Fantasy basketball tips and NBA betting picks for Monday

ESPN's fantasy basketball and basketball betting tips cheat sheet is your pregame destination for basketball betting predictions and our best intel and data, featuring ESPN's proprietary Basketball Power Index (BPI) to help you make smart fantasy and wagering decisions. NBA game odds for Monday, March 6 are provided by Caesars Sportsbook, and fantasy advice is based on ESPN 10-team leagues.

After an amazing weekend of ultra-competitive marquee matchups around the league, fantasy managers can enter Monday's six-game schedule focused on a game in Detroit. Maybe Motown basketball isn't the first thing that comes to mind, but given the Detroit Pistons are without several starters for tonight's matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers, it's a roster that could interestingly prove pivotal to DFS and streaming decisions.

The Marvin Bagley III reclamation project is starting to develop for Detroit, especially with both Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart sidelined. James Wiseman isn't quite as consistent yet, but Bagley, a free agent in nearly 80% of ESPN leagues, is an ascending option who has posted 20-point double-doubles in three of his past four and tonight faces a Portland team that ranks 28th in rebounding percentage over the past 10 games. This suggests double-double props are also in play for the former No. 2 overall pick. Eric Moody expounds on Bagley's quality spot below.

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Even names such as Hamidou Diallo (96.5% available) and Killian Hayes (85%) surface in this matchup. On the other side of the court we find defensive dynamo Matisse Thybulle (90%) averaging an absurd 3.6 combined blocks