Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/31/18 Happy New Year DFSR friends!! While we can stick a fork in the NFL regular season, the NBA keeps rolling on, and our NBA projection system is churning out top-notch daily fantasy picks faster than it takes to break your first resolution. We've got seven games on the schedule for today so before the ball drops let's run through the last picks article of 2018 and see which plays will best help us to start 2019 in the green. On 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 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 - $10100 DK - $9600 Opponent - PHO Proj Pts FD - 48.89 DK - 51.47 I could've gone with Russell Westbrook in this spot, and he is certainly in play, but several factors are playing in Steph's favor. First and foremost the Thunder and Mavericks are facing off for the second time in as many days. Steph and the Warriors are coming in fresh, having had Sunday off following a solid smackdown on the Blazers Saturday night. Also, the matchup is much more favorable. Phoenix plays a slightly slower pace than the Mavericks do, but they make up for it being a bottom ten defense against opposing point guards. Steph is finally hitting the $10K mark for the first time since returning from injury earlier this month, but he's been a steady producer of 5X points per dollar (PPD) at these prices for four of his last six thanks to some solid shooting, and a healthy dose of peripherals. Our system prefers Russ from a raw point perspective, but as PPD plays go, Steph is priced to move as the clear and obvious choice. Kyrie Irving FD - $9400 DK - $8900 Opponent - SA Proj Pts FD - 44.16 DK - 44.9 I have to be honest, I don't love giving you two top tired players at a position, but we're on a shorter slate and options are limited. This spot was initially going to go to D.J. Augustin (more on that in just a bit), and Kyrie is really the only other standout at the position from a PPD perspective. This game against the Spurs is a pick'em in Vegas, with a 218 projected...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/28/18 It is the last Friday night of 2018, and as we draw closer to putting another year into the history books, our NBA projection system keeps on pumping out top-notch picks for all of your DFS purposes. Tonight gives us a ten game slate of action with plenty of information to break down as we pour through all of the plays looking for the best of the best. With no shortage of big-name studs or reasonable value plays to consider let's break this thing down, shall we? 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 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 Russell Westbrook FD - $11500 DK - $10900 Opponent - PHO Proj Pts FD - 60.52 DK - 62.21 We'll start things off with a guy you may have heard of before. Russell Westbrook currently leads the NBA in assists per game, steals per game, and the number of times leading off an NBA DFS picks article such as this over the past several seasons. The man remains an absolute stud, and though the scoring is down, the price isn't as through the roof as it has been at this point in the season in years past. Plus, we still get all of the great peripherals that come with a Russell Westbrook pick. Sure, he's coming off a bit of a Christmas clunker which saw him give up the rock six times while failing to hit double digits in boards and dimes, but how often do games like that come along for Russ? That's right, not very. Heading into Phoenix for a tilt with the Suns who have been quite generous to opposing point guards this season, look for Russ to put together one of his patented dominating performances and easily crush value. With the LeBron already ruled out, Westy is one of just a handful of ways to spend up in the top tier on this slate, and one of the best ways to do so. Fred Vanvleet FD - $5500 DK - $5600 Opponent - ORL Proj Pts FD - 34.89 DK - 35.44 Kyle Lowry's back will hold him out of yet another contest which means it's once again time to throw some consideration Fred VanVleet's way. VanVleet has made nine starts for...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/23/18 It's a legitimately massive day of NBA basketball today in advance of Monday's day off. We have a number of superstars going today, a few huge totals, and interestingly, a sea of games that are totally meaningless. Let's get to it. Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer and our new player lab! 