The NBA has a three-game slate for tonight’s DFS fantasy basketball competitions. Get your team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.
The NBA has only three games on Tuesday night in the main DFS fantasy basketball contests. Line-ups lock at 8:00 PM ET with the Trail Blazers at the Thunder. A half hour later the Lakers travel to Dallas to face the Mavericks, then at 9:00 the nightcap features the Wizards at the Suns.
The main storyline on a night like this is the sparse number of games. With only three games, there will be lots of overlap between teams but with a few opportunities for value plays. On a short slate, there are actually such things as correct answers, players that will absolutely be on every winning team, and that you have to uncover. But this group of teams is also somewhat unique, in that most of the teams have multiple value plays at the moment which allows enough options to do some mixing and matching. You could choose a stars and scrubs strategy around Russell Westbrook, or you could choose a more balanced team and have either of them be solid line-ups.
The point guard position is overloaded on Tuesday, and your decision there will guide the rest of your team. The top-4 priced players are all point guards, and that’s also where some of the best value plays are. Shooting guard is the next deepest position of the night, then the rest are all essentially value plays. Should make line-up building fun and a bit less predictable than you would expect on a night with only three games.
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.