NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, December 23rd

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2021-12-23 15:30:03

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)
Houston Rockets	Indiana Pacers	IND	-8.5	223.5	107.5	116.0	7:00 PM
New Orleans Pelicans	Orlando Magic	NOP	-6.5	208.5	107.5	101.0	7:00 PM
Atlanta Hawks	Philadelphia 76ers	PHI	-10.5	209.0	99.3	109.8	7:00 PM
Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat	MIA	-10.5	203.0	96.3	106.8	7:30 PM
Washington Wizards	New York Knicks	WAS	-2.0	209.5	105.8	103.8	7:30 PM
Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks	MIL	-4.5	210.0	107.3	102.8	8:30 PM
Charlotte Hornets	Denver Nuggets	DEN	-2.5	228.5	113.0	115.5	9:00 PM
Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns	PHO	-15.5	214.5	99.5	115.0	9:00 PM
Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz	UTA	-12.5	227.5	107.5	120.0	9:00 PM
Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors	GSW	-5.5	216.5	105.5	111.0	10:00 PM
San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers	LAL	-1.5	224.0	111.3	112.8	10:30 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace	Opp.	D-Rating	Pace	P-Pace
Utah Jazz	-12.5	120.0	116.8	98.7	MIN	107.5	100.1	99.4
Indiana Pacers	-8.5	116.0	109.4	97.3	HOU	112.6	100.8	99.0
Denver Nuggets	-2.5	115.5	109.1	97.0	CHA	114.5	100.9	98.9
Phoenix Suns	-15.5	115.0	110.3	100.9	OKC	108.6	98.8	99.9
Charlotte Hornets	2.5	113.0	112.7	100.9	DEN	109.6	97.0	98.9
Los Angeles Lakers	-1.5	112.8	105.7	101.2	SAS	109.4	100.0	100.6
San Antonio Spurs	1.5	111.3	109.6	100.0	LAL	107.1	101.2	100.6
Golden State Warriors	-5.5	111.0	111.8	99.4	MEM	108.8	99.2	99.3
Philadelphia 76ers	-10.5	109.8	109.1	96.1	ATL	111.1	98.7	97.4
Minnesota Timberwolves	12.5	107.5	107.4	100.1	UTA	106.4	98.7	99.4
Houston Rockets	8.5	107.5	105.7	100.8	IND	109.2	97.3	99.0
New Orleans Pelicans	-6.5	107.5	106.5	97.8	ORL	112.2	98.8	98.3
Milwaukee Bucks	-4.5	107.3	110.3	99.6	DAL	108.5	95.8	97.7
Miami Heat	-10.5	106.8	110.7	96.2	DET	110.0	99.0	97.6
Washington Wizards	-2.0	105.8	107.0	97.4	NYK	110.3	96.4	96.9
Memphis Grizzlies	5.5	105.5	110.8	99.2	GSW	101.2	99.4	99.3
New York Knicks	2.0	103.8	108.8	96.4	WAS	109.5	97.4	96.9
Dallas Mavericks	4.5	102.8	108.5	95.8	MIL	107.0	99.6	97.7
Orlando Magic	6.5	101.0	102.8	98.8	NOP	111.1	97.8	98.3
Oklahoma City Thunder	15.5	99.5	100.7	98.8	PHO	102.9	100.9	99.9
Atlanta Hawks	10.5	99.3	112.5	98.7	PHI	109.7	96.1	97.4
Detroit Pistons	10.5	96.3	100.8	99.0	MIA	106.9	96.2	97.6

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
Mike Conley	UTA	120.0	$6,200	PG	$5,800	PG	28.1	28.1	0.3	19%	2%	62%	-16%	1.00	0.06	0.97	0.08	MIN
