NBA DFS Core Plays - DraftKings & FanDuel Optimal Picks: Friday, April 8th

Each weekday, Andy Means will be asking and answering some of the NBA DFS slate’s most important questions. A former Duke basketball walk-on and now full-time DFS player, Andy will also run over his core plays to blend it all together from a roster construction perspective. On weekends, RG NBA projections analyst Allan Lem takes the reigns.

Friday, April 8th

Where should we start on a nine-game slate with so many question marks?

This early in the day, I think the best thing we can do is start by looking at motivations. By doing that, hopefully we can pinpoint some studs we will feel comfortable spending up on. Because the likeliest scenario in the news cycle today is that a ton of cheap value is going to be thrown at us. Whether we get some really good studs or upper mid-tier plays due to news isn’t as certain. Besides, if we assume the Lakers play this one out just like they did last night, we already have plenty of cheap value as is.

The first place we can start is looking…

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Andy Means (meansy53)

Andy Means (aka meansy53) was a walk-on with the esteemed Duke University basketball team for 3 years before graduating in 2004. He also has a Master’s in Accounting from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and has been playing DFS since 2014. He has qualified for multiple Live Finals and displays his extensive basketball knowledge as a host of our top show – NBA Crunch Time. In the summer of 2022, Andy took over the role of Premium Content Director for the RotoGrinders Network, overseeing the vast array of content that is created on RotoGrinders, ScoresAndOdds, and FantasyLabs. Follow Andy on Twitter – @ameansy
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