The NBA has a full slate of 12 games in tonight’s DFS fantasy basketball competitions. Get your team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.
The NBA starts off the work-week with a bang, 12 games of action in tonight’s main DFS fantasy basketball contests. Line-ups lock at 7:00 p.m. ET with the Heat at the Cavaliers, the Knicks at the Magic and the Bucks at the 76ers. Thirty minutes later, the Warriors are at the Hawks and the Bulls are at the Pistons. There are three games at 8:00, with the Trail Blazers at the Timberwolves, the Nets at the Grizzlies and the Pacers at the Hornets. The only 8:30 game has the Rockets at the Spurs, followed thirty minutes later by the Pelicans at the Jazz and the Kings at the Nuggets. The night cap is the Celtics at the Clippers at 10:30.
With 24 teams playing on Monday, there are too many storylines to follow for one paragraph to do it justice. The Heat and the Cavaliers lock horns for the second time in three days, and perhaps this time LeBron James will actually play against his former team. Kristaps Porzingis is starting to look like himself again, which make the Knicks an exciting team to watch on Monday. The Warriors played their second straight close game on Sunday against the Knicks, so the second half of their B2B against the Hawks could be a third straight look at them trying to re-find themselves with Kevin Durant out.
There’s another instance of the worst defense in the NBA playing against arguably the best, with the Nets at Memphis this time instead of Utah. The Rockets and Spurs do battle for the crown of second-best out West, with James Harden and Kawhi Leonard getting the chance to polish their MVP resumes. And with the Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins finally in the win column as a duo, their reward is to travel to the aforementioned defensive monsters in Utah. Maybe if the Pelicans win, Utah will give them the Jazz name back. Maybe? Or, maybe not.
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.