Brad Wanamaker	IND	116.0	$3,200	PG	$3,700	PG	13.7	10.2	4.8	15%	-2%	46%	-3%	0.74	-0.10	0.74	-0.08	HOU
Monte Morris	DEN	115.5	$5,600	PG/SG	$5,700	PG	30.0	25.0	-1.6	18%	0%	58%	17%	0.83	0.18	0.82	0.15	CHA
Chris Paul	PHO	115.0	$9,100	PG	$8,200	PG	32.0	38.8	-2.6	20%	1%	58%	8%	1.21	0.09	1.21	0.09	OKC
LaMelo Ball	CHA	113.0	$9,900	PG/SG	$9,600	PG	32.8	46.8	-4.1	27%	1%	54%	0%	1.43	0.06	1.38	0.06	DEN
Russell Westbrook	LAL	112.8	$10,700	PG	$9,800	PG	36.0	44.0	0.3	27%	1%	52%	-1%	1.22	-0.07	1.15	-0.03	SAS
Dejounte Murray	SAS	111.3	$10,300	PG	$9,900	PG/SG	34.3	47.2	0.2	25%	-2%	50%	3%	1.37	0.16	1.35	0.14	LAL
Stephen Curry	GSW	111.0	$11,900	PG	$9,700	PG	34.4	48.4	1.0	31%	4%	60%	-4%	1.41	-0.25	1.33	-0.26	MEM
Tyrese Maxey	PHI	109.8	$6,700	PG	$6,600	PG/SG	34.6	30.9	1.4	21%	4%	57%	15%	0.89	0.15	0.89	0.12	ATL
Leandro Bolmaro	MIN	107.5	$3,200	PG/SG	$3,500	SF	8.7	4.5	-3.8	11%	-5%	37%		0.52	-0.40	0.51	-0.47	UTA
Jalen Green	HOU	107.5	$4,900	PG/SG	$5,200	SG/PG	30.8	22.5		22%		50%		0.73		0.68		IND
Devonte’ Graham	NOP	107.5	$5,500	PG	$6,300	PG/SG	31.2	26.8	1.0	20%	-2%	53%	11%	0.86	0.06	0.83	0.05	ORL
Jrue Holiday	MIL	107.3	$8,300	PG	$9,500	PG/SG	32.7	36.5	3.3	24%	9%	55%	4%	1.12	0.37	1.10	0.35	DAL
Kyle Lowry	MIA	106.8	$8,500	PG	$7,900	PG	34.5	34.8	2.0	19%	2%	56%	-5%	1.01	0.08	0.96	0.05	DET
Spencer Dinwiddie	WAS	105.8	$5,300	PG	$4,600	PG	29.3	27.7	-2.8	21%	-3%	50%	-24%	0.95	-0.27	0.91	-0.24	NYK
Ja Morant	MEM	105.5	$8,600	PG	$8,900	PG	32.4	44.4	-4.3	31%	-7%	56%	0%	1.37	0.05	1.34	0.10	GSW
Kemba Walker	NYK	103.8	$5,900	PG	$6,600	PG	25.9	24.6	12.8	22%	6%	56%	-2%	0.95	0.14	0.93	0.10	WAS
Jalen Brunson	DAL	102.8	$8,500	PG/SG	$7,400	PG/SG	30.1	29.7	5.5	22%	2%	58%	7%	0.99	0.11	0.97	0.10	MIL
Hassani Gravett	ORL	101.0	$3,700	SG	$4,200	PG	24.6	19.3	0.0	12%	0%	62%	0%	0.78	0.00	0.76	0.00	NOP
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	99.5	$8,700	PG	$8,700	SG/PG	35.1	38.8	1.5	28%	2%	52%	1%	1.11	0.16	1.09	0.16	PHO
Delon Wright	ATL	99.3	$4,200	PG	$4,500	PG/SG	15.2	11.6	7.7	11%	0%	50%	14%	0.76	-0.17	0.78	-0.20	PHI
Killian Hayes	DET	96.3	$3,800	PG	$4,200	PG	25.9	19.0	2.7	14%	1%	45%	1%	0.74	-0.09	0.75	-0.08	MIA

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
Donovan Mitchell	UTA	120.0	$9,500	PG/SG	$8,400	SG/PG	32.6	41.0	0.7	32%	-2%	57%	1%	1.26	0.01	1.22	0.01	MIN
Caris LeVert	IND	116.0	$7,700	PG/SG	$6,400	SG/SF	29.1	27.6	5.1	26%	-1%	51%	6%	0.95	0.01	0.94	-0.01	HOU
Will Barton	DEN	115.5	$6,400	SG/SF	$5,600	SG/SF	32.6	30.7	-9.6	22%	-1%	53%	-20%	0.94	-0.09	0.92	-0.06	CHA
Devin Booker	PHO	115.0	$8,600	PG/SG	$7,600	SG	31.9	38.4	-2.9	31%	-3%	57%	6%	1.20	0.22	1.16	0.17	OKC
