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

Happy Thursday, March 13th, we have a five-game NBA DFS main slate on both DraftKings and FanDuel.

The Lakers are in Milwaukee to take on Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks. Luka Doncic headlines the injury report, as he is questionable with ankle soreness. LeBron James remains sidelined, so we could be flocking to Lakers value if Luka is unable to play.  

Be sure to join us for the live show at 5pm ET, and in Discord for all the news leading up to roster lock. Let's get into some of the top plays and best pivots for this smaller 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, March 13th

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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 4:00 PM ET 

• Jake LaRavia - Available
• Trey Lyles - Questionable (downgrade)

UPDATE 6:35 PM ET 

• Domantas Sabonis - OUT
  • Jonas Valanciunas is now a strong play
  • I have more interest in Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan as well 

UPDATE 6:55 PM ET 

• Luka Doncic - Available 
• Cole Anthony - 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, 3/13

• Bilal Coulibaly - OUT
• Luka Doncic - Available 
• LeBron James - OUT
• Jaxson Hayes - OUT
• Noah Clowney - OUT
• Josh Giddey - OUT
• Lonzo Ball - D
• Yves Missi - OUT
• Kelly Olynyk - OUT
• Domantas Sabonis - OUT
• Jake LaRavia - Available
• Brandin Podziemski - 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

• Luka Doncic (if active), Giannis Antetokounmpo, Cade Cunningham, Paolo Banchero

Mid

• Franz Wagner, Austin Reaves, Jonas Valanciunas, Coby White, Jalen Duren, Cam Thomas, Cameron Johnson, Nic Claxton, D'Angelo Russell

Value

• Tre Jones, Wendell Carter, Matas Buzelis, Dalton Knecht, Gabe Vincent, Jarred Vanderbilt, Kevin Huerter, Karlo Matkovic, Jordan Goodwin 

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