NBA DFS Picks & Lineup Optimizer Building Blocks Today

Thursday, Feb. 24, returns to regular season NBA action with a seven-game main-slate tipping off at 7 p.m. ET. Let’s look at the player pool and discuss the top NBA DFS picks for DraftKings, FanDuel and Yahoo lineups. Do not forget to head over to the Awesemo NBA DFS & Fantasy Basketball home page for more great written daily fantasy basketball content.

NBA DFS Picks: DraftKings, FanDuel & Yahoo Building Blocks Today | Thursday, Feb. 24

Yahoo Play of the Day — Nikola Jokic: Denver Nuggets at Sacramento Kings

• Awesemo’s Preliminary Point Projections: Yahoo and FanDuel: 58.04 | DraftKings: 61.77

• Awesemo’s Preliminary Rostered Projections: Yahoo 23.8% | FanDuel 38.0% | DraftKings 23.1%

• DFS Salary: Yahoo $56 | FanDuel $11,400 | DraftKings $12,500

Hopefully everyone had fun during the NBA All-Star Break and is now ready for a wild sprint to the finish of the regular season. Most teams have 22 to 25 games remaining, and with the playoff picture still unsettled, particularly with teams figuring out whether or not to begin tanking in earnest, there should be a plethora of value options for the rest of the season.

While Nikola Jokic did compete in the All-Star Game, he only played about a quarter and a half and had a chance to relax over the last three days. Currently Denver is 2.5 games above the play-in cut-off, and they are only 1.5 games behind Utah in securing first-round homecourt advantage. Even with 14 teams in action tonight, no other player has a median projection within a dozen points of Jokic. The Nuggets play again on Saturday against the Kings, so each of these teams will host a game over the next 72 hours.

Trae Young: Atlanta Hawks at Chicago Bulls

• Awesemo’s Preliminary Point Projections: Yahoo and FanDuel: 46.94 | DraftKings: 50.74

• Awesemo’s Preliminary Rostered Projections: Yahoo 26.2% | FanDuel 20.1% | DraftKings 21.9%

• DFS Salary: Yahoo $40 | FanDuel $9,800 | DraftKings $9,900

Chicago is still without Lonzo Ball and Alex Caruso, who are two of their…