Welcome to the NBA DFS Playbook for Saturday, October 25th, your source for dominating the DraftKings and FanDuel 5-game main slate! With an action-packed evening of NBA hoops on deck, we’ve assembled the premier NBA DFS picks for dominating your daily fantasy contests. Utilizing in-depth research, injury reports, and advanced projections, the NBA DFS picks provided in the following playbook have been optimized for success in cash games, tournaments, and everything in between. Read on to get started on building your winning lineups for the slate!
 

 

 

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 25th

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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

Update 2:30 PM ET: 

Update 5:30 PM ET: 

Trae Young should have as many shots as he wants, but there is higher risk for blowout in the game overall. Mouhamed Gueye and Onyeka Okongwu are the biggest beneficiaries, and there should be a huge offensive role for Nickeil Alexander-Walker also. 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 10/25 

(As of 11am ET, see latest updates above)

CHI:
Coby White - Out
Zach Collins - Out

ORL:
Jalen Suggs - Out

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

ATL:
Jalen Johnson - Questionable 

Zaccharie Risacher - Out 

Kristaps Porzingis - Questionable 

CHA:
Grant Williams - Out
Josh Green - Out

PHI:
Justin Edwards - Available 
Paul George - Out
Trendon Watford - Out
Jared McCain - Out

IND:
Johnny Furphy - Questionable
Andrew Nembhard - Out
Tyrese Haliburton - Out
TJ McConnell - Out
Quenton Jackson - Out
Kam Jones - Out

MEM:
Santi Aldama - Questionable 

PHX:
Yet to submit

DEN:
None

h/t underdog 

 

 

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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