Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 19 (2024-25): March 10 - March 16

For many of you, the playoffs have arrived! There's no use holding onto injured players (without IL spots) when every game matters in H2H matchups! Planning out your moves and making timely adds will be crucial this week, especially with so many teams (both playoff teams and tanking teams) resting players so often. Most leagues […]

NBA DFS: Top Daily Fantasy Expert Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (3/8/25)

Welcome to "Silly Season" in the NBA, where we see a lot of instances of teams resting starters to tank for a better draft pick or preserve health for the playoffs. In these articles, I focus on the top plays, traditionally geared toward cash games. However, with over a decade of NBA DFS experience under […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Friday, 3/7/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

The main fantasy basketball slate on DraftKings this Friday includes all eight games on the NBA schedule. The Knicks are the only one of the 16 teams in the player pool who are playing for the second day in a row while the Hornets, Heat, and Raptors are on the front half of their back-to-back […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Thursday, 3/6/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

After a wild slate last night with some high-scoring lineups due to all the value that emerged late in the day, we are back for a six-game slate on Thursday night that should be (fingers crossed) less eventful in terms of the number of players sitting out. Let's dive in and find some good options […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Thursday, 3/6/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We have a solid Thursday night slate ahead of us. It is a small six-game slate but this one has some potentially high-scoring games. Rockets-Pelicans, Lakers-Knicks, and Hawks-Pacers are all pushing 228+ point totals. There are quite a few injuries on this slate and some unknowns so keep an eye on the […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Wednesday, 3/5/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

When you scroll through the players on this slate, it may seem like there are more players injured than available for tonight's games. That's pretty much par for the course this time of year, and it forces us to embrace backups and younger players - even at prices we aren't used to paying - when […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Wednesday, 3/5/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

For the third straight day, the NBA has seven games on the main DFS fantasy basketball slate for DraftKings this Wednesday night. The first four games all tip off at 7:00 p.m. ET when contests lock with three more games getting underway by 9:30 p.m. ET. The late game between the Clippers and Pistons is […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Tuesday 3/4/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Welcome back RotoBallers! We’ve got a nine-game slate on tap for Tuesday, March 04, 2025, and it’s shaping up to be a wild one. With a mix of high-paced shootouts (looking at you, Bucks-Hawks at 243.0 Vegas total) and some injury situations that could shake up lineups, there’s a lot to unpack. The key tonight […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Tuesday, 3/4/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Welcome back, RotoBallers! Tonight we have a seven-game slate, headlined by Warriors at Knicks on TNT. These articles focus on the best plays, typically more suited for cash games. However, some exceptions may apply, depending on the size of the slate. The key to succeeding in NBA DFS is making adjustments during the day as […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Monday 3/3/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Welcome back RotoBallers! We’ve got a juicy seven-game slate to kick off the week tonight, starting at 7:00 PM ET, with some massive Vegas totals (hello, Atlanta-Memphis at 253.5!) and a ton of injury news that could shake things up. This slate’s got it all, big-name studs, sneaky value plays, and plenty of tournament plays […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Monday, 3/3/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

We're fresh off a solid Sunday night in DFS, thanks largely to the late-night hammer of Anthony Edwards, so I'm looking to parlay the money into another win tonight. This Monday slate has seven games, highlighted by an unbelievably high O/U from Hawks-Grizzlies. More on that later... We also have some key injuries to watch […]

NBA DFS: Top Daily Fantasy Expert Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (3/2/25)

Welcome to "Silly Season" in the NBA, where we see a lot of instances of teams resting starters to tank for a better draft pick or preserve health for the playoffs. In these articles, I focus on the top plays, traditionally geared toward cash games. However, with over a decade of NBA DFS experience under […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 18 (2024-25): March 3- March 9

The fantasy basketball playoffs get closer by the day and may even start next week if you are in a league that has moved the start of the playoffs back as early as Week 19. It's do-or-die time, and you need to do whatever it takes to secure that playoff spot! Most leagues have a […]

NBA DFS: Top Daily Fantasy Expert Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (3/1/25)

Welcome to "Silly Season" in the NBA, where we see a lot of instances of teams resting starters to tank for a better draft pick or preserve health for the playoffs. In these articles, I focus on the top plays, traditionally geared toward cash games. However, with over a decade of NBA DFS experience under […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Friday, 2/28/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

