Hump Day has arrived as the NBA schedule takes center stage opening up the door to take cash in on some FanDuel action. Tonight’s slate of action features a very busy night of basketball with 11 games taking to the hardwood.

This heavy load of action delivers us a long list of top tier daily fantasy basketball options to build our FanDuel Lineup around. At the top of those options include a trio of the NBA top stars who are averaging over 53 fantasy points per game. Those top stars include point guard Russell Westbrook, shooting guard James Harden and power forward Anthony Davis.

Along with the top fantasy options we also have a great list of mid tier options as well a few fantasy sleepers that could help you build your entire lineup tonight. One of the teams we are looking at tonight to find some of those mid tier/fantasy sleeper options in is the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Entering tonight’s contest against the Indiana Pacers, the Cavs will be playing the second game of a back to back as well as their fourth game over six days. While we have no breaking news about this contest we do expect the team to consider reducing the minutes or even give the night off to a few of their stars. This opens up the door for players like Channing Frye and Iman Shumpert who should see their minutes increase tonight.

Here is our top NBA FanDuel Options for Wednesday November 16^th, 2016.

NBA FanDuel Point Guard Options

Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder: Westbrook is one of those options that you just can’t look past on when building your FanDuel lineups. While he carries a heavy fantasy price tag he also delivers a big time fantasy performance nearly each night he is out on the hardwood.

Eric Bledsoe, Phoenix Suns: Bledsoe is another interesting option tonight at the point guard positin. The Suns point guard has posted at least 31 fantasy points in four straight games. Tonight he will get a chance to take on a Denver Nuggets team that ranks 1^st in the NBA in fantasy points allowed to opposing point guards.

Mid Tier Fantasy Options we like include Emmanuel Mudiay, Derrick Rose and Tim Frazier.

Fantasy Sleeper Option we like is Patty Mills.

NBA FanDuel Shooting Guard Options

Gerald Henderson, Philadelphia 76ers: Henderson will be a nice fantasy sleeper option tonight that we suggest slotting into your GPP lineups. The 76ers shooting guard has posted at least 24 minutes per game over their last five games. Tonight he has a shot to put up some solid fantasy numbers against a Washington Wizards team that has struggled to slow down opposing shooting guards.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks: The Greek Freak is another solid fantasy options tonight and the top option among the shooting guard position. The Bucks shooting guard has posted 44.6, 52.7 and 52.9 fantasy points in three of his last five games. Other top tier options to consider includes James Harden and DeMar DeRozan.

Mid Tier Fantasy Options we like include Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Devin Booker and Will Barton (Watch Injury News)

Fantasy Sleeper option we like along with Henderson is Tomas Satoransky.

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NBA FanDuel Small Forward Options

Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors: We expect tonight’s Warriors/Raptors contest to be one of the more exciting contests with a ton of scoring. This lands Durant as one of the top fantasy scorers at the small forward position. While we like LeBron James on most nights we could see him getting some rest tonight after a heavy workload over the last few nights.

Aaron Gordon, Orlando Magic: We are still sitting back waiting to see Gordon take his game to the next level. Tonight he will look to reward us against a New Orleans Pelicans that ranks second in the NBA in fantasy points allowed to opposing small forwards.

Mid Tier Fantasy Options we like include Marcus Morris and Danilo Gallinari.

Fantasy Sleeper option we like is Andre Roberson.

NBA FanDuel Power Forward Options

Anthony Davis, New Orleans Pelicans: While we would love to be able to stack Westbrook, Durant, the Greek Freek and Davis all in the same lineup. Unfrotuantly that won’t happen tonight unless you load up on fantasy sleepers to fill the remainder of your lineup. Now that being said Davis has to be one of your options to consider when building your fantasy lineup as he can post a 70 plus fantasy performance against nearly any team in the NBA on any night.

Patrick Patterson, Toronto Raptors: One trends to continue to see is that opposing big man taking on the Warriors continue to put together good fantasy performances. Tonight Patterson will get a shot to continue that trend while providing us with a solid salary cap savings.

Mid Tier Fantasy Options we like include Serge Ibaka and Thaddeus Young.

Fantasy Sleeper Option we like is Mike Muscala.

NBA FanDuel Center Options 

DeAndre Jordan, Los Angeles Clippers: Jordan has been up and down for most of the season including posting at least 24 fantasy points in four straight games this includes a 45.7 fantasy point performance as well as a 33.3 game. Along with Jordan DeMarcus Cousins is another top tier fantasy option to consider to build around but will need to make some additional moves at other positions.

