIA FD Proj. Pts - 23.23 DK Proj. Pts - 25.08 The cheap small forwards. Both are set to play tons of minutes in game 1, and while Carroll makes for a very bad match-up for Johnson, pickings are slim on a 2 game slate with a game featuring two grind-it-out half court teams. I'm particularly intrigued by Carroll's huge game 7 minutes against Indiana. If he's really ready to go, he could have serious upside - he was a $6,000 player when getting these minutes in the past. Dwyane Wade - FD 7500 DK 8200 Opponent - TOR FD Proj. Pts - 38.12 DK Proj. Pts - 38.71 DeMar DeRozan - FD 7400 DK 7000 Opponent - MIA FD Proj. Pts - 35.83 DK Proj. Pts - 36.76 The expensive two guards, coming off of two very different series. Wade was steady before turning in a fantasy dud in admittedly fewer minutes in game 7. DeRozan was all over the place, but put the Raptors on his shoulders as they closed out the Pacers. They'll likely be defending one another here, and my guess is that both will save some energy...