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NBA DFS First Look: Saturday, February 25th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2023-02-25 14:55:56

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.

NBA Schedule & Vegas Lines

Road Team Home Team Favorite Spread Game Total Road Total Home Total Time (ET)
Toronto Raptors Detroit Pistons TOR -7.0 228.0 117.5 110.5 0:00 PM
Indiana Pacers Orlando Magic ORL -2.5 232.0 114.8 117.3 7:00 PM
Miami Heat Charlotte Hornets MIA -5.0 226.5 115.8 110.8 7:00 PM
New Orleans Pelicans New York Knicks NYK -2.5 224.0 110.8 113.3 7:30 PM
Denver Nuggets Memphis Grizzlies MEM -2.0 235.5 116.8 118.8 8:00 PM
Boston Celtics Philadelphia 76ers BOS -1.5 225.0 113.3 111.8 8:30 PM
San Antonio Spurs Utah Jazz UTA -9.5 241.0 115.8 125.3 9:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total PPG +/- O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Utah Jazz -9.5 125.3 117.6 7.7 116.5 100.4 SAS 120.2 101.7 101.0
Memphis Grizzlies -2.0 118.8 115.9 2.8 113.6 101.8 DEN 113.2 99.1 100.5
Toronto Raptors -7.0 117.5 113.4 4.1 114.6 98.2 DET 117.9 100.6 99.4
Orlando Magic -2.5 117.3 110.9 6.3 111.3 99.2 IND 115.6 101.5 100.3
Denver Nuggets 2.0 116.8 117.1 -0.3 117.7 99.1 MEM 109.8 101.8 100.5
San Antonio Spurs 9.5 115.8 112.5 3.3 109.8 101.7 UTA 115.9 100.4 101.0
Miami Heat -5.0 115.8 108.2 7.6 110.8 96.9 CHA 115.4 101.9 99.4
Indiana Pacers 2.5 114.8 114.9 -0.2 112.8 101.5 ORL 113.7 99.2 100.3
New York Knicks -2.5 113.3 114.6 -1.3 115.8 97.4 NOP 112.3 100.1 98.7
Boston Celtics -1.5 113.3 118.3 -5.1 117.2 99.4 PHI 111.6 98.0 98.7
Philadelphia 76ers 1.5 111.8 114.3 -2.6 115.6 98.0 BOS 111.0 99.4 98.7
New Orleans Pelicans 2.5 110.8 114.8 -4.1 113.6 100.1 NYK 113.6 97.4 98.7
Charlotte Hornets 5.0 110.8 112.6 -1.8 109.3 101.9 MIA 111.4 96.9 99.4
Detroit Pistons 7.0 110.5 112.2 -1.7 110.6 100.6 TOR 113.7 98.2 99.4

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Jordan Clarkson UTA 125.3 PG/SG $6,900 PG/SG 32.6 33.9 2.6 27% 3% 1.04 0.01 0.97 -0.04 SAS
Ja Morant MEM 118.8 PG $9,900 PG 32.7 49.5 0.8 34% 0% 1.51 -0.34 1.45 -0.27 DEN
Scottie Barnes TOR 117.5 SF/PF $7,500 PF/SF 35.3 35.5 2.7 20% -1% 1.01 -0.08 1.01 -0.07 DET
Markelle Fultz ORL 117.3 PG $6,900 PG 29.2 29.3 4.5 21% 2% 1.00 0.18 1.02 0.19 IND
Jamal Murray DEN 116.8 PG $8,300 PG 32.5 36.8 0.7 26% 2% 1.13 -0.07 1.09 -0.05 MEM
Tre Jones SAS 115.8 PG $5,900 PG 29.3 29.3 20% 1.00 1.01 UTA
Gabe Vincent MIA 115.8 CG $5,300 PG/SG 26.2 18.7 4.6 18% 1% 0.71 -0.05 0.69 -0.05 CHA
Tyrese Haliburton IND 114.8 PG $8,800 PG/SG 33.6 45.1 2.9 24% 0% 1.34 0.01 1.30 0.07 ORL
Jalen Brunson NYK 113.3 DIS $8,400 PG 35.2 40.1 2.4 27% 0% 1.14 0.03 1.11 0.02 NOP
Marcus Smart BOS 113.3 PG $6,300 PG 32.4 29.5 -0.2 17% 0% 0.91 0.11 0.90 0.18 PHI
James Harden PHI 111.8 PG $10,000 SG/PG 36.5 50.0 0.0 25% 0% 1.37 0.09 1.30 0.12 BOS
CJ McCollum NOP 110.8 PG $7,600 PG/SG 35.0 38.8 -0.2 27% 0% 1.11 0.08 1.08 0.07 NYK
LaMelo Ball CHA 110.8 DIS $10,500 PG 35.5 48.8 2.9 29% -2% 1.38 0.18 1.29 0.11 MIA
Killian Hayes DET 110.5 PG $5,500 PG 26.8 24.5 0.8 20% 2% 0.92 -0.10 0.91 -0.12 TOR

