Last Updated on February 23, 2025 12:09 am by Keston Paul | Published: February 22, 2025

My wrists had been doing fairly well for the first three days post-All-Star break, but they’re being a bit less agreeable today so I’m going to have to keep this one short but hopefully still productive.

I’m also not feeling too well while trying to finish this up, so I’ll see if I can add the lines in the morning. Apologies!

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Teams that have a Saturday-Sunday B2B:

Suns

New York Knicks @ Boston Celtics

Game Time: 1:00 pm ET

DraftKings Lines

NYK (-), BOS (-)
Game Total 

Key Storylines

Looking at IR: Mitchell Robinson is targeting a return before March 1 and has been doing 5-on-5 contact practices, so it is a matter of days now. Josh Hart (knee) doesn’t seem to be battling anything serious, though Thibs may want to go easier on the minutes when he returns (who are we kidding? 40 minutes are a minimum!)

Payton Pritchard: Pritchard might be heating up again, so that is a nice sign for fantasy. At this point, Jrue Holiday only has a high roster percentage based on past pedigree and is just a 12-team stream. 

Stream of the Game

Precious Achiuwa – he gets two shots at a chance to start with Anunoby and Hart questionable. 

Alternatives:

Al Horford
Sam Hauser
Miles McBride

–deep league line–
Cam Payne
Landry Shamet
Luke Kornet?

Dallas Mavericks @ Golden State Warriors

Game Time: 3:30 pm ET

DraftKings Lines

DAL (-), GSW (-)
Game Total 

Key Storylines

March 6: HC Kidd said that March 6 will be an evaluation date for all three bigs (Lively, Davis, Gafford) and while I don’t think there will be a serious adjustment to the Lively or Gafford timelines, it is a date to monitor. It could be the Mavs’ doomsday date, or maybe a more positive one. 

Podz, Moody, Kuminga, Hield: The roles of those four guys will be worth monitoring when Jonathan Kuminga is back. In reality, none of them is likely to consistently hold 12-team appeal. 

Stream of the Game

Max Christie – just roster him

Alternatives:

Naji Marshall
Moses Moody
Dante Exum
Buddy Hield
Kessler Edwards

–deep league line–
Moses Brown – if PJ Washington (questionable) is out
Spencer Dinwiddie
Olivier-Maxence Prosper

Los Angeles Clippers @ Indiana Pacers

Game Time: 5:00 pm ET

DraftKings Lines

LAC (-), IND (-)
Game Total 

Key Storylines

Kris Dunn: He has been hot lately and I’d add him for assists and steals. Will it last ROS? I doubt it, these types of runs typically have an expiry date but that shouldn’t stop you. 

Mathurin: He is hanging around as a specialists for points, rebounds and FT% (with some threes in there), although he doesn’t always feel convincing. It’s been good lately though. 

Stream of the Game

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Keston majored in Biology and minored in Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies (U.W.I.), St. Augustine. Hailing from Trinidad & Tobago, Kes grew up loving cricket, then football (soccer, not NFL) & never missed a Barça game in the 2010s. Later on, he grew obsessed with basketball/fantasy basketball & unfortunately claims to be a Sixers fan for some reason.

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