Happy Thursday, February 27th! We have a small, five-game slate on our hands tonight. There was plenty of value yesterday, but that doesn't look like it will be the case for Thursday evening. In fact, it looks like some of the early- day value is coming from the Pelicans' camp. That's always fun! Let's see if anything else opens up.

Brad Beal got the good ol' mid-day downgrade to questionable, which typically does not bode well for someone to lace ‘em up in a few hours. Be sure to come hang out in our Discord and tune into the 5 p.m. show for more important discussion before roster lock. Let's dive in.

 

 

 

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, February 27th

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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 - 3:22 p.m. ET

  • LaMelo Ball - Q

UPDATE - 5:20 p.m. ET

  • Cole Anthony - IN

UPDATE - 6:08 p.m. ET

  • If Beal is out, bumps to KD, Booker, and especially Grayson Allen. Would be interested to see if Tyus Jones starts, he may have a bigger bench role at a cheap price.

UPDATE - 7:01 p.m. ET

  • PJ Washington - OUT

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/27

  • Rudy Gobert - OUT
  • Kelly Olynyk - OUT
  • Bruce Brown - OUT
  • Bobby Portis - OUT
  • Tidjane Salaun - OUT
  • Pat Connaughton - OUT
  • Brandon Boston - OUT
  • Monte Morris - OUT
  • Cody martin - OUT
  • Anthony Edwards - Q
  • Cole Anthony - Q
  • PJ Washington - Q
  • Brad Beal - Q
  • Donte DiVincenzo - Q
  • Jusuf Nurkic - Q
  • Dwight Powell - Q
  • DaQuan Jeffries - Q
  • Wendell Moore - Q
  • Trayce Jackson-Davis - Q

 

 

 

 

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.

- Note: I'll likely have all three studs in my mutli build. There are a decent amount of centers and guards on the slate, so I am going to slightly prioritize Giannis for SE/smaller field stuff. I'm also listing the value I'm fairly confident in - feeling really good about Bol Bol and lukewarm on Karlo, Hawkins is a little sketchy, but he's really intriguing with how shorthanded NOP is, and AJ Green will play minutes, but his floor is very low. Read the playbook for more!

 

UPDATE: 6:45 ET - I didn't do much writing about Tyus Jones, but on a slate with terrible value, he could be sneaky leverage/value at $4K flat on DraftKings. There is some risk here via Beal news, but I'm willing ot take it.

High

  • Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, Anthony Edwards, Kevin Durant (especially if Beal out), Devin Booker (same deal w/ Beal), Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving

Mid

  • Naz Reid, Trey Murphy, Zion Williamson (prob wouldn't play him AND Trey together), Jaden McDaniels (DK GPP/FD all), Max Christie (if starting, good for cash games), Klay Thompson (GPP pivot off Christie), Jose Alvarado

Value

  • Bol Bol, Naji Marshall, Karlo Matkovic, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Jordan Hawkins (GPP)

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