NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Monday Playbook
Published: Mar 03, 2025
Happy Monday, March 3rd! We have a seven-game main slate for NBA DFS on both FanDuel and DraftKings. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Cade Cunningham reside at the top of the salary range, while Ja Morant, Paul George, and a host of Houston Rockets headline the injury report.
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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 3rd
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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 3:45 PM ET
The Jazz released their injury report that includes the following names:
- Lauri Markkanen - OUT
- John Collins - D
- Collin Sexton - Q
- Jordan Clarkson - OUT
Utah has done this often enough where most of the pieces that benefit are appropriately priced. Keyonte George is the top option, and I would have interest in Isaiah Collier if Sexton is also ruled out, but the tanking Jazz ultimately don't move the needle much.
Additional adds to the injury report:
- Davion Mitchell - Q
- Isaiah Stewart - Q
UPDATE 6:15 PM ET
- Andrew Wiggins - OUT
- Davion Mitchell - OUT
- Jaime Jaquez - OUT
- Kelly Oubre - OUT
The Heat will have just nine available bodies. Core plays will be updated when we get a starting lineup, but you can make a case for any of the active Heat.
UPDATE 6:35 PM ET
- Ja Morant - Doubtful
- Santi Aldama - Doubtful
- Paul George - OUT
- Tari Eason - OUT
UPDATE 7:10 PM ET
- Ja Morant - OUT
- Santi Aldama - OUT
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/3
- Jerami Grant - OUT
- Robert Williams - OUT
- Paul George - OUT
- Kelly Oubre - OUT
- Jordan Poole - OUT
- Malcolm Brogdon - OUT
- Kel'el Ware - OUT
- Andrew Wiggins - OUT
- Jaime Jaquez- OUT
- Davion Mitchell - OUT
- Georges Niang - OUT
- Ja Morant - OUT
- Santi Aldama - OUT
- Alperen Sengun - Q
- Amen Thompson - Q
- Fred VanVleet - OUT
- Dillon Brooks - Q
- Tari Eason - OUT
- Steven Adams - Q
- Isaiah Joe - OUT
- Domantas Sabonis - OUT
- P.J. Washington - OUT
- Tobias Harris - OUT
- Isaiah Stewart - Q
- Lauri Markkanen - OUT
- John Collins - D
- Collin Sexton - Q
- Jordan Clarkson - 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
Mid
- Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo, Jaren Jackson, Desmond Bane, Jalen Duren, Deni Avdija, Quentin Grimes, Shaedon Sharpe, Onyeka Okongwu
Value
- Jonas Valanciunas, Naji Marshall, Ausar Thompson, Malik Beasley, Duncan Robinson, Terance Mann, Alec Burks
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