NBA DFS Expert Survey: Wednesday, December 25th
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!
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Who is your favorite player to spend up for in cash games?
Notorious: Nikola Jokic (will swap to Kevin Durant if Devin Booker is out)
TJ Zwarych: Nikola Jokic
Dean78904: Kevin Durant (FD) / Nikola Jokic (DK)
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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: I prefer small-field tournaments. My plan of attack on this slate is to keep my options open. The two key injuries to monitor are Jayson Tatum (3rd game) and Devin Booker (5th game). I’m reading between the lines here, but it sounds like Tatum is more likely to play than Booker. I want to be able to take advantage of the late news, so I will pick and choose my spots in the first 2 games and have swaps ready in advance (especially for the Booker news).
TJ Zwarych: It’s Christmas Day with some massive prize pools, so I plan on attacking large-field contests. I like to pick 2 or 3 games to make smaller game stacks out of, with my favorites being the SAS/NYK, LAL/GSW, and DEN/PHX games as the top options to target.
Dean78904: My priority is single-entry and small-field contests. Being attentive and patient can be a huge edge on this funky slate that starts more than 10 hours before the final game locks. Who knows when we’ll get arguably the biggest news nugget on the slate- the status of Devin Booker? My current plan is to build lineups as if Booker is eventually ruled out, and hopefully it happens late into the slate. If debating between two players, I will default to the player in the later game to buy myself more information regarding both injury news and how players actually did in the earlier games.
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.