Daily Fantasy NBA Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 10/23/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and 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 John Wall FD - $10300 DK - $10100 Opponent - DEN Proj Pts FD - 53.8 DK - 55.16 Welcome back from Sunday Football! Whether you got yourself involved in the 3-game slate or not, yesterday was about football. We jump back into things tonight with an 8-game slate, featuring plenty of polarizing match-ups. We start off with the Wizards and Nuggets. In a game with an incredibly high 223 over/under, Vegas expects plenty of scoring and non-stop action throughout. As we all know, John Wall thrives in the open court. He derives upside from the fastbreak and turning outlets into assists/baskets instead of halfcourt sets. He should be able to do whatever he wants against the Nuggets, who are starting Jamal Murray at PG for the time being. He's a great scorer, but Murray isn't in the game to play defense. He pushes the ball and has allowed over 1.4 FP/min. They then have Jokic in the paint, who doesn't do much protecting. If you're able to find some of his defensive film on Twitter, you'll be surprised how slow a guy can be from the elbow to rim. Wall is going to be very popular and rightfully so. He's the best run and gun PG in basketball and he faces off with one of the fastest playing teams in the league. There's no reason to fade, outside of liking 2 other guys more. In cash games, I'll be locking him into 100%. Goran Dragic FD - $7100 DK - $7000 Opponent - ATL Proj Pts FD - 37.12 DK - 37.98 It looks like Hassan Whiteside is going to miss a 2nd straight game with a bone bruise. Though reported doubtful, he is officially questionable, so keep an eye out as the day moves along for an update. Dragic is an even better play if Whiteside is out, but it doesn't make a huge difference. When facing the Hawks, you first look towards PG. Dennis Schroder is one of the worst defenders in the league and Dragic is the perfect guy to take advantage. He's crafty enough to drive and execute in the paint and good enough to stretch the floor and hit the 3 if Schroder cheats back. Dragic...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates - 10/20/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and 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. What We Know Draymond Green is good to go After being listed as doubtful just yesterday, I think Draymond Green realized who the opponent was. The Pelicans are going to give the Warriors all their worth down low and Green will be very necessary on both defense and offense. It lessens the Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins love to a degree, but they are both guys that are still in cash game consideration for me. I think this game still stays close and there could very well be a lot of fantasy goodness. Nicolas Batum, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Rajon Rondo, Markieff Morris, Marcus Morris, and Seth Curry will all remain out These are guys that have been out the first few games and will remain out at least 1 more. Nothing new to see here. Cody Zeller has been ruled out against the Hawks with a knee injury This is pretty meaningless news. Zeller played just 23 minutes off the bench in game 1 and we should see those minutes split between Johnny O'Bryant and Frank Kaminsky. Kaminsky is an interesting GPP play, but this game isn't very interesting in the first place. Zach Randolph participated in shootaround and is expected to return tonight following a dental surgery Skal Labissiere took over for Randolph and played well in his absence. Labissiere will move back to the bench, but he should still get close to 30 minutes. You can still play him. As for Randolph, he's heavily reliant on points and rebounds. While that seems weird to say, he just does NOTHING else. With his age and him likely seeing closer to 25 minutes, I'm fine staying away until we see a decent sample size of effectiveness. What We're Waiting to Know Myles Turner is doubtful to play against the Blazers Turner is a big piece of this offense, so his absence should give us some opportunity. He played 33 minutes in game 1 against the Nets, finishing with 51 fantasy points. The bulk of his minutes should go Domatanas Sabonis, who will get the start. Al Jefferson will pick up a few, but he's way too old to garner more than 15 or 20 minutes. Sabonis is an interesting GPP play, but you can do...

DFS NBA Podcast for Friday 10/19/17 - FanDuel and DraftKings DFSR’s Doug Norrie comes on for a solo podcast discussing a big Friday in the NBA. He goes through a game-by-game breakdown discussing the value plays, injury situations and considerations for a full night in the NBA. Some things to consider are Lebron’s increased rebounding and how the Cavs’ shift in lineup construction helps LBJ going forward. There’s also talk of the price corrections on guys like Jaylen Brown (who might still be worth it), Jayson Tatum and Ben Simmons in an interesting Boston-Philly matchup. And then he tries to make sense of the Pelicans’ guys in what could be a blowout against Golden State. All of that and more on a Friday NBA podcast for FanDuel and DraftKings. Subscribe to this podcast on...

DFS NBA Talk - Plays for FanDuel and DraftKings 10/19/17 DFSR’s Doug Norrie and James Davis take to the Thursday podcast discussing a smaller three-game slate of NBA action. They start out talking about the trainwreck that are the Chicago Bulls who basically start the season running out a borderline D-League team with Dunn, Lavine, Mirotic and Portis all sidelined for a variety of reasons. They also break down some thoughts on the new makeup of the Thunder and how the additions of Paul George and Carmelo Anthony will affect Russell Westbrook from a fantasy perspective. And finally, they try to make heads or tails of the new-look Clippers and a Lakers’ team likely to play fast and bad again this year. Subscribe to this podcast on...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates - 10/18/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and 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. What We Know Kawhi Leonard has been ruled out This doesn't seem to be a serious injury, so expect Kawhi to be out there the next game or the one after it. As for tonight, with Tony Parker out for a while, we'll see a few guys asked to pick up the slack. Dejounte Murray and Patty Mills should both get close to at least 30 minutes with most at PG and some at SG. Kyle Anderson and Rudy Gay will also see an uptick minutes. We have no real idea how Popovich will use Gay, but he won't have much of a choice in this one. All in all, there is a ton of usage and about 35 minutes to go around. Expect a good amount of Spurs to hit value here. On the T-Wolves side, they won't have to deal with the best defender in the league. Wiggins and Butler both see a considerable bump. Gordon Hayward is likely out for the season Gruesome. If you happened to witness that injury on TV last night, you know what I mean. Hayward will be out for a long time and it will cause a huge domino effect in both fantasy and real-life. First, Kyrie Irving has free reign. Sure, they have some other talented players, but none that demand the ball like Hayward does. I wouldn't be surprised to see some insane ceiling games out of Irving this year. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum will also see their roles cemented and you can expect 30+ minutes on both nights. PLay them while you can before the prices are way over $5k. Rozier is also an interesting GPP play as he seems like the guy who could see over 30 minutes when someone needs a rest. C.J. McCollum has been suspended for 1 game If you played NBA DFS last season, you know the drill here. McCollum and Lillard are the 2 scorers on this team and when 1 is out, you play the other. When 1 is out against the Suns, you DEFINITELY play the other. Lillard will see a huge spike in usage and is guaranteed to be over 36 minutes. Minutes-wise, look for Evan Turner and Maurice Harkless to fill-in. They...