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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (5/3/16): NBA DFS Advice

How to break down the Chris Bosh/Miami Heat saga? On one side, you have a seasoned veteran who has helped win two championships and desperately wants to play with his team in their quest for a third. On the other side, the team- who desperately and equally want him to play- has not and most likely will not any time soon medically cleared him to play. Blood thinning medicine is apparently no joke and if things go wrong, Bosh could be in real trouble from a medical standpoint. This is honestly one of the most intriguing and difficult things to dissect that I have seen in the basketball world.

In this article, I will be providing you with Daily NBA picks for DraftKings for 5/3/16. The picks will range from some of the elite players, to mid-priced options, and value plays.

Without wasting anymore time, let's get down to it!

 

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Damian Lillard (at GSW, $8,900)

Some of baby Lillard’s best games this season have come against the Warriors. In Game One, he finished with 30 points, five assists, and four steals. It's clear that he loves playing that up tempo pace that Golden State is now known for. But we also could use a few more assists. After all, isn't he the one dropping dimes, dropping dimes? Wait, that's Kevin Love.

Kyle Lowry (vs MIA, $7,500)

Outside of Lillard and Lowry, the point guard spot is rather dicey on Two-Fer Tuesday. Heck, even Lowry has been far from reliable. Throughout the team's first round series with the Pacers, the veteran guard shot 24-for-98 from the field, or 24.5%, while maintaining an assist to turnover ratio of 2.65:1. The ball handling numbers are sound for Lowry, but his shooting percentage is approximately 18 percentage points below his season average and roughly 17 points shy of his career average. His playoff production will progress to his mean and that is most likely why the projection system loves him from a points-per-dollar perspective.

 

DraftKings DFS Shooting Guards

DeMar DeRozan (vs MIA, $7,000)

Double D did exactly what he was supposed to do in Game Seven. Whenever Lowry and Co. failed to bet the ball rolling- or into the hoop- DeRozan went DeMarvelous and dropped 30 to sink the Pacers. Again, it was because he found his way to the free throw line. After first tip on Tuesday night, we’ll know how aggressive DD looks and immediately get a feeling of how we did projecting his roster.

C.J. McCollum (at GSW, $6,600)

Most people are going to be on the Klay Thompson train and by no means can I give a smart counter. However, Thompson is getting rather expensive and he is one of the streakiest players in the Association. He will get another 20 or more shot attempts, no doubt. But considering his streakiness, I would rather go with the 40 minutes of playing time that McCollum is projected to get over the Warriors’ rotations. I also doubt he shoots another subpar 5-for-17 from the field.

 

DraftKings DFS Small Forwards

Joe Johnson (at TOR, $4,700)

With the exception of Games Two and Three versus Charlotte, Johnson has actually done a fine job of returning value in this postseason. He has yet to play less than 26 minutes in any game and has been playing some stretch four as well as his natural swing spot. With the spotty defense that Patrick Patterson and Luis Scola have been showing, as well as the not-quite-looking-like-he-is-completely-healthy DeMarre Carroll guarding him, Johnson may ben able to exploit the Raptors for some serious production.

Harrison Barnes (vs POR, $4,400)

Small forward looks really rough on Tuesday. Although I really, really want to emphatically recommend Johnson from both a total points and value perspective, you cannot dismiss what Barnes has been able to do without Steph Curry on the floor. Al-Farouq Aminu has been playing some solid, lock down defense in the second half as well as the postseason, but Barnes played 38 minutes in Game One and it’s hard to fade a guy who gets that much playing time.

 

DraftKings DFS Power Forwards

Draymond Green (vs POR, $10,600)

Without a doubt, Day-Day is the stone cold lead pipe lock of the day at the power forward position. It’s not even close. Dude might be close to 100% owned in smaller contests.

Ed Davis (at GSW, $3,600)

Patrick Patterson (vs MIA, $3,700)

I guess these two guys come next? Look, if you need help figuring out which power forward to play tonight in cash games, then maybe you shouldn’t be playing one day daily fantasy. For tournaments, Davis and Patterson have similar floors and ceilings, so you could make the case for either. Patterson has better tools, but will be in a slower game. Meanwhile Davis is still quite raw and is probably done developing as a professional player, but that game is going to be fast. Take your pick.

 

DraftKings DFS Centers

Marreese Speights (vs POR, $2,600)

If he could just see more playing time, this guy would be a fantasy monster. In 78 games this season, Speights averaged 13.9 DraftKings points and 11.4 minutes per game. Good enough for nearly 1.22 DraftKings points per minute. On the other side, the Blazers gave up a ridiculous amount of fantasy points to opposing big men and although Mason Plumlee has been playing pretty well on the defensive end of late, there’s no one in that front court that is capable of playing true lock down defense. If Speights sees 20 minutes of playing time, we’re looking at 30+ DraftKings points. Tournaments only, of course.

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