The NBA has eight games in tonight’s DFS fantasy basketball competitions. Get your team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.
The NBA has a solid night of NBA action on Friday night. Line-ups lock with the Magic at the Hornets at 7:00 p.m. ET. Four more games tip at 8:00 p.m.: the Pacers at the Bucks, the Rockets at the Bulls, the Raptors at the Hawks and the Warriors at the Timberwolves. At 9:00 the Nets tip in Dallas, and the Celtics face the Nuggets in Denver. Finally, at 10:30 the Wizards are at the Kings.
Some things I’ll be watching for on Friday night: the Warriors trying to re-find their winning ways against a very scrappy young Timberwolves squad; Isaiah Thomas facing off against one of the two worst defenses against point guards in the NBA; the Nets with their awful defense against the Mavericks with their surprisingly strong defense; the Greek Freak facing off against an earlier model in Paul George; and just generally whether we’ll see any 60–80 fantasy point games on Friday like we saw several of (Russell Westbrook, Jusuf Nurkic, LeBron James) on Thursday.
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.