Wednesday, April 15, 2015

DFS: Daily Sports Advice

With daily fantasy blowing up the way it has (and I’m no different, I love it) I thought I’d write a daily piece, with a few recommendations for your daily fantasy plays.  For the next few weeks I’ll concentrate primarily on the NBA, as we move into the playoffs and the baseball season is just starting to gear up.  As we get towards the end of the NBA playoffs, we’ll have a better sample size of this year’s MLB to analyze, and move on to baseball daily.
Today’s hot play is shared between two players on the same team: Reggie Jackson and Greg Monroe of the Detroit Pistons.  These are two guys about to hit the free agent market (Jackson restricted, Monroe unrestricted) who are lining up in the season’s last game to play the Knicks on what is still considered by most to be the biggest stage in the basketball world: MSG.  This will be both of their last chance to leave an impression in the minds of NBA GM’s, especially Phil Jackson himself, who manages the Knicks and projects to have a staggering amount of cap room this summer.  They have the good fortune of being able to make that last impression against these Knicks, who line up questionable NBA talent every night, and are in the business of losing games as they look to secure the best possible chance to land this summer’s first overall draft pick.
Monroe is (I think) a great fit for the triangle in New York, and Jackson has been on fire lately, averaging 20-10-4 over his last ten games.  Both might consider this a direct audition for the Knicks next year, or just for the league as a whole.  Overall, I think this game sets up very well for these guys to score big tonight in DFS leagues.  On the last night of the season and with nothing to play for, typical plays like Lebron James, or Steph Curry might be resting, so it’ll be a good night to go with these second tier stars on their last night to prove themselves worthy of the max deals they’re pursuing.

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