Kyle Larson Has Strong Upside At Homestead

Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson starts 17th for Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This has been a good track for Larson, who had a string of three top fives in a row here from 2015-2017, then led 45 laps in 2018. In fact, twice Larson has led over 100 laps here. His past production […]

Kevin Harvick Is Solid Play For Dixie Vodka 400

Stewart Haas Racing's Kevin Harvick starts fourth for Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. With top 10s in 85 percent of his career starts here, Harvick is a solid play, though the lack of place differential upside means he'll need to get upfront and lead laps to reach his full DFS potential. More often […]

Chase Elliott Has High Upside At Homestead

Hendrick Motorsports' Chase Elliott will start just outside the top 10 on Sunday for the Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, rolling off the grid 11th. That starting spot offers some decent place differential upside for DFS players who believe Elliott has top-five potential. Considering he placed second here last season and led 27 laps, […]

William Byron Will Try To Drive Through Pack On Sunday

Hendrick Motorsports' William Byron starts 31st for Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. While his track record at Homestead isn't the best -- in three races here, he has a best finish of ninth and one DNF -- we have to recommend him as a DFS play because of the place differential. Cars with […]

Kyle Busch Is Top DFS Play For Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400

Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch should be considered the top DFS play for Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The two-time Homestead winner has six consecutive finishes of 20th or better here and will start all the way back in 24th this week, giving him a huge amount of place differential upside. Provided Busch […]

Chase Briscoe Offers Upside At Homestead

Stewart Haas Racing's Chase Briscoe's Cup Series career hasn't gotten off to a great start, with an average finish of 24th through two races, which has left Briscoe 27th in points. But Briscoe is one of our favorite DFS plays for Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway due to his deep starting spot, as […]

Ryan Blaney Is Strong Play At Homestead

Penske Racing's Ryan Blaney will roll off the grid in 14th place for Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead, making him a strong DFS play. Third in this race last season, Blaney only has one top-10 finish in six Cup Series races here. But with Blaney leading 70 laps here a year ago, it's fair […]

Aric Almirola Has DFS Upside At Homestead

Stewart Haas Racing's Aric Almirola starts 16th for Sunday's Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. A top-20 fantasy play this week, Almirola's starting position offers some interesting place differential upside while negating too much downside. Fifth in this race last season, Almirola has top-10 runs in two of his three races here since joining Stewart […]

Dennis Smith Jr. Continues To Improve

Detroit Pistons point guard Dennis Smith Jr. scored 17 points on 7-for-13 shooting in Friday's loss to the Kings. He also added six assists and one rebound while shooting 2-for-5 from deep. Smith blocked a shot as well. This makes three games in a row with Smith scoring in double figures. Out of the rotation […]

De'Aaron Fox Struggles From Three In Win

Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox scored 27 points on 9-for-21 shooting in Friday's game against the Detroit Pistons. In addition, he grabbed five rebounds and dished out six assists. Fox was 1-for-7 from three and also posted one steal and two blocks. He was 8-for-11 from the charity stripe. He'll face the Hornets on Sunday, […]

Harrison Barnes With Strong Showing Against Pistons

Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes scored 21 points on 5-for-14 shooting in Friday's game against the Detroit Pistons. In addition, he grabbed eight rebounds and dished out seven assists. Barnes was 2-for-7 from three and also posted two steals and one block. He'll face the Hornets on Sunday, who allow opponents to shoot the 11th-highest […]

Jonas Valanciunas Leading Scorer In Loss Friday

Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas scored 22 points on 9-for-17 shooting in Friday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers. In addition, he grabbed 11 rebounds and posted three assists and a steal. He'll play the Rockets on Sunday, who allow opponents to grab the fourth-most rebounds in the NBA. Houston is also on a 10-game […]

Paul George Has Quiet Night Against Memphis

Los Angeles Clippers guard Paul George scored 13 points on 6-for-11 shooting in Friday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies. In addition, he grabbed four rebounds and dished out eight assists. George was 1-for-5 from three and also blocked a shot and recorded a steal. He'll face the Bucks on Sunday, who allow opponents to shoot […]

Kawhi Leonard Sinks All 11 Free Throw Attempts

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points on 8-for-13 shooting in Friday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies. In addition, he grabbed nine rebounds and dished out seven assists. Leonard was 3-for-5 from three and also blocked a shot. He made all 11 of his attempts from the free throw line. He'll face the […]

Luguentz Dort Scores 19 In Win Over Hawks

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Luguentz Dort scored 19 points on 6-for-14 shooting in Friday's game against the Atlanta Hawks. In addition, he grabbed three rebounds and dished out two assists. Dort was 4-for-9 from three and also posted one steal. He'll face the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, who allow opponents to shoot the 20th-highest percentage […]

Theo Maledon With 12 Assists On Friday

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Theo Maledon scored 13 points on 4-for-11 shooting in Friday's game against the Atlanta Hawks. In addition, he grabbed four rebounds and dished out 12 assists. Maledon was 2-for-6 from three and also posted one steal. He'll face the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, who allow opponents to shoot the 20th-highest percentage […]

