NBA DFS First Look: Tuesday, January 11th

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)
Oklahoma City Thunder Washington Wizards WAS -9.0 215.5 103.3 112.3 7:00 PM
Phoenix Suns Toronto Raptors PHO -4.0 223.0 113.5 109.5 7:30 PM
Golden State Warriors Memphis Grizzlies GSW -1.5 221.0 111.3 109.8 8:00 PM
Minnesota Timberwolves New Orleans Pelicans MIN -3.5 227.5 115.5 112.0 8:00 PM
Detroit Pistons Chicago Bulls CHI -14.0 220.5 103.3 117.3 8:00 PM
Denver Nuggets Los Angeles Clippers DEN -3.0 213.0 108.0 105.0 10:30 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Chicago Bulls -14.0 117.3 112.0 99.1 DET 110.6 99.5 99.3
Minnesota Timberwolves -3.5 115.5 108.6 100.2 NOP 111.6 98.0 99.1
Phoenix Suns -4.0 113.5 111.2 100.5 TOR 109.7 97.0 98.8
Washington Wizards -9.0 112.3 108.6 97.9 OKC 108.6 98.8 98.4
New Orleans Pelicans 3.5 112.0 107.0 98.0 MIN 107.7 100.2 99.1
Golden State Warriors -1.5 111.3 110.8 98.8 MEM 108.2 99.3 99.1
Memphis Grizzlies 1.5 109.8 112.2 99.3 GSW 101.9 98.8 99.1
Toronto Raptors 4.0 109.5 111.1 97.0 PHO 104.2 100.5 98.8
Denver Nuggets -3.0 108.0 108.8 97.1 LAC 106.6 99.0 98.0
Los Angeles Clippers 3.0 105.0 105.9 99.0 DEN 109.1 97.1 98.0
Oklahoma City Thunder 9.0 103.3 100.8 98.8 WAS 110.7 97.9 98.4
Detroit Pistons 14.0 103.3 101.6 99.5 CHI 108.5 99.1 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
Lonzo Ball CHI 117.3 $6,800 PG $7,100 PG 35.3 33.7 -2.2 17% -4% 57% 1% 0.95 0.04 0.95 0.06 DET
Patrick Beverley MIN 115.5 $5,300 PG $6,800 PG 26.7 26.7 -2.9 15% 9% 54% 9% 1.00 0.63 1.02 0.59 NOP
Chris Paul PHO 113.5 $7,700 PG $8,100 PG 32.2 39.0 -0.2 20% -3% 56% -8% 1.21 0.04 1.20 -0.02 TOR
Spencer Dinwiddie WAS 112.3 $6,000 PG $7,100 PG 30.2 29.1 0.9 21% -5% 52% 9% 0.96 -0.03 0.92 0.02 OKC
Devonte’ Graham NOP 112.0 $5,600 PG $5,500 PG/SG 31.3 27.0 0.3 20% 1% 52% -3% 0.86 -0.12 0.83 -0.14 MIN
Stephen Curry GSW 111.3 $10,700 PG $10,800 PG 34.8 47.4 0.1 31% 1% 59% -21% 1.36 -0.35 1.29 -0.33 MEM
Ja Morant MEM 109.8 $8,900 PG $9,900 PG 32.2 44.9 -2.3 31% 0% 58% -4% 1.40 -0.02 1.37 0.03 GSW
Fred VanVleet TOR 109.5 $9,600 PG/SG $9,700 PG 37.5 43.6 -1.0 24% 4% 59% 4% 1.16 0.33 1.13 0.31 PHO
Monte Morris DEN 108.0 $4,700 PG $4,900 PG 29.9 24.2 -1.2 18% -1% 57% 8% 0.81 0.04 0.79 0.02 LAC
Reggie Jackson LAC 105.0 $5,800 PG $5,500 PG 31.8 28.8 -6.9 26% 5% 49% -5% 0.91 -0.07 0.85 -0.09 DEN
