NBA DFS First Look: Sunday, April 16th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2023-04-16 14:24:38

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)
Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies	MEM	-3.5	227.0		111.8	115.3	3:00 PM
Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks	MIL	-9.5	218.0		104.3	113.8	5:30 PM
Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns	PHO	-7.5	225.5		109.0	116.5	8:00 PM
Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets	DEN	-7.5	224.5		108.5	116.0	10:30 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	PPG	+/-	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Phoenix Suns	-7.5	116.5	113.6	2.9	114.5	98.8		LAC	113.6	98.8		98.8
Denver Nuggets	-7.5	116.0	115.8	0.2	116.8	98.7		MIN	113.1	101.6		100.1
Memphis Grizzlies	-3.5	115.3	116.9	-1.7	114.7	101.5		LAL	113.2	101.9		101.7
Milwaukee Bucks	-9.5	113.8	116.9	-3.2	114.3	101.5		MIA	112.8	96.8		99.1
Los Angeles Lakers	3.5	111.8	117.2	-5.5	113.9	101.9		MEM	110.7	101.5		101.7
Los Angeles Clippers	7.5	109.0	113.6	-4.6	114.0	98.8		PHO	112.3	98.8		98.8
Minnesota Timberwolves	7.5	108.5	115.8	-7.3	113.3	101.6		DEN	113.5	98.7		100.1
Miami Heat	9.5	104.3	109.5	-5.3	112.3	96.8		MIL	110.9	101.5		99.1

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and games against their current opponent in the playoffs.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Chris Paul	PHO	116.5	$7,100	PG	$7,900	PG	32.0	36.8	2.0	20%	-3%	1.15	0.03	1.14	0.08	LAC
Jamal Murray	DEN	116.0	$7,600	PG	$8,400	PG	32.8	37.1	1.8	26%	-4%	1.13	-0.17	1.09	-0.13	MIN
Ja Morant	MEM	115.3	$10,100	PG	$10,400	PG	31.9	48.4	1.7	34%	5%	1.52	0.11	1.46	0.06	LAL
Jrue Holiday	MIL	113.8	$8,500	PG	$8,500	PG	32.6	40.1	0.3	24%	-3%	1.23	-0.03	1.19	-0.06	MIA
D’Angelo Russell	LAL	111.8	$6,800	PG/SG	$6,800	PG	32.5	33.9	-5.5	23%	-4%	1.04	-0.04	1.00	-0.08	MEM
Russell Westbrook	LAC	109.0	$8,200	PG	$7,700	PG	29.1	36.9	1.7	27%	7%	1.27	0.20	1.22	0.19	PHO
Mike Conley	MIN	108.5	$6,400	PG	$6,900	PG	30.3	28.3		16%		0.93		0.92		DEN
Gabe Vincent	MIA	104.3	$4,600	PG/SG	$4,100	PG/SG	25.9	17.9	8.6	17%	-1%	0.69	0.14	0.67	0.17	MIL

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and games against their current opponent in the playoffs.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Devin Booker	PHO	116.5	$9,100	SG	$9,500	SG	34.6	44.1	0.2	31%	-1%	1.28	-0.24	1.24	-0.25	LAC
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DEN	116.0	$5,100	SG	$4,900	SG	31.3	22.1	-0.7	14%	-3%	0.71	-0.06	0.72	-0.05	MIN
Desmond Bane	MEM	115.3	$8,600	SG	$7,800	SG/SF	31.7	37.5	1.0	25%	-6%	1.18	-0.20	1.15	-0.12	LAL
Grayson Allen	MIL	113.8	$4,500	SG	$4,500	SG/SF	27.4	20.7	2.1	14%	2%	0.75	0.17	0.74	0.14	MIA
Austin Reaves	LAL	111.8	$6,300	PG/SG	$5,100	SF/SG	28.8	23.4	1.1	15%	3%	0.81	0.34	0.79	0.34	MEM
Eric Gordon	LAC	109.0	$4,600	SG/SF	$4,100	SG	28.5	21.0	-4.7	17%	-2%	0.74	0.09	0.71	0.11	PHO
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	MIN	108.5	$4,000	PG/SG	$5,400	SG/SF	15.0	12.9		18%		0.86		0.86		DEN
Tyler Herro	MIA	104.3	$6,700	PG/SG	$7,500	SG/SF	34.9	35.6	-1.6	25%	2%	1.02	-0.06	0.97	-0.05	MIL

