FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup – February 12
The NBA has four games in the main DFS fantasy basketball contests on Sunday. Get your team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.
The NBA has a sparse schedule on Sunday, with only four games on the docket. The first two tip at 3:30 PM ET, with the Spurs visiting Madison Square Garden to play the Knicks and the Bulls heading to the Target Center to play the Timberwolves. At 6 PM, the Pistons travel north to face the Raptors. And at 9:00 PM, the Pelicans are in Sacramento.
The most interesting storyline on Sunday is another match-up of dominant centers that used to patrol the paint for the Kentucky Wildcats. This time it’s Anthony Davis against DeMarcus Cousins, the two highest-priced players in the game going at each other. This could hopefully become a shootout, but there’s the very real chance of foul trouble limiting the match-up the way it did when Davis faced Karl-Anthony Towns on Friday. Speaking of Towns, he has another chance to make a mark against Nikola Jokic in the battle for best second-year center in the league. Kristaps Porzingis will also look to throw his hat back in that ring, after he’s struggled a bit with injury this month but finally officially moved to center on Friday.
My favorite plays of the day can be found on the following slides in FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks. Each day in order to offer a variety of price points at each position, you can find two slides for each position–one for high-salary options and one for high-value options. Each pick is ranked on a scale of 1-5 stars to indicate the confidence in the pick. The final slide of this post has more detail on what each level means, but in short, more stars means more confidence in the selection on a points-per-dollar basis.
Important note, every day the goal of this post is not to give you a copy-and-paste lineup. Instead, each selection is given while highlighting the factors you need to consider when building a customized lineup for yourself. If you want to see an example lineup, you can find it on the final slide of the post, but I suggest you adjust your lineup to fit your personal taste.
To keep up with all of FanSided’s DFS NBA coverage head over to the fantasy basketball hub where each day you can find a post like this tailored for FanDuel as well as one specifically designed for usage on DraftKings. In this post, all salary and “fantasy points” references are to FanDuel scoring system and salaries. If you have any additional questions or thoughts or are looking for updates as we approach tipoff, follow @FanSidedFantasy on Twitter or you can follow my account @ProfessorDrz.
About me: I’m the senior basketball writer at Rotowire.com, where I’ve covered fantasy basketball for more than 12 years. I’m the two-time Basketball Writer of the Year as chosen by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, and I run an NBA-based blog called The Hoops Lab where all of my basketball takes, from fantasy to scouting to analytics, eventually resides. I’m also a regular contributor to Nylon Calculus, as well as TYTSports podcasts.
Let’s take a look at your best options for both studs and value players at each position.