FanDuel is a web-based fantasy sports game and the largest daily fantasy sports company (as measured by entry fees) in the daily fantasy sports industry. The model consists of traditional season-long fantasy sports leagues being compressed into a free and/or paid daily, and occasionally weekly, game of skill. With FanDuel paying up to a billion USD every year to its winners it is definitely worth a try if you are familiar with the game and the players.
Entry fees from $1 to $5,300. Click the banner to get signed up or scroll below for an in-depth description of how FanDuels NBA Fantasy works.
To play all you need to do is draft the team of players that you think will score the most fantasy points in the upcoming games. You then go head to head against an opponent's team. The team with the most fantasy points at the end of the day's games wins, easy!
1. Draft your team
First, pick your fantasy team based on which players you think will score the most fantasy league points during their game.
You need to pick:
2 Point Guards (PG)
2 Shooting Guards (SG)
2 Small Forwards (SF)
2 Power Forwards (PF)
1 Center (C)
For Salary Cap games: You are restricted to picking players whose total salaries don't exceed the salary cap of the game
For Autopick Draft games: You pick your first choices and optional backups. When matched against an opponent we run a turn-by-turn draft, moving down your lists allocating one player each until you both have a full team. The back-ups are in case you lose your first choice player to your opponent. When selecting your team you can drag and drop players to reorder them, placing your top picks earlier in the draft to increase your chance of getting them. The player who entered first picks first.
2. Set your stake and choose an opponent
When you're happy with your team and the order of your players you can select the entry fee you'd like to play at and enter your team.
3. Watch live stats as the games happen
During the games you'll be able to see the scores update live as your players score fantasy points in their matches. The player with the team that scored the most fantasy points wins. Your winnings will be added to your account as soon as the games settle.