Terry Rozier	CHA	113.0	$6,100	PG/SG	$6,400	SG/PG	31.8	29.8	-5.8	22%	0%	53%	-15%	0.94	-0.19	0.93	-0.22	DEN
Wayne Ellington	LAL	112.8	$3,600	SG/SF	$3,800	SG	21.7	12.0	11.0	12%	-1%	57%	-11%	0.55	-0.05	0.53	-0.02	SAS
Derrick White	SAS	111.3	$6,700	PG/SG	$7,700	PG	31.0	30.3	-1.3	20%	2%	53%	1%	0.98	-0.06	0.99	-0.07	LAL
Gary Payton	GSW	111.0	$4,200	PG/SG	$4,700	SG	14.4	14.8	0.2	15%	6%	72%	-7%	1.03	0.21	1.09	0.23	MEM
Seth Curry	PHI	109.8	$7,000	SG	$6,700	PG/SG	34.6	27.1	2.6	19%	2%	64%	7%	0.78	0.13	0.76	0.13	ATL
D’Angelo Russell	MIN	107.5	$8,000	PG/SG	$7,800	SG/PG	32.8	36.5	-0.1	26%	-1%	51%	0%	1.11	-0.05	1.07	-0.07	UTA
Eric Gordon	HOU	107.5	$5,600	SG/SF	$5,400	SF/SG	29.5	24.1	-2.0	20%	-2%	62%	-1%	0.82	0.04	0.77	0.04	IND
Brandon Ingram	NOP	107.5	$9,600	SG/SF	$8,800	SF	35.7	40.4	3.3	29%	0%	55%	1%	1.13	0.11	1.09	0.14	ORL
Grayson Allen	MIL	107.3	$4,500	SG/SF	$4,400	SG	29.2	23.0	5.4	17%	4%	60%	-11%	0.79	0.02	0.76	0.05	DAL
Gabe Vincent	MIA	106.8	$5,500	PG	$5,700	PG	20.5	16.6	13.2	19%	6%	57%	0%	0.81	0.10	0.78	0.07	DET
Bradley Beal	WAS	105.8	$9,800	PG/SG	$8,300	SG	35.9	39.3	-0.3	30%	1%	54%	6%	1.09	0.17	1.05	0.16	NYK
Desmond Bane	MEM	105.5	$6,200	SG	$6,500	SG	29.1	28.6	2.3	22%	0%	59%	6%	0.98	0.06	0.96	0.05	GSW
Alec Burks	NYK	103.8	$7,800	PG/SG	$5,600	SG/SF	27.2	23.4	12.3	18%	-2%	56%	-8%	0.86	-0.19	0.86	-0.22	WAS
Sterling Brown	DAL	102.8	$4,700	SG/SF	$4,400	SG	14.0	10.3	12.5	13%	1%	47%	3%	0.74	0.06	0.73	0.01	MIL
Gary Harris	ORL	101.0	$4,800	SG/SF	$6,200	SG/SF	27.3	17.2	6.9	15%	6%	53%	2%	0.63	0.34	0.62	0.36	NOP
Lu Dort	OKC	99.5	$5,900	SG/SF	$6,000	SF/SG	32.5	27.9	3.2	22%	-1%	56%	2%	0.86	0.00	0.83	-0.02	PHO
Skylar Mays	ATL	99.3	$3,000	SG	$3,500	SG	3.5	2.3	5.5	16%	-6%	85%		0.66	-0.57	0.59	-0.56	PHI
Cory Joseph	DET	96.3	$3,400	PG	$3,800	PG	21.3	15.7	3.1	15%	3%	56%	12%	0.74	0.05	0.74	0.00	MIA

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
Bojan Bogdanovic	UTA	120.0	$5,200	SF/PF	$5,100	SF/PF	29.8	25.8	-1.0	22%	0%	63%	5%	0.87	0.06	0.82	0.05	MIN
Justin Holiday	IND	116.0	$3,900	SG/SF	$4,100	SF/SG	27.5	18.1	-4.8	16%	6%	53%	-8%	0.66	0.07	0.63	0.08	HOU
Aaron Gordon	DEN	115.5	$5,800	SF/PF	$5,600	PF	32.3	26.7	-1.9	18%	2%	60%	-3%	0.83	-0.10	0.82	-0.14	CHA
Mikal Bridges	PHO	115.0	$5,300	SG/SF	$5,000	SF/PF	34.3	24.3	-2.4	14%	4%	61%	-12%	0.71	0.05	0.73	0.03	OKC
Gordon Hayward	CHA	113.0	$6,600	SF/PF	$7,600	SF/SG	33.7	32.2	-7.6	21%	3%	58%	8%	0.96	0.09	0.94	0.04	DEN
Talen Horton-Tucker	LAL	112.8	$5,200	SF	$5,000	SG/SF	29.0	23.7	2.4	19%	-1%	46%	-35%	0.82	-0.60	0.83	-0.61	SAS
Doug McDermott	SAS	111.3	$3,800	SF	$4,200	PF/SF	25.1	17.4	-0.2	17%	3%	58%	-6%	0.69	0.06	0.65	0.06	LAL