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC 103.3 $7,600 PG $7,800 SG/PG 34.9 38.7 -2.4 28% -4% 52% -11% 1.11 -0.26 1.10 -0.25 WAS
Killian Hayes DET 103.3 $3,800 PG $3,700 PG 25.8 18.1 -0.6 14% 0% 44% -3% 0.70 -0.10 0.71 -0.09 CHI

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
Zach LaVine CHI 117.3 $9,400 SG/SF $7,500 SG/PG 35.0 40.4 0.0 30% 3% 61% -1% 1.15 -0.14 1.09 -0.15 DET
D’Angelo Russell MIN 115.5 $8,000 PG/SG $7,600 SG/PG 32.9 37.1 -1.5 25% -6% 52% 18% 1.13 0.09 1.08 0.06 NOP
Devin Booker PHO 113.5 $8,600 PG/SG $8,500 SG 32.7 39.7 -0.7 31% 3% 56% -4% 1.21 0.01 1.17 -0.03 TOR
Bradley Beal WAS 112.3 $9,500 PG/SG $9,500 SG 36.0 41.4 -0.2 30% 1% 54% 3% 1.15 0.13 1.11 0.11 OKC
Brandon Ingram NOP 112.0 $8,200 SG/SF $8,000 SF 34.6 38.9 -1.0 29% 0% 54% -6% 1.13 -0.01 1.09 -0.01 MIN
Klay Thompson GSW 111.3 $6,000 SG $6,300 SG 19.9 24.8 0.0 1.24 0.00 1.17 0.00 MEM
Desmond Bane MEM 109.8 $6,500 SG/SF $7,200 SG 29.9 30.9 -0.1 22% -2% 60% 13% 1.03 0.31 1.01 0.33 GSW
Gary Trent TOR 109.5 $5,300 SG $5,200 SG/SF 34.0 28.6 -1.5 20% 0% 54% 2% 0.84 0.01 0.85 -0.01 PHO
Austin Rivers DEN 108.0 $4,100 SG/SF $5,300 SG/PG 20.2 10.9 2.7 14% 0% 50% 8% 0.54 0.00 0.52 0.00 LAC
Amir Coffey LAC 105.0 $4,400 SG $5,400 PF 17.5 12.2 10.2 12% 2% 62% 7% 0.70 0.04 0.69 0.00 DEN
Josh Giddey OKC 103.3 $6,900 SF $6,600 SG 30.4 32.6 2.9 21% -2% 46% 12% 1.07 0.20 1.04 0.15 WAS
Cade Cunningham DET 103.3 $7,800 SG/SF $6,500 PG/SG 32.5 34.3 -0.5 26% 1% 49% 2% 1.06 0.01 1.01 0.02 CHI

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
DeMar DeRozan CHI 117.3 $8,700 PF $8,200 SG/SF 35.1 41.7 -1.2 30% 2% 58% -8% 1.19 -0.05 1.18 -0.07 DET
Anthony Edwards MIN 115.5 $7,900 SG/SF $8,200 SF/SG 35.4 39.4 -3.2 27% -2% 56% 11% 1.11 0.23 1.08 0.27 NOP
Mikal Bridges PHO 113.5 $5,300 SG/SF $5,300 SF/PF 34.0 23.9 0.1 14% 3% 62% 6% 0.70 0.08 0.72 0.04 TOR
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope WAS 112.3 $5,100 SG/SF $4,800 SG/SF 29.7 22.2 2.0 17% 0% 56% 6% 0.75 0.01 0.74 -0.01 OKC
Josh Hart NOP 112.0 $6,300 SF $6,800 SG/SF 32.8 31.2 3.4 16% 1% 61% -2% 0.95 -0.08 0.93 -0.11 MIN
Andrew Wiggins GSW 111.3 $6,400 SF $6,800 SF 31.5 30.7 1.6 24% -2% 59% -1% 0.97 -0.07 0.96 -0.03 MEM
Kyle Anderson MEM 109.8 $5,000 SF/PF $5,700 SF/PF 22.5 22.3 6.3 17% 2% 51% 8% 0.99 0.48 1.03 0.56 GSW
