NBA · 2026-27 season
Nightly slates from October to April. Learn the format now; the model's record starts when the games do.
NBA DFS runs on a different clock than NFL: games every night instead of once a week, and a lineup built around minutes and matchups rather than a full slate of injury news. The guides below cover how scoring, ownership, and projections work; the nightly posts and scorecard track how the model performs once the games start.
Every pick is graded against real box scores and published here, hits and misses. Rows: 1271 · Nights: 5.
Open scorecard →How an NBA DFS lineup optimizer works: minutes and projections as inputs, exposure and stacking settings, and what to look for in a tool.
How our NBA DFS projections work: points per minute times expected minutes, the 80% range, what backtests showed, and how every projection is graded in public.
How NBA daily fantasy works on DraftKings: roster rules, scoring with a worked example, contest types, and strategy backed by measured data.
What NBA DFS ownership projections measure, what drives them, how to turn them into leverage in tournaments, and how to check your own reads afterward.
NBA and NFL DFS compared with measured data: how much scores vary, whether teammates' scores move together, roster rules, and where each sport's edge sits.
Measured across 1,322 NBA games: how many extra minutes bench and rotation players get when teammates sit, how often it happens, and how reliable the bump is.