Jonathan Kuminga	GSW	111.0	$3,600	PF	$3,900	SF	8.4	7.4	5.8	23%	1%	54%	12%	0.88	-0.02	0.88	-0.05	MEM
Furkan Korkmaz	PHI	109.8	$3,400	SG/SF	$4,500	SG/SF	22.2	17.3	10.0	19%	-3%	48%	-3%	0.78	-0.03	0.76	0.02	ATL
Malik Beasley	MIN	107.5	$5,100	SG	$5,300	SF/SG	26.3	20.8	4.0	19%	2%	50%	3%	0.79	0.06	0.75	0.06	UTA
Garrison Mathews	HOU	107.5	$4,700	SF	$4,800	SF	28.9	21.1	1.3	15%	1%	62%	1%	0.73	0.08	0.72	0.06	IND
Josh Hart	NOP	107.5	$6,200	SF/PF	$6,800	SG/SF	31.9	29.1	5.7	16%	0%	60%	4%	0.91	0.05	0.90	0.03	ORL
Pat Connaughton	MIL	107.3	$5,200	SG/SF	$5,500	SG/SF	29.1	23.7	1.5	15%	0%	64%	-14%	0.81	-0.07	0.80	-0.04	DAL
Duncan Robinson	MIA	106.8	$4,900	SG/SF	$4,900	SG	28.5	21.4	3.5	18%	1%	54%	5%	0.75	0.08	0.72	0.07	DET
Deni Avdija	WAS	105.8	$4,200	SF/PF	$5,000	SF/PF	21.7	17.8	2.2	14%	4%	55%	15%	0.82	0.21	0.85	0.22	NYK
Dillon Brooks	MEM	105.5	$6,800	SF	$6,500	SG/SF	28.9	30.9	6.2	29%	0%	53%	2%	1.07	0.01	1.05	0.00	GSW
Evan Fournier	NYK	103.8	$5,800	SG/SF	$5,600	SF/SG	29.0	22.3	6.0	20%	3%	54%	3%	0.77	0.08	0.74	0.09	WAS
Dorian Finney-Smith	DAL	102.8	$5,900	SF/PF	$6,200	SF/SG	32.6	23.1	5.7	14%	4%	57%	7%	0.71	0.10	0.72	0.07	MIL
Franz Wagner	ORL	101.0	$7,400	SF/PF	$6,800	SF/SG	32.2	28.2	1.6	20%	8%	53%	-7%	0.87	0.16	0.88	0.16	NOP
Josh Giddey	OKC	99.5	$7,500	SG/SF	$7,400	SG	30.1	31.5	2.9	21%	1%	45%	1%	1.05	0.19	1.03	0.17	PHO
Cam Reddish	ATL	99.3	$4,600	SG/SF	$4,300	SG/SF	23.1	19.7	4.6	22%	-1%	56%	9%	0.85	0.08	0.84	0.09	PHI
Hamidou Diallo	DET	96.3	$4,400	SG/SF	$4,800	SG/SF	17.8	15.1	9.7	17%	0%	58%	-3%	0.85	-0.09	0.88	-0.09	MIA

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
Royce O’Neale	UTA	120.0	$4,300	PF	$4,800	SF/PF	30.8	22.3	-0.8	10%	0%	63%	-8%	0.72	0.07	0.75	0.06	MIN
Domantas Sabonis	IND	116.0	$10,100	PF/C	$8,600	PF/C	33.9	41.7	-1.2	21%	1%	65%	-3%	1.23	-0.11	1.18	-0.09	HOU
Jeff Green	DEN	115.5	$4,300	SF/PF	$5,400	PF/SF	25.2	17.1	2.8	16%	1%	60%	6%	0.68	0.02	0.67	-0.03	CHA
Jae Crowder	PHO	115.0	$4,200	PF	$4,800	PF/SF	27.9	21.1	-0.2	15%	0%	55%	12%	0.76	-0.13	0.76	-0.18	OKC
Miles Bridges	CHA	113.0	$7,700	SF/PF	$8,300	SF	36.5	38.9	-1.3	22%	0%	57%	4%	1.06	0.13	1.06	0.12	DEN
LeBron James	LAL	112.8	$11,300	PG/SF	$11,400	SF/PF	37.0	50.4	1.0	29%	-1%	61%	3%	1.36	-0.07	1.33	-0.06	SAS
Keldon Johnson	SAS	111.3	$5,700	PF	$6,300	PF/SF	30.8	28.1	0.8	20%	0%	56%	7%	0.91	0.16	0.89	0.12	LAL
Draymond Green	GSW	111.0	$7,700	PF/C	$7,600	PF/C	30.4	33.0	1.7	14%	2%	59%	-1%	1.08	0.16	1.10	0.13	MEM
Tobias Harris	PHI	109.8	$9,200	PF	$7,100	PF/SF	34.6	35.4	0.4	24%	1%	55%	-3%	1.02	-0.13	1.00	-0.14	ATL
