An Inside View Into Winning Daily Fantasy Sports NBA Draft Kings Lineup

Yet another crazy night in NBA daily fantasy sports and congratulations to “Beaufourd” for winning this Friday’s DraftKings $65,000 Guaranteed NBA Tournament by scoring 390.25 daily fantasy sports points which is an impressive number by any standard. In the up tempo, fast paced, high variance sport that is NBA daily fantasy sports, capturing the victory in a 37,375 lineup entry contest is an amazing feat and great opportunity for us to learn and grow our skills when it comes to creating stronger NBA daily fantasy sports lineups. This Friday in the NBA boasted a 11 game run making it one of the most action packed but difficult to predict nights for daily fantasy sports. Trying to create lineup of the night is always an arduous task but by studying the top NBA daily fantasy sports lineups we have a greater chance to perform better which is why dissecting the top winning NBA daily fantasy sports scores is a great way to improve. Lets take a look at the characteristics of this weeks Friday night winning DraftKings NBA daily fantasy sports lineup and see what insight we can extract from the lineup to enhance our own professional basketball daily fantasy sports skill sets.

Position 1: DraftKings NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Lineup Breakdown – Point Guard:

Jameer Nelson 23 Pts, 7 Ast, 1 Stl (NBA DraftKings Daily Fantasy Points = 35.5

With Ty Lawson out after being arrested on suspicion of DUI the opportunity for some nicely priced fantasy points opened up.  With Nelson already playing some solid backup to Lawson and as a proven longtime NBA veteran this was a great chance to insert him into the lineup and get a proven starting point guard at the $3600 price tag.  Nelson did no dissapoint the 25.2% of the people in the tournament that took him and came through with a nice game against a softer Boston frontcourt.

Daily Fantasy Sports Lesson: Play Proven Backups That Get the Start When Stars Are Out  

Position 2: DraftKings NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Lineup Breakdown – Shooting Guard:

James Harden 33 Pts, 6 Reb, 10 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk (NBA Draft Kings Daily Fantasy Points = 65)

Harden has been amazing this year and there is end in sight.  Yet again he comes through with enough DFS NBA points to satisfy roster builders and equal the worth of his steep $10,700 which time and time again he shown to be worth every penny.  As the absolute focal point of Houston’s fast paced offense its hard to passover James who can score in every category on any given night, especially in a game with the high flying, high scoring Phoenix Suns.

Daily Fantasy Sports Lesson:  Play Superstars In High Scoring Games

Position 3: DraftKings NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Lineup Breakdown – Small Forward:

Carmelo Anthony 25 Pts, 7 Reb, 4 Ast, 3 Blk (NBA Draft Kings Daily Fantasy Points = 43.25)

Carmelo is back from injury and his DraftKings NBA daily fantasy sports price tag has not caught up with his point scoring potential yet.  Normally a 9k to 10k guy Carmelo is still hovering in the 8k range for now and picking him has paid off over the last few games.  As the Knicks struggle to find a voice and have very little scoring options other then the happy to shoot Anthony this choice makes a lot of sense and it cam through.  Carmelo seems well rested and healthy after his time off and seems to still care about putting on NBA superstar like performances every night.

Daily Fantasy Sports Lesson: Play Superstars At Cheaper Prices Upon Return From Injury

Position 4: DraftKings NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Lineup Breakdown – Power Forward:

J. J. Hickson 15 Pts, 14 Reb, 3Ast, 2 Stl (NBA DraftKings Daily Fantasy Points = 42)

With Timofey Mozgov (recently traded), JaVale McGee (injured), Jursuf Nurkic(sick) all missing from the Nuggets roster for various reasons and star point guard and top scorer ty Lawson out it was the perfect opportunity for known fantasy point creator Hickson to step in and shine and he did not disappoint.  This was a nice situational play at the value price of $5200 and it paid off.

Daily Fantasy Sports Lesson: Play Solid Players on Vacated Position on Short Staffed Teams

Position 5: DraftKings NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Lineup Breakdown – Center:

Tyson Chandler 10 Pts, 12 Reb, 5 Blk, 1 Stl, 3 Ast (NBA DraftKings Daily Fantasy Points = 42)

Coming off an of game this was a nice chance to pick up a great scoring center at the nice price of $6200.  Playing for a high scoring and shooting team Chandler is often a nice pick at his cheap price as he is a great rebounds and all around daily fantasy sports scorer.  Chicago has a soft front court this year making this a great play as Noah was coming back from an injury as well.
 

 

Daily Fantasy Sports Lesson: Play Value Players on High Scoring Teams Against Weak Defenses

Position 6: DraftKings NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Lineup Breakdown – Flex Guard:

Klay Thompson 52 Pts, 2 Reb, 5 Ast, 4 Stl, 2 Blk (NBA Draft Kings Daily Fantasy Points = 77.5)

Thompson set the NBA record for points in a quarter with 37 and played one of the greatest games in NBA history.  While Thompson has been a solid daily fantasy sports choice this is one of this selections that over performs and you have to be thankful for it.  Its a lineup anomaly and you just hope your on the right side of these on any given NBA night.

Daily Fantasy Sports Lesson: Be On The Right Side of NBA Anomlies

Position 7: DraftKings NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Lineup Breakdown – Flex Forward:

Patrick Patterson 14 Pts, 13 Reb, 3 Ast, 2 Stl (NBA DraftKings Daily Fantasy Points = 41.25)

This was a surprise pick and nice performance from a nicely priced bench player.  Amir Johnson was supposed to have this type of game against the soft and weak 76er’s team but was overshadowed by Patterson throughout the game. These type of picks are hard to guess but with a potential blowout in the making as is always the case against Philadelphia playing backups against teams where the starters will most likely not be needed the whole game can pay dividends and we see that here.
 

 

Daily Fantasy Sports Lesson: Play Strong Backups In Potential Blowouts

Position 8: DraftKings NBA Daily Fantasy Sports Lineup Breakdown – Flex Position:

Brandon Bass 17 Pts, 9 Reb, 5 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk (NBA DraftKings Daily Fantasy Points = 43.75)

With a new starting roll next to Jared Sullinger on the Celtics and only a $3300 price tag Bass was probably the best value of the entire night.  Coming off a great game the night before and having a great NBA daily fantasy sports track record this one was a pick that not many could pass up which showed by almost half the entire tournament taking him at 46.1%

Daily Fantasy Sports Lesson: Take a Chance on Up Tempo Bench Players

Do you think you have the skills to make a DraftKings NBA daily fantasy sports lineup?  With contests and daily fantasy sports events happening daily how could you not be testing your knowledge?  We know we can not resist putting our skills up against the field in another night of DraftKings daily fantasy sports action.