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

It's Friday, February 20th, and we have a 7-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

Nearly half of the teams on the slate will be playing the second leg of a back-to-back, so be ready for lots of injury news and plenty of value. Furthermore, even the teams that did not play yesterday all seem to be missing important rotation pieces. This could be a wild one. 

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, February 20th

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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

UPDATE 6:40 PM ET 

• Taelon Peter and Quenton Jackson are officially up from the G League
• T.J. McConnell will start and has been added to Core Plays 

UPDATE 6:00 PM ET 

• Lauri Markkanen - OUT
• T.J. McConnell - AVAILABLE
• Micah Potter - AVAILABLE
• Kam Jones - AVAILABLE
• Andrew Nembhard - OUT 

UPDATE 5:00 PM ET 

• Lauri Markkanen - Doubtful (downgrade)

UPDATE 2:00 PM ET 

• Lauri Markkanen - Questionable (downgrade) 
• WAS: 
  • Anthony Davis - OUT
  • Kyshawn George - OUT
  • D'Angelo Russell - OUT
  • Alex Sarr - OUT
  • Cam Whitmore - OUT
  • Trae Young - OUT 
• CLE: 
  • Evan Mobley - OUT
  • Max Strus - OUT
  • Nae'Qwan Tomlin - Probable
• IND: 
  • Johnny Furphy - OUT
  • Tyrese Haliburton - OUT
  • Kam Jones - Questionable
  • T.J. McConnell - Questionable
  • Andrew Nembhard - Doubtful
  • Aaron Nesmith - OUT
  • Micah Potter - Questionable
  • Pascal Siakam - OUT
  • Obi Toppin - OUT
  • Ivica Zubac - OUT
• CHA: 
  • Miles Bridges - Suspended
  • Moussa Diabate - Suspended
  • Liam McNeeley - OUT
  • Coby White - OUT
  • Grant Williams - OUT 
• BKN: 
  • Nic Claxton - OUT
  • Ziaire Williams - OUT

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/20

• CLE:
  Yet to submit
• CHA:
  Yet to submit
• IND:
  Yet to submit
• WAS:
  Yet to submit
• UTA:
  Oscar Tshiebwe - Questionable
  Keyonte George - Out
  Jaren Jackson - Out
  Jusuf Nurkic - Out
  Walker Kessler - Out
• MEM:
  Walter Clayton Jr. - Doubtful
  Santi Aldama - Out
  Ja Morant - Out
  Brandon Clarke - Out
  Zach Edey - Out
  Cedric Coward - Out
  Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - Out
  Ty Jerome - Out
  Scotty Pippen Jr. - Out
• DAL:
  Daniel Gafford - Questionable
  Max Christie - Doubtful
  Caleb Martin - Questionable
  Cooper Flagg - Out
  Dereck Lively - Out
  Kyrie Irving - Out
• MIN:
  Terrence Shannon Jr. - Available
• MIA:
  Norman Powell - Questionable (expected to play)
  Tyler Herro - Available
• ATL:
  Yet to submit
• BKN:
  Yet to submit
• OKC:
  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - Out
  Jalen Williams - Out
  Ajay Mitchell - Out
  Thomas Sorber - Out
• MIL:
  Giannis Antetokounmpo - Out
  Myles Turner - Out
  Taurean Prince - Out
• NOP:
  Trey Murphy - Out
  Dejounte Murray - Out
  Yves Missi - Out

h/t @UnderdogNBA 

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, Donovan Mitchell, Anthony Edwards, James Harden

Mid

• Julius Randle, Zion Williamson, Kevin Porter, Jarrett Allen, Saddiq Bey, Jarace Walker, Dyson Daniels, Naz Reid, Derik Queen, Brice Sensabaugh, Cam Spencer, Jay Huff, GG Jackson, Brandon Williams 

Value

• Jeremiah Fears, Marvin Bagley, Jaylen Wells, Herbert Jones, Micah Potter, Kobe Brown, Kyle Anderson, Ousmane Dieng, Jahmai Mashack, Zaccharie Risacher, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Javon Small, T.J. McConnell 

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