With a number of teams filling the NBA DFS player pool on Sunday, there are plenty of proven options to choose from as owners look to win hundreds of thousands of dollars in NBA DFS tournaments and cash games on FanDuel and DraftKings. One of Sunday's more intriguing matchups pits the Philadelphia 76ers against the Brooklyn Nets. The 76ers ousted the Nets from the first round of the playoffs last season behind the stellar play of center Joel Embiid, who enters Sunday's matchup averaging 22.8 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. Brooklyn continues to struggle without guard Kyrie Irving (shoulder), who will miss his 15th straight game, but has gotten 23.9 points per game from backup guard Spencer Dinwiddie during that span. Are Embiid or Dinwiddie smart choices for your Sunday NBA DFS picks? And which NBA DFS stacks can lead you to victory? Before locking in your NBA DFS strategy and lineups for any tournaments, cash games, or 50-50s on Sunday, see what SportsLine's Mike McClure has to say.
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.
McClure rolled through the 2018-19 NBA season, producing multiple lineups that led to huge returns for followers, including as much as 40x on FanDuel and 84x on DraftKings. Now, he's off to a blistering start to the 2019-20 NBA season, cashing on both sites on Tuesday's Opening Night 2019 and then following that up with returns as high as 20x on DraftKings the next night. Overall, his lineups have cashed a whopping 60 percent of the time so far on DraftKings and FanDuel. Anybody following him has seen huge returns. Now he's turned his attention to Sunday's NBA DFS slate.
For Sunday, we can tell you McClure is high on Los Angeles Lakers power forward Anthony Davis ($11,300 on FanDuel, $10,600 on DraftKings). While Davis continues to be listed on the Lakers injury report with a sore shoulder, the superstar hasn't missed a game since Nov. 13. Davis is giving the Lakers 27.4 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. He has been especially dominant in December, too, averaging 30.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.4 steals. Davis went for 33 points and 10 rebounds Friday against the Heat as Los Angeles won its sixth straight game, and Davis has played his best this season (29.3 points, 10.0 rebounds) on one day of rest. Plus, Davis gets a mouthwatering matchup on Sunday against the Hawks, a team that gives up 118.4 points per game, the third-worst mark in the NBA. Lock him in as one of the top overall NBA DFS plays on Sunday.
Part of McClure's optimal NBA DFS strategy Sunday also includes rostering Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray ($6,800 on FanDuel, $6,700 on DraftKings). Murray took a hard shot to the body in Tuesday's game against the 76ers, but played effectively both Thursday and Saturday to keep his solid season intact. He showed no ill effects from what the Nuggets called a trunk contusion Saturday, playing 33 minutes. The fourth-year veteran from Kentucky averages 17.0 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game this season. Murray and the Nuggets get the lowly Knicks at home on Sunday, a team that has given up 115 or more points in four of their last six games. He's a complete steal at this price point, so lock him in for Sunday's slate.
McClure is also targeting another player who has a dream matchup on Sunday. The stars are aligning for him to return 50, even 60 points on DraftKings and FanDuel. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing.
So who is DFS pro Mike McClure putting in his optimal NBA DFS lineup for Sunday? Visit SportsLine now to see the full NBA optimal tournament and cash game lineups from a professional DFS player who has almost $2 million in career winnings, and find out.