The final night of February features an eight-game slate on DraftKings, which tips off at 7:00 p.m. ET with a great matchup between the Pistons and Nuggets. The Nuggets are one of three teams in the 16-team player pool finishing a set of back-to-back games on Friday, joining the Pelicans and the Suns who face […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Thursday, 2/27/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

There was a time when we got almost exclusively two or three-game slates on Thursday nights, but the league has done a much better job of balancing the schedule in recent years, so we have a very solid five-gamer tonight for NBA DFS on DraftKings. Let's dive in and find some good options to build […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Thursday, 2/27/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Wednesday night featured nine games around the National Basketball Association. The Pistons scored an impressive win over the Boston Celtics, while the Brooklyn Nets gave OKC a scare.  The league has five contests on the schedule for Thursday night. At this point in the season, every win counts. Still, things matter even more for potential […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Wednesday, 2/26/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Wednesday night brings a nine-game NBA DFS slate for FanDuel and possibly some unlikely heroes for our lineups, as we have fewer big-name stars on this slate than usual. I always make it a point to recommend some higher-priced players for cash games and GPPs while highlighting some of my favorite value plays and game […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Wednesday, 2/26/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

The NBA continues a busy week with a nine-game featured main slate on DraftKings this Wednesday night. Most of the matchups tip off early with four games beginning right when the contests lock at 7:00 p.m. ET and two more beginning at 7:30. Two Western Conference matchups close out the night, beginning at 9:00 p.m. […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Tuesday 2/25/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Welcome back RotoBallers! We’ve got a juicy seven-game slate on FanDuel tonight, and it’s shaping up to be a wild one. With a mix of high-octane offenses like the Grizzlies-Suns showdown (245-point total!) and some sneaky value spots thanks to injury news, there’s a lot to unpack. Injury reports are going to be massive today […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Tuesday, 2/25/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We have a four-game slate, headlined by the TNT doubleheader of Cavs at Magic and the Luka Doncic revenge game of Mavericks at Lakers. These articles focus on the best plays, typically more suited for cash games. However, some exceptions may apply, depending on the size of the slate. The key to […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Monday 2/24/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Happy Monday! Welcome back RotoBallers! Tonight’s NBA DFS slate on FanDuel features a mix of high-powered offenses, key injury news, and some intriguing matchups to exploit. With some big names like Joel Embiid and Rudy Gobert already ruled out, and others like Tyrese Maxey and Lauri Markkanen questionable, this slate is all about staying sharp […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Monday, 2/24/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

It feels great to write about basketball this morning, as I'm 24 hours out from enjoying suite life with the oldest son at the TD Garden Center. The result was not what I wanted, but it was a fantastic bonding experience and I already have the bug to go back. With basketball on the brain, […]

NBA DFS: Top Daily Fantasy Expert Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (2/23/25)

We have officially survived the All-Star break and are on to the final stretch of the NBA season as we barrel toward the playoffs. In these articles, I focus on the top plays, traditionally geared toward cash games. However, with over a decade of NBA DFS experience under my belt—and as someone who rarely dives […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers for Week 17 (2024-25): February 24 - March 2

With only a few weeks remaining until the start of the fantasy playoff schedule, every win (and every extra game) matters! This column all season has been focused mainly on weekly adds and long-term pickups, but in the coming weeks, I'll be recommending some short-term streamers as well to help you get the edge in […]

NBA DFS: Top Daily Fantasy Expert Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (2/22/25)

We have officially survived the All-Star break and are on to the final stretch of the NBA season as we barrel toward the playoffs. In these articles, I focus on the top plays, traditionally geared toward cash games. However, with over a decade of NBA DFS experience under my belt—and as someone who rarely dives […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Friday, 2/21/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

We have a full nine-game slate on FanDuel tonight, while those who play on DraftKings have just six games to choose from. FanDuel has tended to include the late games more often this season, and I don't mind it. It might even give us an edge if we are willing to use players from those […]

DraftKings NBA DFS Picks for Today (Friday, 2/21/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

After the NBA got back to full speed with Thursday's massive nine-game slate, a dozen teams are ready to take the hardwood this Friday night on the DraftKings main slate, which tips off at 7:00 p.m. ET. The DraftKings slate leaves off the three later starts in Utah, Houston, and Sacramento. On the main slate, […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Picks for Today (Thursday 2/20/25): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

The NBA returned to action last night with just one game, as the Hornets upset the Lakers in a late-night contest on the West Coast. That game was just an appetizer, as we have a full nine-game slate tonight for FanDuel DFS contests. I always make it a point to recommend some higher-priced players for […]