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NBA DFS First Look: Saturday, January 1st

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-01-01 15:51:55

The NBA DFS First Look is complete with sortable odds, implied team totals, player statistics, and projected starters to help you get an early start on the upcoming slate.

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NBA Schedule & Vegas Lines

Road Team Home Team Favorite Spread Game Total Road Total Home Total Time (ET)
New Orleans Pelicans Milwaukee Bucks MIL -11.0 221.5 105.3 116.3 6:30 PM
San Antonio Spurs Detroit Pistons SAS -6.5 224.0 115.3 108.8 7:00 PM
Chicago Bulls Washington Wizards CHI -2.0 218.0 110.0 108.0 7:00 PM
Los Angeles Clippers Brooklyn Nets BKN -12.0 219.0 103.5 115.5 7:30 PM
Denver Nuggets Houston Rockets DEN -7.0 223.5 115.3 108.3 8:00 PM
Golden State Warriors Utah Jazz UTA -4.5 222.5 109.0 113.5 9:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Milwaukee Bucks -11.0 116.3 111.4 99.6 NOP 111.0 97.8 98.7
Brooklyn Nets -12.0 115.5 110.2 99.7 LAC 105.9 98.9 99.3
San Antonio Spurs -6.5 115.3 110.4 100.6 DET 110.4 99.3 99.9
Denver Nuggets -7.0 115.3 108.5 97.1 HOU 113.7 100.7 98.9
Utah Jazz -4.5 113.5 117.0 99.1 GSW 101.6 99.0 99.0
Chicago Bulls -2.0 110.0 111.9 99.0 WAS 110.3 97.1 98.1
Golden State Warriors 4.5 109.0 111.7 99.0 UTA 106.7 99.1 99.0
Detroit Pistons 6.5 108.8 100.7 99.3 SAS 109.0 100.6 99.9
Houston Rockets 7.0 108.3 106.2 100.7 DEN 108.9 97.1 98.9
Washington Wizards 2.0 108.0 108.1 97.1 CHI 108.0 99.0 98.1
New Orleans Pelicans 11.0 105.3 107.0 97.8 MIL 107.3 99.6 98.7
Los Angeles Clippers 12.0 103.5 106.0 98.9 BKN 106.7 99.7 99.3

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
Jrue Holiday MIL 116.3 $13,800 PG $9,700 PG/SG 32.9 37.5 1.8 23% -2% 57% 14% 1.14 0.16 1.13 0.20 NOP
James Harden BKN 115.5 $11,500 PG $11,300 SG/PG 36.6 52.0 3.0 28% 8% 59% 3% 1.42 0.47 1.33 0.45 LAC
Derrick White SAS 115.3 $7,000 PG/SG $7,900 PG 30.4 31.2 -4.2 20% 2% 54% 13% 1.03 0.39 1.04 0.40 DET
Facundo Campazzo DEN 115.3 $4,200 PG/SG $5,500 PG 21.1 17.1 6.1 15% 1% 54% -8% 0.81 0.09 0.83 0.12 HOU
Mike Conley UTA 113.5 $6,400 PG $7,200 PG 28.2 28.8 1.7 19% 3% 61% -8% 1.02 0.08 1.00 0.12 GSW
Coby White CHI 110.0 $4,900 PG/SG $6,200 PG/SG 22.7 18.3 9.0 21% -1% 47% 14% 0.81 0.16 0.77 0.17 WAS
Stephen Curry GSW 109.0 $11,800 PG $10,300 PG 34.7 48.8 2.8 31% 3% 61% 2% 1.40 -0.08 1.33 -0.07 UTA
Derrick Walton DET 108.8 $4,500 PG $4,500 PG 34.0 23.5 0.0 13% 0% 27% 0% 0.69 0.00 0.73 0.00 SAS
Kevin Porter HOU 108.3 $8,000 PG $7,100 SF/PG 30.5 29.9 2.4 25% 0% 47% 3% 0.98 0.04 0.93 0.05 DEN
Bradley Beal WAS 108.0 $10,300 PG/SG $8,700 SG 35.8 39.8 -2.1 30% 1% 54% 8% 1.11 0.52 1.07 0.49 CHI
Devonte’ Graham NOP 105.3 $9,900 PG $6,400 PG/SG 31.3 27.6 0.2 20% 2% 53% 2% 0.88 0.12 0.85 0.10 MIL
Reggie Jackson LAC 103.5 $8,100 PG $6,000 PG 32.6 29.9 -1.5 26% 2% 49% 12% 0.92 0.09 0.87 0.05 BKN

