Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/23/16 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 Dwight Howard has been ruled out with his ongoing Howard has been out for a few games, and a few guys have benefited. Millsap and Muscala have benefited most, with Millsap playing 39 minutes in each of his last 2 games. We will touch on Millsap later, but he is in a terrific spot. I like Muscala, but he is a GPP only option. Tony Parker and Pau Gasol will join Manu Ginobili and rest tonight With all 3 of these guys out, the starters should get plenty of run. With that being said, you never know what the Spurs are going to do. If they do blowout the Blazers, the starters will still get rested early. If it does stay close, the likes of Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge will get a bunch of shots. They both have plenty of upside against the Blazers, along with Patty Mills at the PG spot. Victor Oladipo has been ruled out against the Celtics Oladipo has been out for awhile now, so his return would just be a disruption. It will allow Avery Bradley to switch over to Westbrook, but I am not really bothered by that. Andre Roberson and Alex Albrines has also got some run. I wouldn't play them, but they could be worth a flier in tournaments. Trevor Booker will rest against the Cavaliers I am not sure why they are resting him here, but I am guessing they are just giving up. With Booker out, I expect Luis Scola and Anthony Bennett to benefit. Both of them make good plays, but I would probably be more comfortable with Scola in cash and Bennett in tournaments. The Cavs have a good defense, but can give up points to power forwards with Love out. What We're Waiting to Know Chris Paul is questionable against the Mavericks If Paul plays, he is a great tournament play and can have a big night at...

DFSR's Daily Fantasy NBA Podcast for DraftKings and FanDuel Friday 12/23/16 DFSR’s Doug Norrie and James Davis talk a jam-packed Friday of NBA action. Every single team plays tonight before a day off on Saturday and the crew breaks plays down position-by-position. There’s a lot to cover here. Dwight Howard will sit again tonight leaving a bunch of value open for the Hawks’ starters like Millsap, Schroder, etc. They also talk about if Russell Westbrook’s price is at the breaking point. And they finish it off by taking some questions from chatters on strategy. Subscribe to this podcast on...

Daily Fantasy NBA Basketball Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/23/16 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 Russell Westbrook FD - $12800 DK - $12700 Opponent - BOS Proj Pts FD - 59.88 DK - 63.75 On a slate where OKC plays it's familiar territory for me to tell you that Westbrook projects as our top scoring option of the night. He's definitely a viable option to anchor your cash line-ups but the upward trending price has to make you wonder if that is truly the optimal way to go. I'm not saying it is or it isn't, depending on if enough value opens up; all I'm saying is that you might be able to squeak out a few more points salary-wise by putting in two mid-tier options. Well, enough with that. Russell needs no introduction even my mom is aware that he is having an unprecedented and groundbreaking year. He's scored 67, 73 and 81 points in his last 3 match-ups and it's highly probable he reaches those thresholds once again. The match-up is fairly neutral as Boston ranks 15th against point guards. Just be aware that on a 14 game slate nobody is definitively a must play and even though Westy is going to  put up some digits, be cognizant of the other available options. Goran Dragic FD - $7500 DK - $7400 Opponent - NO Proj Pts FD - 38.09 DK - 40.63 The man with the magic, Goran Dragic! Playing nowadays with a chip on his shoulder it seems. I'm pretty sure I just saw him try to trip someone in a game the other day. Well let's get down to brass tacks. Dragic is squaring up with Jrue Holiday and the Pels who just got ran through by Westbrook and company and rank 18th against the PG position. In a match-up I consider respectively neutral expect Dragic to stay the course and keep putting up the stat-lines needed for the Heat to be competitive. The last 5 games he's returned value on his salary 5.7x averaging 41 fantasy points a game. In a competitive game environment we should certainly see the man Goran hanging around that 40 fp marker. Isaiah Thomas FD - $8200 DK - $7900 Opponent - OKC Proj Pts FD - 40.82 DK - 43.4 Thomas vs. Westy showdown! This should be a...

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/22/16 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 Julius Randle has been ruled out against the Pacers With Nance already out for a while, there are definitely some extra minutes up for grabs. I expect most of them to go to Thomas Robinson, and I will have a lot of him. A couple may also go to Black and Deng, and they could be interesting plays in tournaments. Brandon Ingram could also pick up some minutes, but I would restrict him to tournaments. Monta Ellis will remain out against the Celtics Ellis has been out for awhile, so we know what happens without him. Teague has been playing extremely well, and I think he will continue to do so. All of the other role players will also pick up a few minutes, but are not worth a look tonight. Wayne Ellington has been ruled out against the Lakers This doesn't do too much for us. He has only been getting around 23 minutes, and those should be spread out. I would look for Dragic and Tyler Johnson to pick up the majority of minutes and usage. They are both good plays, but mostly because they are facing the Lakers. Larry Nance Jr. has been ruled out indefinitely Nance is a big young guy for the Lakers, and Nance was pretty fun to watch. he has averaged about 22 minutes over his last 10, and those minutes are very valuable. I think Randle and Black pick up the most, but Randle is the only guy I am interested in. The Heat are a good defense, but can struggle against good power forwards. Manu Ginobili will be held out for the next 2 games Ginobili still plays about 20 minutes per game for the Spurs, but I really don't think we know where most of the minutes will go. Sure, we could guess Patty Mills and Danny Green, but we are talking about Pop. He could throw any of these guys out...

DFSR's Daily Fantasy NBA Podcast for DraftKings and FanDuel Thursday 12/22/16 DFSR’s Doug Norrie and James Davis break down a five game NBA slate for FanDuel and DraftKings. The big thing to consider tonight on a short slate is just how much you can trust the Golden State Warriors starters in a potential blowout of the Nets. They also discuss the Heat guys like Goran Dragic and Hassan Whiteside in a choice matchup against the Lakers. And finally Doug tilts about the Magic rotations. Subscribe to this podcast on...