Core Plays LIVE: NBA DFS Picks for Monday, February 10th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2025-02-10 23:39:15 Premium Content Part of the product NBA DFS

A daily fantasy sports OG, Notorious has been roaming the DFS streets ever since they were invented. He has racked up multiple live final seats and several six-figure tournament wins in his DFS career and has long been one of the top NBA DFS minds in the industry. On weekends, Taylor Smith takes the reins. Their Core Plays LIVE article will zoom out on the slate as a whole, zoom in on the best NBA DFS picks, and constantly update as news breaks. Whether you are diving into the slate 5 hours before it starts or 5 minutes before it starts, Core Plays LIVE has everything you need for your DraftKings and FanDuel lineups.

Happy Monday!

The Super Bowl was… not great. I had money on the Eagles, but I also had money on many other props and had no exposure to the Eagles D/ST in DFS. To make matters worse, I didn’t have a good week of PGA DFS (although a few RG members in the Discord had nice screenshots).

Since there were only 3 games yesterday, we have a huge slate tonight. There are 10 games on the schedule. All 10 games are featured on the FanDuel slate, while DraftKings decided to leave the last game off their slate. The Hornets and Bucks are both playing on the second half of a back-to-back.

It’s NBA All-Star week, so we only have 4 main DFS slates. Let’s make them count.

I won’t be on GrindersLive or CrunchTime tonight, so I will be posting my final thoughts here.

NBA DFS Picks: Core Plays LIVE for Monday, February 10th

• 10-game main slate on FD, 9-game main slate on DK
  - 7:00 PM ET – Minnesota Timberwolves at Cleveland Cavaliers
  - 7:00 PM ET – San Antonio Spurs at Washington Wizards
  - 7:00 PM ET – Atlanta Hawks at Orlando Magic
  - 7:30 PM ET – Charlotte Hornets at Brooklyn Nets
  - 7:30 PM ET – Boston Celtics at Miami Heat
  - 8:00 PM ET – New Orleans Pelicans at Oklahoma City Thunder
  - 8:00 PM ET – Golden State Warriors at Milwaukee Bucks
  - 8:30 PM ET – Sacramento Kings at Dallas Mavericks
  - 9:00 PM ET – Portland Trail Blazers at Denver Nuggets
  - 10:30 PM ET – Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers
• Front end of a back-to-back: None
• Back end of a back-to-back: Hornets, Bucks
• NBA DFS Optimizer
• NBA Starting Lineups
• NBA DFS Injury Report: The Situation Room
• Scroll to FanDuel and DraftKings Rankings & Core Plays

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News Updates

2:10 PM ET – LaMelo Ball and Jusuf Nurkic will play tonight for the Hornets. Mark Williams has been ruled out.

Cam Reddish has been ruled out for the Hornets.

Team Previews

Minnesota Timberwolves (at CLE)

We kick off the rare large Monday slate with the Wolves, who have a mediocre matchup on the road against the Cavaliers. They come into the game with a team total that is 2 points lower than their season average. Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo are still out, while Mike Conley and Anthony Edwards are listed as questionable. If Conley is out, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Rob Dillingham would see a boost in playing time. If Edwards is out, the entire lineup should see an uptick in usage. As it stands with those two in the projections, there’s not a single player on the roster with a positive RGValue. For large-field tournaments, Naz Reid has topped 40 fantasy points in 4 straight games.

Cleveland Cavaliers (vs. MIN)

The Cavaliers draw a difficult matchup at home against the Wolves, who are bottom 5 in pace and top 5 in points allowed per game. They come into the game with a team total that is 3 points lower than their season average. Isaac Okoro and Dean Wade are out, but everyone else should be available for the Cavaliers. There’s not much that sticks out in the projections, but Jarrett Allen is only $6,400 on DraftKings and offers a high floor.

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