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
Grayson Allen MIL 116.3 $5,100 SG/SF $4,100 SG 28.4 21.4 -5.9 16% -5% 58% -28% 0.75 -0.31 0.74 -0.27 NOP
Patty Mills BKN 115.5 $6,800 PG/SG $6,600 SG/PG 30.6 23.2 5.7 18% 3% 61% -1% 0.76 0.17 0.71 0.16 LAC
Doug McDermott SAS 115.3 $3,700 SF $4,200 PF/SF 24.6 17.9 -2.5 18% 2% 59% 4% 0.73 0.22 0.68 0.18 DET
Austin Rivers DEN 115.3 $3,500 SG/SF $4,100 SG/PG 19.2 10.6 8.0 14% 1% 50% 12% 0.55 0.17 0.54 0.13 HOU
Donovan Mitchell UTA 113.5 $9,800 PG/SG $8,600 SG/PG 33.0 41.9 3.6 32% 1% 57% 7% 1.27 0.15 1.23 0.15 GSW
Zach LaVine CHI 110.0 $10,200 SG/SF $8,400 SG/PG 35.0 40.9 -0.4 30% -2% 62% 8% 1.17 0.08 1.11 0.07 WAS
Jordan Poole GSW 109.0 $6,600 PG/SG $6,300 PG/SG 30.7 29.7 25% 58% 0.97 0.92 UTA
Cassius Stanley DET 108.8 $3,000 SG $3,800 SG 23.4 14.9 0.0 18% 0% 41% 0% 0.64 0.00 0.67 0.00 SAS
Jalen Green HOU 108.3 $4,800 PG/SG $5,900 SG/PG 30.8 23.8 -0.5 23% 2% 52% 15% 0.77 0.24 0.73 0.24 DEN
Corey Kispert WAS 108.0 $4,300 SG/SF $3,800 SF 15.8 9.5 17.8 14% 1% 52% 2% 0.60 -0.03 0.60 -0.05 CHI
Brandon Ingram NOP 105.3 $15,000 SG/SF $8,700 SF 34.7 39.2 -7.2 29% 2% 54% 1% 1.13 0.08 1.09 0.09 MIL
Luke Kennard LAC 103.5 $5,200 SG $4,900 SG/SF 29.0 21.7 0.3 16% 1% 60% -4% 0.75 0.00 0.71 0.02 BKN

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
Pat Connaughton MIL 116.3 $6,300 SF $4,800 SG/SF 28.4 22.8 -5.6 14% -5% 64% 3% 0.80 -0.13 0.79 -0.13 NOP
Kevin Durant BKN 115.5 $11,400 SF $11,600 SF/PF 37.1 51.4 0.9 32% 4% 63% -1% 1.39 -0.12 1.34 -0.14 LAC
Keita Bates-Diop SAS 115.3 $3,800 SF/PF $4,300 SF 15.1 12.4 7.5 14% 3% 60% 15% 0.82 0.33 0.84 0.35 DET
Will Barton DEN 115.3 $6,200 SG $5,800 SG/SF 32.8 30.7 -1.2 21% 0% 53% -4% 0.94 -0.01 0.91 -0.01 HOU
Bojan Bogdanovic UTA 113.5 $5,300 SF/PF $5,400 SF/PF 29.6 26.4 -0.8 22% 7% 63% -2% 0.89 0.19 0.83 0.14 GSW
DeMar DeRozan CHI 110.0 $9,700 PF $8,800 SG/SF 35.2 41.9 0.9 30% 1% 60% -4% 1.19 0.05 1.18 0.05 WAS
Andrew Wiggins GSW 109.0 $7,400 SG/SF $6,400 SF 31.1 30.4 0.9 24% 8% 59% -10% 0.98 0.24 0.96 0.27 UTA
Hamidou Diallo DET 108.8 $7,700 SG/SF $6,800 SG/SF 20.0 18.4 16.5 19% 4% 59% 0% 0.92 0.20 0.95 0.21 SAS
Eric Gordon HOU 108.3 $5,300 SG/SF $5,100 SF/SG 29.3 24.2 -1.1 20% -3% 63% 10% 0.83 0.06 0.78 0.08 DEN
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope WAS 108.0 $4,900 SG/SF $5,000 SG/SF 29.2 21.9 -1.2 17% -2% 55% 20% 0.75 0.28 0.75 0.28 CHI
Josh Hart NOP 105.3 $11,400 SF/PF $7,500 SG/SF 32.3 30.5 6.6 16% 3% 63% 19% 0.94 0.23 0.93 0.24 MIL
Terance Mann LAC 103.5 $5,300 PG/SF $5,400 SG/SF 29.5 22.5 4.3 15% 1% 59% 5% 0.76 0.02 0.74 -0.02 BKN

