NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Friday Playbook

It's Friday, March 6th, and we have a 6-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

We have a six game main slate with over half the teams playing the second leg of back-to-back. Seven, in fact, are on second legs. We have elite talent everywhere as Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama, Jaylen Brown, and Kawhi Leonard are taking the floor. The Nuggets and Knicks is the only game with 230 implied points or more.

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, March 6th

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Pre/Post-Lock Update Section

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

• Adding Kasparas Jakucionis to player pool with Andrew Wiggins listed as DOUBT
• Jayson Tatum will face NO minutes restriction allegedly. Still think that means somewhere in the 20s. If he were to play 30, FD is viable.
• Myron Gardner is starting. He's definitely in play at a bad PF position.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/6

• Deni Avdija - OUT
• Jayson Tatum - IN
• Shaedon Sharpe - OUT
• Darius Garland - OUT
• Dillon Brooks - OUT
• Peyton Watson - OUT
• Aaron Gordon - QUEST
• Josh Hart - QUEST
• Norman Powell - OUT
• Dejounte Murray - IN
• Brandon Williams - IN
• John Collins - OUT
• Mark Williams - OUT
• Cameron Johnson - QUEST
• Jordan Goodwin - OUT
• Marvin Bagley - OUT
• Daniel Gafford - OUT
• Dorian Finney-Smith - IN
• Spencer Jones - QUEST
• Kris Murray - OUT
• Yanic Konan Niederhauser - OUT
• Harrison Barnes - OUT
• Simone Fontecchio - OUT
• Klay Thompson - IN
• Amen Thompson - IN
• Andrew Wiggins - OUT
• Nikola Jovic - OUT
• Julian Champagnie - QUEST
• Jabari Smith. - QUEST
• Royce O'Neale - QUEST
• Dru Smith - IN

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.

High

• Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama, Kawhi Leonard, Jamal Murray

Mid

• LaMelo Ball, Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, Zion Williamson, Brandon Miller, Stephon Castle, De'Aaron Fox, Jalen Green, Bennedict Mathurin, Dejounte Murray, Jaime Jaquez

Value

• Kel'el Ware, Oso Ighodaro, Khris Middleton, Keldon Johnson, Julian Champagnie, Kasparas Jakucionis, Isaiah Jackson, Myron Gardner

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