Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings – 2/7/17

Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 2/7/17

Welcome to the daily updates and injury news article. We'll try and update it right up to line-up locks 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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What We Know

Nene Hilario is expected to play

This really doesn't do too much, except maybe take away a few minutes from Montrezl Harrell. This does not impact my thoughts on Clint Capela.

Caris LeVert has been ruled out

LeVert suffered a very serious injury in college, and the Nets have done a great job of using baby gloves on him. This season is a waste, so there is no sense in throwing out one of your future bright spots if not 100% healthy. Bogan Bogdanovic is really the only guy I have any interest in here, and I don't even love him.

What We're Waiting to Know

 

Cody Zeller is questionable to play

Zeller makes a huge impact for this Hornets team, and his absence would be great. Both Marvin Williams and Frank Kaminsky will get huge upgrades, and I love them both. Spencer Hawes and Roy Hibbert also got traded, so the minutes are a guarantee.

The "Every Lineup" Guys

Kemba Walker

Kemba gets the honor of facing off with the Brooklyn Nets, and that's really all that needs to be said. They play at the fastest pace in the NBA, and lack the ability to cover point guards. Isaiah Whitehead and Spencer Dinwiddie will cover Walker most of the time, and he will have them all in a blender. Walker also plays much better at home, where he has averaged over 3 FP more. I do expect this game to stay close, and we all love to target the Nets.

 

Frank Kaminsky

Like I said, we love to target the Nets. The Hornets made a wise move of trading Roy Hibbert and  Spencer Hawes to the Bucks, which will leave them very shorthanded tonight. When you add the fact that Cody Zeller is on the bad side of questionable, they could be extremely thin. Marvin Williams and Frank Kaminsky will both be forced into huge minutes, and I will have a lot of exposure to both. While they may not come off as guys with huge upsides, Kaminsky has hit 40 a couple times just this season.

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  • Kemba Walker: (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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