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Talen Horton-Tucker UTA 125.3 SG/SF $5,900 SG/SF 16.9 17.0 11.5 22% -1% 1.01 0.04 1.01 0.04 SAS
Desmond Bane MEM 118.8 SG $7,900 SG/SF 31.3 37.3 1.4 25% 1% 1.19 0.04 1.15 0.05 DEN
Gary Trent TOR 117.5 SG/SF $6,100 SG 33.7 29.0 3.4 21% 0% 0.86 -0.21 0.87 -0.23 DET
Gary Harris ORL 117.3 SG $4,000 SG 24.6 16.0 1.6 13% -3% 0.65 0.05 0.64 0.07 IND
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope DEN 116.8 SG $5,800 SG 31.4 23.1 2.7 14% -2% 0.73 0.20 0.74 0.22 MEM
Malaki Branham SAS 115.8 PG/SG $5,700 SF 22.3 16.3 10.0 18% 4% 0.73 0.27 0.71 0.26 UTA
Tyler Herro MIA 115.8 CG $7,600 SG/SF 35.3 36.8 -7.1 25% 0% 1.04 -0.24 0.99 -0.25 CHA
Andrew Nembhard IND 114.8 PG/SG $4,300 SG/PG 27.0 19.7 -4.5 15% -6% 0.73 -0.23 0.72 -0.20 ORL
Quentin Grimes NYK 113.3 3DW $4,300 SG/SF 30.0 19.7 -7.6 14% -2% 0.66 -0.06 0.65 -0.07 NOP
Jaylen Brown BOS 113.3 SG/SF $8,700 SF/SG 35.7 43.3 6.8 31% -1% 1.21 0.00 1.17 -0.03 PHI
De’Anthony Melton PHI 111.8 SG/SF $4,600 PG/SG 28.2 24.4 -5.2 17% -4% 0.87 -0.19 0.88 -0.22 BOS
Josh Richardson NOP 110.8 SG/SF $5,900 SF/SG 24.0 22.5 3.3 20% -3% 0.94 0.00 0.93 0.12 NYK
Terry Rozier CHA 110.8 CG $7,700 SG/PG 35.6 37.4 -3.3 26% 0% 1.05 0.09 1.02 0.13 MIA
Jaden Ivey DET 110.5 PG/SG $5,900 SG 30.1 29.0 -1.8 24% 2% 0.96 0.19 0.93 0.14 TOR

