Portland’s Damian Lillard has been one of the NBA’s premier superstars in recent years, and is continuing his exceptional form heading into Thursday’s five-game NBA DFS slates. Lillard is second in the NBA in scoring 30.1 points per game to go with 4.4 rebounds and 7.7 assists per outing this season, and has posted an average of over 46 NBA DFS points on DraftKings in his last five games. Lillard and the Trail Blazers get Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Is Lillard a wise addition to your NBA DFS strategy, given his $10,000 pricetag on DraftKings and $9,400 on FanDuel? And if you roster Lillard, what players further down the salary list should you consider in daily Fantasy basketball tournaments, 50-50s and cash games now that the NBA trade deadline has passed and rosters are more settled for this evening? Before locking in any NBA DFS picks for Thursday’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.
And on Wednesday, McClure included Hornets guard Malik Monk in his core lineup picks. The result: Monk went off for 19 points, three rebounds, four assists and two steals. It was Monk’s highest-scoring game in a month and he returned 7.6 DFS points per thousand on DraftKings. Anybody who had him in their lineup was well on the way to a profitable day.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to the Thursday, March 25 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 Thursday, March 25
One of McClure’s top NBA DFS picks for his Thursday NBA Daily Fantasy lineups is Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard at $8,800 on DraftKings and $9,700 FanDuel. Leonard is delivering 25.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game this season. That includes a 25-point, seven-rebound, three-assist effort Wednesday against the Spurs.
Leonard also swiped five steals against San Antonio, his second-highest steals mark of the season. Leonard has dropped 20 or more points in nine of the Clippers’ last 10 games, and is averaging over 44 NBA DFS points per game on DraftKings in that same span. Leonard and the Clippers get the Spurs again Thursday night, an opportunity that McClure figures is another lucrative one across all NBA DFS formats.
Part of McClure’s optimal NBA DFS strategy Thursday includes stacking Leonard with Clippers guard Paul George at $7,800 on DraftKings and $8,200 on FanDuel. George is good for 22.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.4 assists across 34 games so far this season. That includes a 17-point, six-rebound, four-assist night against the Spurs on Wednesday.
George’s numbers have dipped in his last 10 games, as he is going for 18.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists in that span. But George’s downturn is still better than many NBA players, as he has averaged over 36 NBA DFS points on DraftKings in that same span. George is a career 20-point force that McClure believes is primed to break out of his slump, and likes him Thursday in all NBA DFS formats, especially with the Clippers playing without Patrick Beverley (knee), Serge Ibaka (back), and now without Lou Williams, who was traded on Thursday.
How to set NBA DFS lineups for Thursday, March 25
McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Thursday 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 Thursday? 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.