NBA DFS First Look: Wednesday, February 9th

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)
San Antonio Spurs Cleveland Cavaliers CLE -6.0 216.5 105.3 111.3 7:00 PM
Chicago Bulls Charlotte Hornets CHI -2.0 236.5 119.3 117.3 7:30 PM
Toronto Raptors Oklahoma City Thunder TOR -10.0 205.0 107.5 97.5 8:00 PM
Golden State Warriors Utah Jazz UTA -2.0 224.5 111.3 113.3 10:00 PM
Los Angeles Lakers Portland Trail Blazers LAL -9.0 223.5 116.3 107.3 10:00 PM
Minnesota Timberwolves Sacramento Kings MIN -9.0 235.0 122.0 113.0 10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Minnesota Timberwolves -9.0 122.0 111.2 100.5 SAC 114.1 99.7 100.1
Chicago Bulls -2.0 119.3 112.9 98.8 CHA 112.2 101.0 99.9
Charlotte Hornets 2.0 117.3 111.4 101.0 CHI 111.5 98.8 99.9
Los Angeles Lakers -9.0 116.3 108.6 100.5 POR 114.1 98.4 99.4
Utah Jazz -2.0 113.3 115.5 98.3 GSW 103.4 98.9 98.6
Sacramento Kings 9.0 113.0 109.2 99.7 MIN 109.4 100.5 100.1
Golden State Warriors 2.0 111.3 111.7 98.9 UTA 109.4 98.3 98.6
Cleveland Cavaliers -6.0 111.3 109.8 97.0 SAS 110.6 100.2 98.6
Toronto Raptors -10.0 107.5 111.3 96.4 OKC 108.5 98.6 97.5
Portland Trail Blazers 9.0 107.3 109.3 98.4 LAL 109.9 100.5 99.4
San Antonio Spurs 6.0 105.3 110.8 100.2 CLE 105.3 97.0 98.6
Oklahoma City Thunder 10.0 97.5 102.0 98.6 TOR 109.7 96.4 97.5

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
Patrick Beverley MIN 122.0 $5,100 PG $5,100 PG 25.8 26.2 -1.7 15% 2% 52% 4% 1.02 0.10 1.04 0.07 SAC
Coby White CHI 119.3 $5,100 PG $4,500 PG/SG 27.2 22.2 -2.9 20% 3% 56% 4% 0.82 -0.04 0.78 -0.10 CHA
LaMelo Ball CHA 117.3 $8,800 PG $8,400 PG 32.3 43.9 1.8 27% 2% 54% -2% 1.36 -0.25 1.31 -0.25 CHI
Russell Westbrook LAL 116.3 $9,200 PG $7,600 PG 34.6 41.8 -3.5 27% -2% 50% -16% 1.21 -0.18 1.14 -0.16 POR
Mike Conley UTA 113.3 $6,500 PG $6,700 PG 28.5 29.5 -1.0 20% 7% 59% -4% 1.04 0.26 1.01 0.31 GSW
De’Aaron Fox SAC 113.0 $7,700 PG $8,100 PG 34.2 36.1 1.3 28% 6% 53% 8% 1.06 0.30 1.05 0.22 MIN
Stephen Curry GSW 111.3 $10,300 PG $9,500 PG 34.7 47.0 0.7 30% -5% 59% 17% 1.35 0.06 1.28 0.05 UTA
Darius Garland CLE 111.3 $8,400 PG $8,100 SG/PG 34.7 38.9 26% 58% 1.12 1.05 SAS
Fred VanVleet TOR 107.5 $8,700 PG $8,500 PG 38.6 43.5 0.5 24% -1% 57% 6% 1.13 -0.01 1.09 -0.03 OKC
