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

It's Friday, February 27th, and we have a 5-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

We have a five-game NBA DFS main slate on Friday and it's a fun slate. We have star power everywhere including Nikola Jokic, Jaylen Brown, Cade Cunningham, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander take the floor. SGA returns to action today, which is exciting. We have multiple teams on back-to-backs and we're unsure what those teams are going to do. Dallas has a lot of questionable players as does Cleveland.

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 27th

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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

• Added A.J. Johnson to player pool, removed Caleb Martin.
• Moussa Cisse has been upgraded to IN on Mavs injury report. They have 10 & three centers available.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/27

• Giannis Antetokounmpo - OUT
• Donovan Mitchell - OUT
• Cooper Flagg - OUT
• James Harden - OUT
• Jamal Murray - QUEST
• Ja Morant - OUT
• Jalen Williams - OUT
• Aaron Gordon - OUT
• Peyton Watson - OUT
• P.J. Washington - OUT
• Zach Edey - OUT
• Ty Jerome - DOUBT
• Santi Aldama - OUT
• Cedric Coward - OUT
• Ajay Mitchell - OUT
• Dennis Schroder - IN
• Julian Strawther - PROB
• Isaiah Stewart - OUT
• Daniel Gafford - IN
• Spencer Jones - QUEST
• Dean Wade - OUT
• Keon Ellis - OUT
• Jalen Pickett - QUEST
• Caleb Martin - OUT
• Marvin Bagley - OUT
• Klay Thompson - 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

• Nikola Jokic, Cade Cunningham, Jaylen Brown, James Harden

Mid

• Karl-Anthony Towns, Payton Pritchard (GPP), Jalen Duren, GG Jackson, Naji Marshall, Brandon Williams, Khris Middleton, Jaylon Tyson, Jarrett Allen

Value

• Scotty Pippen Jr., Javon Small, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Taylor Hendricks, Daniel Gafford, Rayan Rupert, AJ Johnson, Jose Alvarado, Mitchell Robinson, Craig Porter, Dennis Schroder

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