Steven Adams' First Round DFS Review

Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams looks to carry his excellent fantasy output on the season into the playoffs against Rudy Gobert and the Utah Jazz. As you can imagine, the Jazz contain other teams big men quite well considering they have Gobert in the middle, but the rugged Adams does not back down from […]

Russell Westbrook's First Round DFS Review

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russel Westbrook looks to continue his dominance in his squads first round battle against the Utah Jazz. Westbrook finished the season with absurd numbers that included 26.0 points, 14.2 rebounds, 12.3 assists to go along with 2.2 steals in his last six outings. Westbrook also fared well against the Jazz […]

Paul George's First Round DFS Review

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George is someone that should be on your DFS roster in the series first round game against the Utah Jazz. Paul George will be matched up against a much less athletic Joe Ingles and George is coming into the playoffs averaging a sizzling 27.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and making 4.4 […]

Joe Ingles' First Round DFS Review

Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles is going to have his hands full being matched up with a much more athletic Paul George in his clubs first round match-up against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Ingles finished the season a very low note averaging just 4.5 points, 4.0 assists and 4.5 rebounds on 36.4% shooting over his […]

Ricky Rubio's First Round DFS Review

Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio had a bit of a disappointing season in terms of fantasy production on the season. To add to this, Rubio struggled heavily in the four games against their first round opponent the Oklahoma City Thunder having as many turnovers as assists (16) and averaged just 8.5 points to go […]

Rudy Gobert's First Round DFS Review

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert looks to anchor his squad on the defensive end in a first round battle with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Gobert will have his hands full with Kiwi Steven Adams matching up in the middle and to note, the Thunder have allowed a league sixth best FanDuel points against centers on […]

Donovan Mitchell's First DFS Review

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell will be leading his squad as a rookie on the offensive end in what will be an interesting battle against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mitchell had an excellent rookie campaign leading all rookies in scoring at 20.5 points a contest and was on par with that average (20.7 points) against […]

Eric Gordon’s First-Round DFS Preview

Houston Rockets guard Eric Gordon hasn’t matched up well against the Timberwolves during the 2018 regular season. Gordon struggled in his three meetings with the club, averaging only 16 points per game despite averaging 47 percent from the field and 44 percent from behind the arc, which are both above his seasonal shooting numbers. He […]

Jabari Parker's First-Round DFS Preview

Milwaukee Bucks power forward Jabari Parker could be an overlooked DFS option during the first-round matchup against the Boston Celtics. He'll be coming off the bench, but his minutes have been steadily on the rise since a return from a second knee injury. Parker has even been getting 30-plus minutes regularly this month, recording his […]

Eric Bledsoe's First-Round DFS Preview

Milwaukee Bucks point guard Eric Bledsoe seems to be heading towards the playoffs in great form. He had only a six-point outing in the final regular season game of the year, but that was due to his minutes being extremely limited. Bledsoe had just posted his first triple-double of the season in the game before […]

Khris Middleton's First-Round DFS Preview

Milwaukee Bucks small forward Khris Middleton will be looking to continue his career-year in the playoffs. He averaged 20.1 points per game during the regular season with 5.2 rebounds and four assists. The matchup against the Celtics in the opening round seems favorable for him, as he only recently had one of his best games […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo's First-Round DFS Preview

Milwaukee Bucks small forward Giannis Antetokounmpo will be expected to carry the team past the Boston Celtics by those, who believe that Joe Prunty's team can provide a first-round shock. Boston are one of the best defensive teams in the league, but they had no answer to Giannis during the regular season, as he averaged […]

Jayson Tatum's First-Round DFS Preview

Boston Celtics small forward Jayson Tatum will play a crucial role in the playoffs first-round matchup against the Bucks. Head coach Brad Stevens has praised Tatum's defense and he'll be expected to make it tough for the Milwaukee's main guns Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton. Defensively, Tatum had an amazing finish to the regular season, […]

Terry Rozier's First-Round DFS Preview

Boston Celtics point guard Terry Rozier looks likely to keep slumping at the start of the playoffs against the Milwaukee Bucks. Rozier impressed this season, putting together a career-year while coming mostly off the bench, but he had a miserable run to finish off regular season play. He's shot just 26.3 percent this month, averaging […]

Al Horford's First-Round DFS Preview

Boston Celtics forward/center Al Horford should enjoy the team's first-round matchup with Milwaukee as the Bucks have been killed by bigs all season long. Horford also did some good work against them, averaging 18.8 points on 70.5 percent shooting in four games. He shot below 50 percent for the season and averaged less than 13 […]

