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A new landscape has appeared as the NBA hurdles toward All-Star Weekend. With numerous new faces in new places, owners will want to refresh their conception of each team’s depth chart before delving deep into the DFS market.
With Luka Doncic already confirmed to be out and Giannis Antetokounmpo, D'Angelo Russell and Jimmy Butler all potentially facing absences, gleaning upside plays will be as important as ever during Monday’s nine-game slate. On paper, Sacramento/Milwaukee, Minnesota/Toronto and Phoenix/Los Angeles will be three games to keep an eye on for elevated points totals.
In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy basketball lineup picks for DraftKings on 2/10/20. You can also check out today's FanDuel lineup picks. Remember to monitor injury news as the slate can completely change before line-up lock.
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DraftKings DFS Guards
Fred Vanvleet - PG/SG, TOR v. MIN ($7,600)
With uncertainty swirling around the status of Kyle Lowry heading into Monday’s outing with Minnesota, VanVleet becomes a premier play due to multiple factors. Without Lowry in the lineup this season, VanVleet has averaged 21.8 points per game across 12 contests; as the team’s de facto point guard, he will also be in line for increased assist opportunities. Taking on the Timberwolves is particularly appealing, as they enter Monday third in the league in possessions per game (107.7), which could ramp up the tempo, thereby creating more stat sheet stuffing chances for VanVleet. Even if Lowry is cleared to suit up, VanVleet should suffice as a solid option, but the slightly lower price tag and recent stretch of double-digit assist totals (three in his last six games) makes Lowry the incrementally more appealing option should he not face a minutes restriction of any kind.
Devonte' Graham - PG, CHA @ DET ($7,100)
Graham snapped out of a recent cold spell Saturday by scorching Dallas for 26 points. Previously, he had shot just 35.1 percent overall over his eight previous outings, causing his once sky-high fantasy stock to ebb, which has created the create price tag that he enters Monday with. All three prior matchups against Detroit this season have seen Graham fire at will from long range; two of those games ended in double-doubles with an average 16.7 points and 11 assists across 37.7 minutes in the three contests. Having averaged 9.6 three-point attempts over his last five games, Graham is likely to enter Monday’s game ready to shoot from the moment that the ball is tipped off. He has more value in GPP formats, but his high-volume usage is tantalizing in any format at his somewhat affordable price.
Victor Oladipo - SG, IND v. BKN ($4,200)
The Pacers have been slowly bringing Oladipo along since making his season debut Jan. 29 and it appears that he will face a minutes restriction of some kind until at least the All-Star break. Fortunately, with his price tag sitting at the lowest point that it has all season, he won’t need a full workload to at least reach value. Oladipo has started each of the last two contests that he has suited up in and has reached double figures in scoring in both of those games; the Nets have yielded the second-most field-goal attempts (93.4) in the league per contest, which should mean that Oladipo will be in line to far exceed where his price point has him pegged.
DraftKings DFS Forwards
Christian Wood - PF/C, DET v. CHA ($7,200)
For the first time in his career, Wood takes the floor Monday looking for a third consecutive double-double. In the vacuum left by Andre Drummond’s departure, Wood has immediately stepped in and put up some eye-popping numbers that again draw attention versus Charlotte. The Hornets are yielding the most DK points per game in the league to opposing centers (55.3), and while Wood doesn’t fit the center mold to a tee, he has proven to have an adept low-post arsenal of moves. Even with Markieff Morris expected back in the mix, there is little reason to believe that Wood, who is averaging 16 points and 7.3 rebounds when receiving at least 20 minutes of playing time this year, is anything but as solid of an option available at the forward slot Monday.
Duncan Robinson - SF, MIA @ GS ($5,200)
For those unfamiliar with the staggering beauty of Robinson’s shot chart this season, allow for some indulgence: Of his 465 field-goal attempts in 2019-20, 410 have come from beyond the three-point arc. On Sunday, he tied his career high by hoisting 15 three-point attempts in a single game, embracing the team’s shortened rotations with both Butler and Tyler Herro out of the equation for the time being. Factoring in Robinson’s voluminous shooting is important because he faces the Warriors on Monday, who are allowing 13.4 made threes by their opposition at a 38.4 percent success rate on a nightly basis, both the second-highest marks in the league. There’s little doubt that Robinson is going to fire at will against a Golden State squad still figuring out it’s rotations in the post-Trade Deadline haze, making him a terrific upside play should his shot fall.
DraftKings DFS Centers
Myles Turner - C, IND v. BKN ($5,100)
Turner’s dependence upon blocked shots for upper-echelon DFS performances has been no secret this season, but the combination of having swatted five shots his last time out and facing a porous Brooklyn frontcourt Monday makes him a play with legitimate upside. The Nets are yielding the fourth-most DK points per game (53.6) on a nightly basis this year, while Turner has blocked more shots against Brooklyn (46) than he has any other franchise in his career. Factoring in that the Nets play at the league’s eighth-fastest pace, Turner likely has a safe floor Monday that can always be raised by his aggressiveness on the defensive end of the floor and a few fortuitous bounces off the glass.
Harry Giles - C, SAC @ MIL ($3,500)
There has been little resolution on the health front at the center spot for Sacramento as of late and the decision to deal Dewayne Dedmon to Atlanta at the Trade Deadline has only exasperated the situation. Technically speaking, Giles is the only healthy center active Monday, which should mean he will see a considerable workload; that hasn’t always been the case, as he has played more than 17 minutes just twice all year. But after starting Saturday’s outing and snagging 12 rebounds across 28 minutes, his price tag seems vastly too low considering the aforementioned depth issues that Sacramento is facing in the frontcourt. Factor in Milwaukee’s league-best pace of play, and even if his minutes aren’t plentiful, Giles should still see a considerable role.
