NBA Daily Fantasy Picks & Playbook: February 14
Published: Feb 14, 2024
We have a massive 12-game main slate on DraftKings and 13-game main slate on FanDuel on Wednesday, February 14th. Considering we almost have every team on the slate there is star power everywhere we turn. This a fun slate anyway you look at it as we're now just down to two slates left before the All-Star break.
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Notable NBA Injury Updates
QUESTIONABLE
- Tyrese Haliburton – IN
- Jamal Murray
- Kristaps Porzingis – not on injury report
- Al Horford – OUT
- Zion Williamson – IN
- Donte DiVincenzo – OUT
- RJ Barrett – IN
- Isaiah Hartenstein – OUT
- Alex Caruso – went through his shootaround – IN
- Dereck Lively II
- Xavier Tillman – OUT
- Bennedict Mathurin – OUT
- Maxi Kleber
- Trey Lyles
- Darius Garland – game-time decision – IN
- Sam Merrill – OUT
- Kyle Kuzma – OUT
- Jaylen Brown – OUT
- Bojan Bogdanovic – OUT
- Myles Turner – OUT
- Anthony Davis
OUT
- LeBron James
- Joel Embiid
- LaMelo Ball
- Tobias Harris
- Jimmy Butler
- Bradley Beal
- Fred VanVleet
- Terry Rozier
- Onyeka Okongwu
- Ben Simmons
- Cam Whitmore
- Scotty Pippen Jr.
- Jalen Smith
- Markelle Fultz
- Gary Harris
- Jaden Springer
DOUBTFUL
PROBABLE
- Luka Doncic
- Kyrie Irving
- Cameron Johnson – not on injury report
- Cade Cunningham
Back-to-Backs
- Miami Heat
- Orlando Magic
- Brooklyn Nets
- Boston Celtics
- Sacramento Kings
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Detroit Pistons
- Phoenix Suns
Pace
Pace definition: Pace is the total number of possessions a team uses in a game.
*key* Green is elite pace of play, Blue is decent pace of play, & Red is slow pace of play.
Green = Fast Paced team
Blue = Neutral Paced team
Red = Slow Paced team
- Washington Wizards - 1st (103.5)
- Indiana Pacers - 2nd (102.6)
- Atlanta Hawks - 3rd (102.5)
- San Antonio Spurs - 4th (102.1)
- Los Angeles Lakers - 6th (101.4)
- Detroit Pistons - 7th (101.1)
- Dallas Mavericks - 8th (100.9)
- Utah Jazz - 9th (100.7)
- Sacramento Kings - 11th (100.6)
- Golden State Warriors - 12th (100.2)
- Philadelphia 76ers - 13th (99.5)
- Toronto Raptors - 14th (99.2)
- New Orleans Pelicans - 15th (99.2)
- Houston Rockets - 16th (99.1)
- Boston Celtics - 17th (99.1)
- Phoenix Suns - 18th (99.1)
- Memphis Grizzlies - 19th (99)
- Charlotte Hornets - 20th (98.9)
- Cleveland Cavaliers - 21st (98.6)
- Brooklyn Nets - 22nd (98.5)
- Orlando Magic - 23rd (98.4)
- Los Angeles Clippers - 24th (98.4)
- Miami Heat - 27th (97.5)
- New York Knicks - 28th (97.4)
- Denver Nuggets - 29th (97.3)
- Chicago Bulls - 30th (96.9)
Defensive Ratings
- Charlotte Hornets - 30th
- Detroit Pistons - 29th
- Atlanta Hawks - 28th
- Washington Wizards - 27th
- Indiana Pacers - 26th
- Utah Jazz - 25th
- San Antonio Spurs - 24th
- Toronto Raptors - 23rd
- Dallas Mavericks - 21st
- Sacramento Kings - 20th
- Brooklyn Nets - 19th
- Golden State Warriors - 18th
- Chicago Bulls - 16th
- Phoenix Suns - 15th
- Los Angeles Lakers - 14th
- Los Angeles Clippers - 13th
- Philadelphia 76ers - 12th
- Denver Nuggets - 11th
- Memphis Grizzlies - 10th
- Miami Heat - 9th
- New York Knicks - 8th
- New Orleans Pelicans - 7th
- Houston Rockets - 6th
- Orlando Magic - 4th
- Boston Celtics - 3rd
- Cleveland Cavaliers - 2nd
NBA Game Totals
- Indiana Pacers @ Toronto Raptors - 244.5 (IND -4)
- San Antonio Spurs @ Dallas Mavericks - 242.5 (DAL -11.5)
- Los Angeles Lakers @ Utah Jazz - 240.5 (UTA -5.5)
- Atlanta Hawks @ Charlotte Hornets - 238.5 (ATL -6.5)
- Washington Wizards @ New Orleans Pelicans - 235.5 (NO -12.5)
Top Tier Core Plays
26-point triple-double with the new lineup. Might get Derek Lively back, too. We need the game to stay close, that's our only worry.
