NBA DFS: Giannis Antetokounmpo and top DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy basketball picks for Feb. 16, 2021
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The 2020-21 NBA season continues on Tuesday with six evening games, and three of them currently have totals of 231 points or higher at William Hill Sportsbook. The high expected scoring strengthens the Tuesday NBA DFS player pool considerably, and NBA daily Fantasy players everywhere will be looking to those games both for NBA DFS stacks and value plays to build around. Bucks vs. Raptors currently has the highest total of any game on the schedule at 235.5, making players from both of those teams heavily targeted.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, Khris Middleton and Kyle Lowry all have tremendous scoring upside. But which ones have the best matchups, and which lower-cost options are available on Tuesday night to help balance out your NBA DFS lineups? Before locking in any daily Fantasy basketball picks for Tuesday’s action, be sure to see the NBA DFS advice, player rankings and top daily Fantasy basketball lineups from SportsLine’s Mike McClure.
McClure is a DFS professional with nearly $2 million in career winnings. He’s also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account.
This allows him to find the best NBA DFS values and create optimal lineups that he shares only over at SportsLine. They’re a must-see for any NBA DFS player.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to the Tuesday, Feb. 16 NBA DFS slate and locked in his top daily Fantasy basketball picks. You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
Top NBA DFS picks for Tuesday, Feb. 16
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One of McClure’s top NBA DFS picks for his Tuesday NBA daily Fantasy lineups is Nuggets forward JaMychal Green at $4,300 on DraftKings and $4,400 on FanDuel. With Paul Millsap (knee) out on Tuesday, Green should slide into the starting lineup at power forward and his ability to stretch the floor should be useful on Tuesday as the Nuggets take on the Trail Blazers.
Green has averaged 9.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game this season despite playing just 20.5 minutes per night and he’s shooting 42.9 percent from the 3-point line. He had 14 points and eight rebounds over 28 minutes in his only other start of the season earlier this month against the Lakers and he has double-double upside on Tuesday night.
Part of McClure’s optimal NBA DFS strategy includes rostering Antetokounmpo at $11,000 on DraftKings and $11,200 on FanDuel. The two-time defending NBA MVP is averaging 28.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.1 steals per game this season and his ability to make massive contributions up and down the box score gives him enormous NBA DFS potential on a nightly basis.
Antetokounmpo has topped 65 points on both FanDuel and DraftKings in each of his last three games entering Tuesday’s matchup with the Raptors. The Greek Freak turned in over 60 points on both sites in his last matchups with Toronto on Jan. 27 thanks to 24 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists and he’s got 6-8x potential again despite the steep price tag.
How to set NBA DFS lineups for Tuesday, Feb. 16
McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Tuesday because of a dream matchup. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is here.
So who is DFS pro Mike McClure putting in his optimal NBA DFS lineups for Feb. 16? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NBA DFS picks, rankings, advice, and stacks, all from a professional DFS player who has almost $2 million in career winnings, and find out.