DFSR's Daily Fantasy NBA Podcast for DraftKings and FanDuel Monday 1/30/17 It’s a Monday solo NBA pod with Doug Norrie as he breaks down the action for a 5-game slate. The big injury news today is Kevin Love sitting and how that effects the rest of the Cavs’ usage and opportunity. It stands to reason Lebron James is a chalk play on this slate and Kyrie irving definitely sees a usage bump as well. We will likely have to wait and see on who starts in Love’s place but Channing Frye would be an interesting punt if he saw significant minutes with Lebron. The Heat are in a great matchup against the Nets and Goran Dragic is probably a chalk play on this slate along with Dion Waiters. There’s also talk about the Celtics, Grizzlies and more. Subscribe to this podcast on...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 1/30/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new NFL 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 Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Point Guard Elfrid Payton FD - $6600 DK - $6700Opponent - MINProj Pts FD - 31.27 DK - 33.22 Our top value guy of the day has had something of a checkered game-log recently, but if we're trying to target a reasonable average performance, I believe he's our guy. At this point it appears that Fournier will miss Monday's game as well, though his return would certainly make this play a lot less appealing. Since Fournier has been sidelined, though, Payton has paid a steady diet of 5x points per dollar on account of having the ball in his hands considerably more. Fournier is one of the few Magicians who can create his own shot, and his absence means they rely a lot more heavily on Payton to do the heavy lifting. Minnesota is still a very reasonable match-up for opposing point guards, allowing a top 12 average fantasy points per game on account of Rubio's over-aggression. I like Payton as a cash game play with big tournament upside. Goran Dragic FD - $7800 DK - $7600Opponent - BKNProj Pts FD - 36.03 DK - 38.4 My guess for the chalk point guard play of the slate, Dragic benefits largely here from being up against the Nets' historically bad defense. They've managed to pair the league's fastest PACE with the league's second worst defensive efficiency, and as you can imagine, this is an excellent recipe for giving up huge fantasy totals. They're among the most generous team in the league to basically every position, and they happen to be dead last to opposing point guards. Dragic put up an effortless 42.3 fantasy points in 39 minutes in their meeting last week, and it's hard to imagine that he doesn't repeat that performance tonight. Dragic is an every line-up guy for me for cash games, though I suspect so many people will be on him that you might find better value in fading him for big tournaments. I might not be able to resist, though. Mike Conley FD - $7500 DK - $7000Opponent - PHOProj Pts FD - 37.02 DK - 39.23 Unsexy, sure, but on a night with plenty of uncertainty you could do a lot worse than Conley's minutes security in this match-up. Recently...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 1/29/17 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA optimizer, our NFL Optimizer, and our new NFL 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 Ebook on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Point Guard Brandon Jennings FD - $4600 DK - $4400 Opponent - ATL Proj Pts FD - 28.27 DK - 30.94 Derrick Rose left last game, and we are expecting him to miss this one. If Rose plays, Jennings is nowhere near as good of a play. Rose has missed 3 games over the last 20, and Jennings has been great in his spot. In those 3 games, Jennings finished with 27, 34 and 27. He also hit over 20 in a few games where Rose did play. The Hawks haven't been great against PG's this season, as Dennis Schroder is a much worse defender than Jeff Teague. Jennings takes plenty of shots, and he is not shy about having the ball in his hand. He should see an easy 34 minutes if Rose is out, and will be a lock for cash games. He would be close to a tournament must as well, as his upside combined with price gives him the capability to be a guy that could be a must to win. With that being said, there are always a lot of ways to go at point guards, and today is no different. Let's take a look at a few guys you can target if you want to pay up. John Wall FD - $10200 DK - $9800 Opponent - NO Proj Pts FD - 49.16 DK - 52.37 Wall has been awesome this year, and it doesn't look like he plans on letting up anytime soon. The Pelicans present an interest match up, and one I have a lot of interest in.  Jrue Holiday is a decent man to man defender, but the Pelicans play fast and have poor defensive efficiency. In result, they give up the 8th most fantasy points to PG's. Wall is the guy who makes this offense go, and he should be right back at it tonight against the Pels. The minutes are a guarantee, as the Wizards didn't play yesterday and they don't play tomorrow. This is a game with a lot of upside, and I love a game stack in tournaments. If this stays close, Wall, Beal, AD and Holiday all have a bunch of upside. Wall is someone I will have exposure to in all...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 1/27/17 Welcome to the daily updates and injury news article. We'll try and update it right up to line-up locks with as much information as comes across our desks. Let's get to it! Last night's picks can be found here, so you can wrap your mind around what you need to be looking at before lineups lock tonight. By the way - we keep our projection system updated with all of the changes as they occur throughout the day right up until lineup lock. Every day. If you want access to that system so you can cut out a lot of the research element, click the button below! START YOUR FREE TRIAL! What We Know Demar Derozan is out vs the Bucks Derozan has missed the previous 2 games, and Norman Powell has taken the most advantage. He has destroyed value in 2 straight games, and would expect the same here. Kyle Lowry has also picked up some usage, and could have a huge game. Hassan Whiteside is out vs the Bulls This kind of came out of nowhere, but opens up a cheap option for sure. Willie Reed becomes a fantastic option, and we will talk about him in a bit. James Johnson could also get more run, but is nothing more than a tournament option against the Bulls. Eric Gordon is listed as doubtful to play Gordon sat out last game vs Boston, and Sam Dekker ended up seeing 29 minutes. Dekker remains a good play tonight, and he has a ton of upside. Corey Brewer could also pick up some more run, but he isn't just not too productive when on the court. What We're Waiting to Know Kawhi Leonard is questionable to play vs Pelicans Everyone thought this injury was just a fake story to let Kawhi take a game or two off, but this looks like it might be real. If he plays tonight, he is an interesting option in tournaments and should go way under owned. If he misses, Kyle Anderson, David Lee and LaMarcus Aldridge all gain a lot of traction. Evan Fournier is questionable vs the Celtics Fournier is a guy who shoots a lot when on the court, so his absence does matter. Fournier has been out for a while, and C.J. Watson has been getting the most minutes. Ibaka and Payton also get a bump, and I have a lot of interest in both. The "Every Lineup" Guys Elfrid Payton Payton is still just way too cheap here, given what his role on this offense is. Sure, he disappointed a lot of people last time out, but...

DFSR's Daily Fantasy NBA Podcast for DraftKings and FanDuel Friday 1/27/17 It’s another DFSR NBA solo podcast today with Doug Norrie talking a very uncertain slate of Friday NBA action. As of the time of the recording, half of the games didn’t have Vegas lines as we wait for a bunch of injury news to flush out. Doug goes game-by-game and breaks down things to look out for and who would stand to see increased value in injury situations. It’s a tough nut to crack this early in the day as we are waiting on news about Joel Embiid, Demar Derozan, Kawhi Leonard and Hassan Whiteside just to name a few. There’s also talk about some of the safer plays like Kemba Walker, Nic Batum and how the Magic look tonight against the Celtics. Then at the 37:25 mark Doug jumps on with Blake Pender, the founder of LineupLab and DFSR’s partner and CTO. They discuss the process for creating new DFS products, how to use the PlayerLab tools and what to look forward to coming down the DFSR pike. Subscribe to this podcast on...