On the year, without Jamal Murray and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (both doubtful), Jokic has a 36% USG and averages 1.97 FP/min. Nothing else needs to be said.
Anthony Davis, Los Angeles Lakers
Without LeBron James this year, Davis has a 29.2% USG and averages 1.5 FP/min. This is a great spot against Utah who's top-10 in pace and bottom-10 in defense.
Domantas Sabonis, Sacramento Kings
I mean, yeah. 35-point triple-double with 18 boards, 87.5 DKP. He's averaged over 62.5 DKP/game over his last six games. He's up to 1.5 DKP/min on the year and had a triple-double against Denver over the weekend.
Durant has put up 47 DKP or more in four straight games and is now without Bradley Beal. Durant has a 31.3% USG and 1.4 FP/min without Beal this year and Detroit is bad defensively and plays fast.
Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
You can count on one hand how many players in the NBA can do what Wemby did the other night. The ONLY downside is that he still has a 30-minute cap. Still, he has an infinitely high ceiling.
Mid-Tier Core Plays
Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana Pacers
If he's going to get anywhere close to 34 minutes again, 8.9K is simply too cheap against a defense ranking LAST in DRtg this season. Haliburton had 33 & 16 against them in..34 minutes earlier this year.
Bam Adebayo & Tyler Herro, Miami Heat
Since Joel Embiid went out 7 games ago, Philly ranks 29th in DRtg. Get your Miami shares just like we did yesterday. Adebayo had a triple-double in just 31 minutes He has a 25.3% USG & avgs. 1.46 FP/min with Butler, Rozier, Lowry, and Richardson out. Herro leads the team with a 28% /uSG and has 40 minute upside.
D'Angelo Russell, Los Angeles Lakers
We saw Russell put up 39 points and 62 DKP against the Jazz in mid-January in a game without LeBron James. He has 28% USG and averages 1.29 FP/min without LBJ this year.
Austin Reaves, Los Angeles Lakers
Reaves' fantasy production has been super consistent putting up 32+ DKP in seven straight and 36+ DKP in six of them. He averages 1.1 FP/min and has a 24% USG without LeBron James.
Gordon's over 1 FP/min without Murray and KCP this year and has a great match-up against the Kings. Gordon is used a secondary ball-handler at times when Murray is off the floor, too. Like this spot for him.
Value Tier Core Plays
Nobody can stop Malik Monk right now. He played 33 minutes last night and scored 22+ points for the fourth consecutive game and put up another 37 DKP. Guess what? His price went down $200.
Marvin Bagley III, Washington Wizards
Since arriving in Washington, Bagley has posted a 22% USG and averages 1.18 FP/min. He's a fantastic price and if Kuzma sits, it's more likely that Bagley is extended because Washington won't be able to go small-ball.
Hard to ignore what Mann's done as the Hornets starting PG over the last two games. He's notched a 1.5% USG and is averaging 1.02 FP/min. He played 34 minutes last game, which is great, and he has an ELITE match-up against the Hawks.
Robinson has a wide range of outcomes but he was fantastic last night and we should see him start again tonight. He had a 21% USG last night, made all his shots, was a fantastic playmaker, and even lost out on 4th Q run due to blowout.
Was George good last game? No, no he was not. Did he start and still play 29 minutes despite that fact? Yes, yes he did. This is a great spot for Utah as the pace of this game will be frantic. He's a cheap, starting PG in a great spot and has a high ceiling, too.
Nikola Jovic & Kevin Love, Miami Heat
Of course we're running it back here. No reason to think the Heat change their rotation at all here after last night. Jovic is still $100 off min salary and Love us 3.8K on DK and overlapped with Adebayo last night.
I could see a world where Anthony starts here. We know he has a massive ceiling at this price point, we just need the minutes. There's a lot of things working in his favor tonight. No Fultz or Harris and Isaac is probably limited on a back-to-back. We'll know the starting lineup considering this games at 7 pm ET.
He probably starts, but does he close? I doubt it. He probably plays teens minutes, but does he get into the 20's? He's a good FP/min guy, but I'm not certain he's worth the rostership he's at on a 12-game slate.
Beal went down last night and O'Neale was vaulted into action playing 30 big minutes. He's just 3.8K and he's been playing well putting up 24+ DKP in three of four games and the only time he didn't crush value was a game he played 11 minutes in (Suns debut).
Late-News Core Play Section
*Section for players we are considering “core plays” based on late-breaking news & research
- Paul George & James Harden, Los Angeles Clippers (FanDuel)
- Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers
- Jalen Johnson, Atlanta Hawks
- Isaiah Jackson, Indiana Pacers
- Tyus Jones, Bilal Coulibaly, Deni Avdija, Washington Wizards (GPPs)
- Alec Burks, New York Knicks
- Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
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