Fantasy basketball tips and NBA betting picks for Monday

ESPN's fantasy basketball and basketball betting tips cheat sheet is your pregame destination for basketball betting predictions and our best intel and data, featuring ESPN's proprietary Basketball Power Index (BPI) to help you make smart fantasy and wagering decisions. NBA game odds for Feb. 13 are provided by Caesars Sportsbook, and fantasy advice is based on ESPN 10-team leagues.

With football in the rearview and new-look NBA rotations developing in the days following the trade deadline, we're entering the stretch run of the fantasy season. The deadline for trades in ESPN fantasy hoops leagues is this Friday, suggesting you take some time to assess your roster's statistical shortcomings and surpluses ahead of making offers.

It's time to target some rising names at reasonable pricing, such as Collin Sexton of the Utah Jazz (31% available in ESPN leagues) or his rookie teammate Walker Kessler, (60% available) who ranks fifth in BPG and second in the NBA in block percentage. Fellow rookie center Mark Williams (91% available) of the Charlotte Hornets is another free agent of interest.

Sexton is rostered in most competitive 10-team formats, but is worth considering in deals. He has averaged 19.7 points and 9.3 combined rebounds and assists on strong scoring efficiency over his past three games, all starts in the wake of Mike Conley and Malik Beasley being dealt. These young Jazz players are poised to produce against an Indiana Pacers team that sits 25th in defensive rating over the past 10 games. With Utah's defense ranked 29th over this stretch, this game has potential to cruise past the total.

This could just be hunch, but it's possible we see a significant post-All-Star-break surge from Tyrese Maxey. The experiment