FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Wednesday, 10/20/21 The NBA is back and set to begin a new season and we are ready to roll with FanDuel and DraftKings plays. This first slate is just a two-gamer, but there is plenty of star power to take in. Plus, there are some cheaper plays to speculate on as well.  Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, NFL optimal lineups, and our NHL Optimizer. 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 De'Aaron Fox FD - $8500 DK - $9300Opponent - PORProj Pts FD - 45.52 DK - 46.29 The preseason performance was a bit all over the place which is something of a concern, but this game should be an absolute track meet between the Blazers and the Kings. It has the highest over-under on the slate and Fox is coming too cheap on FanDuel for the matchup. The Blazer’s perimeter defense is rough for sure and Fox should be able to exploit some of it with his speed. The Kings are very guard-heavy now with Haliburton and Davion Mitchell both in the backcourt as well, but I think Fox is too good of an FD price to pass up. Spencer Dinwiddie FD - $6500 DK - $4900Opponent - TORProj Pts FD - 35.83 DK - 37.74 He’s coming much too cheap on DraftKings and we saw from the preseason that from a fantasy perspective, he’s going to be viable enough in the fantasy department even sharing the court with Bradley Beal. It’s a bit speculative considering he’s coming off the knee injury from last year and is on a new team. I’m not as worried about the former because he was close to coming back in the playoffs last year and played a strong preseason. The new system is a bit of a concern, but the DraftKings’ price mitigates that potential issue some on this slate. Strongly consider Malcolm Brogdon (FD 7300 DK 7500) Shooting Guard Josh Giddey FD - $4400 DK - $3800Opponent - UTAProj Pts FD - 27.48 DK - 28.3 In his final two preseason games, Giddey showed how he had a lot of fantasy promise this season, even for a team that projects to be pretty damn bad. He averaged 14 points, seven rebounds, and six assists which is just the kind of floor you want from someone...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Opening Night Tuesday, 10/19/21 The NBA is back and set to begin a new season and we are ready to roll with FanDuel and DraftKings plays. This first slate is just a two-gamer, but there is plenty of star power to take in. Plus, there are some cheaper plays to speculate on as well.  Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, NFL optimal lineups, and our NHL Optimizer. 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 Stephen Curry FD - $9800 DK - $9400Opponent - LALProj Pts FD - 46.23 DK - 49.1 For this first slate, we are going to need to make some distinctions between sites to find the best value. On FanDuel, Curry looks like the play at one of the point guard slots, coming in as the sixth-most expensive play behind some of the other A-listers. That kind of “savings” could help here. He’s coming off one of the best statistical seasons of his career, which is really saying something. He took almost 22 shots per game with a whopping 33.4% usage rate. With Jordan Poole in the starting lineup, the Warriors have a bit more scoring, but Curry should still be in line for a ton of shots in this offense against a Lakers’ team lacking much in the way of point-of-attack defending. George Hill FD - $3900 DK - $3900Opponent - BKNProj Pts FD - 21.52 DK - 22.01 On a two-game slate, we are going to probably have to roster a couple of bench players simply to have enough salary relief to fit a superstar or two. Hill likely represents that opportunity for the Bucks, coming back to the team in the offseason. He isn’t projected to start and didn’t in the Bucks’ final two tune-ups during the preseason. That being said, he projects to be the sixth-man and will take over some ball-handling responsibilities for the Bucks’ second unit. The price is cheap enough on both sites for a slate that will likely see a stars-and-scrubs approach to cash games.  Shooting Guard James Harden FD - $10600 DK - $9300Opponent - MILProj Pts FD - 48.92 DK - 52.11 There are only two games, but a bunch of superstars going on this slate. When that’s the case, we can’t roster everyone and will need to pick and choose...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Sunday, 6/20/21 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer and our NHL Optimizer. 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 Cameron Payne FD - $5000 DK - $4000Opponent - LACProj Pts FD - 34.61 DK - 35.27 Cameron Payne is going to likely get the start for the Suns with Chris Paul out and that should mean a lot of minutes for the point guard. We have a decent idea of what Payne can offer with more minutes considering that’s what he saw in the first round against the Lakers with Paul was injured with the shoulder. Payne had a three-game stretch going 25 or more minutes in each and he averaged 16 points, six assists and three rebounds. He should play 30+ in this one easily and is the value play of the slate. Reggie Jackson FD - $5500 DK - $6100Opponent - UTAProj Pts FD - 33.78 DK - 35.35 Jackson was a star in Game 6 against the Jazz, stepping up in a huge way without Kawhi Leonard on the court. He dropped in 27 points and 10 assists in 38 minutes to help carry them to victory in a somewhat improbable win. They’ll need his scoring again if they want to move on to the NBA finals. He took 15 and 16 shots respectively over the last two games with Leonard off the court and the price hasn’t really moved all that much. This is still a great spot for him and made better because the Suns are without Chris Paul. Shooting Guard Devin Booker FD - $7900 DK - $8900Opponent - LACProj Pts FD - 47.04 DK - 49.16 On the season, Booker led the Suns with a 32% usage rate, and that number jumped to 35% when Chris Paul was off the court. He’s had an excellent playoffs and in the series against the Lakers, when Paul was really compromised with injuries, Booker shone scoring 30 points per game, taking more than 20 shots a contest. Expect a lot of minutes and usage in this game with the Suns’ floor general off the court. The price doesn’t totally reflect what should be an increased role here against the Clippers. Terance Mann FD - $4400 DK - $4900Opponent - UTAProj Pts FD - 27.05 DK - 27.29 Mann was a...

  DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Saturday 6/19/21 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB, NBA, PGA, NHL, and NFL optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers Afternoon Aaron Nola FD - P 10000 DK - SP 10500 Opponent - SF (Alex Wood) Park - SFFD - 38.48 DK - 20.91 Nola is only even money on the afternoon slate, but he’s one of the few aces actually taking the mound during that time slot. On the season, Nola is striking out close to 11 batters per nine with a 5:1 K:BB ration on the season and 3.51 xFIP. The matchup against the Giants isn’t a good one considering how good they’ve been on offense this season, ranking 6th in the league in team wOBA. But Nola is the best pound-for-pound pitcher going here and it’s tough to get away from that skill set. Evening Patrick Sandoval FD - P 7800 DK - SP 8600 Opponent - DET (Wily Peralta) Park - LAAFD - 29.89 DK - 15.73 Sandoval has the second-best win odds on the evening slate as a -190 home favorite against the Tigers. He isn’t the best arm going here, striking out less than a batter per inning and walking more 3.5 in that same frame. But he’s got one of the better matchups around against the Tigers. They ranked 24th in the league in team offense on the season and striking out more than 27% of the time on the season. Sometimes the matchup can win out in a situation like this. Dinelson Lamet (FD $6200 DK $7100) is coming cheap here, but the matchup is bad. Catcher/First Base Afternoon Carlos Santana FD - 1B 3000 DK - 1B 4800 Opponent - BOS (Martin Perez) Park - KCFD - 11.25 DK - 8.37 Santana is rarely an exciting play, but that doesn’t make him a bad play. He’s one of the most patient hitters in the league and has been that way for some time now. He already has 11 home runs on the season and is walking more than he’s striking out. This is the much better side of the platoon for the switch hitter and for his career has a .362 wOBA and .833 OPS against lefties. He’s striking out only 13% of the time in this split which means there should be plenty of contact against the lefty Perez. Evening Freddie Freeman FD - 1B 3800 DK - 1B 5800 Opponent - STL (Adam Wainwright) Park - ATLFD - 14.2 DK - 10.62 Adam Wainwright is still kicking around...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Picks - Friday, 6/18/21 Head on over for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer and our NHL Optimizer. 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 Reggie Jackson FD - $5500 DK - $5200Opponent - UTAProj Pts FD - 30.8 DK - 32.19 Get ready to see a lot of Clippers on this list for Friday. That’s just the way it is when they lose their best player and everyone else has to pick up the slack in the scoring department and the minutes as well. Jackson was third on the team last game with 15 shots in his 37 minutes. LAC just isn’t a high assist team with the way they run their offense, so you aren’t going to get that out of the PG slot here. But he’s just too cheap for the minutes they need him to play in this game. Jordan Clarkson FD - $5200 DK - $6200Opponent - LACProj Pts FD - 31.86 DK - 33.6 Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley are both questionable for this game. There’s a world where neither plays, but even if just one sits then I do think Clarkson is still an option. It’s been a real struggle for Clarkson this series and he’s shooting just 38% from the field through the first five games. The volume is mostly there and he’s getting just about enough minutes off the bench. But the shot just isn’t going down. It’s kept the FanDuel price in check though and I think you can take a stab at him in cash. Shooting Guard Paul George FD - $10600 DK - $10100Opponent - UTAProj Pts FD - 46.66 DK - 48.89 Playoff P definitely stepped up last game with Kawhi Leonard on the shelf and turned in a great game for the Clippers in a somewhat surprising win. George took a team-high 22 shots which wasn’t all that surprising. We all knew he was going to have the highest usage rate on the team when Kawhi was ruled out. He ended up putting in 37 points which started to pay the day. But the 16 rebounds was a surprise and he was able to really turn in a fantastic fantasy performance. George will be the highest-owned player on the slate in this one and it will be correct. Terance Mann FD - $4400 DK -...