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

It's Friday April 3rd, and we have an 8-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

It's a very fun slate with a lot of great players on the slate. Despite how many elite players there are, there are only two players over 10K tonight as Jalen Johnson and Tyrese Maxey top the list. We have a couple of teams on back-to-backs and some key players such as Joel Embiid, Josh Giddey, and Anthony Edwards are on the injury report.

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, April 3rd

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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.

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NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 4/3

• Giannis Antetokounmpo - OUT
• Joel Embiid - IN
• Josh Giddey - IN
• Ryan Rollins - OUT 
• Anthony Edwards - IN
• Michael Porter - OUT
• Lauri Markkanen - OUT
• Kevin Porter - OUT
• Isaiah Collier - OUT
• Keyonte George - OUT
• Bobby Portis - OUT
• Ty Jerome - OUT
• Immanuel Quickley - OUT
• Andrew Nembhard - OUT
• P.J. Washington - OUT
• Tre Jones - IN
• Jaden McDaniels - OUT
• Jarace Walker - OUT
• Danny Wolf - OUT
• Anthony Black - OUT
• Nic Claxton - IN
• Nikola Vucevic - OUT
• Anfernee Simons - OUT
• Elijah Harkless - OUT
• Gary Trent - OUT
• Jericho Sims - IN
• Nick Richards - OUT
• Jock Landale - OUT
• Guerschon Yabusele - IN
• Cam Spencer - OUT
• Marvin Bagley - OUT
• Olivier-Maxence Prosper - OUT
• Aaron Nesmith - OUT
• Noah Clowney - IN
• Jaylen Wells - OUT
• Obi Toppin - IN
• T.J. McConnell - OUT
• Lachlan Olbrich - IN
• Jamison Battle - IN
• Karl-Anthony Towns - OUT
• Moussa Diabate - OUT
• Grant Williams - OUT
• Walter Clayton - OUT

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

• Jalen Johnson, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Scottie Barnes, Alperen Sengun, Jalen Brunson

Mid

• Kevin Durant, Amen Thompson, Brandon Miller (GPP), Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Jalen Suggs, Onyeka Okongwu, Reed Sheppard, Jabari Smith (Cash), Collin Sexton, Cedric Coward, Daniel Gafford, Miles Bridges, Josh Hart, OG Anunoby (GPP)

Value

• GG Jackson, Javon Small, Taylor Hendricks, Ethan Thompson, Kobe Brown, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Mitchell Robinson

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