NBA DFS Expert Survey: Friday, April 11th

by Justin Bailey (Jbails26) Last Updated 2025-04-11 23:00:04 Premium Content Part of the product NBA DFS

Our panel of experts is here to give you their NBA DFS advice for the upcoming slate by answering a handful of questions to help you make crucial lineup-building decisions. Want to know headChopper’s favorite tournament play? Or Noto’s favorite salary saver? Find out below!

NBA DFS Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel Expert Survey for Friday, April 11

Who is your favorite player to spend up for in cash games?

Notorious: Nikola Jokic
headChopper: Nikola Jokic
TJ Zwarych: Nikola Jokic

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What is your preferred tournament format (e.g. large-field, single-entry) to play on this slate? How do you plan to beat that field of opponents? What tactic or strategy will set you apart?

Notorious: This is going to be a wild slate. If you are playing more than a few lineups, best of luck to you. I’m only building 1 lineup that I will be using in small-field tournaments. My plan of attack is to lock in Nikola Jokic and Josh Giddey, and then fill out the rest of the lineup with value plays. We already have a ton of elite values and even more should open up throughout the day.

headChopper: I’ll have one lineup spread across some mid-stakes single-entry and 3-entry max GPPs. I’m going to lock in Nikola Jokic and fade any player above $8,000 who has question marks about workload, is on a back-to-back, or plays for a team that has already wrapped up its playoff seeding. That might mean leaving more salary on the table than usual when building a roster—and that’s OK tonight.

TJ Zwarych: My preference will be mass multi-entering large-field contests tonight, and I agree with Chop that I’ll be hitting the lock button on Nikola Jokic. There’s enough value that I don’t even think it’s crazy to pair Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo in the same lineup. I’ll utilize the value in New Orleans and OKC to pair Giannis, Josh Giddey, Anthony Edwards, and other studs alongside Jokic.

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