The 2024-25 NBA season continues with an eight-game slate on Friday. With options in the NBA DFS player pool such as James Harden, Karl-Anthony Towns and Kawhi Leonard available for NBA DFS lineups, how should daily Fantasy basketball players form an NBA DFS strategy?

Before making your NBA DFS picks on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Friday, March 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 at SportsLine. They're a must-see for any NBA DFS player. 

On Thursday, McClure highlighted Hawks forward Georges Niang as an under-the-radar play as one of his top NBA DFS picks from the NBA DFS player pool on both sites. The result: Niang had 24 points, six rebounds and three assists, returning 37.5 points on DraftKings and 34.7 points on FanDuel for strong value to NBA DFS lineups. 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 Raptors guard/forward Scottie Barnes, who is listed at $7,900 on DraftKings and $9,100 on FanDuel. Another part of McClure's optimal NBA DFS strategy includes rostering Hornets center Jusuf Nurkic ($3,600 on DraftKings and $4,700 on FanDuel). Nurkic is probable (back) for Friday. If active, he could play a significant role with starting center Mark Williams (foot) out. The last time Nurkic played without Williams active, had 12 points and nine rebounds over 26 minutes as he can return value at his price for NBA DFS lineups. 

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!