NBA DFS First Look: Friday, April 15th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

The NBA DFS First Look is complete with sortable NBA odds, implied team totals, player statistics, and NBA projected starters to help you get an early start on the upcoming slate. Be sure to check out more RotoGrinders NBA DFS resources later in the day, including our NBA lineup optimizer, NBA expert rankings, and other NBA Premium tools and content.

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NBA Schedule & Vegas Lines

Road Team Home Team Favorite Spread Game Total Road Total Home Total Time (ET)
Atlanta Hawks Cleveland Cavaliers ATL -2.0 223.0 112.5 110.5 7:30 PM
New Orleans Pelicans Los Angeles Clippers LAC -4.0 216.0 106.0 110.0 10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Atlanta Hawks -2.0 112.5 119.0 98.8 CLE 116.5 96.5 97.7
Cleveland Cavaliers 2.0 110.5 113.4 96.5 ATL 114.7 98.8 97.7
Los Angeles Clippers -4.0 110.0 115.1 97.1 NOP 112.6 99.2 98.2
New Orleans Pelicans 4.0 106.0 117.3 99.2 LAC 112.6 97.1 98.2

Note: The team stats above are since the All-Star Break.

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Trae Young ATL 112.5 $9,700 PG $10,500 PG 34.9 50.0 1.3 33% 1% 60% 2% 1.43 0.01 1.33 -0.03 CLE
Darius Garland CLE 110.5 $8,500 PG $8,700 SG/PG 35.7 41.7 -0.2 27% -1% 58% 0% 1.17 0.00 1.10 0.06 ATL
Reggie Jackson LAC 110.0 $6,100 PG $5,700 PG 31.2 30.4 -2.7 27% -3% 49% -14% 0.97 -0.22 0.93 -0.19 NOP
CJ McCollum NOP 106.0 $8,900 PG/SG $9,500 SG/PG 34.6 38.6 -11.0 27% 2% 55% -5% 1.12 0.13 1.09 0.17 LAC

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Kevin Huerter ATL 112.5 $4,900 SG/SF $5,400 SG/SF 29.6 23.1 0.4 17% -1% 57% 5% 0.78 0.14 0.76 0.15 CLE
Caris LeVert CLE 110.5 $6,500 PG/SG $6,800 SG/SF 30.7 30.5 2.2 25% -7% 53% 3% 0.99 -0.21 0.98 -0.20 ATL
Paul George LAC 110.0 $10,000 SG $10,200 SG/SF 34.8 46.4 -4.5 33% -7% 54% 9% 1.33 0.21 1.30 0.20 NOP
Brandon Ingram NOP 106.0 $7,800 SG/SF $8,200 SF/PF 34.0 40.0 -0.1 29% -4% 55% -10% 1.18 -0.08 1.15 -0.09 LAC

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
De’Andre Hunter ATL 112.5 $5,100 SF $5,000 SF/PF 29.8 21.8 0.7 19% 2% 55% -6% 0.73 -0.07 0.72 -0.08 CLE
Lauri Markkanen CLE 110.5 $5,500 SF/PF $5,700 PF/SF 30.8 27.0 -1.0 19% 4% 58% 12% 0.88 0.16 0.86 0.11 ATL
Marcus Morris LAC 110.0 $5,000 SF/PF $4,600 PF/SF 29.0 26.0 -3.4 23% -2% 55% 2% 0.90 0.00 0.87 0.03 NOP
Herb Jones NOP 106.0 $4,800 SF/PF $5,500 PF 29.9 22.1 -4.6 14% -3% 57% 0% 0.74 -0.02 0.79 0.02 LAC