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
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL 116.3 $17,400 PF/C $11,400 PF/SF 32.4 55.9 -2.3 34% 5% 60% 2% 1.72 0.19 1.71 0.19 NOP
LaMarcus Aldridge BKN 115.5 $6,000 C $5,800 C/PF 23.7 25.6 3.6 22% -3% 62% -9% 1.08 -0.13 1.12 -0.13 LAC
Keldon Johnson SAS 115.3 $5,900 PF $6,200 PF/SF 30.6 28.0 -1.0 20% 2% 57% -2% 0.92 0.01 0.89 -0.02 DET
Aaron Gordon DEN 115.3 $5,600 SF/PF $5,000 PF 32.3 26.7 -7.3 18% 5% 60% -11% 0.83 0.05 0.82 0.06 HOU
Royce O’Neale UTA 113.5 $3,500 PF $4,300 SF/PF 30.8 20.8 0.3 10% -5% 61% -22% 0.68 -0.28 0.70 -0.28 GSW
Javonte Green CHI 110.0 $3,500 SF $5,200 SG/SF 22.2 14.9 4.8 11% -2% 60% 17% 0.67 0.02 0.70 0.05 WAS
Juan Toscano-Anderson GSW 109.0 $3,700 PF $4,300 SF/PF 16.7 13.7 4.1 15% 2% 57% -2% 0.82 0.04 0.84 0.06 UTA
Saddiq Bey DET 108.8 $8,200 SF/PF $6,700 SF 33.3 28.6 7.8 20% 2% 50% 9% 0.86 0.15 0.83 0.11 SAS
David Nwaba HOU 108.3 $3,800 SF $5,000 SF/SG 13.6 13.1 12.3 16% -1% 54% -7% 0.96 -0.03 1.02 -0.02 DEN
Kyle Kuzma WAS 108.0 $7,900 SF/PF $6,500 SF/PF 32.3 30.7 -0.2 20% 6% 52% 3% 0.95 0.24 0.92 0.22 CHI
Herb Jones NOP 105.3 $6,900 PF/C $6,000 PF 27.9 19.6 4.0 13% 2% 55% 7% 0.70 0.10 0.76 0.08 MIL
Marcus Morris LAC 103.5 $5,800 SF/PF $6,900 PF/SF 30.5 27.6 3.7 22% 6% 55% 3% 0.91 0.25 0.87 0.25 BKN

