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NBA Preseason DFS: Monday, 10/7 – Mt. Zion’s debut

By Dan Palyo

MADISON, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 11: Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans poses for a portrait during the 2019 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot on August 11, 2019 at the Ferguson Recreation Center in Madison, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
MADISON, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 11: Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans poses for a portrait during the 2019 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot on August 11, 2019 at the Ferguson Recreation Center in Madison, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – SEPTEMBER 30: Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans poses for a portrait on September 30, 2019, at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, the user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images) NBA Preseason DFS
NEW ORLEANS, LA – SEPTEMBER 30: Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans poses for a portrait on September 30, 2019, at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, the user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images) NBA Preseason DFS /

NBA Preseason DFS: Monday, 10/7

Welcome to my first preseason NBA Preseason DFS article of the 2019 season! I’m “Thunder Dan” and I’ve been covering NBA DFS here at FantasyCPR for the last year. You can also find my content on sites like FantasyData, WiseTake, and The Quant Edge this season. It brings me great pleasure (and no I don’t work at Chick-Fil-A) to be able to provide some free preseason (and regular season, too!) content.

Let’s just all take a second and celebrate the fact that NBA DFS is back in our lives once again. Two weeks from tomorrow the regular season will tip-off and we will be on the cusp of another exciting NBA season. If you’re like me, you probably love NBA DFS and believe it’s the best DFS sport out there. If you’re reading this article and about to put some money on preseason games, then I’m going to make the assumption that you are a full-fledged NBA junkie and DFS degenerate (I consider both of those to be terms of endearment).

I love playing preseason NBA DFS for several reasons and I’m going to do my best to provide some content when I can fit it in between my NFL writing schedule. Here’s why you should play NBA preseason DFS, too.

  1. It will familiarize you with all the teams’ rotations. At some point in the preseason (it might not be the first game) each team will attempt to play their starters for 2-3 quarters and give us some clues as to who their top subs are going to be off the bench.
  2. It allows you to monitor the roles and production of rookies and players on new teams.
  3. It forces you to follow NBA beat writers on Twitter for news about minutes and player injuries/rest. This is something you should definitely do for the regular season.
  4. It allows you the ability to practice roster construction on whatever site you choose to play.
  5. It’s really fun and there’s absolutely an edge if you’re willing to put in the work!

I’m going to do my best to do some of that work for you by giving you all the info that I’m able to get my hands on, but understand that this article is published early in the morning so you’re going to have to keep tabs on the teams playing tonight in case players get ruled out during the day or coaches announce their plans on how they are going to distribute minutes to their starters.