FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks – Sunday, 2/2/20
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Sunday, 2/2/20 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 Eric Bledsoe FD - $6100 DK - $6700 Opponent - PHO Proj Pts FD - 36.78 DK - 37.45 Bledsoe saw some cash game play on Friday even in a very competitive slate, and I have a strong feeling he'll be among the highest owned point guards on a tiny Sunday slate. With Hill and Divicenzo likely out the Bucks honestly don't have a whole lot of other traditional point guard options, and Bledsoe has already been totally reasonable on these prices recently. While the Suns have improved defensively this season they still play a top 10 pace with a league average defense, and Bledsoe should have plenty of possessions to pay his value. Russell Westbrook FD - $11200 DK - $10200 Opponent - NO Proj Pts FD - 56.51 DK - 59.24 Lonzo Ball FD - $6600 DK - $7000 Opponent - HOU Proj Pts FD - 36.36 DK - 37.3 The Rockets/Pelicans game has by far the highest total on the day (245!), and a tighter spread at 4.5 than many people would have imagined. If this game does stay close, these two look like equally good values at different price points today. Lonzo's mini-Westbrook approach gives him a ton of floor, and Westbrook himself has been on a tear recently with Harden nursing a sore thigh. I'd be fine with either of these guys for cash game purposes tonight. Shooting Guard James Harden FD - $11000 DK - $11200 Opponent - NO Proj Pts FD - 58.8 DK - 61.27 Rumors of Harden's demise appear to have been exaggerated, as any concerns about his thigh causing long term issues were relieved on Friday night. Big game James simply dominated the Mavs, netting 35 points and 6 assists while crashing the boards for 16 rebounds. If he's going to be playing at this frenetic pace he's still too cheap, and even the 8% price increase isn't enough to scare us off him in such an excellent match-up. Jrue Holiday FD - $7800 DK - $8000 Opponent - HOU Proj Pts FD - 42.28 DK - 42.35 Holiday has been thriving recently, with his latest opus being a...
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks – Saturday, 2/1/20
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Saturday, 2/1/20 While we have 10 games on the Saturday schedule, nine of them make-up the night slate. The one omission is a matchup between the Clippers and T'Wolves and we'll go ahead and fade that one altogether. That leaves a ton of great options on the board, so, we'll do our best to mix the best values plays with the correct studs. With that in mind, let's get into this slate. 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 - $8900 DK - $9100Opponent - WASProj Pts FD - 48.93 DK - 50.06 Irving is in the midst of a monster game on Friday against the Chicago Bulls and it's hard to overlook anytime anyone faces the Wizards. The simple fact is, Washington ranks dead-last in points allowed, defensive efficiency and fantasy points surrendered to opposing point guards. That's a truly frightening against a guy like Irving, with the stud guard averaging 49 fantasy points per game for the season. In that Friday game, Irving finished with 54 points, five rebounds and five assists and it's scary to think that he's coming in with that sort of momentum in the best matchup possible. Jalen Brunson FD - $5000 DK - $5300Opponent - ATLProj Pts FD - 25.63 DK - 26.36 J.J. Barea FD - $3800 DK - $4600Opponent - ATLProj Pts FD - 22.69 DK - 24.19 I really thought that Brunson would be the guy with Luka Doncic going down but Barea getting a start on Friday would indicate otherwise. In that game, Brunson had seven points, three rebounds and three assists across 20 minutes off the bench while Barea had 11 points, five rebounds and nine assists as a starter. That means we have to go with Barea as the superior choice because he's also the cheaper option as well. With that in mind, if Brunson gets the start here, pivot to him. The reason we like these two is because Doncic's 36 percent usage rate is gone along with his 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. That's a ton of usage for these PGs to makeup and we have to love that against a 29th-ranked Hawks defense. If Frank Ntilikina remains out...