Clint Capela Pulls Down 21 Rebounds

Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela scored 17 points on 8-for-11 shooting in Friday's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. In addition, he grabbed 21 rebounds and blocked four shots. Capela also posted one steal and was 1-for-4 from the free throw line. He'll play the Heat on Sunday, who allow opponents to grab the 19th-most […]

Norman Powell With 30 Points On Friday

Toronto Raptors forward Norman Powell scored 30 points on 10-for-15 shooting in Friday's game against the Houston Rockets. In addition, he grabbed three rebounds and dished out one assist. Powell was 4-for-8 from three and also posted one steal and one block. He'll face the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, who allow opponents to shoot the […]

Fred VanVleet Inefficient In Win Over Rockets

Toronto Raptors guard Fred Vanvleet scored 25 points on 6-for-23 shooting in Friday's game against the Houston Rockets. In addition, he grabbed four rebounds and dished out four assists. VanVleet was 5-for-11 from three and also posted three steals. He'll face the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, who allow opponents to shoot the sixth-lowest percentage from […]

Victor Oladipo Plays Well But Rockets Losing Continues

Houston Rockets guard Victor Oladipo scored 27 points on 9-for-21 shooting in Friday's loss to the Toronto Raptors, stretching Houston's losing streak to 10 games. Over .500 when the losing streak began, Houston now looks like one of the NBA's worst teams. Meanwhile, Oladipo was 4-for-10 from three in the loss while also adding five […]

Jayson Tatum Struggles To Shoot On Friday

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum scored nine points on 4-for-18 shooting in Friday's game against the Indiana Pacers. He added in four assists as well while shooting 1-for-4 from three. In addition, Tatum grabbed nine rebounds and recorded one block. On Sunday, he'll face the Washington Wizards, who allow the second-most points per game in […]

Kemba Walker With Huge Game Against Pacers

Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker scored 32 points on 10-for-19 shooting in Friday's game against the Indiana Pacers. He added in six assists as well while shooting 4-for-10 from three. In addition, Walker grabbed three rebounds and recorded one steal. On Sunday, he'll face the Washington Wizards, who allow the second-most points and 10th-fewest assists […]

Domantas Sabonis With 24 Points In Loss

Indiana Pacers forward Domantas Sabonis scored 24 points on 7-for-12 shooting in Friday's game against the Boston Celtics. In addition, he grabbed six rebounds and dished out a team-high nine assists. Sabonis was 1-for-3 from deep. He'll play the Knicks on Saturday, who allow opponents to grab the 15th-most rebounds in the NBA while shooting […]

NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Homestead Contender Boats 250 (2/27/21)

So, last weekend's race was fun! And if you read my Xfinity picks piece, you would have noticed how high I was on Ty Gibbs in his first Xfinity start. One of the cheapest plays in the field, we ended up winning the race. Hope you had him in your lineup! Now, the series heads […]

Fantasy Basketball Week 10 Risers and Fallers

Welcome to the fantasy basketball risers and fallers column, a weekly look at a few players whose stock is rising and a few who've been struggling with some analysis of why that's been the case. As always, this doesn't mean you need to drop these players who are struggling, but this could be a useful piece […]

Landry Shamet With Strong Showing On Thursday

Brooklyn Nets guard Landry Shamet scored 19 points on 7-for-12 shooting in Thursday's win over the Orlando Magic. He was 5-for-9 from three and also grabbed nine rebounds. It was his best scoring output since a 22-point effort on February 6th, as well as his best rebounding game of the entire season. Shamet has played […]

Kyrie Irving Comes Up Big In Win Over Magic

Despite going 1-for-6 from three, Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving put together a strong showing in Thursday's win over the Orlando Magic. Irving scored 27 points on 11-for-18 shooting and also added nine assists, five rebounds, and two steals. The potential for Kevin Durant to return on Saturday could impact Irving's fantasy outlook, but with […]

Nikola Vucevic With Double-Double In Loss To Nets

Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic scored 28 points on 12-for-23 shooting in Thursday's game against the Brooklyn Nets. In addition, he grabbed 12 rebounds and posted two assists while going 3-for-7 from three. He'll play the Jazz on Saturday, who allow opponents to grab the third-fewest rebounds in the NBA while scoring the second-fewest points […]

Seth Curry Shoots Well Against Mavericks

Philadelphia 76ers guard Seth Curry scored 15 points on 6-for-9 shooting in Thursday's game against the Dallas Mavericks. In addition, he grabbed three rebounds and dished out two assists. Curry was 3-for-3 from three and also posted three steals and one block. He'll face the Cavaliers on Saturday, who allow opponents to shoot the highest […]

Joel Embiid Shoots 25 Percent In Win

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid scored 23 points on 5-for-20 shooting in Thursday's game against the Dallas Mavericks. In addition, he grabbed nine rebounds and blocked one shot. Embiid also posted four assists and two steals. He'll play the Cavaliers on Saturday, who allow opponents to grab the 12th-fewest rebounds in the NBA while shooting […]