Happy Friday, March 7th, we have an eight-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.

Toronto has ruled out a handful of integral players, and Oklahoma City will basically be pulling a hockey line change. OKC tips off at 8 ET, so if you want a social life or time with your significant other, this might not be the slate for you.

Be sure to tune into the 5 p.m. show and check out our discord prior to lock! Some of the playbook blurbs typically become irrelevant/stale by the time 7 p.m. rolls around due to so much news and slate-changing dynamics. The NBA is like no other – for better and for worse.

 

 

 

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 7th

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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 - 4:35 p.m. ET

  • Jalen Brunson - OUT
  • Mitchell Robinson - OUT
  • Caleb Martin - Expected IN

UPDATE - 6:15 p.m. ET

  • Chris Boucher - OUT
  • Jaime Jaquez - On Track
  • Alec Burks - OUT
  • Andrew Wiggins - OUT
  • Tyler Herro - On Track
  • LaMelo Ball - IN
  • Josh Green - IN
  • Jusuf Nurkic - IN
  • Nick Smith - IN
  • Santi Aldama - IN
  • John Koncar - Expected IN

UPDATE - 6:25 p.m. ET

  • Chet Holmgren - OUT

UPDATE - 6:31 p.m. ET

  • Rudy Gobert - OUT

UPDATE - 6:34p.m. ET

  • Deni Avdija - OUT
  • Jerami Grant - IN

All status updates after contest roster lock will be made in the Fantasy Alarm Discord: https://discord.gg/2yATJxXe8G

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/7

  • Tyler Herro - Q
  • Jerami Grant - Q
  • Chet Holmgren - Q
  • Nikola Jokic - Q
  • Rudy Gobert - Q
  • Keyonte George - Q
  • Deni Advija - Q
  • Andrew Wiggins - Q
  • Santi Aldama - Q
  • Aaron Gordon - Q
  • Alec Burks - Q
  • Dante Exum - Q
  • Jaime Jaquez - Q
  • Caleb Martin - Q
  • Previous Achiuwa - Q
  • Jalen Brunson - DOUBTFUL
  • Mitchell Robinson - DOUBTFUL
  • Chris Boucher - DOUBTFUL
  • Jaren Jackson - OUT
  • Lauri Markkanen - OUT
  • RJ Barrett - OUT
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - OUT
  • Jalen Williams - OUT
  • Malik Monk - OUT
  • Domantas Sabonis - OUT
  • Norman Powell - OUT
  • PJ Washington - OUT
  • John Collins  - OUT
  • Jakob Poeltl - OUT
  • Isaiah Hartenstein - OUT
  • Kel'el Ware- OUT
  • Mark Williams - OUT
  • Jordan Clarkson - OUT
  • Gradey Dick - OUT
  • Jonathan Mogbo - OUT
  • Lu Dort - OUT
  • Cason Wallace - OUT
  • Ochai Agbaji - OUT
  • Olivier-Maxence Prosper - OUT
  • Ben Simmons - OUT
  • Juian Strawther - OUT
  • Dalano Banton - OUT
  • Kai Jones - OUT
  • Robert Williams - OUT
  • Kyrie Irving - OUT
 

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 (updated 6:35 p.m. ET)

  • Scottie Barnes, Nikola Jokic (if active) Devin Booker (GPP), Kevin Durant (GPP), James Harden

Mid

  • Immanuel Quickley, Aaron Wiggins, Jonas Valanciunas, DeMar DeRozan, Jusuf Nurkic, Zach LaVine (better on FD, GPP), Naji Marshall (GPP)

Value

  • Isaiah Joe, Alex Caruso (better on FD), Jaylin Williams, Kenrich Williams, Orlando Robinson, AJ Lawson (GPP), Ja'Kobe Walter (a little “safer” than Walter), Miles McBride (GPP, slightly better on FD), Cameron Payne (GPP), Brandon Williams (GPP), Keon Ellis (slightly better on FD)

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