NBA

NBA Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 2/28/13

Can Ian lead you to the promised land?

A quick note of housekeeping before we get started: the team and I are currently in travel to Boston for the MIT conference. A few of our regular articles will be on hold today, but if you're in Boston we'll be happy to make it up to you over beer and stories about college shenanigans. Deal?

Since this isn't my regular beat - Zach is currently 50,000 feet above the middle of Pennsylvania - I'll stick to just the numbers, and you all can fight it out in the comments of our brand new Daily Fantasy Helper section.

The Daily Fantasy Helper

In case you haven't heard about the Helper, we created a quick little system for you to create possible rosters, get feedback, give feedback, and get consensus from everyone on who the best starters are. The more people who set their rosters, the more you'll see who the most common players are, and who the best values are. Check it out, create a roster and get started now!

As always, the full tables for today's action are available at our Daily Fantasy Projections page. Make sure to check it out to see where the best values are for your team.

StarStreet Optimized Roster

PlayerPositionProjected FPCostValue
Dwight HowardC37.45$13,500$360.48
Paul GeorgeG-F34.7$13,000$374.64
Joakim NoahC33.88$12,200$360.09
Jrue HolidayG34.03$12,100$355.57
Luol DengF28.3$11,800$416.96
Thaddeus YoungF30.08$10,400$345.74
Carlos BoozerF29.88$10,100$338.02
Jamal CrawfordG24.13$8,000$331.54
Ian MahinmiC23.18$7,500$323.55

FanDuel $60k Optimized Roster

PlayerPositionProjected FPCostValue
Kobe BryantSG37.6$9,6003.92
Blake GriffinPF34.7$8,8003.94
Chris PaulPG31.4$8,1003.88
Carlos BoozerPF27.1$6,5004.17
Luol DengSF26$6,4004.06
Jamal CrawfordSG22.8$5,7004.0
Steve NashPG22.4$5,3004.23
Metta World PeaceSF23$5,2004.42
Ian MahinmiC21.1$3,9005.41

FanDuel $50k Optimized Roster

PlayerPositionProjected FPCostValue
Kobe BryantSG37.6$9,6003.92
Blake GriffinPF34.7$8,8003.94
Carlos BoozerPF27.1$6,5004.17
Luol DengSF26$6,4004.06
Steve NashPG22.4$5,3004.23
Metta World PeaceSF23$5,2004.42
Luke RidnourPG20.5$4,9004.18
Alexey ShvedSG18.3$4,3004.26
Ian MahinmiC21.1$3,9005.41

Quick note: as of the time of this writing, Nikola Pekovic is 50/50 to start, so pay attention close to game time. He's been a beast lately, so have him in your lineups if he's healthy and ready to go!