The Super Bowl is over, and the bloodbath we witnessed on Sunday puts a fork in the 2024-25 football season. Now, basketball will reign supreme, at least for the next couple of weeks, as pitchers and catchers are beginning to arrive at various spring training locations.

The Association is always a mess during this week of the calendar, sandwiched between the trade deadline and the All-Star Break. There are plenty of guys on new teams, with volatile rotations and minutes, and plenty of other injury situations to monitor. As always, be sure to tune into the 5 p.m. show and pop in our discord for more chatter closer to lineup lock. Let's dive in.

There are way too many Q tags for me to write up every single hypothetical beneficiary in the playbook. Definitely pop in the discord for the latest updates between 6:30-ish and lineup lock.

 

 

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 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 - 4:05 p.m. ET

  • Kyshawn George - Available
  • Dalton Knecht- Probable
  • Jusuf Nurkic - Not On Injury Report
  • LeBron James - Probable
  • Luke Doncic - Probable
  • Jayson Tatum & Jaylen Brown - Not Present At Morning Shootaround

UPDATE - 6:35 p.m. ET

  • Jaylen Brown - OUT
  • Tyler Herro - OUT
  • Jayson Tatum - IN
  • Steph Curry - IN
  • Anthony Edwards - IN
  • Moussa Diabate - IN
  • Isaiah Wong - OUT
  • Josh Green - IN
  • Mike Conley - OUT
  • Max Strus - OUT
  • De'Angelo Russell - IN

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/10

  • Anthony Edwards - Q
  • Michael Porter - Q
  • Jaylen Brown - Q
  • Jayson Tatum - Q
  • Stephen Curry - Q
  • Damian Lillard - Q
  • Tyler Herro - Q
  • Mike Conley - Q
  • Nick Smith - Q
  • D'Angelo Russell - Q
  • PJ Washington - Q
  • Moussa Diabate - Q
  • Kyshawn George - Q
  • Jerami Grant - Q
  • Josh Green - Q
  • Isaiah Wong - Q
  • Max Christie - Q
  • Dante Exum - Q
  • Max Strus - Q
  • Robert Williams - Q
  • Pat Connaughton - Q
  • Jalen Suggs - DOUB
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo - OUT
  • Anthony Davis - OUT
  • C.J. McCollum - OUT
  • Alex Sarr - OUT
  • Jrue Holiday - OUT
  • Collin Sexton - OUT
  • Mark Williams - OUT
  • Russell Westbrook - OUT
  • Khris Middleton - OUT
  • Cason Wallace - OUT
  • Jaime Jaquez - OUT
  • Bruce Brown - OUT
  • Marcus Smart - OUT
  • Kelly Olynyk - OUT
  • Brandon Boston - OUT
  • Isaiah Joe - OUT

NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews

With the NBA season just kicking off we don't have data yet for teams regarding pace of play and defensive matchups. 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.

Washington Wizards vs. San Antonio Spurs

  • Total: 237.5
  • Spread: SAS -11

Milwaukee Bucks vs. Golden State Warriors

  • Total: 230.5
  • Spread: MIL -7

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz

  • Total: 235.5
  • Spread: LAL -12
  • Luka expected to make debut. Game is FanDuel main only.

 

 

 

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.

Top Price

  • Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum, Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama, Steph Curry, Kyrie Irving (large GPP)

Mid-Price

  • Bobby Portis, Kyle Kuzma, Franz Wagner, Derrick White, Naz Reid, PJ Washington, Bam Adebayo, Jordan Poole, Daniel Gafford

Value-Price

  • Kyshawn George, Nick Smith, Naji Marshall, Mouhamed Gueye (large GPP)

Stacks

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