McClure's NBA DFS Picks: Holmgren, Duren Top Tuesday's Slate — SkimNews
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- NBA Opening Night features three matchups on Tuesday: Celtics-Pistons at 3 p.m. ET, 76ers-Knicks at 7 p.m. ET, and Spurs-Thunder closing the slate at 9:30 p.m. ET
- Mike McClure, a DFS professional with more than $2 million in career winnings, uses a prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times to find optimal lineups for DraftKings and FanDuel
- Chet Holmgren tops McClure's picks at $5,900 on DraftKings and $6,800 on FanDuel, having been cleared of a preseason quad injury and absent from Tuesday's official injury report ahead of the Spurs matchup
- Holmgren finished last season ranked in the NBA's top 50 in scoring (17.1 ppg), 11th in rebounding (8.9 rpg), and second in blocks (2.9 bpg)
- Jalen Duren, priced at $6,500 on DraftKings and $6,600 on FanDuel, is positioned for bigger production after the Pistons parted with Tobias Harris and Isaiah Stewart, and showed no preseason rust with a 24-point outing against the Timberwolves on Oct. 14
- Offseason roster upheaval reshaped two of the three DFS pools: the 76ers added LeBron James and Jaylen Brown, while the Celtics added Paul George
- Cade Cunningham, Victor Wembanyama, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Jayson Tatum headline the most expensive tier of Tuesday's NBA DFS player pool
Why it matters: DFS players building Opening Night lineups face a loaded slate reshaped by major offseason moves, and McClure's model-driven selections — a mid-priced Holmgren ($5,900 DK) cleared of injury concerns and a Duren ($6,500 DK) freed up by Detroit's roster turnover — offer concrete differentiation points across cash games and tournaments on a three-game night.
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