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Lauri Markkanen UTA 125.3 SF/PF $8,600 PF/SF 34.4 42.2 4.1 25% 6% 1.23 0.15 1.17 0.09 SAS
Dillon Brooks MEM 118.8 SF $5,000 SG/SF 30.5 24.9 2.8 22% -6% 0.82 -0.22 0.79 -0.22 DEN
OG Anunoby TOR 117.5 SG/SF $6,600 SF/SG 35.7 32.4 -3.4 20% 0% 0.91 -0.06 0.93 -0.05 DET
Franz Wagner ORL 117.3 SG/SF $6,000 SF/SG 33.1 31.0 -1.2 23% -5% 0.94 -0.14 0.91 -0.17 IND
Michael Porter DEN 116.8 SF $7,000 PF/SF 29.4 28.6 2.3 22% 3% 0.97 0.10 0.94 0.08 MEM
Keldon Johnson SAS 115.8 SF $7,200 PF/SF 32.6 33.9 1.2 27% 0% 1.04 0.08 1.00 0.07 UTA
Jimmy Butler MIA 115.8 SCW $9,600 SF/PF 33.4 41.0 -4.8 25% 2% 1.23 0.00 1.26 -0.08 CHA
Buddy Hield IND 114.8 SF $6,300 SG/SF 32.1 31.5 -0.8 21% 1% 0.98 -0.06 0.93 -0.07 ORL
RJ Barrett NYK 113.3 SCW $6,000 SF/SG 34.4 31.6 -6.3 25% -3% 0.92 -0.25 0.88 -0.22 NOP
Jayson Tatum BOS 113.3 SF/PF $11,000 PF/SF 37.4 53.0 0.5 32% 3% 1.42 0.22 1.37 0.18 PHI
Tobias Harris PHI 111.8 SF/PF $6,000 PF 33.6 30.3 -1.4 19% -5% 0.90 -0.10 0.90 -0.08 BOS
Brandon Ingram NOP 110.8 SG $7,800 SF 32.3 38.1 2.1 31% 9% 1.18 -0.03 1.13 -0.10 NYK
Gordon Hayward CHA 110.8 VF $5,600 SF/SG 31.2 27.4 2.1 19% 3% 0.88 0.21 0.86 0.22 MIA
Bojan Bogdanovic DET 110.5 SF/PF $6,500 SF/PF 32.0 31.4 1.1 25% 1% 0.98 0.01 0.93 0.01 TOR

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Kelly Olynyk UTA 125.3 PF/C $6,200 C 28.3 26.6 5.1 17% 1% 0.94 0.29 0.93 0.22 SAS
Jaren Jackson MEM 118.8 PF/C $8,500 PF/C 27.3 35.7 0.9 23% 3% 1.31 0.20 1.41 0.21 DEN
Pascal Siakam TOR 117.5 PF/C $9,400 PF 37.7 46.7 1.5 28% -2% 1.24 -0.15 1.21 -0.12 DET
Paolo Banchero ORL 117.3 SF/PF $7,300 PF/SF 33.7 35.7 -0.6 27% -3% 1.06 -0.25 1.03 -0.23 IND
Vlatko Cancar DEN 116.8 SF/PF $4,700 SF 16.2 12.4 10.3 14% 3% 0.76 0.02 0.75 0.03 MEM
Jeremy Sochan SAS 115.8 PF $5,400 SF/PF 25.9 21.9 3.8 18% 1% 0.85 -0.23 0.85 -0.23 UTA
Kevin Love MIA 115.8 VB $4,000 PF/C 20.1 21.0 1.4 18% -10% 1.04 -0.11 0.99 0.03 CHA
Aaron Nesmith IND 114.8 PF $5,200 SF/PF 24.7 19.0 7.9 17% 0% 0.77 0.13 0.77 0.11 ORL
Julius Randle NYK 113.3 VB $9,300 PF 35.9 47.4 -1.5 28% 3% 1.32 0.07 1.25 0.08 NOP
Al Horford BOS 113.3 PF/C $5,700 C/PF 30.7 24.6 0.0 12% -2% 0.80 -0.03 0.80 -0.04 PHI
P.J. Tucker PHI 111.8 PF $3,600 PF 25.8 11.0 -5.9 6% 1% 0.43 0.14 0.43 0.12 BOS
Herb Jones NOP 110.8 PF $5,300 SG/SF 28.9 22.1 0.4 15% -6% 0.76 -0.09 0.81 -0.09 NYK
PJ Washington CHA 110.8 VF $7,100 PF/C 32.9 29.3 0.8 19% 2% 0.89 0.28 0.90 0.25 MIA
Isaiah Stewart DET 110.5 PF/C $5,600 C/PF 28.5 26.1 1.9 17% -3% 0.92 -0.11 0.89 -0.13 TOR