Scottie Barnes TOR 109.5 $6,600 SF/PF $5,600 SF/PF 35.5 33.4 -1.8 18% -3% 54% -12% 0.94 -0.15 0.95 -0.15 PHO
Aaron Gordon DEN 108.0 $4,900 SF/PF $5,100 PF 31.8 26.1 -1.4 18% -2% 59% 0% 0.82 -0.13 0.82 -0.13 LAC
Marcus Morris LAC 105.0 $6,700 SF/PF $6,900 PF/SF 30.1 28.4 -1.6 23% 4% 57% 6% 0.94 0.12 0.91 0.10 DEN
Lu Dort OKC 103.3 $5,200 SG/SF $5,600 SF/SG 32.3 27.0 -4.7 22% 2% 53% 2% 0.84 0.12 0.81 0.15 WAS
Hamidou Diallo DET 103.3 $7,200 SG/SF $6,200 SG/SF 22.0 21.4 3.3 20% 1% 56% -4% 0.97 0.02 1.01 0.03 CHI

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
Derrick Jones CHI 117.3 $3,300 SF/PF $3,800 SG/SF 17.9 14.4 4.2 13% -2% 68% 5% 0.81 -0.04 0.85 -0.07 DET
Jarred Vanderbilt MIN 115.5 $6,200 PF/C $6,300 PF 25.5 24.5 4.0 11% 4% 59% 1% 0.96 0.34 1.02 0.33 NOP
Jae Crowder PHO 113.5 $3,900 PF $4,100 PF/SF 28.1 20.8 -1.6 15% -2% 54% -32% 0.74 -0.03 0.75 0.11 TOR
Kyle Kuzma WAS 112.3 $8,400 SF/PF $8,800 SF/PF 33.2 33.7 6.3 21% 8% 54% 4% 1.01 0.30 0.98 0.27 OKC
Herb Jones NOP 112.0 $5,100 PF/C $5,800 PF 28.8 20.8 5.9 13% 1% 55% 3% 0.72 0.08 0.78 0.10 MIN
Otto Porter GSW 111.3 $4,900 SF/PF $5,100 SF/PF 21.2 20.2 -0.4 15% 3% 58% -17% 0.95 0.05 0.97 0.08 MEM
Jaren Jackson MEM 109.8 $7,100 PF/C $7,000 PF/C 27.5 31.0 1.2 25% 0% 53% 6% 1.13 0.31 1.17 0.36 GSW
OG Anunoby TOR 109.5 $6,300 SF/PF $6,700 SF/PF 35.8 33.7 -2.2 22% -3% 55% 9% 0.94 -0.02 0.94 -0.05 PHO
JaMychal Green DEN 108.0 $3,700 PF/C $4,200 PF/C 14.9 14.0 1.8 19% -1% 55% 16% 0.94 0.00 0.97 -0.01 LAC
Nicolas Batum LAC 105.0 $4,300 SF/PF $4,700 SF/PF 25.5 20.5 -2.9 12% 1% 63% -10% 0.80 0.16 0.82 0.18 DEN
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl OKC 103.3 $3,700 PF/C $4,100 PF 22.6 17.7 1.8 15% -1% 52% -9% 0.78 -0.03 0.77 0.03 WAS
Saddiq Bey DET 103.3 $7,500 SF/PF $6,500 SF 33.7 29.6 -0.7 21% -2% 51% 4% 0.88 -0.09 0.85 -0.09 CHI

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
Nikola Vucevic CHI 117.3 $9,000 C $9,100 C 33.4 40.7 1.3 23% 0% 49% 0% 1.22 -0.01 1.21 0.01 DET
Karl-Anthony Towns MIN 115.5 $10,000 C $9,700 C 34.3 46.2 -1.9 28% 1% 63% 2% 1.35 0.24 1.31 0.26 NOP
Deandre Ayton PHO 113.5 $7,200 C $7,300 C 30.8 36.2 1.2 21% -11% 65% 24% 1.18 -0.38 1.17 -0.34 TOR
Daniel Gafford WAS 112.3 $6,200 C $5,600 C 22.9 24.0 4.7 15% -3% 71% 9% 1.05 -0.04 1.11 -0.04 OKC
