📽️ NBA DFS Picks: Deeper Dive & Live Before Lock 5 p.m. | 10/21/21

The NBA season is rolling, and Awesemo is bringing you another trio of NBA DFS shows. First up, Eytan Shander and Eric Lindquist host the pre-show, sponsored by Yahoo, with Yahoo-specific picks. Then Eric will join Adam Scherer on the Deeper Dive, breaking down the top NBA DFS plays of the slate. Finally, Matt LaMarca and Greg Ehrenberg host Live Before Lock, going through the late lineup news and notes leading up to tip-off. Presented by Yahoo.

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NBA Projections

Our NBA DFS projections are managed by Alex Baker and updated throughout the day as more information becomes available up until the last game tips. Projections are an integral part of a winning process for NBA DFS and using Awesemo’s projections provides you a system that’s proven to win money in tournaments over several seasons of action.

NBA Rankings

These NBA Rankings rankings for fantasy points and value are derived directly from my own fantasy NBA projections. Roster players with solid value rankings and spend most, if not all of your salary to build competitive lineups for your leagues.

NBA Boom/Bust Tool

In all DFS sports, being able to compare the strength of a player each day versus their popularity is key to success. In NBA, correlations between players are less valuable so the strength of each play can be considered individually. For each player, I calculate the standard deviation based on a variety of factors and use that to calculate the ceiling (75th-percentile performance) the floor (25th-percentile performance) and the probability that they will bust (not meeting value) or boom (value plus 10 points). Combining these metrics, you will be able to gain an edge on everyone by identifying under-owned or over-owned players.

NBA Ownership Projections

Initial ownership percentages are posted daily by 1:00 p.m. EST and are updated every two hours throughout the day with a final update occurring 30 minutes before lock. Note that last-minute injury reports will impact not only the injured players’ or their replacements’ ownership, but can affect overall roster construction.

NBA DFS Picks Deeper Dive and Live Before Lock | Oct. 21

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