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

It's Monday, January 18th, and we have a 4-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

We have basketball the entire day on Martin Luther King day, but just four-games on the main slate. We already know Tyler Herro is out, but what other big ticket item will break throughout the day? The stars are out as Cade Cunningham, Tyrese Maxey, and Jaylen Brown are 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, January 18th

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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

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/18

• Joel Embiid -  IN
• Devin Booker - IN
• Michael Porter - IN
• Tyler Herro - OUT
• Payton Pritchard - IN
• Paul George - OUT
• Cam Thomas - OUT
• Draymond Green - OUT
• Jaime Jaquez. - PROB
• Bennedict Mathurin - OUT
• Davion Mitchell - PROB
• Jalen Green - OUT
• De'Anthony Melton - OUT
• Drake Powell - IN
• Ziaire Williams - IN
• Egor Demin - OUT
• Day'Ron Sharpe - 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, Jaylen Brown (GPP), Tyrese Maxey, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid

Mid

• Pascal Siakam, Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Jalen Duren, Norman Powell, Andrew Nembhard, Mark Williams, Andrew Wiggins, Jaime Jaquez

Value

• Noah Clowney, Nolan Traore, Tobias Harris, Brandin Podziemski, Moses Moody, Danny Wolf, Tyrese Martin (GPP)

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