NBA DFS Core Plays: Saturday, March 7th

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.

Saturday, March 7th

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.

About the Author

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Justin Van Zuiden (stlcardinals84)

Justin Van Zuiden (aka stlcardinals84) is a longtime RotoGrinders contributor and show host. He’s appeared in numerous Live Finals, has logged countless 6-figure wins in a host of different sports (including 5 in PGA), and is a former DFS Writer of the Year Nominee by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. You can find Justin’s ‘Covering The Bases’ series on weekends during the MLB season. He is also a main contributor of sports betting picks at our sister site, ScoresAndOdds, and is a co-host on the RotoGrinders Game Night show on SiriusXM. Follow Justin on X – @stlcardinals84