#dfs nba

[tex0322]

Well, I just have to say I had more fun in the Slack Channels of the DFS Army yesterday than I have had in quite some time. A lot of the regulars, and a few newer guys/gals, were around close to FanDuel lock last evening when all the news was breaking right and left like NBA can do.

DFS NBA “Morning Briefing” Tuesday, March 1

[draftpros]

Daily Fantasy Basketball Matchup – Warriors vs Spurs – Jan 25

For daily fantasy basketball owners, tonight’s Warriors vs Spurs matchup not only is an opportunity to watch the two best teams in the NBA square off, but also start some of them in their DFS lineups. We all love the top flight guys in Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond

[rwdvc]

Better Information. Better Tools. Better Decisions.

by Robert Del Vicario

The 2016 NBA DFS season is quickly approaching. In light of this I'm going to be developing and deploying some new tools for DFS players that I believe are very cool.

Among the new tools will be:

Player fantasy points projections using advanced analytics

Start/Sit toggles within the optimizer to allow you to quickly create new lineups as new information becomes available

The ability to upload your own fantasy points projections for optimization

Lists to help you identify players that should they start would be tremendous value

Player graphing and trend analysis for some common metrics

Optimal bet size calculators (Kelly criterion based)

Anything else that happens to pop into my head between now and Oct/Nov

The goal is to build a platform that allows rapid end to end NBA DFS analysis without needing to switch between web pages.

To give you a taste here is a link to a rough draft of the Quantifan Lineup Optimizer. Very much a work in progress, but as you can see it rapidly enables the creation of optimal (and slightly sub-optimal) lineups. Don't worry it'll get prettier.

In case you are wondering what the column headers mean:

ps = position

name = name

salary = Draft Kings Salary

game_info = Upcoming player game

fp_bench = Placeholder for bench fantasy points projections

fp_start = Placeholder for starting fantasy points projections

fp = Fantasy points projection used

selected = Indicates whether a player was selected as part of the optimal lineup

opt_sol = Indicates the expected solution points

sol_number = Solution number to which a set of players belong (1 through 20)

The question I'm interested in is what DFS tools do you wish you had access to but don't? Below are some ideas to get your creative juices flowing.

Automatically build Twitter searches for your optimal team players to determine start / sit status?

Player sentiment analysis? (e.g. Do people feel good about playing Kyrie Irving tonight?)

Vegas lines for each game?