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

It's Friday, April 10th, and we have a 9-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and 12 games over on FanDuel. 

FanDuel is including the late games while DraftKings is cutting off games after 8:00 pm ET. There are stars all over the place with Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama, Jalen Johnson, Cooper Flagg, and Jaylen Brown taking the floor. There are still plenty of teams trying to figure out their playoff positioning, so today's slate is very important.

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 10th

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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, 4/10

• Nikola Jokic - QUEST
• Victor Wembanyama - QUEST
• Cooper Flagg - IN
• Jayson Tatum - OUT
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - OUT
• Jaylen Brown - IN
• Jamal Murray - QUEST
• Joel Embiid - OUT
• Donovan Mitchell - OUT
• Josh Giddey - OUT
• Giannis Antetokounmpo - OUT
• Anthony Edwards - QUEST
• Julius Randle - OUT
• Kyle Filipowski - OUT
• Stephon Castle - OUT
• Pascal Siakam - OUT
• Dejounte Murray - OUT
• Trey Murphy - OUT
• Zion Williamson - OUT
• Chet Holmgren - OUT
• Brice Sensabaugh - OUT
• Matas Buzelis - IN
• Jalen Williams - OUT
• Rudy Gobert - OUT
• Ayo Dosunmu - IN
• Ty Jerome - OUT
• Saddiq Bey - OUT
• Andrew Nembhard - OUT
• Lauri Markkanen - OUT
• Keyonte George - OUT
• Jarrett Allen - OUT
• Alex Sarr - OUT
• Bones Hyland - OUT
• Naji Marshall - DOUBT
• Bobby Portis - OUT
• GG Jackson - OUT
• Isaiah Collier - OUT
• Aaron Gordon - QUEST
• P.J. Washington - DOUBT
• Cedric Coward - OUT
• Walter Clayton - QUEST
• Bilal Coulibaly - OUT
• Olivier-Maxence Prosper - DOUBT
• Brandon Williams - DOUBT
• Daniel Gafford - QUEST
• Nolan Traore - IN
• Cam Spencer - OUT
• Isaiah Hartenstein - OUT
• Javon Small - QUEST
• Kobe Brown - QUEST
• Taylor Hendricks - OUT
• Nic Claxton - OUT
• Josh Minott - OUT
• Guerschon Yabusele - OUT
• Elijah Harkless - OUT
• Thomas Bryant - OUT
• Aaron Nesmith - OUT
• Coby White - IN
• Sam Merrill - OUT
• Yves Missi - OUT
• Jaylin Williams - OUT
• Herbert Jones - OUT
• Noah Clowney - OUT
• Ajay Mitchell - OUT
• Cason Wallace - OUT
• Jaylon Tyson - IN, starting
• Patrick Williams - PROB
• Collin Sexton - PROB
• Lachlan Olbrich - PROB
• Isaac Okoro - DOUBT
• Davion Mitchell - OUT
• Norman Powell - OUT
• Tyler Herro - OUT
• Sam Hauser - IN
• Derrick White - IN
• Neemias Queta - IN
• Jarace Walker - QUEST
• Ben Sheppard - OUT
• T.J. McConnell - OUT
• Pete Nance - OUT
• Tari Eason - QUEST
• Tristan Vukcevic - OUT
• Jaden Hardy - IN
• Anthony Gill - IN
• Justin Champagnie - OUT
• Tre Johnson - OUT
• Bilal Coulibaly - IN
• Naz Reid - QUEST
• Immanuel Quickley - OUT
• Collin Murray-Boyles - OUT
• Mitchell Robinson - OUT
• Miles McBride - OUT
• Marvin Bagley - QUEST, downgrade
• Dwight Powell - QUEST, downgrade
• Christian Braun - QUEST, downgrade
• Cameron Johnson - QUEST, downgrade
• Kevin Huerter - 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

• Jalen Johnson, Jaylen Brown, Tyrese Maxey, Bam Adebayo

Mid

• James Harden, Evan Mobley, Paul George, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Jeremiah Fears, Derik Queen, CJ McCollum, Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu, Julian Reese, Jaime Jaquez., Leonard Miller, Jordan Poole

Value

• Jared McCain (FD), Kenrich Williams (FD), Aaron Wiggins (FD), Tyson Etienne, E.J. Liddell, Tre Scott, Marvin Bagley, Malachi Smith, Lucas Williamson (FD), Bez Mbeng, Kasparas Jakucionis, Kel'el Ware

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