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and games against their current opponent in the playoffs.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Josh Okogie	PHO	116.5	$5,000	SF	$4,400	SF/SG	18.8	16.6	5.7	17%	1%	0.88	0.24	0.90	0.23	LAC
Michael Porter	DEN	116.0	$6,200	SF	$6,600	PF/SF	29.0	29.0	-1.5	22%	1%	1.00	0.01	0.96	0.03	MIN
Dillon Brooks	MEM	115.3	$6,100	SF	$5,300	SG/SF	30.3	24.8	-2.2	21%	0%	0.82	-0.12	0.80	-0.10	LAL
Khris Middleton	MIL	113.8	$8,000	SF	$8,000	SG/SF	24.3	29.3	-5.4	26%	7%	1.21	0.53	1.16	0.51	MIA
LeBron James	LAL	111.8	$10,700	SF	$11,000	SF/PF	35.5	52.6	1.0	32%	-5%	1.48	-0.10	1.43	0.00	MEM
Kawhi Leonard	LAC	109.0	$10,200	SF/PF	$10,700	SF/PF	33.6	41.8	-2.9	27%	1%	1.25	-0.02	1.24	-0.04	PHO
Anthony Edwards	MIN	108.5	$8,700	SG/SF	$9,400	SG/SF	36.0	42.9	-4.8	29%	0%	1.19	0.00	1.17	0.00	DEN
Max Strus	MIA	104.3	$4,800	SG/SF	$5,200	SG/SF	28.4	20.9	5.0	17%	-2%	0.74	-0.06	0.70	-0.06	MIL

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and games against their current opponent in the playoffs.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Kevin Durant	PHO	116.5	$9,000	SF/PF	$10,000	SF/PF	35.6	48.7		31%		1.37		1.35		LAC
Aaron Gordon	DEN	116.0	$6,900	PF	$6,300	PF	30.2	32.2	-0.7	21%	4%	1.07	0.22	1.07	0.24	MIN
Jaren Jackson	MEM	115.3	$9,600	PF/C	$8,300	PF/C	28.4	36.7	3.5	24%	-5%	1.29	-0.19	1.37	-0.18	LAL
Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	113.8	$11,200	PF/C	$12,000	PF/SF	32.1	57.4	-10.9	37%	-4%	1.79	0.39	1.72	0.36	MIA
Jarred Vanderbilt	LAL	111.8	$4,700	PF	$4,000	PF	24.1	23.5	2.2	14%	-2%	0.97	-0.25	0.99	-0.24	MEM
Nicolas Batum	LAC	109.0	$4,800	PF/C	$4,100	SF/PF	21.9	16.4	-4.5	11%	-3%	0.75	-0.31	0.76	-0.33	PHO
Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	108.5	$8,300	PF/C	$9,900	PF/C	33.0	40.7		25%		1.23		1.18		DEN
Jimmy Butler	MIA	104.3	$8,800	SF/PF	$9,600	SF/PF	33.4	42.2	-4.9	25%	2%	1.26	-0.10	1.29	-0.16	MIL

Center (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and games against their current opponent in the playoffs.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Deandre Ayton	PHO	116.5	$6,500	C	$7,200	C	30.4	35.8	-0.1	23%	-1%	1.18	-0.33	1.17	-0.32	LAC
Nikola Jokic	DEN	116.0	$11,500	C	$12,100	C	33.7	59.1	-3.0	26%	2%	1.75	0.25	1.67	0.23	MIN
Xavier Tillman	MEM	115.3	$5,200	C	$5,800	PF/C	19.3	18.4	13.0	14%	3%	0.96	0.28	1.01	0.30	LAL
Brook Lopez	MIL	113.8	$6,600	C	$7,600	C	30.4	32.6	0.9	19%	-1%	1.07	-0.35	1.11	-0.38	MIA
Anthony Davis	LAL	111.8	$10,900	C	$11,500	PF/C	34.0	51.7	1.5	28%	4%	1.52	0.24	1.54	0.18	MEM
Ivica Zubac	LAC	109.0	$5,400	C	$6,500	C	28.5	27.9	-3.3	15%	0%	0.98	-0.07	0.99	-0.10	PHO
Rudy Gobert	MIN	108.5	$7,300	C	$7,500	C	30.7	34.0	-9.3	16%	-2%	1.11	-0.22	1.13	-0.21	DEN
Bam Adebayo	MIA	104.3	$7,700	C	$8,100	C	34.6	40.1	-3.1	25%	2%	1.16	0.19	1.16	0.20	MIL