Anfernee Simons POR 107.3 $7,300 PG $6,800 PG/SG 28.8 26.7 5.8 23% 1% 57% -4% 0.93 -0.02 0.87 0.00 LAL
Dejounte Murray SAS 105.3 $10,600 PG $10,600 PG/SG 34.4 49.8 2.0 26% 1% 51% 9% 1.45 0.05 1.42 0.09 CLE
Josh Giddey OKC 97.5 $7,600 PG/SG $7,000 SG/PG 31.4 33.1 3.7 22% 4% 47% 5% 1.05 0.03 1.02 0.00 TOR

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
D’Angelo Russell MIN 122.0 $7,000 PG/SG $7,400 SG/PG 32.0 37.3 -5.0 26% 3% 54% -4% 1.17 0.15 1.12 0.18 SAC
Zach LaVine CHI 119.3 $9,100 SG $8,000 SG 34.4 39.5 5.2 29% -9% 61% 6% 1.15 -0.01 1.10 0.02 CHA
Terry Rozier CHA 117.3 $6,900 PG/SG $6,400 SG/PG 33.2 33.3 5.3 22% 1% 55% 0% 1.00 -0.10 0.98 -0.13 CHI
Malik Monk LAL 116.3 $6,000 PG/SG $6,100 SG 27.1 23.7 6.8 19% 5% 61% -7% 0.87 0.07 0.85 0.06 POR
Donovan Mitchell UTA 113.3 $8,600 PG/SG $8,800 SG/PG 33.3 42.4 -4.6 32% 2% 57% 15% 1.27 0.50 1.24 0.50 GSW
Davion Mitchell SAC 113.0 $5,600 PG/SG $5,700 PG 25.9 20.1 8.8 19% 4% 47% 7% 0.78 0.03 0.77 0.00 MIN
Jordan Poole GSW 111.3 $5,800 PG/SG $6,900 PG/SG 29.1 27.9 -0.3 24% -1% 58% 2% 0.96 0.12 0.91 0.14 UTA
Caris LeVert CLE 111.3 $9,000 SG/SF $8,700 SG/SF 31.1 32.7 6.5 27% 6% 53% 9% 1.05 0.34 1.04 0.34 SAS
Gary Trent TOR 107.5 $6,500 SG $6,600 SG/SF 34.8 30.0 2.9 21% 1% 56% 7% 0.86 0.03 0.86 0.01 OKC
Ben McLemore POR 107.3 $4,300 SG/SF $4,600 SG/PG 18.1 13.6 5.5 20% 0% 57% -17% 0.75 -0.18 0.69 -0.18 LAL
Derrick White SAS 105.3 $6,100 PG/SG $6,400 PG 30.3 30.9 -1.8 20% 3% 55% 19% 1.02 0.00 1.03 -0.10 CLE
Tre Mann OKC 97.5 $4,900 PG/SG $4,700 PG 19.3 14.4 15.8 20% 3% 49% 0% 0.74 0.02 0.73 0.01 TOR

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
Anthony Edwards MIN 122.0 $8,200 SG/SF $7,400 SF/SG 34.8 38.1 -4.7 27% -5% 56% -12% 1.09 -0.35 1.07 -0.32 SAC
Javonte Green CHI 119.3 $4,400 SF $5,200 SG/SF 23.4 17.1 7.5 12% 3% 62% 8% 0.73 0.14 0.77 0.18 CHA
Miles Bridges CHA 117.3 $7,800 SF/PF $7,200 SF 35.9 38.3 0.0 22% -4% 58% -4% 1.07 -0.16 1.07 -0.12 CHI
LeBron James LAL 116.3 $10,800 PG/SF $10,800 SF/PF 36.7 54.3 0.5 31% -1% 62% -1% 1.48 0.01 1.45 -0.09 POR
Bojan Bogdanovic UTA 113.3 $6,400 SF/PF $5,400 SF/PF 31.0 27.4 1.1 23% 0% 60% 2% 0.88 0.13 0.83 0.13 GSW
Harrison Barnes SAC 113.0 $6,600 SF/PF $7,100 SF/PF 33.7 30.4 0.7 19% 1% 62% 14% 0.90 0.25 0.87 0.28 MIN