Jaylen Brown's First-Round DFS Preview

Boston Celtics shooting guard Jaylen Brown will carry a lot of responsibility during his second postseason campaign in the NBA, as the 21-year-old is expected to do some heavy lifting on offense. Kyrie Irving (knee) won't be there to carry the team and take big shots, so the team's youngsters will have to grow up […]

Kyle Lowry's First-Round DFS Preview

Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry will look to make up for his struggles against the Washington Wizards during the regular season in this year's first-round matchup against the team. Lowry, who averaged 16.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game on 42.7 percent shooting and 39.9 percent three-point shooting this year, saw a […]

DeMar DeRozan's First-Round DFS Preview

Toronto Raptors shooting guard DeMar DeRozan had a strong regular season for the Raptors, scoring 23 points per game on 45.6 percent shooting. He averaged the highest three-point attempts per game of his career with 3.6 attempts from deep per game on his second highest shooting percentage from three. His numbers against first-round opponent Washington […]

Clint Capela’s First-Round DFS Preview

Houston Rockets center Clint Capela has matched up well against the Timberwolves throughout the year. Capela had a double-double against Minnesota during the regular season, averaging 18.8 points and 10 rebounds per game in addition to shooting an impressive 79 percent from the field. Capela’s primary defender, Karl-Anthony Towns, has struggled defensively against Houston as […]

Stephen Curry Expects To Return For Second Round

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry (knee) is targeting the Western Conference semifinals for his return from a sprained MCL, Yahoo's Shams Charania reported on Friday. This would mean that the Warriors will be without their star for the entirety of their first-round series against the San Antonio Spurs. The team has struggled since Curry […]

Dejounte Murray's First-Round DFS Preview

San Antonio Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray was a strong defensive presence during the regular season, averaging 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game for the Spurs. In three games, two of them as a starter, against the Warriors this season, Murray averaged 6.3 rebounds, one steal and nine points per game. Murray has upside […]

Patty Mills' First-Round DFS Preview

San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills struggled in four games against the Golden State Warriors during the 2017-2018 NBA regular season, scoring just 8.3 points per game over that sample on 30.8 percent shooting. On the season as a whole, Mills scored 10 points per game on 41.1 percent shooting. It's hard to trust Mills […]

LaMarcus Aldridge's First-Round DFS Preview

San Antonio Spurs center LaMarcus Aldridge, who played at the five for a career-high 62 percent of his minutes this season, has had some success in four meetings with the Golden State Warriors this season. In those games, the Spurs star averaged 26.8 points and 11 rebounds per contest, both higher marks than the 23.1 […]

Lance Stephenson's First-Round DFS Preview

Indiana Pacers guard/forward Lance Stephenson is the X-factor who can help the team to a shocking result in the first-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and that should lead to him getting plenty of minutes. Stephenson, of course, had a famous ear-blowing incident with LeBron back in 2014 in an Eastern Conference Finals meeting between […]

Myles Turner's First-Round DFS Preview

Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is a guy you'll want to keep away from your DFS team during the first-round tilt with Cleveland. On paper, it's a good matchup for him, as the Cavs have been one of the worst sides defending centers this season, but Turner's development has stalled this season after suffering multiple […]

Darren Collison's First-Round DFS Preview

Indiana Pacers point guard Darren Collison is a feared man by Cleveland's head coach Tyronn Lue. "He's hurt us this year," Lue has said of Collison ahead of the team's meeting in the playoffs first-round matchup. "He's been a tough guy for us to cover." The Cavs haven't been the only team struggling to cover […]

Victor Oladipo's First-Round DFS Preview

Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo will be looking to carry on his career year in the playoffs after averaging 23.1 points per game with 5.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.4 steals during the regular season. He'll be the first option for the Pacers against the defensively-challenged Cavs and don't be surprised if he even triples […]

George Hill's First-Round DFS Preview

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard George Hill will have something to prove in the NBA playoffs first-round matchup against the Indiana Pacers. The Indianapolis native played five seasons for the Pacers before being traded in the 2016 offseason after shooting postseason career-highs 56.1 percent from the field and 48.1 percent from downtown in a tight seven-game […]

Jusuf Nurkic's First-Round DFS Review

Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic had an underrated fantasy season for his squad at the thinnest position in fantasy, center. However, Nurkic is going to have his hands full being matched up against the New Orleans Pelicans big man in Anthony Davis in the first round of the playoffs. Nurkic held his own in his […]

C.J. McCollum's First-Round DFS Preview

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard C.J. McCollum had another superb fantasy season but finished the season on a low note by connecting on only 36.4 percent from the floor over his final seven contests. To add to that, McCollum has struggled against the New Orleans Pelicans on the season, averaging just 17.5 points on a […]