NBA DFS, 2024: Top FanDuel, DraftKings tournament picks, advice for Friday, October 25 from a daily fantasy pro

The opening week of the 2024-25 NBA season continues with a 10-game schedule on Friday. With stars like LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Giannis Antetokounmpo in Friday's NBA DFS player pool, who should daily fantasy basketball players include in NBA DFS picks?

Before you set your NBA DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Friday, October 25th, you MUST see what Mike McClure has to say.

McClure is a DFS pro with over $2 million in career earnings. He is also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine, using a powerful predictive model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking into account factors such as matchups, statistical trends and injuries.

This allows him to find the best NBA DFS numbers and create optimal lineups, which he shares only at SportsLine. They are a must for every NBA DFS player.

On Thursday, McClure highlighted Celtics forward Jayson Tatum as one of his top picks in his NBA DFS player pool on both sides. The result: Tatum had 25 points, 11 rebounds and six assists and scored 52.2 points on DraftKings and 49.2 points on FanDuel. Anyone who included him in their lineup was well on their way to a profitable day.

For Friday, one of McClure's top NBA DFS picks is the lineup of Lakers forward LeBron James, listed at $8,900 on DraftKings and $9,600 on FanDuel. Another part of McClure's optimal NBA DFS strategy involves drafting New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns ($8,000 on DraftKings and $7,700 on FanDuel). Towns had just 12 points, seven rebounds and three assists in his debut with the Knicks on Tuesday, but he played just 24 minutes as the game quickly turned into a one-sided loss to the Celtics. The Knicks play their home opener on Friday and you can be sure they will want to showcase their most important offseason accomplishment in front of their fans at Madison Square Garden when Towns, a New Jersey native, returns to the Northeast.

McClure also has his sights set on a player who could put up HUGE numbers on Friday! This choice could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing! You MUST see who it is before setting any lineups.

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