Andrew Wiggins GSW 111.3 $6,300 SF $6,700 SF 31.7 30.4 0.5 23% -2% 58% 0% 0.96 -0.05 0.95 -0.05 UTA
Isaac Okoro CLE 111.3 $3,700 SG/SF $3,500 SF/SG 28.8 17.8 1.6 14% -3% 56% 7% 0.62 -0.08 0.63 -0.08 SAS
OG Anunoby TOR 107.5 $7,200 SG/SF $7,800 SF/PF 37.2 34.6 0.5 21% -3% 55% 4% 0.93 -0.04 0.93 -0.04 OKC
CJ Elleby POR 107.3 $4,400 SG/SF $3,900 SF 12.8 10.1 10.8 14% -2% 52% -10% 0.79 -0.07 0.79 -0.07 LAL
Doug McDermott SAS 105.3 $4,300 SG/SF $3,800 PF/SF 24.3 18.0 -2.1 18% 3% 60% 28% 0.74 0.39 0.69 0.34 CLE
Lu Dort OKC 97.5 $6,200 SF/PF $7,000 SF/SG 32.7 27.8 4.3 22% 5% 54% 9% 0.85 0.24 0.83 0.22 TOR

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
Jarred Vanderbilt MIN 122.0 $5,300 PF/C $5,700 PF 25.8 24.7 -3.5 11% 7% 61% 3% 0.96 0.14 1.02 0.13 SAC
DeMar DeRozan CHI 119.3 $9,600 PF $10,500 SG/SF 35.4 43.1 4.6 30% 6% 59% 1% 1.22 0.14 1.20 0.15 CHA
PJ Washington CHA 117.3 $4,900 PF/C $4,900 PF/C 24.3 23.2 5.6 17% -3% 59% 9% 0.96 -0.06 0.96 -0.07 CHI
Trevor Ariza LAL 116.3 $3,600 PF $3,900 PF 19.4 11.7 4.6 10% 1% 50% 11% 0.60 0.11 0.60 0.12 POR
Royce O’Neale UTA 113.3 $3,900 SF/PF $4,500 SF/PF 31.4 21.3 -0.8 9% 3% 64% -2% 0.68 -0.07 0.70 -0.09 GSW
Chimezie Metu SAC 113.0 $4,200 PF $4,300 C 22.4 21.1 2.2 18% 1% 51% 3% 0.94 0.08 0.96 0.08 MIN
Otto Porter GSW 111.3 $4,700 SF/PF $5,500 SF/PF 21.8 21.1 -6.4 15% -7% 60% -27% 0.97 -0.61 1.00 -0.57 UTA
Evan Mobley CLE 111.3 $6,800 PF/C $7,000 C/PF 34.2 33.3 -2.8 20% 3% 54% -10% 0.97 -0.04 1.00 -0.03 SAS
Scottie Barnes TOR 107.5 $6,700 PG/SF $6,400 SF/PF 36.1 32.9 0.9 18% 0% 54% 4% 0.91 -0.04 0.92 -0.06 OKC
Justise Winslow POR 107.3 $4,500 PF $4,300 SF 13.6 13.1 9.3 17% -2% 49% 3% 0.97 -0.14 1.00 -0.14 LAL
Keldon Johnson SAS 105.3 $6,200 PF $6,200 PF/SF 31.1 27.8 1.8 20% 1% 57% 4% 0.89 0.03 0.86 0.02 CLE
Darius Bazley OKC 97.5 $5,600 PF $6,000 PF/SF 26.8 23.1 9.6 17% 1% 49% 0% 0.86 0.03 0.89 0.02 TOR

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
Karl-Anthony Towns MIN 122.0 $9,700 C $9,900 C 34.3 46.8 -1.8 27% -2% 63% 6% 1.36 0.08 1.33 0.06 SAC
Nikola Vucevic CHI 119.3 $9,500 C $9,800 C 33.6 42.5 2.7 24% 3% 53% 10% 1.27 0.16 1.25 0.14 CHA
Mason Plumlee CHA 117.3 $5,500 C $5,400 C 25.4 23.7 3.0 12% -1% 59% -3% 0.93 0.06 0.97 0.08 CHI
Anthony Davis LAL 116.3 $10,100 C $11,200 PF/C 35.4 47.3 2.8 27% -2% 58% 5% 1.34 0.21 1.38 0.23 POR