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 Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Point guard Point guard is really tricky today, actually. It might lend itself more to a longer discussion rather than any specific picks, because there are a few things to look at here. Let's give you a few tiers to look at. De'Aaron Fox FD - $8200 DK - $7700Opponent - NOProj Pts FD - 40.66 DK - 40.51 Kris Dunn FD - $7500 DK - $7200Opponent - CLEProj Pts FD - 37.07 DK - 37.96 Kyrie Irving FD - $9400 DK - $9000Opponent - CHAProj Pts FD - 45.68 DK - 46.35 The expensive guys who you may or may not be able to prioritize. They are all in very similar situations here. All three have great match-ups, and while all three are candidates to lose their minutes in games that get out of hand (for various reasons, depending on which team you are looking at), but that should be less of a concern here. Irving's a 7 point favorite, but the other two are in games with 1 point spreads. The Cleveland/Chicago game has one of the lower totals on the slate, but Dunn has paid 5x points per dollar on these prices in each of the three games that he played his full run of minutes since returning from injury. Fox has been on a tear recently, and he'll get a Pels team that has allowed the third most fantasy points per game to opposing PGs this season. This issue is not that you don't have solid options at point guard today, it's that these guys are all pretty much the same. I suppose I'd recommend Hield and Dunn here, but I don't feel any sense of conviction. Tyler Johnson FD - $4200 DK - $5300Opponent - ORLProj Pts FD - 22.32 DK - 22.47 Collin Sexton FD - $4700 DK - $4800Opponent - CHIProj Pts FD - 28.53 DK - 30.1 Ryan Arcidiacono FD - $3900 DK - $3800Opponent - CLEProj Pts FD - 23.31 DK - 23.75 The cheap and speculative guys. Tyler...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/22/18 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 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 Fred Vanvleet FD - $5800 DK - $5900 Opponent - PHI Proj Pts FD - 30.38 DK - 31.1 Welcome to NBA Saturday! We have games scattered across the entire day, but have games to look at on the main slate. There is plenty of news to look for and we'll dive into a few different scenarios. Most of the news we're looking at is from Toronto. Kyle Lowry, Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, and Serge Ibaka are likely out. Valunciunas is definitely out. If all four of those guys sit, there will be immense value on this Raptors team. The Sixers are a friendly match-up in general and this game will stay close, no matter who is active. Fred Vanvleet is one of the easiest plays on the entire slate and guaranteed to hit value if Lowry misses the game. He will play 30-35 minutes and has no problem being "the guy". He can put up 40 fantasy points again and nobody will blink an eye. John Wall FD - $10000 DK - $8900 Opponent - PHO Proj Pts FD - 51.47 DK - 53.07 If you insist on paying up at point guard, the optimizer is a huge fan of John Wall. He's always a bit up and down, but definitely prefers playing at home and gets to face a faster pace Suns squad. We know he's going to play his 35 minutes as long as tit stays close and he'll have the ball in his hands all day long. His price is definitely up there, but that's because he'll typically play well in good match-ups. You'll have the funds to pay up tonight and it really just depends on who you want to pay for. Personally, I like spending down at point guard, but that's only because of the strong value. Let's get to another guy who you can easily rely on to reach value in all formats. Tyler Johnson FD - $4200 DK - $5100 Opponent - MIL Proj Pts FD - 27.58 DK - 27.8 Johnson is still wildly cheap around the industry and is going to see 30+ minutes in this game assuming it stays close. He’s the...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/19/18 After a quiet four-game Tuesday night the NBA comes out swinging tonight with an evening full of hoops action. We're looking at an exciting 12 game set starting at 7 PM ET with only a handful of early blowout concerns coming out of Vegas. We've got some high-paced, high-scoring affairs going on. There are some key names already ruled out, and attractive value plays ready to step in and fill the void. Let's break down Wednesday night in the NBA the DFSR way!! 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 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 Derrick Rose FD - $6200 DK - $6700 Opponent - DET Proj Pts FD - 38.02 DK - 39.58 Rose drew the start for the ailing Jeff Teague on Monday and will likely slot in once again as Teague is going to remain out until at least Friday with that ankle issue. Don't let the 24 minutes fool you, the Wolves came out of the gate strong against the Kings and had the game well in hand early on. Vegas likes this one to remain a little more competitive with Minnesota favored by five. Rose has been showing a nice return to form early on this season, and he should be guaranteed to hit the thirty minute mark in another start enabling him to easily crush the 5X points per dollar (PPD) mark on these prices. Ryan Arcidiacono FD - $4200 DK - $3900 Opponent - BKN Proj Pts FD - 24.13 DK - 24.79 If it's value you seek at the point then look no further than the Bulls' Ryan Arcidiacono. With Zach Lavine out for at least one more contest, Arcidiacono will likely remain running with the starting five as the Bulls host the Nets in The Windy City. Arcidiacono was a nonfactor for the Bulls in OKC on Monday night with just two points and a steal, but we can forgive that as the Thunder present the toughest DFS matchup at the position this season. Brooklyn meanwhile is about average surrendering the fourteenth most fantasy points to the position while also giving up the seventh most scoring points. Two nights before the Thunder game, Arcidiacono posted a 12/4/6/0/3 line against the Spurs, and I'd expect to see...