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5 Players You Need in Your DraftKings Lineup

Tonight is a Ten game schedule. The more choices, the more doubt creeps in with your pick. Here are 5 picks to help get your lineup jumpstarted. PG Jamal Murray, $5,100 Nice value pick here. Jamal Murray scored a season high 31 points the last time they played the Pelicans. Not a whole lot of defense is going to be played in this game, the Nuggets won 146-114 last game, I don't think both teams will tighten up on Defense over night. SG. Dwyane Wade, $5,800 I am using the PG slot Read More

DraftKing Tips for November 30th.

  There have been a lot of key injuries this season, and It has made for some fun match ups with bench players getting big minutes in some cases. Drafting players that are 10% drafted or less can definitely be the separation you need from the Chalk DFS players. Here are a few Draftkings players I recommend drafting today, injuries played a big part in most of my picks. Kevin Love, $8,000 Ride the hot hand. Kevin love had an amazing game on Tuesday, he scored a game high 38 points Read More

Draftkings lineup for November 27th.

This is my first article for Fantasybasketball101. I will be giving lineups and draft tips on the DraftKings site. FanDuel is well represented on this site and I am a better player on DraftKings anyways so it works out nicely. I am going to try to write an article on days that have between 5-8 games. Lineups I make in that game range are the ones I am confident in the most. Follow me on https://twitter.com/canadianBBallG PG. Lonzo Ball, $7,100 This is technically a road game for Read More

NBA DFS BASKETBALL PLAYERS TO TARGET ON TUESDAY – OCT. 24, 2017

Hopefully you listened to my advice yesterday, here's a quick recap: Steph Curry dropped 29 points, Ben Simmons finally got his triple-double thanks to his hybrid-PG status, and Otto Porter was impressive again with a double-double. Frank Kaminsky scored 18 points including 3-4 from 3-point range, and Avery Bradley had a mixed night with 15 points, but just 1-5 from beyond the arc. TUESDAY - OCT. 24, 2017 Kyrie Irving, PG, BOS ($8,700) There are a lot of reasons to like Kyrie tonight. The Read More

NBA November 4, 2015 – Daily Fantasy Basketball Value Picks

NBA November 4, 2015 – Daily Fantasy Basketball Value Picks Kent Bazemore ($4,700) vs BKN. Bazemore is averaging 11 points, 5.25 rebounds, and 1.25 steals this season while logging an average of 30 minutes per game as a starter. Bazemore could easily get 30 fantasy points on a weak Nets backcourt. Evan Fournier ($4,500) @ HOU. The projected total for this game is 208, and Houston's 3 guard backcourt of Lawson, Thornton and Harden are a defensive liability. Fournier dropped 30 points to go Read More

NBA Oct 30 – Daily Fantasy Basketball Value Picks

NBA Oct 30 - Daily Fantasy Basketball Value Picks Ricky Rubio ($7,800) and Karl-Anthony Towns ($6,100) @ DEN. Rubio put up 28 pts, 14 ast and 2 rebs for a total of 52.4 fantasy points. Rubio was dishing out dimes to his new teammates Karl-Anthony Towns (14 pts, 12 rebs in 32 minutes of play) and Shabazz Muhammad. Rubio should have a distinct advantage over rookie Emmanual Mudlay and veteran Jameer Nelson at the point guard position. In what is expected to be a high scoring game, give me Read More

Fantasy Basketball Is Fun Because of Steve Nash

As soon as Steve Nash officially hung up his sneakers sometime last week, I was grinning from ear to ear, if not visibly, deep down inside my heart. No, not that I hate the guy-- it's quite the opposite-- but it's like looking at your terminally ill relative deciding to put down resistance for today and decided to postpone the war later. Only, not in this present world. Heaps of praise and support rained on Canada's first true NBA star and naturally, conversations shifted from how he blew the Los Read More

5 Bold Predictions For The Second Half of NBA 2014-15 Season

The first half of the season has gone and we have enough sample size to pretty much know what to expect as the NBA season goes on. However, conventional wisdom messes up sometimes and to be honest, it's more fun that way. You ready? Here are our five predictions for the second half of NBA 2014-15 season: 1. OKC Thunder Won't Make The Playoffs If the best player on your team spends more time wearing dry-cleaned suits than warmups and jerseys, you know you're in trouble. In an ultra-competitive Read More

10 Most Iconic Basketball Shoes Of All Time

Careers of our favorite NBA stars were never defined by the sneakers they wore, but it can't be denied that only the select best get to wear shoes that go by their own names. We all know how His Airness himself Michael Jordan re-defined the basketball shoe industry with his very own brand (under Nike), so expect a few of his signatures here in this list. And of course, the usual and the not-so-usual suspects. Here are the 10 most iconic basketball shoes of all time: 10. FILA Grant Hill 1 FILA Read More

How To Become A Better Fantasy Basketball Player

How To Become A Better Fantasy Basketball Player Undeniably for you to be good at fantasy basketball, you need to know the game itself. Not just the fantasy basketball game but the real NBA game as well. From the recent player and team news, rumors, and all those little things that you do not think about as much without knowing that those little things are the ones that are going to help you become a better fantasy player. If you are just a casual gamer and is just playing the game for fun with Read More