NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Saturday Playbook

Happy Saturday, March 8th, we have a seven-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. Big shout out to Nikola Jokic, who posted the first 30-20-20 game in NBA history last night. 

The Saturday slate features studs like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and LeBron James, although Giannis (questionable) does also headline the injury report. 

Let's dive in and discuss the top plays, best pivots and more! 

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 8th

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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 4:40 PM ET

• Jordan Poole - Available
• Richaun Holmes - Available

UPDATE 6:00 PM ET

• Scottie Barnes - Available
• Chris Boucher Available
• Caris LeVert - Available
• Terance Mann - Available
• Vit Krejci - OUT

UPDATE 6:15 PM ET

• Tyrese Haliburton - OUT
• Bennedict Mathurin - Available

UPDATE 6:35 PM ET

• Giannis Antetokounmpo on track to play
• Gary Trent - OUT
• Nikola Vucevic - OUT
• Lonzo Ball - OUT
• Patrick Williams - OUT

UPDATE 6:55 PM ET

• Jaxson Hayes - OUT

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

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/8

• Bruce Brown - OUT
• Fred VanVleet - OUT
• Reed Sheppard - OUT
• Tyrese Haliburton - OUT
• Bennedict Mathurin - Available
• Caris LeVert - Available
• Terance Mann - Available
• Vit Krejci - OUT
• Jordan Poole - Available
• Richaun Holmes - Available
• Malcolm Brogdon - OUT
• Scottie Barnes - Available
• Immanuel Quickley - OUT
• Ja'Kobe Walter - OUT
• Chris Boucher - Available
• Nikola Vucevic - OUT
• Ayo Dosunmu - OUT
• Lonzo Ball - OUT
• Patrick Williams - OUT
• Andrew Wiggins - Q
• Alec Burks - OUT
• Giannis Antetokounmpo - Q
• Gary Trent - OUT
• Brandin Podziemski - Q
• Jaxson Hayes - OUT
• Kristaps Porzingis - Q
• Jrue Holiday - Q
• Sam Hauser - Q

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 

• Cade Cunningham, Trae Young, Bam Adebayo, Stephen Curry

Mid

• Amen Thompson, Tyler Herro, Alperen Sengun (FD), Pascal Siakam, Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett, Myles Turner, Draymond Green, Tari Eason (DK), Jakob Poeltl (DK) 

Value

• Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, T.J. McConnell, Tre Jones, Georges Niang, Jamal Shead, Orlando Robinson

Stacks

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