Jaden McDaniels	MIN	107.5	$4,300	SF/PF	$4,100	PF	25.6	16.6	3.5	13%	1%	48%	12%	0.65	0.08	0.67	0.06	UTA
Jae’Sean Tate	HOU	107.5	$5,900	PF	$6,100	SF/PF	27.5	26.8	-4.1	20%	6%	56%	-1%	0.97	0.11	0.97	0.09	IND
Herb Jones	NOP	107.5	$4,000	PF/C	$5,400	PF	27.3	18.1	1.6	12%	0%	54%	3%	0.66	-0.03	0.72	-0.04	ORL
Khris Middleton	MIL	107.3	$8,000	SF	$7,700	SF/SG	30.8	34.5	-2.4	26%	1%	54%	1%	1.12	0.23	1.07	0.29	DAL
Max Strus	MIA	106.8	$5,200	SG/SF	$5,800	SG	21.9	17.9	9.8	17%	4%	62%	7%	0.82	0.22	0.78	0.20	DET
Kyle Kuzma	WAS	105.8	$6,800	SF/PF	$5,400	SF/PF	32.3	29.7	-4.4	19%	-4%	52%	-20%	0.92	-0.33	0.89	-0.25	NYK
Jaren Jackson	MEM	105.5	$6,900	PF/C	$6,700	PF/C	27.1	30.1	-0.7	25%	0%	55%	-6%	1.11	-0.22	1.14	-0.23	GSW
Julius Randle	NYK	103.8	$10,500	PF/C	$8,700	PF/C	35.5	42.1	1.5	27%	4%	52%	1%	1.19	-0.02	1.13	-0.03	WAS
Kristaps Porzingis	DAL	102.8	$9,000	PF	$8,700	PF/C	29.9	37.5	-0.8	28%	6%	55%	-4%	1.25	0.13	1.26	0.14	MIL
Chuma Okeke	ORL	101.0	$5,100	SF/PF	$6,800	PF	22.8	18.1	11.2	17%	1%	47%	9%	0.79	0.23	0.82	0.26	NOP
Darius Bazley	OKC	99.5	$4,300	PF	$5,600	PF/SF	27.2	22.7	-2.4	17%	0%	47%	8%	0.83	0.06	0.86	0.07	PHO
John Collins	ATL	99.3	$7,300	PF/C	$7,700	PF/C	32.7	35.1	1.1	19%	3%	65%	2%	1.07	0.08	1.08	0.03	PHI
Saddiq Bey	DET	96.3	$6,700	SF/PF	$5,400	SF	32.3	27.4	4.2	20%	2%	47%	15%	0.85	0.22	0.83	0.19	MIA

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
Rudy Gobert	UTA	120.0	$9,700	C	$9,500	C	31.9	42.1	1.6	17%	1%	74%	-2%	1.32	0.15	1.34	0.13	MIN
Myles Turner	IND	116.0	$6,700	C	$6,400	C/PF	29.3	31.1	-0.5	17%	1%	64%	-12%	1.06	0.02	1.12	0.09	HOU
Nikola Jokic	DEN	115.5	$12,200	C	$11,300	C	32.3	58.5	-3.2	31%	-4%	66%	7%	1.81	0.03	1.74	0.05	CHA
Deandre Ayton	PHO	115.0	$8,300	C	$8,100	C	30.7	36.7	-0.9	22%	2%	64%	7%	1.19	0.24	1.19	0.23	OKC
Mason Plumlee	CHA	113.0	$4,000	C	$4,900	C	25.2	22.8	-4.8	12%	0%	56%	0%	0.90	0.06	0.94	0.05	DEN
DeAndre Jordan	LAL	112.8	$3,700	C	$4,100	C	13.5	14.3	-0.1	12%	-3%	68%	-6%	1.06	-0.15	1.12	-0.14	SAS
Jakob Poeltl	SAS	111.3	$6,600	C	$7,500	C	29.1	31.4	1.1	17%	-1%	58%	-8%	1.08	-0.09	1.11	-0.06	LAL
Kevon Looney	GSW	111.0	$3,700	C	$4,400	C/PF	18.7	18.0	2.6	13%	-3%	56%	3%	0.96	-0.16	1.01	-0.15	MEM
Joel Embiid	PHI	109.8	$12,000	C	$10,700	C	33.4	50.5	3.4	34%	1%	57%	4%	1.51	0.06	1.51	0.07	ATL
Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	107.5	$10,600	C	$10,100	C	34.5	45.7	0.3	27%	1%	63%	7%	1.32	0.18	1.28	0.20	UTA
Christian Wood	HOU	107.5	$8,600	C	$8,200	PF/C	31.5	37.9	-2.2	23%	5%	54%	4%	1.20	0.08	1.17	0.06	IND
Willy Hernangomez	NOP	107.5	$3,800	C	$4,600	PF/C	14.2	19.6	-0.2	20%	-3%	68%	7%	1.38	-0.10	1.37	-0.06	ORL
DeMarcus Cousins	MIL	107.3	$4,700	C	$6,000	C	15.8	18.0	7.9	20%	1%	52%	4%	1.14	0.19	1.16	0.21	DAL
