Daily Fantasy Sports Handicapping

Playing 2 ten team tournaments today with our fantasy basketball contest roster.  The structure is a 7 player, 210 point cap game on FSL.

Center is thin today, so you either take Camby or you are stuck with Murphy, Haywood or Chandler.  I decided to spend the money and go with Camby, even though he has a tough matchup with Detroit.  Put Camby at center for $31.

We are going with a combination at forward that I have used several times with some success.  Put Tim Duncan ($35) at one forward spot and Dirk Nowitzki ($36) at the second forward spot.  The last forward spot goes to Andray Blatche ($15).  Caron Butler is still out and hopefully Blatche can pick up some good minutes and give us around 22FP.

At guard we are going with the red hot Manu Ginobili ($31) who has a good matchup with Atlanta.  Paul Pierce ($31) gets a guard spot based on a nice performance last night and a good matchup against the Clippers.  The last guard spot is a problem.  After selecting the roster I wanted, I had $31 left.  Due to only having 6 NBA games tonight, I couldn’t upgrade on any already filled spots.  I took my $31 to the Guard draft board only to find that there wasn’t anyone near that price range available.  The best option left on the board was Jason Kidd.  I don’t like Kidd and wouldn’t normally spend $29 on him, but I have the money to waste today.  I could have dropped down and taken a Bibby, Terry or Hinrich in the $24 range, but Kidd had a nice game last night and I’m willing to give him a gamble.  He gets the assists, but his scoring is a problem.  Dallas has a home game against a soft Chicago team, so let’s see what happens.