NBA DFS, 2025: Top FanDuel, DraftKings tournament picks, advice for Friday, Feb. 21 from a daily Fantasy pro

The 2024-25 NBA season continues with a nine-game slate on Friday. With options in the NBA DFS player pool such as Cade Cunningham, Ja Morant and Alperen Sengun available as NBA DFS picks, how should daily Fantasy basketball players form an NBA DFS strategy?

Before setting your NBA DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Friday, Feb. 21, 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 at SportsLine. They're a must-see for any NBA DFS player. 

On Thursday, McClure highlighted Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns as one of his top NBA DFS picks from the NBA DFS player pool on both sites. The result: Towns had 32 points, 18 rebounds, two assists and two steals, returning 62.5 points on DraftKings and 59.6 points on FanDuel. Anybody who included him in their lineups could have been well on the way to a profitable day!

For Friday, one of McClure's top NBA DFS picks is Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson, who is listed at $8,800 on DraftKings and $9,100 on FanDuel. Another part of McClure's optimal NBA DFS strategy includes rostering Magic forward Paolo Banchero ($8,300 on DraftKings and $8,700 on FanDuel). The No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft had 36 points, 10 rebounds and five assists on Thursday in a 114-108 win over the Hawks in Orlando's first game out of the NBA All-Star Break. The Magic play the Grizzlies, who are coming off a 127-113 loss to the Pacers on Thursday.

McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Friday! 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.

What are the top NBA DFS picks for Friday? And which player is a must-roster? ... Join SportsLine now to see DFS pro Mike McClure's top picks, stacks, and player pools for FanDuel and DraftKings, and cash in BIG on NBA DFS!