Udoka Azubuike UTA 113.3 $4,000 C $4,600 C 10.8 9.8 8.1 13% 2% 61% -1% 0.90 0.19 0.94 0.17 GSW
Damian Jones SAC 113.0 $3,700 C $5,500 C 15.6 14.7 8.2 16% 1% 69% 17% 0.94 0.23 0.96 0.28 MIN
Kevon Looney GSW 111.3 $4,800 C $5,800 C/PF 21.2 20.4 3.2 13% 2% 58% 10% 0.96 0.17 1.00 0.17 UTA
Jarrett Allen CLE 111.3 $8,100 C $7,600 C/PF 32.6 37.2 -2.1 18% 6% 69% -10% 1.14 0.16 1.15 0.15 SAS
Pascal Siakam TOR 107.5 $9,400 PF/C $10,000 PF 37.9 44.2 2.7 25% -1% 55% 6% 1.17 0.11 1.16 0.08 OKC
Jusuf Nurkic POR 107.3 $8,200 C $7,700 C 27.8 35.3 4.2 23% 0% 58% -15% 1.27 -0.04 1.26 -0.05 LAL
Jakob Poeltl SAS 105.3 $7,500 C $7,800 C 28.8 33.4 -6.3 18% 5% 60% 4% 1.16 0.28 1.20 0.31 CLE
Derrick Favors OKC 97.5 $3,300 C $3,800 C/PF 16.5 13.2 4.7 13% -8% 52% 30% 0.80 -0.26 0.83 -0.25 TOR

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
Jaden McDaniels MIN 122.0 $3,900 SF/PF $4,300 PF 25.9 18.4 0.1 14% -1% 52% 0% 0.71 0.03 0.73 0.03 SAC
Malik Beasley MIN 122.0 $4,100 SG $5,500 SF/SG 25.9 20.9 -4.6 20% 3% 52% 24% 0.81 0.53 0.76 0.49 SAC
Naz Reid MIN 122.0 $3,300 PF/C $3,500 C 16.0 17.2 -1.3 21% -4% 56% 21% 1.07 0.05 1.10 0.03 SAC
Troy Brown CHI 119.3 $3,400 SF/PF $3,800 SG 17.5 12.0 6.4 12% -2% 53% -2% 0.68 -0.17 0.69 -0.18 CHA
Matt Thomas CHI 119.3 $3,000 SG $3,600 SG 13.3 8.4 7.7 14% -3% 56% -10% 0.63 -0.04 0.61 -0.02 CHA
Tony Bradley CHI 119.3 $3,100 C $3,600 PF/C 11.6 10.7 -0.6 12% -8% 60% 12% 0.92 -0.21 0.98 -0.17 CHA
Kelly Oubre CHA 117.3 $5,600 SG/SF $6,100 SF/SG 28.3 27.7 3.9 23% 1% 57% -13% 0.98 -0.02 0.97 0.04 CHI
Ish Smith CHA 117.3 $3,200 PG $3,500 PG/SG 13.8 11.8 -3.8 19% 5% 44% 1% 0.86 0.08 0.88 0.06 CHI
Nick Richards CHA 117.3 $3,000 C $3,500 C 8.4 7.5 1.4 14% -8% 70% -43% 0.89 -0.54 0.95 -0.61 CHI
Stanley Johnson LAL 116.3 $3,500 PF $3,600 SF 22.2 14.9 -0.3 12% 4% 57% -6% 0.67 0.05 0.70 0.05 POR
Talen Horton-Tucker LAL 116.3 $3,700 SF $3,700 SG/SF 25.7 19.6 -2.7 18% -5% 49% -1% 0.76 -0.02 0.77 0.01 POR
Dwight Howard LAL 116.3 $3,300 C $3,600 C 14.5 15.0 -3.8 14% 11% 66% 5% 1.04 0.63 1.09 0.65 POR
Hassan Whiteside UTA 113.3 $5,400 C $6,000 C 18.0 21.3 6.5 17% -5% 65% -5% 1.18 -0.22 1.24 -0.21 GSW
Jordan Clarkson UTA 113.3 $5,500 PG/SG $5,700 PG/SG 26.5 25.9 1.5 26% -3% 52% 7% 0.98 -0.07 0.93 -0.09 GSW
