Yahoo NBA Expert Picks: Thursday, December 28th

Each day when there are two or more NBA games, our daily fantasy basketball experts will provide their top plays for Yahoo. These picks will help you find the best values and top overall plays to build a foundation for all types of contests. Our top-ranked experts will also provide the reasons for their picks, so you can make informed decisions when setting your lineups.

Thursday, December 28th

Tonight, we have a five-game slate to choose from with three teams (Celtics, Timberwolves, Knicks) on the second half of a back-to-back. Let’s have a look at some of my favorite plays for the slate.

Point Guard

PG: Ish Smith, Detroit Pistons, $10 – We have two obvious value plays to plug in our lineups due to injuries and prices for this evening, Ish Smith and Tyus Jones. Ish gets to take over the Pistons backcourt with the loss of Reggie Jackson and we all know this guy can produce when given minutes. He should get 30 plus minutes in a sweet matchup against the Magic, who rank 6th in pace and 30th (dead last) in DVP vs. the point guard position. There’s really not a ton more to write besides plug him in.

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Chris Kirkwood (aka kirkdiese) graduated from UMass Amherst with a degree in Economics. He’s been steadily climbing the DFS rankings since 2014, and in 2015, decided to pursue it full time. A 2016 FanDuel WFBC finalist and 2019 DraftKings FBWC runner-up ($350,000 prize), Chris is consistently one of the top-ranked Grinders in the industry. He considers NBA, MLB, and MMA his best DFS sports and makes a habit of watching every NBA game with his dog Phil (named after Phil Ivey). Follow Chris on Twitter – @Kirkdiese