NBA DFS players entering tournaments, cash games, or 50-50s on FanDuel or DraftKings for Sunday's two-game playoff slate have plenty of tough choices to make. Investing in Damian Lillard, Joel Embiid or Kawhi Leonard is a great way to guarantee production, but all three come with a hefty price tag on both sites. They'll eat up a large portion of your NBA DFS salary cap right off the bat, so making the right call on the value of players such as them will be critical when evaluating Sunday's NBA DFS slate. And before you enter an NBA DFS tournament like the $300K Sunday NBA Shot on FanDuel or the $400K Playoff Special on DraftKings, first be sure to check in with Mike McClure. He's a professional DFS player with almost $2 million in career winnings and his top picks, optimal lineups and NBA DFS advice can help you build the perfect roster.
McClure is 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 statistical trends, matchups 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 is absolutely rolling through the 2018-19 NBA season, producing multiple optimal lineups that have led to huge returns for followers, including as much as 40x on FanDuel and 84x on DraftKings.
For Sunday's playoff slate, we can tell you McClure is banking on Nuggets center Nikola Jokic at $10,600 on FanDuel and $10,400 on DraftKings. Jokic enters Sunday's matchup averaging 28.6 points, 13.6 rebounds and nine assists against the Blazers, and he'll look to carry over his hot hand into Sunday's critical Game 4 in Portland. Plus, Denver's All-Star center has been lethal from behind the arc, draining seven of 13 attempts from 3-point range over the first three games of the series. Lock him in as one of the top overall NBA DFS plays on Sunday.
Another pick he loves: 76ers guard Jimmy Butler at $9,400 on FanDuel and $7,500 on DraftKings. Butler has been putting up massive numbers on both DraftKings and FanDuel on a regular basis, and in what should be an offensive shootout against the Raptors, Butler's ceiling is incredibly high this afternoon. In Philadelphia's back-to-back victories against Toronto, Butler has stepped up offensively and averaged 26.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 7.0 assists. 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 both sites, and he comes at a lower price than you would expect. 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 lineups from a professional DFS player who has almost $2 million in career winnings, and find out.