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Danilo Gallinari ATL 112.5 $4,700 PF $5,100 SF/PF 25.3 21.6 7.8 18% 2% 58% 11% 0.85 0.07 0.83 0.02 CLE
Evan Mobley CLE 110.5 $6,800 PF/C $8,100 C/PF 33.8 33.8 -5.5 20% 4% 55% 6% 1.00 0.40 1.03 0.48 ATL
Nicolas Batum LAC 110.0 $4,200 PF/C $4,400 SF/PF 24.8 20.2 -1.1 13% -4% 61% 5% 0.81 -0.05 0.83 -0.05 NOP
Jaxson Hayes NOP 106.0 $4,300 PF/C $4,000 PF 20.0 18.3 3.7 16% 3% 68% -9% 0.91 0.08 0.95 0.05 LAC

Center (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Clint Capela ATL 112.5 $7,200 C $7,700 C 27.6 32.2 -0.6 15% 3% 60% 12% 1.17 0.19 1.20 0.20 CLE
Jarrett Allen CLE 110.5 $7,500 C $6,100 C/PF 32.3 36.2 18% 70% 1.12 1.13 ATL
Ivica Zubac LAC 110.0 $5,400 C $5,800 C 24.4 26.1 0.1 17% 2% 66% 4% 1.07 0.35 1.08 0.31 NOP
Jonas Valanciunas NOP 106.0 $8,000 C $8,500 C 30.3 39.0 -16.6 24% 11% 62% 4% 1.29 -0.04 1.25 -0.07 LAC

Notable Bench Players

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Bogdan Bogdanovic ATL 112.5 $5,700 SG/SF $6,400 SF/SG 29.3 28.2 1.9 21% 2% 56% 1% 0.96 0.23 0.94 0.22 CLE
Delon Wright ATL 112.5 $3,500 PG/SG $3,900 PG/SG 18.9 14.4 2.6 10% -4% 58% -19% 0.76 -0.12 0.81 -0.07 CLE
Onyeka Okongwu ATL 112.5 $3,300 C $3,700 C 20.7 20.6 -0.6 14% -3% 71% -2% 1.00 -0.13 1.06 -0.16 CLE
Kevin Love CLE 110.5 $5,900 PF $5,800 PF/C 22.5 28.0 -2.1 24% 5% 59% 13% 1.24 0.50 1.17 0.43 ATL
Cedi Osman CLE 110.5 $3,600 SG/SF $4,100 SF/PF 22.1 18.9 -3.4 21% -3% 56% 15% 0.86 0.03 0.83 0.01 ATL
Rajon Rondo CLE 110.5 $3,400 PG $4,500 PG 17.9 16.5 -2.3 15% -5% 50% 19% 0.92 0.20 0.91 0.20 ATL
Norman Powell LAC 110.0 $5,300 SG $5,900 SF/SG 32.4 29.4 -9.9 23% 4% 60% 19% 0.91 0.42 0.89 0.38 NOP
Terance Mann LAC 110.0 $4,100 PG/SF $4,300 SG/SF 28.6 23.3 -4.9 16% 1% 57% 1% 0.81 0.01 0.81 0.00 NOP
Luke Kennard LAC 110.0 $5,200 SG/SF $3,800 SG/SF 27.4 21.5 -3.4 16% 7% 62% 2% 0.78 0.20 0.74 0.18 NOP
Larry Nance NOP 106.0 $3,400 PF $3,800 PF/SF 22.6 18.9 -2.9 13% 5% 59% -1% 0.84 -0.02 0.87 -0.03 LAC
Trey Murphy NOP 106.0 $3,200 SF $3,600 SF 13.9 10.7 5.7 15% 5% 56% 12% 0.77 0.20 0.76 0.17 LAC
Naji Marshall NOP 106.0 $3,600 SF/PF $3,900 SF 13.4 11.8 4.9 20% -1% 51% -1% 0.88 -0.12 0.89 -0.15 LAC

Legend

Term Description
USG% Percentage of possessions a player used while on the floor this season.
TS% Shooting efficiency from this season.
DK/M DraftKings fantasy points per minute from this season.
FD/M FanDuel fantasy points per minute from this season.
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