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
Bobby Portis MIL 116.3 $11,700 C $7,000 PF/C 28.2 33.0 -2.4 22% -1% 59% 12% 1.17 -0.02 1.15 -0.09 NOP
Nic Claxton BKN 115.5 $4,900 C $6,200 C/PF 21.4 19.2 10.5 14% 0% 65% -1% 0.89 0.06 0.96 0.08 LAC
Jakob Poeltl SAS 115.3 $6,300 C $6,100 C 28.0 30.4 -6.1 18% 5% 58% -2% 1.09 0.07 1.11 0.04 DET
Nikola Jokic DEN 115.3 $12,600 C $11,700 C 32.7 59.2 0.5 32% 4% 63% -16% 1.81 -0.08 1.74 -0.03 HOU
Rudy Gobert UTA 113.5 $9,600 C $9,000 C 31.9 42.3 -0.9 17% -1% 73% -2% 1.33 0.02 1.36 0.04 GSW
Nikola Vucevic CHI 110.0 $9,300 C $9,500 C 33.2 40.7 0.3 23% -2% 49% 9% 1.23 0.33 1.22 0.34 WAS
Kevon Looney GSW 109.0 $3,800 C $5,100 C/PF 19.2 18.0 3.0 13% -3% 56% -1% 0.94 -0.17 0.98 -0.17 UTA
Luka Garza DET 108.8 $4,300 C $5,000 C 10.9 9.5 6.3 18% 1% 52% -7% 0.87 0.03 0.86 0.03 SAS
Christian Wood HOU 108.3 $8,800 C $7,800 PF/C 31.5 37.5 -0.5 23% 0% 55% 13% 1.19 0.00 1.16 0.00 DEN
Daniel Gafford WAS 108.0 $5,600 C $5,900 C 22.4 23.4 6.8 15% -3% 69% 10% 1.05 -0.10 1.11 -0.14 CHI
Willy Hernangomez NOP 105.3 $8,400 C $4,400 PF/C 15.1 19.2 4.6 20% 0% 61% -17% 1.27 -0.30 1.25 -0.28 MIL
Serge Ibaka LAC 103.5 $3,300 PF/C $4,000 PF/C 15.0 13.4 -0.2 18% 6% 52% 7% 0.90 0.27 0.88 0.29 BKN