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks – Friday 1/31/20
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Friday 1/31/20 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 Jalen Brunson FD - $3600 DK - $3800 Opponent - HOU Proj Pts FD - 28.58 DK - 29.36 The biggest news heading into this slate is that Luka Doncic is going to miss this (and potentially several) game, and for DFS purposes, you're basically trying to redistribute an incredible amount of time of possession and opportunity among his team's leftovers. That leaves most of the Mavs in play, but the one who should see the most cash game attention is Jalen Brunson. Brunson's worst night during the 5 game stretch Luka missed in December saw him supply 29 FanDuel points, and if he hits even that number it will be impossible to win in cash games without him. He's one of the easiest plays of the season against the Rockets and that's all there is to it. JA Morant FD - $7400 DK - $6900 Opponent - NO Proj Pts FD - 38.08 DK - 38.88 Ja has been on an absolute heater recently, and redistributing JJJ's 13 shots a game should only sweeten the deal here. It's interesting, Ja and the Grizzlies have played so many weird game scripts recently that the sites' pricing algorithms haven't caught on to his true value, but thankfully we can use a little logic and figure out that he's under-priced here. The Grizzlies have been involved in one game in their last five that was decided by fewer than 10 points, and in that game Morant played 34 minutes while chipping in 41 FanDuel points. He's a steal against a Pelicans team that has played the fourth fastest pace with the eighth worst defensive efficiency. Also considered: Kyle Lowry, who was terrific against Cleveland again last night. Shooting Guard James Harden FD - $10100 DK - $10600 Opponent - DAL Proj Pts FD - 57.13 DK - 59.51 Harden looked flat out awful against the Trail Blazers after returning from his two game absence, but this price is just downright offensive. With incredible value at multiple positions tonight I just don't see how we get around taking Harden at a full 10% discount to his fair value. Dallas has been essentially...
DFS NBA Podcast – FanDuel and DraftKings Plays for Thursday 1/30/20
DFS NBA Podcast - FanDuel and DraftKings Plays for Thursday 1/30/20 The DFSR guys take to the NBA podcast to break down the Thursday slate of FanDuel and DraftKings action. 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! For a six-game slate there’s plenty to dive into with some injury situations out there that will provide some value for some teams while making some other ones stayaways. The Raptors will be without Marc Gasol making Serge Ibaka a chalk play across both sites, but the guys also discuss what that means for Kyle Lowry, Fred VanVleet and Pascal Siakam against the Cavaliers. Then there’s the Bradley Beal play against the Hornets and the guys discuss projection strategies around guys like him who’ve had great short term results. All of this and much more on a packed NBA...
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks – Thursday, 1/30/20
FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Thursday, 1/30/20 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 Kemba Walker FD - $7900 DK - $7900 Opponent - GS Proj Pts FD - 44.91 DK - 46.49 Jayson Tatum hasn't been officially ruled out just yet, but if he is, the remaining Celtics will all be in play once again. It's a tricky situation with these guys, since they will basically all be over-priced once Tatum and Brown are both playing alongside one another. For now, though, we'll assume that Tatum's shots are still up for grabs, and that makes Walker a great play. He's averaged 22 shots in his last three games as opposed to the 17 he's averaged all season long, and that increased usage justifies the increased price here. Golden State is also an all-world match-up, allowing the second most fantasy points per game to opposing point guards this season. On a shorter slate he looks like a grade A play. Kyle Lowry FD - $7400 DK - $7500 Opponent - CLE Proj Pts FD - 40.68 DK - 42.16 The Raptors are 10 point favorites over the Cavs here, and while we just saw the starting Raps lose minutes in a blowout of the Hawks, we also saw them mostly pay their current prices. Lowry is cheap relative to his season long production specifically because the Raptors have been involved in a handful of blowouts recently, and while that's in play here, the discounted price likely makes up for it. Lowry looked excellent against the Cavs' young back court in both of their prior two meetings, averaging 22 points and 9.5 assists in those two contests. He looks like a high floor play with sneaky ceiling if this game manages to stay close. Also considered: De'Aaron Fox. Shooting Guard Fred Vanvleet FD - $7300 DK - $7700 Opponent - CLE Proj Pts FD - 42.64 DK - 42.83 VanVleet's fantasy production this season looks awfully similar to Lowry's, and given that we're getting him at nearly the same price in the same great match-up he's a tremendous value as well. One thing our system seems to be keying in on early are lineups that include a lot of these excellent mid-range plays instead...