Another day another dollar, right?
Hope you enjoyed the change in information of the Index yesterday. We will keep that going until we ramp up for baseball season (soon!).
For those of you who might be new, I’ve said this year that trying to write up picks for NBA a night before has been really difficult this year with all of the injury and late-scratch news. Not having late-swap has made that even more of a challenge.
Providing options for baseball will be much easier, but I would like to incorporate matchup breakdowns and stats there, too. If you have anything you would like to see for baseball, please shoot me a message in the comments or on Twitter (old or new account if you wish @hotdogdailyDFS).
As for tonight, we have a solid 6-game slate to digest. We are starting to see younger players getting more run after the all-star break and that trend should continue the rest of the year. The biggest issue in NBA DFS moving forward is knowing whether or not a tanking team will show up.
A reminder that the information below will contain, pace of play, Vegas odds and lines, projected starters, player usage and fantasy points per minute – i.e. LeBron James, 38% (usage), 1.51 (fantasy points per minute).
My sources for projected starters, usage and fantasy points per minute can be found on the following sites, for free:
Let’s get after it!
| O/U | Spread | Pace | |
| Brooklyn Nets | 7 | ||
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 221 | -11.5 | 14 |
Injury News
None
Brooklyn Nets
Projected Starters
PG – Spencer Dinwiddie – 22.8%, 1.04
SG – D’Angelo Russell – 35.5%, 1.29
SF – DeMarre Carroll – 21.3%, 0.93
PF – Rondae Hollis-Jefferson – 23.9%, 1.01
C – Jarrett Allen – 17.5%, 0.93
Bench
SG/SF – Caris LeVert – 23%, 0.95
SG/SF – Allen Crabbe – 19.9%, 0.77
SF/PF – Dante Cunningham – 17.2%, 1.10
Cleveland Cavaliers
Projected Starters
PG – George Hill – 21.4%, 0.54
SG – J.R. Smith – 21.6%, 0.83
SF – Cedi Osman – 16.7%, 0.41
PF – LeBron James – 36.2%, 1.56
C – Tristan Thompson – 12.6%, 0.89
Bench
PG/SG – Jordan Clarkson – 28.8%, 1.02
SG/SF – Rodney Hood – 17.2%, 0.77
PF/C – Larry Nance, Jr. – 16.4%, 1.21
Must Plays – LeBron James
Bubble Plays – Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Jordan Clarkson, George Hill, Larry Nance, Rodney Hood
Value Plays – Jarrett Allen
| O/U | Spread | Pace | |
| Chicago Bulls | 12 | ||
| Charlotte Hornets | 216.5 | -10 | 11 |
Injury News
Questionable: Zach LaVine
Chicago Bulls
Projected Starters
PG – Kris Dunn – 25.4%, 0.93
SG – Zach LaVine – 29.4%, 0.91
SF – David Nwaba – 19%, 1.03
PF – Lauri Markkanen – 12.6%, 0.43
C – Cristiano Felicio – 16.7%, 0.65
Bench
SG/SF – Justin Holiday – 18.6%, 0.78
PF/C – Bobby Portis – 27.3%, 1.14
SG/SF – Denzel Valentine – 18.1%, 0.85
Charlotte Hornets
Projected Starters
PG – Kemba Walker – 29.3%, 1.09
SG – Nicolas Batum – 19.3%, 0.83
SF – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist – 18.3%, 0.77
PF – Marvin Williams – 15.7%, 0.74
C – Dwight Howard – 24.8%, 1.22
Bench
PF/C – Frank Kaminsky – 22.5%, 0.85
PF/C – Cody Zeller – 16.3%, 0.88
SG/SF – Jeremy Lamb – 24.7%, 0.98
Must Plays – Dwight Howard
Bubble Plays – Nicolas Batum, Kemba Walker, Frank Kaminsky, Kris Dunn, Bobby Portis
Value Plays: Jeremy Lamb
