Itās a five-game Thursday night slate for DFS fantasy basketball tonight giving us some solid sections for todayās DraftKings daily picks.
After an injury-filled but action-packed Wednesday in the NBA where hack-a-Drummond got plenty of coverage, the Pistons return to the court tonight in New Orleans as part of a pretty good five-game schedule for tonight. Ā TNT has a solid Thursday night double-header and there are three other games with significant storylines as well. Ā With ten teams in action, there are a lotĀ of different ways to assemble your DFS fantasy basketball team. Ā To see some of the stars and sleepersĀ who I think can deliverĀ tonight, check out my DraftKingsĀ Daily picks on the following slides.
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We get an extra hour of prep tonight scene the first two games tip off at 8:00 PM ET. TNT starts their coverage with the Clippers and Cavaliers while at the same timeĀ the Pelicans host the Pistons. Ā At 9:00, the GrizzĀ travel to the Mile High CityĀ to face the Nuggets in the centralĀ game of the night on the schedule. Ā In the two later games, the Kings return home after two games in LA to face the Hawks while the struggling Suns welcome in the not-ever-struggling Spurs.
With those ten teams taking the floor, there are a lot of different options to consider. Iāve put my favorites together in myĀ DraftKingsĀ daily picks on the following slides. Each position has two slides assigned to itāone forĀ high-salary options and one for high-value options. Each slide contains at least two optionsĀ with a few extras thrown in where possible.Ā I base each pickĀ on the currentĀ form of each player and the positional matchups each player will face in tonightās game.
This month, I also have started to rank my picks using stars after each selection. For a full explanation of the rating system, check out the last slide of this post, but theĀ short version is āmore stars=more confidence.ā OnĀ the final slide of the post, you can see my recent resultsĀ at each level of confidence (although I am a few days behind in getting all the numbers updatedāhopefully by tomorrow). Ā Also on the final slide of the post, you can see how Iām putting together the best of my picks into my lineups for tonightāsĀ contests.
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With those opening comments out of the way, letās jump into todayās DraftKings daily picks.
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