Dewayne Dedmon	MIA	106.8	$5,300	C	$5,200	C	17.6	17.5	8.7	15%	0%	65%	5%	0.99	-0.02	1.00	-0.04	DET
Daniel Gafford	WAS	105.8	$4,800	C	$5,400	C	21.5	22.8	1.4	16%	-1%	67%	-11%	1.06	-0.19	1.13	-0.23	NYK
Steven Adams	MEM	105.5	$5,200	C	$5,300	C	25.3	24.8	3.8	13%	-1%	56%	-2%	0.98	0.11	1.00	0.11	GSW
Mitchell Robinson	NYK	103.8	$6,100	C	$5,700	C	24.2	22.2	-1.5	10%	2%	75%	7%	0.92	0.23	0.99	0.26	WAS
Dwight Powell	DAL	102.8	$4,100	C	$4,500	C/PF	19.3	14.7	-3.6	12%	4%	65%	4%	0.76	0.02	0.78	-0.04	MIL
Robin Lopez	ORL	101.0	$4,500	C	$5,700	C	18.8	17.8	8.3	19%	2%	58%	-5%	0.95	0.08	0.94	0.07	NOP
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	OKC	99.5	$3,500	PF/C	$4,000	PF	22.0	17.1	1.9	15%	3%	52%	-2%	0.78	-0.07	0.76	-0.07	PHO
Gorgui Dieng	ATL	99.3	$3,300	C	$3,500	C	8.8	9.1	1.7	15%	1%	56%	12%	1.03	-0.10	1.06	-0.08	PHI
Isaiah Stewart	DET	96.3	$5,100	C	$5,600	PF	26.0	22.7	0.8	13%	5%	56%	-2%	0.87	0.07	0.90	0.02	MIA

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
Jordan Clarkson	UTA	120.0	$5,400	PG/SG	$5,000	PG/SG	25.1	24.5	1.2	26%	-2%	50%	8%	0.98	0.08	0.94	0.09	MIN
Joe Ingles	UTA	120.0	$4,100	SG/SF	$4,200	SG/SF	24.8	18.5	2.0	13%	-1%	61%	-13%	0.74	-0.09	0.71	-0.08	MIN
Rudy Gay	UTA	120.0	$3,500	SF/PF	$4,000	PF/SF	19.1	17.9	0.3	19%	-1%	55%	-21%	0.93	-0.22	0.90	-0.16	MIN
Chris Duarte	IND	116.0	$5,000	SG/SF	$5,300	SF	28.7	23.7	-4.8	21%	0%	52%	5%	0.83	0.09	0.80	0.07	HOU
Oshae Brissett	IND	116.0	$3,800	PF/C	$4,500	SF	16.1	12.3	6.9	15%	0%	57%	6%	0.76	0.15	0.76	0.21	HOU
Jeremy Lamb	IND	116.0	$3,400	SG/SF	$3,900	SG/SF	14.0	13.2	1.1	21%	1%	51%	-18%	0.94	-0.11	0.94	-0.08	HOU
Facundo Campazzo	DEN	115.5	$4,000	PG	$5,400	PG	20.5	16.5	5.5	15%	1%	55%	-10%	0.81	0.20	0.82	0.23	CHA
JaMychal Green	DEN	115.5	$3,100	PF/C	$4,200	PF/C	14.7	13.3	6.8	19%	-11%	49%	-11%	0.90	-0.06	0.95	0.02	CHA
Bones Hyland	DEN	115.5	$3,900	PG/SG	$5,400	PG	16.6	15.5	3.1	23%	0%	55%	8%	0.93	-0.03	0.91	-0.03	CHA
Cameron Johnson	PHO	115.0	$4,800	SF/PF	$5,400	SF	24.3	20.0	2.1	16%	2%	58%	0%	0.82	0.12	0.81	0.09	OKC
Cameron Payne	PHO	115.0	$5,200	PG/SG	$5,700	PG/SG	20.0	21.3	6.2	26%	-3%	49%	3%	1.06	0.05	1.04	0.08	OKC
Landry Shamet	PHO	115.0	$3,400	SG/SF	$3,800	SG	20.9	14.8	3.7	16%	0%	54%	5%	0.71	-0.04	0.67	-0.03	OKC
Kelly Oubre	CHA	113.0	$5,900	SG/SF	$6,000	SF/SG	29.0	27.1	-3.6	22%	-1%	57%	-11%	0.93	-0.18	0.91	-0.16	DEN
PJ Washington	CHA	113.0	$5,100	PF/C	$6,000	PF/C	25.0	24.6	-0.9	18%	1%	59%	2%	0.98	0.13	0.99	0.12	DEN
Jalen McDaniels	CHA	113.0	$3,600	PF	$4,200	PF	16.7	14.4	8.9	14%	1%	66%	-1%	0.86	0.04	0.86	0.04	DEN
Carmelo Anthony	LAL	112.8	$4,800	PF	$5,200	SF/PF	27.3	23.4	-3.0	19%	2%	57%	-8%	0.86	0.11	0.85	0.14	SAS
