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

Happy Friday, February 28th! DraftKings is rolling with an eight-game main slate that does not include the two games starting after 9 p.m. ET, while FanDuel is rolling with all 10 games for their main slate. They end up being two wildly different slates, because Anthony Edwards is suspended and Luka Doncic and LeBron James are both in danger of sitting out in the two late games. 

Shout out to our own James Grande, who took down a couple of tournaments last night! Be sure to come hang out in our Discord and tune into the 5 p.m. show for more important discussion before roster lock. Let's dive in.

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 28th

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Pre/Post-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 6:30 PM ET 

• Kristaps Porzingis - OUT 
• Jrue Holiday - Available 
• Deni Avdija - OUT
• Jerami Grant - OUT
  • Blazers will start, Simons, Sharpe, Camara, Murray, Clignan
• Chet Holmgren - Available
• Aaron Gordon - OUT
• Andrew Wiggins - OUT
• Bam Adebayo - Available
• Nikola Vucevic - OUT
• Ayo Dosunmu - Available

UPDATE 6:50 PM ET 

• Scottie Barnes - Available

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/28

• Aaron Gordon - OUT
• Chet Holmgren - Available
• Alex Caruso - OUT
• Jaylen Brown - Available
• Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
• Jrue Holiday - OUT
• Deni Avdija - OUT
• Jerami Grant - OUT
• Robert Williams - OUT
• D'Angelo Russell - OUT
• Scottie Barnes - Available
• Nikola Vucevic - OUT
• Ayo Dosunmu - Available
• Karl-Anthony Towns - Q
• Josh Hart - Q
• Mitchell Robinson - Q
• Desmond Bane - Q
• GG Jackson - Q
• Bennedict Mathurin - OUT
• T.J. McConnell - Q
• Bam Adebayo - Available
• Andrew Wiggins - OUT
• Zion Williamson - OUT
• CJ McCollum - OUT
• Brandon Boston - OUT
• Bradley Beal - OUT
• Grayson Allen - OUT
• Lauri Markkanen - OUT
• John Collins - Q
• Jordan Clarkson - Q
• Collin Sexton - Q
• Anthony Edwards - SUSPENDED
• Rudy Gobert - OUT
• Donte DiVincenzo - Q
• Norman Powell - Q
• Luka Doncic - Q
• LeBron James - Q
• Rui Hachimura - OUT
• Jaxson Hayes - Q

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, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cade Cunningham, Karl-Anthony Towns (if active), Kevin Durant 

Mid

• Devin Booker, Tyler Herro, Ja Morant, Josh Giddey, Trey Murphy, Jaren Jackson, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Duren, Jose Alvarado, Onyeka Okongwu, Zach Collins, Shaedon Sharpe, Santi Aldama

Value

• Bol Bol, Kelly Olynyk, Yves Missi, Nick Richards, Lonzo Ball, Karlo Matkovic, Jordan Hawkins, Tyus Jones, Jalen Smith

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