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
DeMarcus Cousins MIL 116.3 $7,500 C $5,500 C 16.8 20.5 2.4 22% 4% 55% 4% 1.22 0.18 1.24 0.19 NOP
George Hill MIL 116.3 $3,900 PG $3,700 PG 25.8 16.3 -3.9 12% -4% 57% -1% 0.63 -0.11 0.63 -0.10 NOP
Donte DiVincenzo MIL 116.3 $5,700 PG/SG $4,400 SG 16.7 16.1 0.0 22% 0% 50% 0% 0.96 0.00 0.90 0.00 NOP
Bruce Brown BKN 115.5 $4,700 SG/SF $4,800 SG 22.9 17.3 3.7 14% 0% 52% 9% 0.76 -0.03 0.80 -0.05 LAC
DeAndre Bembry BKN 115.5 $3,800 SG/SF $4,400 SG/SF 20.0 14.7 4.0 12% -1% 64% 26% 0.73 0.14 0.78 0.15 LAC
James Johnson BKN 115.5 $3,600 PF $4,300 SF/PF 19.0 14.6 4.5 13% 0% 51% -3% 0.77 -0.15 0.79 -0.14 LAC
Lonnie Walker SAS 115.3 $4,000 SG/SF $4,800 SG/SF 22.5 20.2 0.1 22% -1% 51% 4% 0.90 0.00 0.87 -0.02 DET
Devin Vassell SAS 115.3 $3,900 SF/PF $4,400 SG 24.1 21.3 -2.3 18% 0% 55% -10% 0.88 -0.13 0.91 -0.15 DET
Tre Jones SAS 115.3 $3,100 PG $3,700 PG 11.8 10.0 4.8 14% -4% 53% 16% 0.85 0.12 0.85 0.12 DET
Davon Reed DEN 115.3 $3,100 SF $4,300 SF 17.1 14.1 1.0 11% 2% 62% 17% 0.82 0.06 0.87 0.02 HOU
JaMychal Green DEN 115.3 $3,200 PF/C $4,200 PF/C 14.4 13.1 0.0 19% -6% 52% 21% 0.91 0.02 0.94 -0.01 HOU
Vlatko Cancar DEN 115.3 $3,300 SF $3,500 SF 10.5 8.3 6.6 14% 0% 68% 8% 0.79 0.04 0.78 0.02 HOU
Jordan Clarkson UTA 113.5 $6,100 PG/SG $6,400 PG/SG 25.6 25.3 4.3 26% 2% 50% 0% 0.99 0.13 0.95 0.14 GSW
Joe Ingles UTA 113.5 $4,300 SG/SF $4,200 SG/SF 25.2 18.8 4.3 13% 0% 61% -3% 0.75 -0.15 0.71 -0.18 GSW
Rudy Gay UTA 113.5 $3,600 SF/PF $4,000 PF/SF 19.6 18.1 2.4 18% -1% 57% 7% 0.92 0.03 0.89 0.05 GSW
Ayo Dosunmu CHI 110.0 $3,700 PG/SG $4,400 SG 18.5 11.8 3.8 14% 0% 60% 12% 0.64 0.00 0.63 0.02 WAS
Derrick Jones CHI 110.0 $3,800 SF/PF $3,600 SG/SF 17.2 13.9 -7.8 13% -5% 66% 50% 0.81 0.04 0.86 -0.03 WAS
Matt Thomas CHI 110.0 $3,100 SG $3,600 SG 10.3 6.2 8.3 14% -2% 49% 19% 0.60 0.05 0.60 0.01 WAS
Otto Porter GSW 109.0 $5,200 SF/PF $6,300 SF/PF 20.7 19.1 8.0 14% -1% 60% -1% 0.92 0.04 0.93 0.10 UTA
Andre Iguodala GSW 109.0 $4,000 SF $3,700 SF/SG 20.4 17.0 3.6 11% 0% 49% 14% 0.83 -0.13 0.87 -0.20 UTA
Jonathan Kuminga GSW 109.0 $3,100 PF $3,700 SF 9.4 7.9 4.3 22% -2% 56% 2% 0.84 -0.08 0.82 -0.08 UTA
Cheick Diallo DET 108.8 $3,200 C $3,700 PF 10.2 9.2 0.0 15% 0% 52% 0% 0.90 0.00 0.91 0.00 SAS
Justin Robinson DET 108.8 $3,000 PG $3,700 PG 10.7 5.8 0.5 15% 4% 38% 0% 0.54 -0.16 0.53 -0.24 SAS
Deividas Sirvydis DET 108.8 $3,000 PF $3,600 SF 11.0 8.4 0.0 18% 0% 15% 0% 0.76 0.00 0.92 0.00 SAS
Jae’Sean Tate HOU 108.3 $5,700 PF $5,800 SF/PF 27.5 27.1 -0.7 20% 4% 57% 11% 0.98 0.23 0.98 0.26 DEN
KJ Martin HOU 108.3 $4,200 PF/C $4,800 SF/PF 18.0 15.7 -3.2 16% 2% 59% -32% 0.87 -0.36 0.89 -0.35 DEN
Josh Christopher HOU 108.3 $3,700 SG/SF $4,300 SG 14.8 12.1 7.9 20% -1% 59% -13% 0.82 -0.17 0.80 -0.16 DEN
Deni Avdija WAS 108.0 $4,800 SF/PF $5,200 SF/PF 22.4 18.6 5.9 14% 4% 55% 1% 0.83 0.10 0.85 0.09 CHI
Anthony Gill WAS 108.0 $3,000 SF/PF $3,600 PF 5.5 5.4 1.2 14% 6% 83% -15% 0.98 0.16 0.95 0.14 CHI
Isaiah Todd WAS 108.0 $3,100 C $3,500 PF 4.0 4.5 1.9 25% -12% 44% -34% 1.12 -0.53 1.19 -0.55 CHI
Garrett Temple NOP 105.3 $5,400 PG/SG $5,100 SF 19.3 14.0 6.8 0.73 0.05 0.74 0.01 MIL
Jaxson Hayes NOP 105.3 $4,200 C $5,000 PF 12.7 12.3 6.7 18% -3% 60% 8% 0.97 -0.03 1.00 -0.04 MIL
Nickeil Alexander-Walker NOP 105.3 $7,200 PG/SG $4,800 SG/SF 28.2 25.6 -2.5 24% 12% 47% 35% 0.91 0.56 0.88 0.39 MIL
Eric Bledsoe LAC 103.5 $6,700 PG $6,300 SG/PG 26.7 24.0 1.7 19% 6% 52% 1% 0.90 0.20 0.90 0.20 BKN
Amir Coffey LAC 103.5 $3,200 SG/SF $4,500 PF 15.1 9.9 11.1 11% 3% 56% 4% 0.65 0.22 0.66 0.27 BKN
Keon Johnson LAC 103.5 $3,100 SG $3,800 SG 8.8 7.6 3.8 22% 2% 49% -1% 0.87 0.11 0.89 0.11 BKN

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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