Welcome to the Fantasy Alarm NBA DFS Playbook for Sunday, March 9th, where we break down the six-game main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel to help you build winning lineups. 

With a compact yet action-packed schedule, tonight’s slate offers a mix of high-upside stars, value plays, and intriguing matchups to exploit. Whether you’re chasing GPP glory or looking to cash in head-to-heads, our expert analysis—covering optimal plays, injury updates, and key stats—has you covered. 

Let’s dive into the top picks and strategies to dominate the hardwood on this Sunday showdown!

 

 

 

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 9th

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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 - 5:50 PM ET

  • Luke Kennard OUT
  • Jose Alvarado IN

UPDATE - 6:00 PM ET

Status alert: Kelly Oubre, Guerschon Yabusele, Quentin Grimes will have their minutes monitored moving forward, per coach Nurse.

  • I'm still playing all three but the odds they play 38-40 minute is certainly unlikely. I'd guess still in the 28-32 minute range is safe.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/9

Ruled OUT

Questionable

 

 

 

NBA Totals and Spreads - Sunday, March 9th

 

 

 

 

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

 

Stacks

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