NBA DFS Core Plays: Monday, January 20th

by Andy Means (meansy53) Last Updated 2020-01-20 20:20:41 Premium Content Part of the product Core4

Andy Means will be bringing Premium subscribers his top daily fantasy basketball cash game plays and tournament pivots to build around. A former Duke basketball walk-on and now full-time DFS player, Andy will take an in-depth look into each of his core plays, and then blend it all together from a roster construction perspective. On weekends, the GPP maestro you all know and love, STLCards, takes the reigns.

Monday, January 20th

For those that have read this article the past few years, welcome back! For those that are new, I hope you like what you see and stick around for the whole season.

It is imperative that you read the following bullet points before proceeding so you know what I am trying to accomplish with this article, as well as how it will intertwine with some other things we offer here at RotoGrinders (e.g. LineupHQ, Crunch Time).

1. This is a cash game article! These are the players that I think you absolutely must have in your cash game lineup(s) on that day’s main slate.

2. These plays are prioritized. #1 is the first player you should plug in, #2 is the second player you should plug in, etc. Depending on the slate, I could provide as few as two players or as many as five or six.

3. I will always try to provide some sort of mathematical basis as to why a player is showing up in this article. A simplistic way to get a player’s fantasy projection is to take his fantasy-points-per-minute (FPPM) rate and multiply it by his projected minutes. You will see some variation of this in almost every write-up.

4. How you handle these players in your tournament builds is up to you. Tournament pivots for each play will be provided, and it is my goal to have those pivots be from the same position, same game, or same price range.

5. I will add updates at the top of this article as news breaks throughout the day as time permits. However, I will always update my Core Play tags in LineupHQ first. So if you see my tags in LineupHQ are different from what you see in this article, go with what is in LineupHQ. For example, if news breaks too close to the Crunch Time show, I will just update the tags in LineupHQ and break down the changes on the show.

6. What may be a great play at 11:00 AM is not always a great play at 6:00 PM! The best way to get the most out of this article is to read every word (of the original article as well as any updates) and then follow it up by watching Crunch Time leading up to lock. You are short-changing yourself if you miss out on the analysis of any news that pops up while I am on Crunch Time.

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