NBA DFS Expert Survey: Sunday, January 19th
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 Sunday, January 19
Who is your favorite player to spend up for in cash games?
tcsmith031: Domantas Sabonis
Krayton: Domantas Sabonis
TJ Zwarych: Domantas Sabonis
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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?
tcsmith031: I’ll play the usual mix of 20-max and single-entry GPPs. We’ve got quite a bit of news to monitor with OKC, LAC, and LAL all having major players with questionable tags. I’d like to maximize my roster flexibility, which means I’ll try to backload my lineups as much as possible. Even if the news doesn’t break a certain way, there are still lots of viable alternatives with the late games all tipping in that same 9 PM ET window.
Krayton: I will be playing my usual single-entry lineup and 3-entry max tournaments with a heavy emphasis on the SAC game. I will be looking to get 2 out of 3 of Domantas Sabonis, De’Aaron Fox, and Malik Monk into my lineups. Scoot Henderson will also be a core play for me on FD, along with Shaedon Sharpe, who has a great matchup against the Bulls. I also like reserving a few of my spots to account for the late news we are still waiting for to give myself some flexibility.
TJ Zwarych: I’ll play single-entry with the plan to game stack the Wizards vs. Kings. Sabonis will be highly owned, as will Fox, but I think most people will be choosing one or the other, and I plan on playing both, potentially alongside 2 of Malik Monk, Demar Derozan, and Keegan Murray as well. On a small slate, I like the idea of picking one game to go bonkers and loading up most of my players from that game. I’ll run it back with Jordan Poole on the other side, with Alex Sarr or Jonas Valanciunas being my next favorite options.
Who is your favorite play (when considering price, matchup, roster construction, etc.) on the board and why?
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Robert Brown (aka Epignosis) was having lunch at a sports bar. A football game was on. He remarked to his wife that if he could have a second life, he’d like to be someone who enjoyed watching sports. That enjoyment began when he signed up for a fantasy football league that needed one more player. Since then, he has enjoyed playing NFL, NBA, and (especially) MLB DFS. When not teaching American literature, editing content for RotoGrinders (which he has done since 2019), or making lineups, Epignosis is rocking out or jazzing it up on one of several possible instruments.