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NBA Preseason DFS: Wednesday, 10/16 – Chriss-mas in October

By Dan Palyo

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 14: Marquese Chriss #32 of the Golden State Warriors smiles during a pre-season game against the Los Angeles Lakers on October 14, 2019 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. 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 Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 14: Marquese Chriss #32 of the Golden State Warriors smiles during a pre-season game against the Los Angeles Lakers on October 14, 2019 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. 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 Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 30: Marquese Chriss #32 of the Golden State Warriors poses for a portrait during media day on September 30, 2019, at the Biofreeze Performance Center in San Francisco, California. NBA Preseason DFS. 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 Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images) NBA Preseason DFS
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 30: Marquese Chriss #32 of the Golden State Warriors poses for a portrait during media day on September 30, 2019, at the Biofreeze Performance Center in San Francisco, California. NBA Preseason DFS. 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 Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images) NBA Preseason DFS /

NBA Preseason DFS: Wednesday, 10/16

Let me just start by saying thanks to all of you for reading these NBA preseason DFS articles and for many of you following on Twitter. Covering the preseason has been a great way to start engaging with the NBA DFS community and get geared up for the regular season, which is less than a week away!  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!

Monday and Tuesday’s slate were both pretty lucrative to my bankroll (and hopefully yours, too!), so I am going to try to keep the momentum going for tonight’s six-game slate. We are already in the final week of the preseason so we may see coaches give their starters almost three-quarters of run in some of these games and we absolutely have to take advantage of those situations if we get some of them tonight.

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.