NBA DFS, 2023: Top FanDuel, DraftKings tournament picks, advice for Thursday, Dec. 7 from a daily Fantasy pro

The 2023-24 NBA season continues with the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament semifinals taking place on Thursday. Before setting your NBA DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Thursday, December 7, you NEED to see what Mike McClure has to say.

McClure is a DFS professional with over $2 million in career winnings. He's also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account.

This allows him to find the best NBA DFS values and create optimal lineups that he shares only over at SportsLine. They're a must-see for any NBA DFS player.

On Wednesday, McClure highlighted Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane as one of his top picks in his NBA DFS player pool on both sites. The result: Bane had 49 points, six rebounds, eight assists two blocks and a steal, returning 75 points on DraftKings and 74.2 points on FanDuel. Anybody who included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable day.

For Thursday, one of McClure's top NBA DFS picks is Milwaukee Bucks power forward/center Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is listed at $11,000 on DraftKings and $12,100 on FanDuel. Another part of McClure's optimal NBA DFS strategy includes rostering Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas ($6,600 on DraftKings and $6,500 on FanDuel). He had 18 points and 11 rebounds against the Kings on Tuesday while shooting 63.6% from the field. The 31-year-old is averaging 19 points and 11 rebounds over his last three games, making 64.7% of his field-goal attempts.

McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for MASSIVE numbers on Thursday! This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing! You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any lineups.

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