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

It's Monday, March 2nd, and we have a 4-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

It's a tricky little four-gamer because we have multiple tanking teams actively trying to lose and multiple good teams that are two touchdown favorites. Half the slate is also on a back-to-back, so the information we have now could drastically change by lock. As of now, the likes of Nikola Jokic, Alperen Sengun, Jaylen Brown, and Kawhi Leonard are taking the floor. Also, welcome back Darius Garland!

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, March 2nd

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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

• Adding Luka Garza to player pool for GPPs

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/2

• Giannis Antetokounmpo - IN
• Jaylen Brown - OUT
• Stephen Curry - OUT
• Trae Young - OUT
• Lauri Markkanen - OUT
• Jayson Tatum - OUT
• Alex Sarr - OUT
• Peyton Watson - OUT
• Jabari Smith. - OUT
• Aaron Gordon - OUT
• Darius Garland - IN
• Kyshawn George - IN
• John Collins - OUT
• Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
• Kris Dunn - IN
• Cameron Johnson - OUT
• Tristan Vukcevic - OUT
• Anthony Gill - QUEST
• Gary Payton - QUEST
• Will Richard - OUT
• Kevin Love - OUT
• Spencer Jones - OUT
• Jae'Sean Tate - OUT
• Neemias Queta - 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, Kawhi Leonard, Alperen Sengun

Mid

• Kevin Durant, Jamal Murray, Derrick White, Payton Pritchard, Amen Thompson, Brandin Podziemski, Tari Eason, Gui Santos, Nikola Vucevic, De'Anthony Melton, Reed Sheppard, Draymond Green

Value

• Will Riley, Tim Hardaway, Baylor Scheierman, Ron Harper Jr., Luka Garza (GPP), Bruce Brown, Julian Strawther, Elijah Harkless

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