NBA DFS Core Plays LIVE: Thursday, February 2nd
Andy Means (meansy53), a former Duke basketball walk-on, will be bringing Premium subscribers his top NBA DFS plays to build around on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Everyone’s favorite, Notorious, will be guiding you on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And on weekends, the GPP maestro you all know and love, STLCards, takes the reins.
GENERAL SLATE THOUGHTS
11:00 AM ET: Happy Thursday, my friends. We are inching closer to the weekend and inching closer to the All-Star Break. I’m excited for the All-Star game this year, as it’s in Utah for the first time since 1993. I still remember going to some of the events here when I was six years old. I don’t have many memories of when I was little, but this is one that always stuck with me. I am hoping to create some of the same memories for my little one (seven years old) this time around. He doesn’t love basketball the way I did at his age, but he is excited nonetheless. He’s the sweetest kid you’ll ever meet.
We have a hefty seven-game slate on tap this evening. There are only two teams playing in the second half of a back-to-back (Warriors, Grizzlies) and they both had to travel in between games. The good news is that we aren’t waiting on a ton of injury news. I’ll quickly break down the spot and potential plays from each team here in a bit, but let’s start with injuries and go from there.
Out
Austin Reaves
Nikola Jovic
Duncan Robinson
Dylan Windler
Cody Martin
Kelly Oubre
Javonte Green
Christian Wood
Zion Williamson
Dyson Daniels
Collin Gillespie
Jack White
John Wall
Serge Ibaka
Bobby Portis
Doubtful
Victor Oladipo
Danny Green
Stephen Curry
Draymond Green
Andre Iguodala
Klay Thompson
Andrew Wiggins
Questionable
Daniel Theis
LeBron James
Gabe Vincent
John Konchar
Aaron Gordon
Marcus Morris
I’ll start working on the team previews and the initial set of rankings. In the meantime, feel free to fire up any questions that you have about tonight’s slate.
NOTE: The closer we get to the slate locking, the less likely it is that I will have the necessary time to update the tables below. For the most up-to-date information, make sure you are watching Crunch Time and monitoring LineupHQ for my Core Play tags and our Premium NBA Projections.