NBA DFS Picks: DraftKings + FanDuel Lineup Strategy, News and Advice

Friday night of NBA DFS was a great reminder of how many things can go to plan, but the sheer variance involved in such a big contest can still get you. With most of the centers hitting their upside marks, value was spread across top finishing lineups in different ways. Naz Reid and the super popular DeMarcus Cousins put up solid value scores, while Clint Capela and Nikola Jokic delivered despite their high price tags. The spread across other positions decided the night on both DraftKings and FanDuel. On Saturday, we have a solid six game slate that starts at 8pm. The Awesemo team has been hard at work studying each emerging situation and monitoring minutes, rotations and usage to come up with the top projections for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo. A few key plays could make the difference in taking down a tournament that could bankroll your season. Our Awesemo NBA DFS experts will break down the full slate of NBA DFS picks to find the best options for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo lineups. The team will make use of site NBA daily fantasy projections, tools and data from our amazing premium to help you succeed on the daily fantasy basketball slate for Saturday, 1/23/21.

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In all DFS sports, being able to compare the strength of a player each day versus their popularity is key to success. In NBA, correlations between players are less valuable so the strength of each play can be considered individually. For each player, I calculate the standard deviation based on a variety of factors and use that to calculate the ceiling (75th-percentile performance) the floor (25th-percentile performance) and the probability that they will bust (not meeting value) or boom (value plus 10 points). Combining these metrics, you will be able to gain an edge on everyone by identifying under-owned or over-owned players.

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Terry McBride

Terry used to do other things, now he writes words on the internet. He hopes his more than 20 years’ experience in season-long and daily fantasy sports and his custom models for MLB, NBA, and NFL don't steer you too wrong when he writes columns and makes picks on Awesemo.com. A lifetime of experience keeping odd hours make Terry ideal to cover KBO baseball overnight until the world returns to normal. Most of those late night hours have been spent on the couch watching sports, T.V., and movies; just try to shut him up about any of the above. You can find his pop-culture ramblings and more on Sideaction.