The final six teams still waiting to play their 2024-25 season openers will take the court on Thursday, as well as the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves playing their second game of the year as the 2024-25 NBA season continues with a four-game slate on Thursday. With stars like Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama making their season debut in the Thursday NBA DFS player pool, who should daily Fantasy basketball players include in NBA DFS picks? 

Before setting your NBA DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Thursday, October 24, 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 Bucks forward/center Giannis Antetokounmpo as one of his top picks in his NBA DFS player pool on both sites. The result: Antetokounmpo had 25 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists and a block, returning 55 points on DraftKings and 52.3 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 rostering Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, who is listed at $9,300 on DraftKings and $10,100 on FanDuel. Another part of McClure's optimal NBA DFS strategy includes rostering Thunder shooting guard/small forward Alex Caruso ($4,800 on DraftKings and $5,300 on FanDuel). Caruso, entering his eighth season, averaged a career-high 10.1 points per game with the Bulls last season and was acquired from Chicago for Josh Giddey this offseason. The 6-foot-5 wing also averaged a career-best in rebounds (3.8 per game) with his second-best assists total (3.5 per game). 

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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