Happy Tuesday, April 1st! We have a 6-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and 7-games on FanDuel, which includes the late night Denver vs Minnesota contest.

Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon are questionable as of the late afternoon. Be sure to plan accordingly depending on if you feel like dealing with that mass or trying to capitalize on some possible late-night leverage. Tune into the 5 p.m. ET live stream, and check out our Discord as we get closer to lineup lock.

 

 

 

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 1st

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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 5:10 p.m. ET

  • Royce O'Neale - Q
  • Jonathan Kuminga - OUT

UPDATE 6:08 p.m. ET

  • Anfernee Simons - OUT
  • Karl-Anthony Towns - GTD - If he misses, Hart, OG, and Bridges should be added to the core pool.

UPDATE 7:05 p.m. ET

  • Brad Beal - OUT
  • KAT - OUT
  • Royce O'Neale - OUT
  • Josh Giddey - IN
  • Kevin Huerter - IN
  • Dalen Terry - OUT
  • Lonzo Ball - OUT
  • Julian Phillips - OUT
  • Jeff Dowtin - OUT
  • AJ Green - OUT
    Cole Anthony - IN
  • Guerschon Yabusele - OUT
  • Kyle Lowry - IN

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 4/1

  • Jalen Brunson - OUT
  • Kevin Durant - OUT
  • Damian Lillard - OUT
    Miles McBride - OUT
  • RJ Barrett - OUT
  • Cam Payne - OUT
  • Naz Reid - OUT
  • Donte DiVincenzo - OUT
  • Scoot Henderson - OUT
  • Tre Jones - OUT
  • Ochai Agbaji - OUT
  • Charles Bassey - OUT
  • Josh Giddey - Q
  • Jamal Murray - Q
  • Aaron Gordon - Q
  • Karl-Anthony Towns - Q
  • Anfernee Simons - Q
  • Guerschon Yabusele - Q
  • Kevin Huerter - Q
  • Kyle Lowry - Q
  • Brad Beal - Q
  • Jonathan Kuminga - Q
  • Cole Anthony - Q
  • AJ Green - 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 7:13 p.m. ET)

  • Nikola Jokic (FD), Giannis Antetokounmpo, Paolo Banchero (large GPP)

Mid

  • Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Stephen Curry (FD), Ja Morant (FD), Draymond Green (FD), Toumani Camara, Donovan Clingan (better on DK), Ricky Council (slightly better on FD), Matas Buzelis

Value

  • Dalano Banton, Adem Bona, Mitchell Robinson, Precious Achuiwa, Buddy Hield, Ryan Rollins, Zaccharie Risacher (GPP), Delon Wright, Bol Bol (GPP)

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