The NBA is ready to rock the new week with a slate of seven games in tonight’s DFS fantasy basketball competitions. Get your team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.
The NBA has seven games ready to tip off a new week of action in tonight’s main DFS fantasy basketball contests. At 7:00 p.m. ET, lineups will lock with the Warriors at the 76ers, the Raptors at the Knicks and the Bucks at the Cavaliers. At 7:30 the Hawks are at the Celtics, followed an hour later by the Heat at the Mavericks. At 9:30 the Pacers are at the Rockets, finishing up with the Timberwolves at the Kings at 10:30.
The Warriors/76ers game is interesting, because it pits the always potentially juggernaut Warriors against a 76ers team that has been legitimately scrappy lately and features two exciting forwards in Dario Sarich and Robert Covington. The Raptors have to see whether they get Kyle Lowry back in time to face the Knicks, who themselves are waiting to get Kristaps Porzingis back. Giannis Antetokounmpo continues to go nuts for the Bucks, but will LeBron James be recovered enough from his illness to face him on Monday?
Finally, the young Wolves duo of Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins have become must-see TV, but there’s no telling what level of Kings team they will play as they continue to try to re-define themselves post-Boogie-Cousins. Lots of fun stuff and questions to have answered.
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 or find me on my home turf of The Hoops Lab.
Let’s take a look at your best options for both studs and value players at each position.