Rudy Gay UTA 113.3 $4,100 SF/PF $4,000 PF/SF 20.0 18.4 -2.1 19% 7% 55% -11% 0.92 0.03 0.91 0.03 GSW
Alex Len SAC 113.0 $3,200 C $4,300 C/PF 16.9 15.7 -3.5 16% -6% 57% 18% 0.93 -0.22 0.96 -0.27 MIN
Jahmi’us Ramsey SAC 113.0 $3,000 SG $3,500 PG 7.0 5.1 19.2 21% -2% 47% 0% 0.73 0.04 0.71 0.00 MIN
Louis King SAC 113.0 $3,000 SF/PF $4,000 SF/PF 10.4 8.4 0.3 20% -7% 44% -8% 0.80 -0.11 0.79 -0.08 MIN
Jonathan Kuminga GSW 111.3 $4,400 PF $5,300 SF 13.0 12.5 9.1 24% 2% 57% 5% 0.96 0.07 0.95 0.06 UTA
Damion Lee GSW 111.3 $3,600 SG/SF $4,600 SG 20.3 15.0 1.7 16% 0% 59% 6% 0.74 0.11 0.73 0.11 UTA
Gary Payton GSW 111.3 $3,400 PG/SG $4,600 SG 16.7 16.4 -0.1 15% -5% 69% -11% 0.98 -0.09 1.05 0.00 UTA
Kevin Love CLE 111.3 $7,100 PF/C $7,400 PF/C 22.2 29.4 7.9 25% 3% 60% -7% 1.33 0.06 1.25 0.08 SAS
Cedi Osman CLE 111.3 $5,100 SG/SF $4,500 SF/PF 23.3 19.7 6.6 20% 1% 55% -12% 0.84 -0.07 0.83 -0.09 SAS
Rajon Rondo CLE 111.3 $4,200 PG $4,200 PG 17.6 15.7 2.9 17% 1% 44% 0% 0.89 0.03 0.87 0.01 SAS
Precious Achiuwa TOR 107.5 $3,500 C $4,200 PF/C 23.9 20.6 -6.0 16% 2% 47% 11% 0.86 0.23 0.87 0.23 OKC
Chris Boucher TOR 107.5 $4,800 PF/C $5,400 C/PF 20.2 20.9 -0.2 18% -4% 56% 10% 1.03 0.15 1.08 0.19 OKC
Dalano Banton TOR 107.5 $3,000 PG $3,500 PF 11.7 9.9 -2.0 17% -6% 46% -26% 0.84 -0.05 0.85 -0.02 OKC
Trendon Watford POR 107.3 $3,100 C $4,000 PF 12.0 10.6 7.8 15% -1% 60% 5% 0.89 -0.14 0.92 -0.18 LAL
Dennis Smith Jr. POR 107.3 $4,100 PG $4,500 PG 17.1 15.9 1.4 17% -1% 47% -9% 0.93 -0.09 0.96 -0.08 LAL
Greg Brown POR 107.3 $3,800 PF $3,500 PF 6.6 6.9 10.6 22% 4% 49% 3% 1.05 0.20 1.11 0.22 LAL
Lonnie Walker SAS 105.3 $4,200 SG/SF $4,900 SG/SF 22.9 20.1 3.5 23% 4% 49% -4% 0.88 0.11 0.86 0.19 CLE
Devin Vassell SAS 105.3 $4,100 SG/SF $4,900 SG 25.4 22.5 2.2 18% -2% 54% -12% 0.89 -0.08 0.90 -0.07 CLE
Joshua Primo SAS 105.3 $3,200 SG $3,800 SG 15.1 10.8 8.8 16% 2% 48% -5% 0.72 0.00 0.72 -0.02 CLE
Kenrich Williams OKC 97.5 $4,400 SF/PF $4,400 SF 21.4 17.8 3.5 16% 2% 52% 0% 0.83 0.16 0.84 0.16 TOR
Ty Jerome OKC 97.5 $4,000 SG $4,100 SG 16.2 13.8 4.8 21% -3% 50% -4% 0.85 0.10 0.84 0.10 TOR
Mamadi Diakite OKC 97.5 $3,800 C $3,900 PF 14.4 12.2 7.0 14% 1% 54% 2% 0.85 0.12 0.90 0.11 TOR

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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