Tonightās eight-game slate in the NBA gives us a good chance for DFS Fantasy basketball, so get your lineup set with the help of my DraftKings daily picks.
Saturday night should be a great night of DFS fantasy basketball with eight solid games on the schedule including the Rockets and Bulls meeting in a Nationally covered primetime game between two teams in the playoff races for the final spots in each conference. Ā There are plenty of different ways to build your fantasy basketball team, and to see the options I like the most check out my DraftKings daily picks on the next few slides.
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Tonightās DraftKingsĀ contests get underway with four games starting at 7:00 PM ET.Ā The Pacers are in an important game against the Wizards in Washington, the Jazz are inĀ New Orleans to take on Anthony Davis andĀ the Pelicans, the Knicks host Detroit, and the Celtics travel to Cleveland to take on LeBron and the Cavs in a possible Eastern Conference Finals preview.Ā At 8:00, the Nets and Timberwolves tip offĀ in Minnesota. Ā At 8:30, the ABC primetime game will focus on the Rockets visiting the Bulls as Jimmy Butler makes his return against James Harden and the high-scoring Rockets.Ā Ā Boogie Cousins and the Kings are also in action at 8:30 as they face the Spurs. Ā In the final game of the night, the Hawks play in LA for the second straight nightāthis team theyāll take on Chris Paul and the Clippers.
With those 16Ā teams in actionĀ tonight, there are some big-name stars and some nice sleeper picks as well.Ā To see theĀ playersĀ I think are the best optionsĀ for tonight, check out myĀ FanDuel daily picks on the following slides. My goal is to give you the information you need to build your own lineup that can bring home a win for your team tonight. To help you realizeĀ that goal,Ā youāll find two slides per position in this postāone forĀ high-salary options and one for high-value options. Each slide contains at least two selectionsĀ with 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.
At the beginning of 2016, I Ā started to rank my picks using stars after each selection to show the strength of the pick. For a full explanation of the rating system, check out the last slide of this post, but in short, more stars means more confidence (on a point-per-dollar basis).Ā OnĀ the final slide of the post, you can see my recent results at each level of confidence. Also on the final slide of the post, you can see how Iām putting together the best of my picks into my lineup for tonightās competition. I suggest you build your own customized team with the players you like the most, but youāre welcome to see my lineups and use them as a place to get started.
In this post, all salary references and references to āfantasy pointsā refer to DraftKingsĀ pricing and scoring. Ā If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for FanDuel, check the box above for related posts or find the latest on ourĀ fantasy basketball hub.
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Itās time to get started with my DraftKings daily picks starting with some high-priced pointĀ guards.
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