Jonas Valanciunas NOP 112.0 $8,500 C $7,900 C 31.7 40.7 1.0 24% 0% 60% 2% 1.28 -0.01 1.24 -0.02 MIN
Kevon Looney GSW 111.3 $4,800 C $5,300 C/PF 20.0 19.0 3.9 13% 1% 56% -7% 0.95 0.08 0.99 0.09 MEM
Steven Adams MEM 109.8 $5,300 C $5,300 C 25.6 25.5 1.8 13% -3% 56% -13% 1.00 -0.01 1.01 -0.01 GSW
Pascal Siakam TOR 109.5 $9,200 C $9,800 PF 35.6 41.1 2.1 25% -1% 55% 5% 1.15 0.12 1.14 0.11 PHO
Nikola Jokic DEN 108.0 $12,000 C $11,400 C 32.7 59.4 1.9 32% -1% 63% -1% 1.82 0.03 1.74 0.03 LAC
Ivica Zubac LAC 105.0 $5,100 C $4,900 C 24.9 24.5 -3.0 14% -4% 70% 11% 0.98 0.09 1.01 0.08 DEN
Derrick Favors OKC 103.3 $3,000 C $3,500 C/PF 16.1 13.4 -1.8 14% 0% 51% -7% 0.83 -0.16 0.85 -0.15 WAS
Isaiah Stewart DET 103.3 $4,700 C $5,000 PF 25.5 22.4 -4.6 14% 2% 56% -7% 0.88 0.06 0.91 0.10 CHI

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
Coby White CHI 117.3 $5,600 PG/SG $5,800 PG/SG 24.9 20.1 8.0 19% -3% 58% 20% 0.81 0.03 0.77 0.03 DET
Ayo Dosunmu CHI 117.3 $3,600 PG/SG $4,000 SG 19.1 12.6 4.7 14% -3% 62% 16% 0.66 0.09 0.66 0.09 DET
Troy Brown CHI 117.3 $3,000 SF/PF $4,500 SG 14.3 10.4 4.8 13% -6% 51% 4% 0.73 -0.04 0.74 -0.01 DET
Malik Beasley MIN 115.5 $4,300 SG $4,000 SF/SG 27.1 21.5 -7.3 20% 0% 50% -12% 0.79 -0.10 0.75 -0.09 NOP
Jaden McDaniels MIN 115.5 $3,900 SF/PF $4,900 PF 26.4 18.2 -2.1 14% 3% 51% 6% 0.69 0.10 0.70 0.07 NOP
Naz Reid MIN 115.5 $4,600 PF/C $4,900 C 17.0 18.5 0.2 22% -3% 56% 6% 1.09 0.12 1.11 0.19 NOP
Cameron Payne PHO 113.5 $4,400 PG/SG $5,000 PG/SG 20.5 20.8 0.4 25% -1% 48% -5% 1.02 0.02 0.99 0.03 TOR
Landry Shamet PHO 113.5 $3,100 SG/SF $3,700 SG 20.7 14.4 2.9 16% 4% 53% 41% 0.70 0.62 0.67 0.66 TOR
Jalen Smith PHO 113.5 $5,000 PF/C $4,700 PF/C 14.1 16.1 7.3 20% 3% 58% -3% 1.14 0.12 1.15 0.08 TOR
Montrezl Harrell WAS 112.3 $4,700 C $4,900 C/PF 25.4 28.8 20% 69% 1.14 1.14 OKC
Deni Avdija WAS 112.3 $4,300 SF/PF $4,200 SF/PF 23.1 18.7 2.9 15% 1% 53% -15% 0.81 -0.12 0.84 -0.13 OKC
Raul Neto WAS 112.3 $3,300 PG $4,000 PG 20.5 15.4 2.8 18% -6% 51% -1% 0.75 -0.15 0.75 -0.16 OKC
Nickeil Alexander-Walker NOP 112.0 $4,000 PG/SG $4,200 SG/SF 27.1 24.2 -8.7 25% 2% 47% -3% 0.89 -0.08 0.86 -0.07 MIN
Jaxson Hayes NOP 112.0 $3,100 C $4,800 PF 13.5 13.1 0.7 18% -4% 62% -3% 0.97 -0.10 1.01 -0.06 MIN
