NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Friday Playbook
Published: Jan 10, 2025
Happy Friday! We've got a seven-game main slate for NBA DFS to kick off a fun weekend. This slate is already a bit nuts and has the potential to be an absolutely wild one. Golden State has already ruled out Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins and Jonathan Kuminga, while other stars like Nikola Jokic and Karl-Anthony Towns also appear on the injury report.
We will have many decisions to make and lots of news to pay attention to if we wish to be successful. Let's discuss some top plays, best pivots and more for Friday, January 10th.
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 Friday, January 10th
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Pre-Lock Update
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.
UPDATE 5:40 PM ET
- Zion Williamson - Suspended
- Dejounte Murray - Available
- Tyrese Haliburton - Available
- Myles Turner - Available
- Ryan Rollins - Available
- Trayce Jackson-Davis - Available
- Warriors starters: Schroder, Hield, Waters, Anderson, TJD
UPDATE 6:40 PM ET
- Alex Sarr - Available
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/10
- Stephen Curry - OUT
- Draymond Green - OUT
- Andrew Wiggins - OUT
- Jonathan Kuminga - OUT
- Brandin Podziemski - OUT
- Trayce Jackson-Davis - A
- Tyrese Haliburton - A
- Myles Turner - A
- Ryan Rollins - A
- Jalen Suggs - OUT
- Paolo Banchero - A
- Dejounte Murray - A
- Trey Murphy - OUT
- Herbert Jones - OUT
- Joel Embiid - OUT
- Andre Drummond - OUT
- De'Aaron Fox - OUT
- Karl-Anthony Towns - Q
- Miles McBride - Q
- Jordan Poole - Q
- Alex Sarr - Q
- Malcolm Brogdon - OUT
- Marvin Bagley - OUT
- Richaun Holmes - Q
- Johnny Davis - Q
- Ayo Dosunmu - OUT
- D'Angelo Russell - OUT
- Cameron Johnson - OUT
- Cam Thomas - OUT
- Nikola Jokic - Q
- Aaron Gordon - D
NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews
We've got a lot of games with either lower game totals or spreads suggesting blowout for tonight's matchups. That said we do have a handful of games where we are expecting close, competitive and high scoring which is where the majority of the ownership tonight is going when building out our DFS lineups and those games are below.
Golden State Warriors vs. Indiana Pacers
- Total: 221
- Spread: IND -10
Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls
- Total: 243
- Spread: CHI -11.5
New Orleans Pelicans vs. Philadelphia 76ers
- Total: 221
- Spread: PHI -5.5
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. New York Knicks
- Total: 225.5
- Spread: OKC -4
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 (if active), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Karl-Anthony Towns (if active), Tyrese Maxey, Domantas Sabonis
Mid
- Zach LaVine, Paul George, Josh Giddey, Coby White, Kelly Oubre, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Guerschon Yabusele, Dennis Schroder
Value
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