Isaiah Thomas	LAL	112.8	$4,100	PG	$5,000	PG	26.5	17.0	0.0	22%	0%	45%	0%	0.64	0.00	0.59	0.00	SAS
Rajon Rondo	LAL	112.8	$3,800	PG	$3,900	PG	16.3	13.5	6.8	15%	-4%	39%	12%	0.83	-0.18	0.81	-0.21	SAS
Lonnie Walker	SAS	111.3	$4,300	SG/SF	$5,200	SG/SF	22.4	20.3	0.8	23%	1%	50%	5%	0.91	0.19	0.89	0.19	LAL
Devin Vassell	SAS	111.3	$3,900	SF/PF	$5,000	SG	24.5	22.1	0.9	18%	-2%	56%	-3%	0.90	-0.10	0.93	-0.10	LAL
Bryn Forbes	SAS	111.3	$3,500	SG	$4,000	SG	14.7	12.1	2.1	22%	3%	60%	9%	0.82	0.32	0.78	0.30	LAL
Otto Porter	GSW	111.0	$4,800	SF/PF	$4,500	SF/PF	19.9	18.3	3.2	15%	0%	60%	4%	0.92	0.15	0.92	0.23	MEM
Chris Chiozza	GSW	111.0	$3,200	PG	$3,600	PG	12.4	8.6	4.4	14%	0%	47%	-17%	0.69	-0.08	0.65	-0.08	MEM
Nemanja Bjelica	GSW	111.0	$3,300	PF/C	$4,000	PF	14.7	15.9	3.6	20%	0%	58%	2%	1.08	-0.01	1.07	-0.02	MEM
Matisse Thybulle	PHI	109.8	$3,500	SF/PF	$4,200	SF	24.5	15.5	-3.0	11%	2%	56%	-6%	0.63	0.00	0.71	0.00	ATL
Isaiah Joe	PHI	109.8	$3,600	SG	$3,600	PG	11.6	6.9	7.8	15%	-4%	47%	-12%	0.59	-0.17	0.57	-0.13	ATL
Charles Bassey	PHI	109.8	$3,300	C	$3,500	C	8.9	9.9	6.0	15%	4%	68%	-8%	1.11	0.22	1.20	0.20	ATL
Naz Reid	MIN	107.5	$4,200	PF/C	$4,000	C	16.0	16.9	-0.5	22%	-2%	56%	-3%	1.06	-0.07	1.09	-0.08	UTA
Jaylen Nowell	MIN	107.5	$3,900	PG	$4,000	PG	9.3	9.2	7.5	22%	1%	49%	4%	0.99	-0.08	1.02	-0.12	UTA
Jordan McLaughlin	MIN	107.5	$3,300	PG	$3,500	PG	10.9	7.4	0.0	13%	2%	39%	-7%	0.68	-0.21	0.69	-0.25	UTA
Josh Christopher	HOU	107.5	$4,000	SG/SF	$4,400	SG	13.5	11.6	12.2	20%	-2%	60%	8%	0.86	0.00	0.84	-0.01	IND
Alperen Sengun	HOU	107.5	$5,700	C	$5,300	C/PF	18.7	22.1	1.4	21%	0%	58%	-6%	1.18	-0.27	1.21	-0.32	IND
KJ Martin	HOU	107.5	$4,400	PF/C	$5,300	SF/PF	18.2	16.3	9.7	16%	0%	60%	6%	0.90	0.09	0.92	0.05	IND
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	NOP	107.5	$4,700	PG/SG	$4,800	SG/SF	28.2	25.6	-1.2	24%	4%	47%	4%	0.91	0.02	0.88	-0.02	ORL
Garrett Temple	NOP	107.5	$3,300	SG	$3,600	SF	18.1	13.1	-4.6	14%	0%	52%	-9%	0.72	-0.19	0.75	-0.27	ORL
Tomas Satoransky	NOP	107.5	$3,200	PG/SF	$3,600	PG	14.8	8.4	-2.0	12%	0%	37%	-23%	0.57	-0.09	0.56	-0.05	ORL
Jordan Nwora	MIL	107.3	$5,000	PF	$6,900	PF/SF	19.3	16.7	15.2	20%	3%	51%	3%	0.86	0.27	0.83	0.28	DAL
George Hill	MIL	107.3	$3,600	PG	$3,900	PG	26.4	17.3	-1.7	12%	3%	57%	4%	0.66	0.00	0.65	-0.01	DAL
Wesley Matthews	MIL	107.3	$3,100	SF	$3,500	SG	15.3	9.6	5.1	11%	4%	69%	45%	0.63	0.56	0.63	0.51	DAL
Tyler Herro	MIA	106.8	$6,800	PG/SG	$6,200	SG/SF	32.4	33.5	-11.2	29%	8%	54%	12%	1.03	0.72	0.96	0.68	DET
Omer Yurtseven	MIA	106.8	$4,200	C	$4,800	C	8.9	9.8	9.5	20%	0%	51%	-7%	1.10	0.17	1.16	0.17	DET
