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

Happy Sunday, March 23rd, we have a six-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and a five-game main slate on FanDuel.

The stars are out as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, James Harden, Trae Young, and LaMelo Ball are taking the floor. Some names that are questionable are Jayson Tatum, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro. Nikola Jokic, Jaylen Brown, and Jalen Williams have already been ruled out.

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 23rd

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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.

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4:50 pm ET

• Jrue Holiday & Kristaps Porzingis join Jaylen Brown as Celtics that are OUT tonight.
• Jayson Tatum +8.8% USG up to 40%, 1.57 FP/min
• Derrick White +8.8% USG up to 28.8% USG, 1.2 FP/min
• Payton Pritchard 21% USG, .99 FP/min

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/23

• Nikola Jokic - OUT
• Jayson Tatum - IN
• Tyrese Maxey - OUT
• Jaylen Brown - OUT
• Bam Adebayo - IN
• Tyler Herro - IN
• Jalen Williams - OUT
• Jamal Murray - PROB
• Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
• Kelly Oubre - OUT
• Anfernee Simons - IN
• Immanuel Quickley - OUT
• Jakob Poeltl - OUT
• Christian Braun - PROB
• Aaron Gordon - PROB
• Donovan Clingan - IN
• Jrue Holiday - OUT
• Deandre Ayton - OUT
• Andre Drummond - OUT
• Charles Bassey - OUT
• Jerami Grant - OUT
• Luguentz Dort - QUEST
• Adem Bona - OUT
• Lonnie Walker - OUT
• Ja'Kobe Walter - IN
• Clint Capela - OUT
• Jabari Walker - IN
• Chet Holmgren - QUEST
• Josh Green - OUT

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

• Jayson Tatum, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (GPP), Trae Young, LaMelo Ball (GPP), Quentin Grimes

Mid

• Scottie Barnes, Russell Westbrook, Onyeka Okongwu, Deni Avdija, Dyson Daniels, Stephon Castle, Payton Pritchard

Value

• Aaron Gordon, Jeremy Sochan, Guerschon Yabusele, Kel'el Ware, Chris Paul, Keldon Johnson, Justin Edwards, Colin Castleton, Jamal Shead

Stacks

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