Mid Tier Fantasy Options we like include Joel Embiid (Monitor Status Lineup) and Marcin Gortat.

Fantasy Sleeper Option we like is Bismack Biyombo.

The excitement continues on the NBA Hardwood tonight helping us all walk away winners on FanDuel. In all the 2016-17 NBA Schedule delivers an action packed five game lineup that features a big time showdown in Cleveland as the Cavaliers welcome the Toronto Raptors to town.

This contest features two of the games top fantasy scoring options through the first four weeks of the 2016-17 NBA Season. For the Cavaliers James will look to continue his early success while he continues to dominate for his fantasy owners. James has posted over 40 fantasy points in eight of his first nine games.

On the other side DeMar DeRozan continues his incredible start something that helped him land in an elite class of NBA Legends. The Raptors shooting guard has has taking home the NBA Player Of The Week award while starting the season scoring at least 30 points in eight of his first nine games. In that same stretch, DeRozan has rewarded his fantasy owners with eight 40 plus fantasy performances.

Along with DeRozan and James here are the rest of our top NBA FanDuel options for Tuesday November 15^th, 2016.

PG – Damian Lillard, Portland Trailblazers: After moving around the numbers we found a way to work Lillard into the same lineup that consists of both DeRozan and Lebron James. The Trailblazers point guard is just one of four players averaging over 40 fantasy points a game this season.

PG – Tyler Johnson, Miami Heat: With Goran Dragic expected to be out tonight Johnson and Josh Richardson are both solid option including the fact that Richardson is slotted in at the shooting guard position. Johnson has posted at least 29 minutes a game in four of his last five games providing him an option to put up some solid fantasy numbers.

SG – DeMar DeRozan, Toronto Raptors: Going against DeRozan is nearly impossible for us based on his hot start. Entering tonight, DeRozan has turned in three straight 45 plus fantasy performances. The downside to teaming up James and DeRozan is the limited salary cap space that will be left to build the rest of our lineup around leaving us in search for a few good fantasy sleeper options.

SG – Lou Williams, Los Angeles Lakers: We tossed around both Williams as well as his teammate Nick Young as solid options. While Young will provide more salary cap space while Williams has produced at least 25 fantasy points in five straight games. Along with Williams we also like Josh Richardson as he is the suggested starter at point guard for the Miami Heat tonight.

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SF – LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers: The limited lineup of NBA Games tonight leaves us with a limited amount of top tier fantasy options that were available. Much like DeRozan, James has been dominating for his fantasy owners producing over 48 fantasy points in four of his last five games.

SF – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Charlotte Hornets: Prior to finalizing your lineups tonight we suggest monitoring the news headline to ensure MKG is in the Hornets starting lineup. After sitting out against the Raptors, MKG bounced back with a solid 28 fantasy point performance while playing 41 minutes.

PF – Julius Randle, Los Angeles Lakers: We have a few options here including going with Kemba Walker in place of Lillard to open up a chance to use either Kevin Love or Paul Millsap. In the end we couldn’t pass up Randle tonight against a Brooklyn Nets team allowing that is allowing the third most fantasy points to opposing power forwards.

PF – Nikola Mirotic, Chicago Bulls: Despite his struggles as well as an up and down line of playing night in and night out we still like Mirotic. The Bulls power forward is coming off a solid 39.7 fantasy performance after posting 17 points and 11 rebounds. If the Bulls power forward can get hot early from three point territory, Mirotic could be the fantasy sleeper to power us to the cash tonight.

C – Mason Plumlee, Portland Trailblazers: Tonight’s lineup of NBA games provides us with a few center options we like including Roy Hibbert as a deep fantasy sleeper and Robin Lopez as another Fantasy sleeper option. In the end we like Plumlee tonight against a Chicago Bulls team that ranks fifth in most fantasy points allowed to opposing centers.

Now that the 2016-2017 NBA basketball daily fantasy sports season is well under way we are finally getting some clarity on player, coaches and team strategies and tendencies giving us a great foundation to build from.  While most of us are familiar key basketball DFS stats such as average minutes played and high total spreads there are still plenty of key numbers that often still do fly under the radar a bit.  When it comes to NBA daily fantasy sports we will want to be monitoring a plethora of vital numbers in order to remain competitive but are missing any?  The focus of this article will be to look at three essential  NBA DFS applicable stats that we may be overlooking on a daily basis.  Lets go inside the numbers and see what we come up with.

