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

It's Friday, December 26th, and we have a 7-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and 9-games on FanDuel. 

After a wonderful day of NBA basketball on Christmas Day, the league is back to normal as we have nine games tonight, but DraftKings cut the final two on their main slate. We have some elite talent on the slate with Jalen Johnson, Trae Young, Cade Cunningham, Jaylen Brown, and Paolo Banchero taking the floor.

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, December 26th

Be sure to like and subscribe to the Fantasy Alarm YouTube channel!

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

• Collin Murray-Boyles has been downgraded to OUT

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 12/26

• Giannis Antetokounmpo - OUT
• Scottie Barnes - IN
• Joel Embiid - IN
• Franz Wagner - OUT
• Ja Morant - IN (limited)
• Bam Adebayo - OUT
• Jalen Green - OUT
• Jalen Suggs - OUT
• Tyler Herro - OUT
• Jerami Grant - OUT
• Ivica Zubac - OUT
• Jrue Holiday - OUT
• VJ Edgecombe - IN
• Quentin Grimes - IN
• Grayson Allen - OUT
• RJ Barrett - OUT
• Cedric Coward - IN (limited)
• Kelly Oubre - OUT
• Jordan Poole - IN
• Jakob Poeltl - OUT
• Vince Williams - OUT
• Herbert Jones - OUT
• Dominick Barlow - IN
• Jordan Walsh - IN
• Corey Kispert - OUT
• Ryan Kalkbrenner - OUT
• Isaiah Jackson - OUT
• Gary Trent - OUT
• Tristan da Silva - IN
• Pelle Larsson - IN
• Collin Murray-Boyles - OUT
• Nikola Jovic - IN
• Goga Bitadze - 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

• Cade Cunningham (FD), Kawhi Leonard (FD), Jalen Johnson, Josh Giddey, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown

Mid

• Paolo Banchero, Devin Booker, Trae Young, Scottie Barnes, Brandon Ingram, Norman Powell, Jalen Duren (FD), Donovan Clingan (FD), Immanuel Quickley, Collin Gillespie, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez., Bobby Portis

Value

• Sandro Mamukelashvili, Kyle Kuzma, Royce O'Neale, Moussa Diabate, Brook Lopez (FD), Jordan Goodwin

Don't Miss The NBA DFS Playbook Live Show At 5:00 PM ET

Stacks

{{stack.team.name}}	{{player.name}}
DraftKings	{{player.fantasy.price.value[8]}}-
Fanduel	{{player.fantasy.price.value[6]}}-