Happy Thursday, April 10th! We have a five-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

Hopefully, with a limited amount of games, tonight won't be so much of a circus. 

 

 

 

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, April 10th

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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 - 6 p.m. ET

  • Ben Sheppard - OUT
  • Trae Young - P
  • Jarrett Allen - "to have minutes monitored for rest of regular season"

Update - 6:35 p.m. ET

  • Giannis Antetokounmpo - IN
  • Pat Connaughton - IN

 

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

 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 4/10

  • Donovan Mitchell - OUT
  • Darius Garland - OUT
  • Josh Hart - OUT
  • Evan Mobley - OUT
  • OG Anunoby - OUT
  • D'Angelo Russell - OUT
  • Kelly Olynyk - OUT
  • Cam Johnson - OUT
  • Jaylen Wells - OUT
  • Max Strus - OUT
  • Mitchell Robinson - OUT
  • Yves Missi - OUT
  • Bruce Brown - OUT
  • Jose Alvarado - OUT
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo - Q
  • Isaiah Stewart - Q
  • Ben Sheppard - Q
  • Pat Connaughton - Q

 

 

 

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 (updated 6:05 p.m. ET)

  • Giannis Antetokounmpo (if active), Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards, Trae Young

Mid

  • Onyeka Okongwu (better on FD), Dyson Daniels (better on FD), Dyson Daniels (better on FD), Rudy Gobert (like DK price more), Ty Jerome, Karlo Matkovic, Keion Brooks, De'Andre Hunter

Value

  • Elfrid Payton, Precious Achiuwa, Antonio Reeves, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Sam Merrill, Jamal Cain

Stacks

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