Key NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Stat #3: NBA Team Possessions Per Game

NBA team possessions per game is a very interesting stats when building strategies for your daily fantasy sports approach.  This stat shows us which teams are accumulating the most ball possessions during games.  Of course the more the more ball possessions, the more scoring opportunities thus leading to increased chances at fantasy sports points distribution.  This is a great stat to look at the last three game average as well as home and away lines to really drill down which way a teams stats are offensively trending and where.  Find two teams getting tons of on ball exposure and you might headed in the right direction when it comes to picking players from the situation.

Key NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Stat #2: Hollinger Team Statistics – PACE

The “PACE Factor” is another revealing NBA daily fantasy sports stat that we will most assuredly want to keep our eyes on.   A number that indicates how fast or slow a teams PACE is a great indicator when it comes to daily fantasy sports point scoring chances.  The faster teams play the more likely there is for increased offensive and defensive opportunities and players to really open up their games.  When constructing lineups we will want to be looking for players on matchups where the pace of play should be accelerated thus putting us in a position to once again profit from increased possessions.

Key NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Stat #1: Individual Player Usage Rate

An NBA daily fantasy sports stat you simply do not want to overlook, individual player usage rates are a powerful inside look into how a team is utilizing a player within its playbook.  Sometimes just watching the game or noting minutes per game average stats is not enough as usage rates really get down to the core of where a player fits in to the offense and defense.  NBA daily fantasy sports lineup building around teams go to players always has the chance to pay huge dividends so player usage rates are a stat we will always want to consult in our decision making.

In the first NBA daily fantasy sports year we are seeing regular 60 – 80 DFS point nights from multiple players it is now more important then ever to pay more attention to improving our game.  What is your favorite NBA DFS stat that you integrated in your game?

The 2016-17 NBA Schedule delivers an action packed lineup of contests on Wednesday Night opening up an endless list of options on our FanDuel wish list. A wish list that is headlined by NBA Super Stars Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Chris Paul and Kawhi Leonard.

While we would all love that combination but in the end we are all working with a salary of just $60k. Now looking at each fo the five positions the one position that stood out as a spot that you have to spend the most cash on was the point guard position.

On Wednesday Night we like a few different combinations at that position built around the Oklahoma City Thunder point guard. Entering the team’s showdown with the Toronto Raptors, Westbrook has been one of the more consistent scorers in the NBA including posting at least 42 fantasy points in six of seven games this season.

Now in order to spend on that second point guard position you will have to get creative including going with someone like Steven Adams at the center position and Joe Johnson at the shooting guard position to free up some additional salary cap space for the roster.

Here are our NBA options we like tonight to build our NBA FanDuel Lineup around.

NBA FanDuel Point Guards

Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder: For us it just simply came down to us not wanting to pass up the NBA’s top point guard. In four of those six contests Westbrook also broke the 51 point fantasy mark. We also considered stacking Isaiah Thomas and Stephen Curry together to save some salary cap number.

Isaiah Thomas, Boston Celtics: In the end we elected to go with two of the top fantasy scorers at the point guard position on Wednesday Night. Thomas has a very key opportunity going up against a Washington Wizards team that has struggled to produce on both ends of the floor to start the season.

Fantasy Sleeper Point Guard to consider: Rajon Rondo

NBA FanDuel Shooting Guards

Sean Kilpatrick, Brooklyn Nets: For us we elected to go with the cheaper options at both the shooting guard positions as both our options look like solid producers on Wednesday Night. This includes Kilpatrick who has a very favorable matchup against a New York Knicks team that is allowing the most fantasy points to opposing shooting guards in the NBA.

Bradley Beal, Washington Wizards: Here is another one of those fantasy options we like based simply on his matchup. On Wednesday Night, Beal will have a chance to take advantage of a Celtics team that ranks second in fantasy points allowed to opposing shooting guards.

Fantasy Sleeper Shooting Guard to consider: Courtney Lee

NBA FanDuel Small Forwards

Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs: We tossed around a few options here including going with Kevin Durant. In four of his six games played this season Leonard has turned in at least 43 fantasy points including three of those games with at least 50 fantasy points.

