Happy Monday, October 27th! It's the sport equinox, with all four major North American sports in action, but the NBA takes center stage for our purposes. We've got a 9-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and and an 11-gamer on FanDuel. 

There are studs galore on both sites, and plenty of injury situations to monitor as well. Anthony Edwards, Joel Embiid and Luka Doncic headline the list of names likely to be out today, with lots more impactful news still to come. Let's dive in and break it all down. 

 

 

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, October 27th

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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.

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

 

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5:00 PM ET UPDATE: 

2:30 PM ET UPDATE: 

 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 10/27

CLE:
Yet to submit

DET:
Yet to submit

ORL:
Moe Wagner - Out

PHI:
Joel Embiid - Out
Paul George - Out
Dominick Barlow - Out
Trendon Watford - Out
Jared McCain - Out

ATL:
Jalen Johnson - Questionable
Kristaps Porzingis - Questionable
Zaccharie Risacher - Questionable

CHI:
Josh Giddey - Questionable
Coby White - Out
Zach Collins - Out

BKN:
Yet to submit

HOU:
Fred VanVleet - Out
Dorian Finney-Smith - Out

BOS:
Yet to submit

NOP:
Yves Missi - Questionable
Karlo Matkovic - Questionable
Dejounte Murray - Out
Kevon Looney - Out

TOR:
Yet to submit

SAS:
De'Aaron Fox - Out

Jeremy Sochan - Out

Luke Kornet - Out

Kelly Olynyk - Out

OKC:
Chet Holmgren - Questionable
Alex Caruso - Out
Isaiah Joe - Out
Jalen Williams - Out
Kenrich Williams - Out
Nikola Topic - Out
Thomas Sorber - Out

DAL:
Yet to submit

PHX:
Dillon Brooks - Questionable
Jalen Green - Out

UTA:
Isaiah Collier - Out
Georges Niang - Out

DEN:
None

MIN:
Yet to submit

MEM:
Vince Williams - Out
Ty Jerome - Out
Scotty Pippen Jr. - Out
Brandon Clarke - Out
Zach Edey - Out

GSW:
Al Horford - Out
De'Anthony Melton - Out

POR:
Yet to submit

LAL:
Yet to submit

h/t @UnderdogNBA

 

 

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

Mid

Value

 

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