FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup – Oct. 25, 2017
Daily picks for FanDuel fantasy basketball on Wednesday, Oct. 25.
Wednesday is a big night in the NBA, with 10 games on the slate. There are three 7:00 p.m. ET games. In one, Nikola Jokic will try to get on track against a resurgent Dwight Howard in Charlotte. James Harden and Ben Simmons can have a race to the triple-double in Philadelphia in another. And Karl-Anthony Towns gets another shot at Andre Drummond in Detroit, a battle that in its last two iterations has gone in Drummond’s favor.
Later on, the Cavs play a not-as-horrible-as-expected Nets squad on the road. Dejounte Murray tries to make a name for himself while LaMarcus Aldridge re-establishes his name in San Antonio against a game Heat team still missing their defensive anchor. There’s a revenge game between the Pacers and the Thunder where Victor Oladipo and Paul George face their old teams, and in Dallas Marc Gasol gets to play big boy ball against a squad led by a high-flying rookie.
Then, in the late games, Rudy Gobert plays big boy ball against a Suns team that may not have any players old enough to drink, the Raptors’ backcourt tries to find itself before running into the defending champs on the road, and John Wall becomes the next veteran NBA point guard to try to grind down Lonzo Ball before he gets grown up. Storylines everywhere!
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: 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’s 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.
Let’s take a look at your best options for both studs and value players at each position.