Fantasy basketball tips and NBA betting picks for Tuesday

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. 14 are provided by Caesars Sportsbook, and fantasy advice is based on ESPN 10-team leagues.

Fantasy hoops can help heal the experience of being an NBA fan. For instance, my Philadelphia 76ers have had their fair share of missteps as a franchise, but I'm still able to roster and root for former players as they develop elsewhere.

I purchased and have since donated a scary number of Markelle Fultz t-shirts and jerseys, but now that the former top pick is thriving with the Orlando Magic — such as last nights' near-triple-double performance — I can enjoy his revival through my fantasy team(s). Despite emerging as a steady playmaker for a fun Orlando roster, Fultz is still a free agent in 51% of ESPN leagues and is listed at just $5,600 on DraftKings for tonight's tilt with the Toronto Raptors.

What to do with the several «Thy-bully» shirts sitting in a drawer? Well, at least Matisse Thybulle (97% available) seems to have found a new home with the Portland Trail Blazers. The defensive dynamo would pace the entire league in steal percentage if he played enough minutes with Philadelphia to qualify for the leaderboard, but that's now a possibility given he started in his Portland debut last night en route to nearly 27 minutes of action. This marks his third-highest playing total of the season and saw him establish a new season-high with four made 3-pointers in addition to collecting three blocks and a steal in Monday's drubbing of the Los