KZ Okpala	MIA	106.8	$3,500	PF	$4,000	SF	11.4	8.2	5.7	14%	1%	51%	7%	0.72	0.04	0.74	0.05	DET
Montrezl Harrell	WAS	105.8	$5,200	C	$5,300	C/PF	25.8	29.1	-2.4	20%	-4%	68%	0%	1.13	-0.16	1.13	-0.17	NYK
Raul Neto	WAS	105.8	$3,800	PG	$4,200	PG	20.2	15.6	2.3	19%	0%	52%	-3%	0.77	0.01	0.77	0.02	NYK
Corey Kispert	WAS	105.8	$3,500	SG/SF	$3,600	SF	13.1	8.2	6.5	14%	0%	51%	-13%	0.62	0.09	0.63	0.17	NYK
Kyle Anderson	MEM	105.5	$4,900	SF/PF	$5,600	SF/PF	22.0	22.3	2.0	17%	2%	50%	-10%	1.01	0.11	1.05	0.14	GSW
Tyus Jones	MEM	105.5	$5,800	PG	$5,500	PG	21.4	19.5	9.7	15%	0%	56%	-3%	0.91	-0.26	0.91	-0.30	GSW
De’Anthony Melton	MEM	105.5	$4,600	PG/SG	$6,100	SG/PG	24.1	24.2	-2.2	19%	1%	52%	-5%	1.00	0.18	1.03	0.24	GSW
Obi Toppin	NYK	103.8	$3,500	PF	$5,000	PF	15.9	16.5		22%		60%		1.04		1.05		WAS
Taj Gibson	NYK	103.8	$3,500	PF/C	$4,000	C	18.6	12.5	0.4	10%	3%	50%	-3%	0.67	0.02	0.73	0.01	WAS
Wayne Selden	NYK	103.8	$3,000	SF	$3,600	SG	6.4	2.7	2.7	14%	1%	43%	0%	0.42	0.04	0.39	0.03	WAS
Frank Ntilikina	DAL	102.8	$3,100	PG	$3,900	PG	12.8	9.4	-0.4	16%	-4%	47%	-19%	0.73	-0.19	0.74	-0.17	MIL
Theo Pinson	DAL	102.8	$3,600	SG	$4,600	SG/SF	21.6	26.5	0.0	17%	0%	44%	0%	1.23	0.00	1.41	0.00	MIL
Marquese Chriss	DAL	102.8	$3,500	PF	$4,000	PF	16.4	18.0	0.0	12%	0%	60%	0%	1.10	0.00	1.16	0.00	MIL
Admiral Schofield	ORL	101.0	$3,000	PF	$3,500	SF	11.6	7.1	0.0	13%	0%	89%	0%	0.61	0.00	0.54	0.00	NOP
Tim Frazier	ORL	101.0	$3,000	PG	$3,500	PG	20.4	8.8	0.0	16%	0%	13%	0%	0.43	0.00	0.40	0.00	NOP
B.J. Johnson	ORL	101.0	$3,500	SG	$3,900	SF	18.9	15.3	0.0	15%	0%	65%	0%	0.81	0.00	0.79	0.00	NOP
Kenrich Williams	OKC	99.5	$3,700	SF	$4,500	SF	20.7	16.8	1.0	15%	0%	54%	13%	0.81	0.07	0.83	0.05	PHO
Tre Mann	OKC	99.5	$3,300	PG/SG	$4,000	PG	16.3	12.4	1.5	20%	-2%	51%	1%	0.76	0.10	0.76	0.08	PHO
Aleksej Pokusevski	OKC	99.5	$3,400	SF/PF	$4,000	PF	14.8	13.2	-0.5	19%	-3%	40%	15%	0.89	-0.15	0.90	-0.20	PHO
Bogdan Bogdanovic	ATL	99.3	$5,100	PG/SG	$6,200	SF/SG	27.9	21.7	-6.0	17%	2%	55%	-25%	0.78	-0.05	0.76	0.04	PHI
Lance Stephenson	ATL	99.3	$3,200	SG	$4,100	SF	22.6	18.0	0.0	11%	0%	10%	0%	0.80	0.00	0.77	0.00	PHI
Onyeka Okongwu	ATL	99.3	$3,100	PF/C	$3,800	C	16.3	18.6	0.0	17%	0%	93%	0%	1.14	0.00	1.22	0.00	PHI
Frank Jackson	DET	96.3	$3,700	SG	$4,100	PG	22.1	15.2	0.6	20%	0%	54%	1%	0.69	0.03	0.65	0.02	MIA
Saben Lee	DET	96.3	$4,500	PG	$5,000	PG	15.5	14.9	5.2	19%	1%	48%	1%	0.96	-0.03	1.01	-0.03	MIA
Trey Lyles	DET	96.3	$3,600	PF/C	$4,600	PF	16.6	15.4	2.3	21%	2%	55%	-1%	0.93	0.16	0.91	0.21	MIA

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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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