Happy Thursday, December 26th, FAmily. I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. We had an awesome slate yesterday. It was great to unwind and see LeBron vs. Steph featuring Mike Breen last night – so many legends and future HOFers were in action on the hardwood.


The chaos continues today with a laundry list of injury designations and a trio of Jazz ruled out in the afternoon.

Let's get started.

 

 

 

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, December 26th

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Pre-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 4:37 p.m. ET

  • Gary Harris - OUT
  • Trey Murphy - P

UPDATE 5:25 p.m. ET

  • Jimmy Butler - OUT
  • Myles Turner - IN

UPDATE 6:03 p.m. ET

  • Brandon MIller - IN
  • Josh Giddey - OUT
  • Ayo Dosunmu.- OUT
  • Matas Buzelis - OUT

UPDATE 6:20 p.m. ET

  • Giannis Antetokounmpo - OUT
  • Damian Lillard - OUT

UPDATE 6:20 p.m. ET

  • Tari Eason - OUT

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 12/26

  • John Collins - OUT
  • Keyonte George - OUT
  • Jordan Clarkson - OUT
  • Jakob Poeltl - OUT
  • Dillon Brooks - OUT
  • Marcus Smart - OUT
  • Dru Smith - OUT
  • Alex Caruso - OUT
  • Lonzo Ball - OUT
  • Jimmy Butler - D
  • Trae Young - Q
  • Damian Lillard - Q
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo - Q
  • Myles Turner - Q
  • Domantas Sabonis - Q
  • Brandon Miller - Q
  • Bilal Coulibaly - Q
  • Alexadre Sarr - Q
  • Josh Giddey - Q
  • Ben Simmons - Q
  • Trey Murphy - Q
  • Ayo Dosunmu - Q
  • Bogdan Bogdanovic - Q
  • Terry Rozier - Q
  • Tari Eason - Q
  • Isaiah Stewart - Q
  • Bub Carrington - Q
  • Ja'Kobe Walter - Q
  • Gary Harris - Q
  • Dalano Banton - Q

 

 

 

NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews

With the NBA season just kicking off we don't have data yet for teams regarding pace of play and defensive matchups. 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.

Atlanta Hawks vs. Chicago Bulls

  • Total: 242.5
  • Spread: ATL -6.5

Memphis Grizzlies vs. Toronto Raptors

  • Total: 240.5
  • Spread: MEM -11.5

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz

  • Total: 226
  • Spread: POR -3

Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

  • Total: 227.5
  • Spread: OKC -5.5

Washington Wizards vs. Charlotte Hornets

  • Total: 228
  • Spread: CHA -4.5
 

 

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.

UPDATED 6:37 p.m. ET

High

  • Trae Young (if active), Jalen Johnson, Lauri Markkanen, Scottie Barnes (GPP), RJ Barrett (GPP), Ja Morant (GPP), De'Aaron Fox (if Sabonis inactive), Nikola Vucevic

Mid

  •  Bobby Portis, Collin Sexton, Amen Thompson, DeMar DeRozan (if Sabonis inactive), Bilal Coulibaly, Cilnt Capela, Alex Sarr (DK), Santi Aldama (DK), Zach LaVine, Coby White

Value

  • Micah Potter, Talen Horton-Tucker, Svi Mykhailiuk, Ochai Agbaji, Jaime Jaquez Jr. (more so DK), Cam Whitmore (if Eason out)

 

 

 

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