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NBA Preseason DFS: Friday, 10/11 – Ben’s Big Breakout

By Dan Palyo

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images
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TORONTO, CANADA – MAY 12: Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on against the Toronto Raptors during Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on May 12, 2019 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
TORONTO, CANADA – MAY 12: Ben Simmons #25 of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on against the Toronto Raptors during Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on May 12, 2019 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) /

NBA Preseason DFS: Friday, 10/11

If you people are going to keep reading these NBA Preseason DFS articles, then I am going to keep writing them, gosh darn it! I’m having a lot of fun breaking down these preseason NBA slates for you and happy to be able to provide some more free content here at FanSided Fantasy for the biggest preseason slate so far this year – a huge seven-game slate!

I hope you had some success on last night’s slate, it was a tricky little 3-gamer and I ended up doing okay but there was very little news all day up until late in the evening and it ended up being a bit of a guessing game (I mean, it pretty much is every night to some degree). Remember, you absolutely have to keep monitoring these teams right up to lock in NBA DFS and hopefully, the new rule in which teams must release starting lineups a half-hour before tip-off will help us to avoid late scratches eating holes in our lineups with zeroes.

I love playing preseason NBA DFS for several reasons and I’m going to do my best to provide 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.