Daily Fantasy Basketball Injury News and Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 2/9/16

We're back with our daily updates article! We'll give you what you need to know for tonight's NBA slate, and try to update this piece right up until line-ups lock with as much information as comes across our desks. Let's get to it!

Last night's picks can be found here, so you can wrap your mind around what you need to be looking at before lineups lock tonight.

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Now let’s look at some news that’s come in throughout the day to see if anything’s changed in our minds or in the NBA landscape.

What We Know

It's eerily silent out there today. It's a small slate, yes, but it sure looks like not a lot will change between now and tip off. Famous last words and all, but that's how it looks for now.

Bradley Beal is starting
Beal played just 20 minutes off the bench in Washington's last game, but played 32 in the game before that as a starter. We're bumping Beal back up to 32 minutes, where he looks like a fairly solid, high-floor play against the Knicks today.

Trey Burke is out
Yes, it's a slow day for basketball news. But this does make a difference - point guard is pretty weak today, and Raul Neto has been paying his basement prices with relative ease recently. I can definitely picture playing him in any format.

Jae Crowder will play
But his ankle is apparently really bothering him. This should explain his terrible performances recently. We've downgraded him significantly in the system - not like you're playing him anyway in all likelihood.

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What We’re Waiting to Know

Tim Duncan's Status
This matters less for Duncan than it does for David West. The latter played a big role last time out against the Lakers when he drew the start. The Spurs are fickle with their minutes (especially outside of a few key guys and even then it's suspect) and West would be far from a sure thing even if he started. But if Duncan plays I think both guys are firmly out of play. Right now our system reflects about 20 minutes for West. If Duncan were out it would tick up some. Update: Duncan is out. West gets a slight bump, but he's far from a sure thing.

Luol Deng is Questionable
Deng missed shootaround with some sort of illness (maybe NBA flu, maybe not). If Deng couldn't go, I think we could pencil Justise Winslow into minutes around 35. Last time Deng sat, Winslow played 41 minutes but that was a blowout to the hands of Toronto and Miami had other injury issues to boot. As it stands, Winslow would be a real attractive option at small forward coming in rather cheap. Think we will know about this one prior to lock.

What we won't know

How will a coaching change in New York affect the Knicks' minutes?
Kurt Rambis' coaching track record is pretty lousy, and it's anyone's guess how he's going to shake things up. New coaches tend to shake things up, though, so that's what we're forecasting. My suspicion is that Afflalo's minutes come down slightly (just because basically no one plays 40 minutes), that Kristaps Porzingis' minutes find some sort of regular rotation, and that Robin Lopez sees more consistent minutes as well. What's this based on? Just hunches - and the fact that Rambis seems more likely to keep his big men in regular rotations since he was a big man himself.

The "Every Lineup" Guys

Stephen Curry - FD 10900 DK 11000
Opponent - HOU
FD Proj. Pts - 47 DK Proj. Pts - 50.77
I was wondering if that would happen, based on the lack of other high priced options. It did, in spite of a relatively paltry 4.31 points per dollar projection on FanDuel. It makes sense - it's hard to spend up today.

Klay Thompson - FD 6900 DK 7800
Opponent - HOU
FD Proj. Pts - 31.55 DK Proj. Pts - 35.08
Yup - another easy one. Klay will be up against James Harden, and should torch him. Shooting guard is rough, and with Afflalo potentially shifting roles slightly, this one makes perfect sense.

Marcin Gortat - FD 6900 DK 6900
Opponent - NYK
FD Proj. Pts - 32.65 DK Proj. Pts - 33.18
Now that he's on a consistent 34 minute rotation, he is the safest center of the day by a mile. Lots of guys have bad match-ups, or are in games with big spreads, or just suck. Gortat lets you spend up at a decent multiplier, and will be in all my double-ups today.

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