The NBA trade deadline is today and by 3 PM we should have a pretty good idea if the league is going to look dramatically different, or not. Anthony Davis appears to be headed nowhere, but that could change instantly. Nikola Mirotic just got traded to the Bucks for basically nothing. The Sixers added bench help with James Ennis. This is going to continue until the deadline.
Marc Gasol just got traded to the Raptors. This is happening extremely fast. As daily fantasy players and sports bettors how can we take advantage of this? We at Win the Weekends have a computer algorithm that shoots out an optimal lineup. As news and projections change we continue to run our model and get various players who pop. We use this data to build our lineups. On days like this it is extremely important to stay up to date on all the news and be ready to make changes. This happened last night as well.
The model was just run a few minutes ago and you will notice that one Memphis player is listed. This is going to change since they have even fewer bodies available. In order to be good at NBA DFS you have to be ready for this stuff. NBA injury reporting is, spotty at best.
I just ran it again and as you can see it is different. This process happens several times throughout the night. The goal is to have the most information to make the best informed decision.
Players to consider for tonight:
- Jaren Jackson – The Grizzlies won’t have many bodies tonight.
- Ivan Rabb – The Grizzles won’t have many bodies tonight.
- Fred VanVleet – Raptors just traded three people and play tonight.
- Norman Powell – Raptors just traded three people and play tonight.
- Kevin Huerter – Lots of minutes and Hawks may trade others.
- DDR – I love the Spurs tonight.
- LMA – I love the Spurs tonight.
- Damon Lillard – All the points in Portland tonight.
In terms of sports betting I am looking at a few games tonight. The Pacers -6 hosting the Clippers. The Clippers just announced they are playing for next year. Pacers are still trying to compete. Lay the points. If the Lakers trade for Anthony Davis, I would 100% bet against the Lakers tonight. They will be shorthanded for sure. Boston -9 seems like a ton, but if the Lakers only have 7 guys they will be in trouble.
My two favorite bets of the night are the Spurs +5.5 at Portland. The Spurs rested everyone and this is a LMA revenge spot. When these two teams played earlier this year, both teams scored a ton. I will also be betting the over of 226.5 in this game.
If you really want to have some fun parlay the Pacers, Celtics, Spurs, Spurs OVER, and the OKC money line. That pays +1250! Good Luck everyone!
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