Center (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Walker Kessler UTA 125.3 C $7,400 C 21.5 24.1 8.1 13% -2% 1.12 0.01 1.20 0.03 SAS
Xavier Tillman MEM 118.8 C $5,000 PF/C 15.2 14.1 7.8 13% -2% 0.92 -0.18 0.98 -0.17 DEN
Jakob Poeltl TOR 117.5 C $7,800 C 26.2 31.5 4.6 18% -1% 1.20 0.28 1.23 0.40 DET
Wendell Carter ORL 117.3 C $6,700 C/PF 30.1 32.1 0.9 21% 2% 1.07 0.12 1.02 0.14 IND
Nikola Jokic DEN 116.8 C $11,800 C 33.6 59.6 1.0 27% -4% 1.77 -0.06 1.69 -0.11 MEM
Zach Collins SAS 115.8 C $6,800 PF/C 21.3 23.0 9.0 20% -2% 1.08 0.11 1.06 0.12 UTA
Bam Adebayo MIA 115.8 VB $9,100 C 35.2 42.2 -2.8 26% 2% 1.20 -0.04 1.20 -0.02 CHA
Myles Turner IND 114.8 C $8,000 C 29.9 36.3 6.6 22% 3% 1.21 0.09 1.24 -0.01 ORL
Mitchell Robinson NYK 113.3 PB $6,200 C 26.9 25.3 1.0 10% 0% 0.94 0.15 1.02 0.09 NOP
Robert Williams BOS 113.3 C $6,000 C 23.7 24.6 -4.5 12% 1% 1.04 -0.29 1.07 -0.30 PHI
Joel Embiid PHI 111.8 C $12,000 C 35.0 57.5 0.9 37% -3% 1.64 -0.05 1.63 0.00 BOS
Jonas Valanciunas NOP 110.8 C $6,100 C 24.8 30.9 3.5 23% -5% 1.25 -0.21 1.20 -0.23 NYK
Mark Williams CHA 110.8 PB $5,800 C 15.9 18.7 11.0 17% -1% 1.17 -0.17 1.26 -0.15 MIA
James Wiseman DET 110.5 C $4,500 C 13.5 13.2 10.1 20% 2% 0.98 -0.17 0.98 -0.18 TOR