Garrett Temple NOP 112.0 $3,900 SG/SF $3,800 SF 19.8 14.4 2.9 14% -1% 54% -11% 0.73 -0.13 0.73 -0.15 MIN
Jordan Poole GSW 111.3 $5,200 PG/SG $5,200 PG/SG 29.8 29.0 -3.0 25% -1% 58% 0% 0.97 -0.01 0.93 0.00 MEM
Andre Iguodala GSW 111.3 $3,800 SF $4,600 SF/SG 20.8 18.5 1.8 11% 4% 50% -13% 0.89 0.13 0.93 0.18 MEM
Juan Toscano-Anderson GSW 111.3 $3,000 C $3,600 SF/PF 16.5 13.9 -0.8 14% -3% 56% -5% 0.84 0.05 0.87 0.11 MEM
De’Anthony Melton MEM 109.8 $4,700 PG/SG $6,200 SG/PG 23.8 24.5 -2.8 20% 0% 50% -21% 1.03 0.19 1.06 0.19 GSW
Brandon Clarke MEM 109.8 $5,100 PF/C $5,500 PF 17.3 20.1 5.4 17% 3% 66% -1% 1.16 0.20 1.22 0.21 GSW
Tyus Jones MEM 109.8 $4,200 PG $4,900 PG 21.4 19.6 1.4 15% 4% 56% 8% 0.91 0.10 0.92 0.07 GSW
Khem Birch TOR 109.5 $3,300 C $4,000 C/PF 21.6 16.9 -3.9 12% -1% 55% -16% 0.78 -0.02 0.83 -0.01 PHO
Svi Mykhailiuk TOR 109.5 $3,700 SG/SF $3,500 SG 17.7 12.9 -9.5 16% 0% 54% 12% 0.73 -0.09 0.73 -0.12 PHO
Chris Boucher TOR 109.5 $5,200 PF/C $4,700 C/PF 17.7 18.6 2.8 20% -6% 53% -4% 1.05 -0.12 1.09 -0.05 PHO
Facundo Campazzo DEN 108.0 $4,600 PG/SG $5,000 PG 21.9 18.5 3.1 15% -1% 54% -12% 0.84 -0.05 0.86 -0.07 LAC
Jeff Green DEN 108.0 $3,500 SF/PF $5,100 PF/SF 24.8 17.2 -5.6 16% 12% 61% 14% 0.69 0.50 0.69 0.51 LAC
Zeke Nnaji DEN 108.0 $3,000 PF/C $3,500 PF/C 14.8 11.5 -0.7 16% -8% 58% 5% 0.78 -0.07 0.77 -0.05 LAC
Terance Mann LAC 105.0 $5,000 PG/SF $4,700 SG/SF 29.6 22.4 -0.3 15% 1% 58% -12% 0.76 -0.06 0.74 -0.02 DEN
Eric Bledsoe LAC 105.0 $5,400 PG $4,700 SG/PG 26.7 23.6 -0.9 19% -1% 52% -15% 0.88 -0.27 0.88 -0.28 DEN
Serge Ibaka LAC 105.0 $4,000 PF/C $4,200 PF/C 15.7 14.5 1.4 19% 1% 57% 24% 0.92 0.10 0.91 0.09 DEN
Darius Bazley OKC 103.3 $3,800 PF $5,200 PF/SF 26.4 22.5 -5.1 18% 4% 46% -4% 0.85 -0.09 0.88 -0.10 WAS
Aaron Wiggins OKC 103.3 $4,200 SG $5,100 SG 21.0 14.8 8.7 14% 3% 61% -10% 0.70 0.04 0.71 0.06 WAS
Aleksej Pokusevski OKC 103.3 $3,400 SF/PF $3,800 PF 15.1 13.0 4.4 19% 0% 41% 7% 0.86 -0.11 0.86 -0.10 WAS
Cory Joseph DET 103.3 $4,800 PG $4,400 PG 22.2 17.4 2.3 15% -2% 59% 26% 0.78 0.26 0.78 0.24 CHI
Trey Lyles DET 103.3 $4,900 PF/C $5,700 PF 18.8 18.4 7.8 21% 1% 56% 0% 0.98 0.18 0.97 0.17 CHI
Saben Lee DET 103.3 $3,600 PG $4,200 PG 15.5 16.2 0.6 18% -1% 51% 14% 1.04 0.22 1.10 0.24 CHI

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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