C.J. Miles, Indiana Pacers: Sometimes you just have to play the matchup and that is why we elected to go with Miles at the second small forward position. Miles will look to take advantage of a Philadelphia 76ers team that ranks sixth in fantasy points allowed to opposing small forwards to go along with allowing 105 points a game.

Fantasy Sleeper Small Forward to consider: Andre Roberson

NBA FanDuel Power Forwards

Thaddeus Young, Indiana Pacers: Young is coming off his worst fantasy performances of the season while failing to produce double digit fantasy numbers. In the end we elected to stick with Young based on the fact he has four 20 plus fantasy performances including two of those games over the 30 point mark.

Tobais Harris, Detroit Pistons: Now we stayed away from this contest on Wednesday Night but we also love this matchup as the Suns love to play a fast pace lineup something that has shown up in the stat sheet as they rank 1^st in points allowed per games.

Fantasy Sleeper Power Forwards to consider: Dwight Powell

NBA FanDuel Center

Steven Adams, Oklahoma City Thunder: In the end the only real option in building a lineup around two of the top fantasy point guards means spending cheap at a few of those positions. For us we liked that option at the center position as Adams will get a crack at a Raptors team allowing the fourth most fantasy points in the NBA to opposing centers.

Fantasy Sleeper Centers to consider: Joakim Noah

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The daily fantasy world heats up on Thursday Night with a heavy lineup of opportunities to take advantage of. This includes the opening kickoff of week 9 of the 2016 NFL season as well as a nice lineup of NHL contests taking to the ice. For us we are turning our attention to the hardwood for some NBA FanDuel Action.

Now that being said we will all be working with a limited slate of action as the NBA Schedule only delivers five games for us all to build our FanDuel lineups around. At the top of those contests features the Oklahoma City Thunder heading out West to take on the Golden State Warriors.

This contest will headline the first time during the regular season Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook will square off against one another after teaming up since the 2008 NBA Season. For us these two stars will each look to be the center stage on Thursday Night making them both a perfect combo to build our NBA FanDuel lineup.

Here are our NBA options we like tonight to build our NBA FanDuel Lineup around.

PG – Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder: Here is the first opportunity for Westbrook to show the world he can carry the load in OKC without Durant. Add that motivation with the fact that Westbrook has posted at least 57 fantasy points in three straight games to open the season makes him an easy option.

PG –Emmanul Mudiay, Denver Nuggets: We considered going with Kyrie Irving as well but would have needed to go cheaper at botht he shooting guard position and power forward position. In the end Mudiay will need to play a bigger role in the teams offense with both Gary Harris and Will Barton out on Thursday night.

SG – Avery Bradley, Boston Celtics: Here is one of those fantasy plays you just simply have to ride based on his early success. The Celtics shooting guard has posted over 30 fantasy points in three straight games including a stellar 51.2 point contest in the teams last contest.

SG – J.R. Smith, Cleveland Cavaliers: After a slow start the Cavaliers shooting guard has slowly gotten it going over his last two games. In those two games Smith has posted double digits in both contests while posting over 21 fantasy points in each contest. Can Thursday Night be the night we see Smith top the 30 point mark?

SF – Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors: For us the showdown between the Warrior and Thunders will feature a ton of scoring from both sides of the floor giving Durant an opportunity to put up some big numbers. Then you have the extra motivation for Durant to out perform Westbrook makes him another easy decision to build our NBA FanDuel Lineup around.

SF – Andre Roberson, Oklahoma City Thunder: With the light slate of games it left us a very thin list of fantasy sleeper options to free up some salary cap space. Not only do we expect this game to feature some scoring Las Vegas handicappers do as well as they currently have it slated at 226 opening up a ton of opportunities for players not named Westbrook or Durant to put up some big time fantasy performances.

PF – Enes Kanter, Oklahoma City Thunder: The ideal pick would be Draymond Green but the salary cap numbers don’t work out for us. That being said with the high point total expected this should mean both teams are shooting opening the door for rebounding opportunities.

PF – Thaddeus Young, Indiana Pacers: With a very thin slate of games on Thursday Night it leaves us with very few options in the mid tier price range for power forwards. This opens up the door for Young who has two 31 plus fantasy performances over his first four games.

C – Jusuf Nuric, Denver Nuggets: Now if you elect to go cheaper than Durant or Westbrook you could work DeMarcus Cousins into your lineup. For us though we like the Nuggets power forward as a solid option against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Nuric has posted at least nine rebounds in all three of the Nuggets game this season.