Notable Bench Players

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and games against their current opponent in the playoffs.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Torrey Craig	PHO	116.5	$4,500	PF	$3,900	SF	24.7	19.5	-6.0	13%	0%	0.79	0.07	0.80	0.05	LAC
Terrence Ross	PHO	116.5	$4,100	SG/SF	$4,300	SG	21.1	15.6	7.0	17%	7%	0.74	0.19	0.72	0.18	LAC
Cameron Payne	PHO	116.5	$4,500	PG	$3,900	PG/SG	20.2	21.5	-5.6	24%	14%	1.07	0.01	1.03	0.01	LAC
Bruce Brown	DEN	116.0	$5,800	PG/SF	$6,000	SF/SG	28.5	25.0	-2.3	17%	0%	0.88	-0.01	0.89	-0.04	MIN
Jeff Green	DEN	116.0	$3,700	PF/C	$3,700	PF/SF	19.5	13.9	-3.7	17%	10%	0.71	0.11	0.71	0.13	MIN
Christian Braun	DEN	116.0	$4,000	SG/SF	$3,800	SG	15.5	10.3	-0.1	13%	3%	0.66	0.28	0.68	0.30	MIN
Luke Kennard	MEM	115.3	$5,500	SG/SF	$4,800	SG/SF	22.3	16.9	-1.5	14%	0%	0.76	-0.01	0.71	-0.02	LAL
Santi Aldama	MEM	115.3	$4,400	PF/C	$5,000	PF/C	21.8	19.6	-2.8	16%	1%	0.90	-0.13	0.91	-0.14	LAL
Tyus Jones	MEM	115.3	$5,900	PG	$5,500	PG	24.2	23.9	-1.7	18%	0%	0.99	0.05	0.98	0.05	LAL
Bobby Portis	MIL	113.8	$6,000	PF/C	$6,200	PF/C	26.0	30.5	1.0	21%	2%	1.17	0.02	1.11	0.11	MIA
Joe Ingles	MIL	113.8	$4,200	SG/SF	$3,900	SG/SF	22.7	17.3	-2.1	12%	-1%	0.76	-0.18	0.73	-0.12	MIA
Jevon Carter	MIL	113.8	$4,300	PG	$4,000	PG/SG	22.4	17.5	3.2	15%	7%	0.78	0.11	0.77	0.09	MIA
Dennis Schroder	LAL	111.8	$5,000	PG	$5,900	SG/PG	30.1	24.2	3.3	18%	2%	0.80	0.36	0.79	0.35	MEM
Rui Hachimura	LAL	111.8	$4,300	PF	$4,200	PF	23.3	19.6	0.4	19%	-3%	0.84	0.08	0.84	0.08	MEM
Troy Brown	LAL	111.8	$3,800	SF/PF	$3,700	SF	24.5	16.6	4.8	12%	3%	0.68	-0.09	0.68	-0.11	MEM
Norman Powell	LAC	109.0	$5,700	SG/SF	$6,700	SF/SG	26.1	25.6	0.1	25%	3%	0.98	-0.01	0.95	0.04	PHO
Mason Plumlee	LAC	109.0	$4,500	C	$4,300	C	26.0	28.7	-6.0	15%	-5%	1.10	-0.04	1.10	0.03	PHO
Marcus Morris	LAC	109.0	$4,700	PF	$4,100	PF/SF	28.1	21.1	-1.3	18%	3%	0.75	0.09	0.74	0.07	PHO
Kyle Anderson	MIN	108.5	$7,000	SF/PF	$6,400	SF/PF	28.4	27.3	-2.1	14%	2%	0.96	0.35	0.98	0.38	DEN
Taurean Prince	MIN	108.5	$5,300	SF/PF	$4,200	SF/PF	22.1	16.2	3.5	17%	-1%	0.73	0.00	0.71	0.07	DEN
Jordan McLaughlin	MIN	108.5	$3,400	PG	$3,600	PG	15.8	12.1	-6.2	11%	-4%	0.76	-0.35	0.77	-0.33	DEN
Caleb Martin	MIA	104.3	$4,900	SF/PF	$4,200	SF/PF	29.3	20.9	-0.6	14%	6%	0.71	0.40	0.72	0.42	MIL
Kyle Lowry	MIA	104.3	$5,600	PG	$5,700	PG	31.2	26.9		16%		0.86		0.84		MIL
Kevin Love	MIA	104.3	$4,000	PF/C	$3,700	PF/C	20.0	20.4	1.5	19%	-11%	1.02	-0.09	0.97	0.05	MIL

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