Welcome to the NBA DFS Playbook for Friday, October 24th, your source for dominating the DraftKings 7-game main slate and FanDuel 11-game main slate! With an action-packed evening of NBA hoops on deck, we’ve assembled the premier NBA DFS picks for dominating your daily fantasy contests. Utilizing in-depth research, injury reports, and advanced projections, the NBA DFS picks provided in the following playbook have been optimized for success in cash games, tournaments, and everything in between. Read on to get started on building your winning lineups for the slate!
 

 

 

Before actually diving into the meat and potatoes, welcome to the NBA DFS season. If this is your first time reading our column on NBA DFS picks, I just want to welcome you and give you a few tips and tricks on what you should be looking for each night.

  • News outlets: reliable sources that give us injury news & starting lineups
  • Pace of play: who's playing fast vs. who's playing slow. Which teams get a pace-up spot (more possessions) vs. pace-down (fewer possessions)
  • Usage rates: is a percentage of how many plays that player is being used in
  • NBA DFS Projections
  • Lineup Generator
  • NBA Ownership

NBA DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, October 24th

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Pre/Post-Lock Update

This section will be used for anything that changes from the morning until right up to roster lock. 

Injury updates, players we’re higher on than we were in the morning and so much more.

All status updates after contest roster lock will be made in the Fantasy Alarm Discord: https://discord.gg/2yATJxXe8G

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  • Miles McBride starting for Knicks

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 10/24 

(As of 11am ET, see latest updates above)

TOR:
Ja'Kobe Walter - Questionable
Collin Murray-Boyles - Questionable

ATL:
Kristaps Porzingis - Out

Zaccharie Risacher - OUT

ORL:
Moe Wagner - Out

CLE:
De'Andre Hunter - Questionable
Darius Garland - Out
Max Strus - Out

BKN:
Drake Powell - Out
Danny Wolf - Out
Haywood Highsmith - Out

BOS:
Luka Garza - Out
Jayson Tatum - Out

NYK:
OG Anunoby - Probable
Karl-Anthony Towns - Questionable
Josh Hart - Questionable
Mitchell Robinson - Out

DET:
Caris LeVert - Probable
Marcus Sasser - Doubtful
Jaden Ivey - Out

HOU:
Jae'Sean Tate - Questionable
Fred VanVleet - Out
Dorian Finney-Smith - Out

MIA:
Kasparas Jakucionis - Out
Tyler Herro - Out

MEM:
Ja Morant - Questionable
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - Questionable
Vince Williams - Out
Ty Jerome - Out
Scotty Pippen Jr. - Out
Brandon Clarke - Out
Zach Edey - Out

SAS:
De'Aaron Fox - Out
Jeremy Sochan - Out
Kelly Olynyk - Out
Lindy Waters - Out

NOP:
Yves Missi - Questionable
Karlo Matkovic - Questionable
Dejounte Murray - Out
Kevon Looney - Out

WAS:
Bilal Coulibaly - Out

DAL:
Daniel Gafford - Questionable
Kyrie Irving - Out
Dante Exum - Out

LAL:
LeBron James - Out
Maxi Kleber - Out

GSW:
Moses Moody - TBD
Al Horford - Out
De'Anthony Melton - Out

POR:
Damian Lillard - Out
Scoot Henderson - Out
Robert Williams - Out

UTA:
Isaiah Collier - Out
Georges Niang - Out

SAC:
Domantas Sabonis - Questionable
Keegan Murray - Out
Nique Clifford - Out

PHX:
Jalen Green - Out

h/t Underdog

 

 

NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews

In the section below, I’m listing the most notable things we need to look at in Las Vegas, including notable O/U and spreads. Not every game is listed, but every game listed has the pace and defensive numbers listed.

 

 

NBA DFS Core Player Pool & Lineup Picks

Here are the core players I’m looking at for my NBA DFS picks tonight. You can see the full analysis of tonight’s NBA DFS projections and player pool below or skip ahead to building the best lineups possible by locking these into the aforementioned lineup generator now.

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