With 11 games on the prime-time NBA DFS slates, Thursday’s NBA schedule promises one of the deepest NBA DFS player pools in recent weeks. One of the most tantalizing NBA DFS stacks Thursday will be Brooklyn’s Kyrie Irving and James Harden, who lead the Nets against Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics at 7:30 p.m. ET. Orlando’s Nikola Vucevic is another one of the more popular NBA DFS picks, and he leads the Magic against Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat at 8 p.m. ET.
Getting your NBA DFS strategy correct Thursday would mean thousands in winnings in tournaments, 50-50s and cash games on DraftKings and FanDuel. So do you go with Irving, Harden, Tatum, Vucevic or Adebayo in your NBA DFS lineups? Before locking in any NBA daily Fantasy basketball lineups for Thursday’s NBA DFS 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 Thursday, March 11 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 11
One of McClure’s top NBA DFS picks for his Thursday NBA daily Fantasy lineups is Raptors guard Kyle Lowry at $8,600 on DraftKings and $8,500 on FanDuel. Lowry is delivering 18.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game this season. That includes a 14-point, three-rebound, 19-assist double-double last Thursday against the Celtics.
Lowry’s crazy assist total made up for shooting 5-for-18 from the field against Boston, and was good for over 49 NBA DFS points on DraftKings. The 14-year veteran will once again see a high usage with starters Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam (all COVID-19 protocols) out Thursday. Combine that need with a player that has delivered an average of over 49 daily Fantasy basketball points on DraftKings in his last four games, and McClure sees a player with huge NBA DFS value.
Part of McClure’s optimal NBA DFS strategy includes banking on Heat center Kelly Olynyk at $5,100 on DraftKings and $4,500 on FanDuel. Olynyk is scoring 10.1 points, grabbing 5.9 rebounds and dishing 2.1 assists this season. That includes an 18-point, 10-rebound, seven-assist night last Thursday against the Pelicans.
Olynyk finished three assists short of a triple-double, but he still logged his first double-double of the season and tallied 45 NBA DFS points on DraftKings in the process. The former Gonzaga big man’s current per-game average of 2/1 assists per game is on pace to be the best total of his eight-year career. Olynyk will once again benefit from Bam Adebayo’s (knee) absence Thursday, a situation McClure sees as a huge opportunity in all NBA DFS matchups.
How to set NBA DFS lineups for Thursday, March 11
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.