Notable Bench Players

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Ochai Agbaji UTA 125.3 SG/SF $3,900 SG 15.2 8.7 14.8 11% 4% 0.57 0.12 0.55 0.09 SAS
Rudy Gay UTA 125.3 PF $3,600 PF/SF 14.4 11.0 -4.8 16% -3% 0.77 -0.38 0.78 -0.41 SAS
Simone Fontecchio UTA 125.3 SF/PF $3,500 SF 9.8 6.4 7.3 18% -3% 0.66 -0.17 0.61 -0.13 SAS
Brandon Clarke MEM 118.8 PF/C $5,300 PF/C 19.9 21.4 3.4 18% -6% 1.08 -0.14 1.11 -0.07 DEN
Luke Kennard MEM 118.8 SG/SF $3,600 SG/SF 20.7 14.0 0.5 15% -5% 0.68 -0.14 0.64 -0.14 DEN
Santi Aldama MEM 118.8 PF $5,100 PF 22.0 20.3 -0.6 16% 4% 0.92 -0.05 0.93 -0.01 DEN
Precious Achiuwa TOR 117.5 C $5,500 PF/C 23.5 23.0 5.4 19% -2% 0.98 -0.15 0.99 -0.20 DET
Chris Boucher TOR 117.5 PF $5,200 C/PF 20.8 21.3 0.4 18% -2% 1.03 -0.07 1.06 -0.05 DET
Jeff Dowtin TOR 117.5 PG/SG $3,500 PG DET
Cole Anthony ORL 117.3 PG/SG $5,700 PG/SG 24.9 26.2 -6.6 21% 11% 1.05 0.42 1.05 0.32 IND
Jalen Suggs ORL 117.3 PG/SG $5,000 PG/SG 22.9 20.9 1.2 20% 0% 0.91 -0.18 0.92 -0.20 IND
Jonathan Isaac ORL 117.3 SF/PF $4,200 SF/PF 11.3 14.2 3.4 20% -3% 1.26 -0.14 1.37 -0.20 IND
Bruce Brown DEN 116.8 SG/SF $5,300 SF/SG 28.7 24.6 -1.0 17% 0% 0.86 -0.16 0.86 -0.17 MEM
Reggie Jackson DEN 116.8 PG/SG $4,200 PG 25.6 20.4 -7.3 21% 3% 0.80 0.02 0.76 0.00 MEM
Thomas Bryant DEN 116.8 C $4,200 C 20.4 22.3 -7.1 18% 3% 1.09 -0.22 1.09 -0.26 MEM
Keita Bates-Diop SAS 115.8 SF/PF $5,300 PF 20.3 16.2 9.8 16% 2% 0.80 0.05 0.81 0.02 UTA
Devonte’ Graham SAS 115.8 PG/SG $5,100 PG 16.4 13.5 10.0 16% 4% 0.82 0.11 0.81 0.11 UTA
Doug McDermott SAS 115.8 SF $3,900 PF/SF 20.5 16.0 3.1 18% -4% 0.78 -0.09 0.73 -0.13 UTA
Caleb Martin MIA 115.8 SHW $5,400 SF/PF 30.2 22.3 -1.5 15% 3% 0.74 0.12 0.75 0.15 CHA
Victor Oladipo MIA 115.8 CG $5,500 SG 28.1 24.4 -8.3 19% -2% 0.87 -0.34 0.87 -0.39 CHA
Max Strus MIA 115.8 SHW $5,000 SG/SF 30.1 22.8 5.7 18% 2% 0.76 0.04 0.72 0.04 CHA
Bennedict Mathurin IND 114.8 SG/SF $5,600 SG/SF 28.2 25.8 0.3 24% -1% 0.91 0.19 0.88 0.21 ORL
T.J. McConnell IND 114.8 PG $4,700 PG 19.5 20.2 -2.5 17% -2% 1.03 -0.24 1.03 -0.29 ORL
Chris Duarte IND 114.8 SG/SF $4,300 SG/SF 19.2 14.6 -0.9 19% 2% 0.76 0.19 0.75 0.19 ORL
Josh Hart NYK 113.3 SHW $5,800 SG/SF 32.9 28.2 -6.3 13% 6% 0.86 0.16 0.86 0.13 NOP
Immanuel Quickley NYK 113.3 SHW $5,800 SG/PG 27.8 24.5 -0.7 19% 2% 0.88 0.04 0.86 0.01 NOP
Isaiah Hartenstein NYK 113.3 VB $5,000 PF/C 19.7 17.4 3.7 11% -3% 0.88 0.01 0.93 0.04 NOP
Malcolm Brogdon BOS 113.3 PG $6,100 PG/SG 25.5 27.9 9.4 22% -1% 1.09 0.09 1.06 0.07 PHI
Derrick White BOS 113.3 PG/SG $6,600 PG/SG 27.7 25.6 3.9 17% 9% 0.92 0.25 0.92 0.23 PHI
Grant Williams BOS 113.3 SF/PF $4,600 PF 27.5 19.6 -2.8 13% 3% 0.71 0.06 0.70 -0.01 PHI
Tyrese Maxey PHI 111.8 PG/SG $6,400 PG/SG 32.9 30.9 0.3 25% -2% 0.94 -0.01 0.91 0.00 BOS
Jalen McDaniels PHI 111.8 SF/PF $4,600 PF/SF 26.1 22.3 -7.7 17% -7% 0.85 -0.16 0.87 -0.17 BOS
Georges Niang PHI 111.8 PF $4,000 PF 19.7 15.5 -3.9 17% -3% 0.79 -0.29 0.74 -0.31 BOS
Larry Nance NOP 110.8 PF/C $5,200 PF/C 22.6 21.3 -2.5 13% -5% 0.94 -0.19 0.99 -0.21 NYK
Trey Murphy NOP 110.8 SF $5,400 SF 29.2 22.9 -4.3 15% 5% 0.79 -0.20 0.78 -0.18 NYK
Jose Alvarado NOP 110.8 PG $4,400 PG 21.7 19.2 1.0 19% -4% 0.89 -0.24 0.88 -0.23 NYK
Kelly Oubre CHA 110.8 SCW $6,400 SF/SG 32.3 32.5 26% 1.01 1.01 MIA
Dennis Smith Jr. CHA 110.8 CG $5,100 PG 25.0 21.5 2.5 17% 1% 0.86 0.16 0.89 0.17 MIA
Nick Richards CHA 110.8 PB $4,400 C 17.3 18.1 3.7 16% -3% 1.05 -0.07 1.08 -0.02 MIA
Alec Burks DET 110.5 PG/SG $5,000 PG/SG 22.0 22.1 0.2 22% -3% 1.00 0.20 0.97 0.21 TOR
Marvin Bagley DET 110.5 PF/C $3,500 PF/C 21.3 21.3 20% 1.00 1.01 TOR
Hamidou Diallo DET 110.5 SG/SF $4,900 SG/SF 16.9 16.0 2.4 20% 6% 0.95 0.17 0.98 0.18 TOR
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