Happy Tuesday, March 25th everyone! We have an 8-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.

We're going to have some solid value, with Jalen Brunson, Ja Morant, Donovan Mitchell, and Miles McBride out – just to name a few guys that will be spectators tonight.

Make sure to tune into the 5 p.m. show and come hang out in our Discord closer to lineup lock.

Mid-day downgrades and more!

Some injury hypotheticals and situations will be covered in the playbook. Here are some other big news pieces to monitor:

The Thunder - They've become really interesting since I already wrote up SGA after JW and Chet were listed as questionable earlier. Well, recently, Wallace and Wiggins received the mid-day downgrade, which never bodes well for anyone. I think there will be enough pieces inactive here (or at least I'm hoping) that could give SGA a really nice situation at a much lower ownership due to great cheap options (and Garland) at point guard – combined with the late tip-off time. I'm not totally sure what else OKC will do with the starting lineup, but we might even be talking about contrarian pieces such as Isaiah Joe and Alex Caruso. I would love to have some late-window flexibility here. If your lineup is behind or performing poorly early on, CLE/POR also tips off late. If you need to fade a chalky Ty Jerome (gulp….) you could pivot to Joe or Caruso at a fraction of the ownership, if this hypothetical news doesn't break until late. It doesn't feel great begging for these OKC guys to outscore someone like Jerome, but we've seen crazier stuff happen.

If PJ Washington/Brandon Williams are out - If Williams is out, I think we can certainly entertain going back to Spencer Dinwiddie, who has been awesome lately. If PJ Washington missees, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I would be fairly interested in Kai Jones.

If Cade Cunningham/THJ are out - Sasser could get extended, but Thompson was in big foul trouble in the last game, so I still think there are better cheap guards than Sasser could be come. It makes Ausar Thompson and Malik Beasley interesting if one or both of these guys sit.

If Stephon Castle is out - A $4700 CP3 will look really good. Bumps to the Champagnies and Johnsons of the world for large-field GPPs.

 

 

 

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 25th

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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.

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

UPDATE - 3:54 p.m. ET

  • Cason Wallace - Q
  • Aaron Wiggins - Q

UPDATE - 5:30 p.m. ET

  • Cole Anthony - OUT

UPDATE - 5:45 p.m. ET

  • Duncan Robinson - OUT

UPDATE - 5:48 p.m. ET

  • Stephon Castle - IN

UPDATE - 6 p.m. ET

  • Stephen Curry - OUT
  • Mitchell Robinson - OUT
  • PJ Washington - OUT
  • Brandon Williams - IN
  • Josh Okogie - IN

UPDATE - 6:30 p.m. ET

  • Cade Cunningham - OUT
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. - IN

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/25

  • Anthony Davis - OUT
  • Ja Morant - OUT
  • Jalen Brunson - OUT
  • Donovan Mitchell - OUT
  • Miles McBride - OUT
  • Lauri Markkanen - OUT
  • John Collins - OUT
  • Brandon Clarke - OUT
  • Jalen Suggs - OUT
  • Malik Monk - Q
  • Stephen Curry - Q
  • Cade Cunningham - Q
  • PJ Washington - Q
  • Chet Holmgren - Q
  • Jalen Williams - Q
  • Stephon Castle - Q
  • Tim Hardaawy Jr - Q
  • Duncan Robinson - Q
  • Jordan Clarkson - Q
  • Brandon Williams - Q
  • Josh Okogie - Q
  • Dalano Banton - Q
  • Jerami Grant - D
  • Cole Anthony - D

 

 

 

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

  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (GPP, especially if Jalen Williams out), Karl-Anthony Towns, Paolo Banchero

Mid

  • Jaren Jackson Jr., Darius Garland, Jalen Duren, Jimmy Butler (better on FD), Desmond Bane, Evan Mobley, Franz Wagner (better on FD), Andrew Wiggins (better on DK), Santi Aldama (better on FD), Deni Advija (better on DK)

Value

  • Dennis Schroder, Cameron Payne, Scotty Pippen, Ty Jerome (better on DK), Ausar Thompson, Kessler Edwards, Alex Caruso (large-field GPP)

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