NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Tuesday Playbook

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Published: Mar 04, 2025

Happy Tuesday, March 4th, we have a seven-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.

The stars are out as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Donovan Mitchell, Anthony Edwards, and Trae Young are taking the floor. Some names that are questionable are Karl-Anthony Towns, Paul George and Josh Giddey.

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
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NBA DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, March 4th

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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.

2:30 pm ET

With Tyrese Maxey OUT, it's interesting to look at who they start at PG. Jeff Dowtin has been operating as the backup point-guard recently and the one game in February that Maxey missed, Jared Butler started.
We should see massive Kelly Oubre minutes here. Definitely fine.

6:30 pm ET

With Josh Giddey, Lonzo Ball, Kevin Huerter OUT, the Bulls are a very interesting team. It REALLY hurts Cleveland overall.
Tre Jones, Matas Buzelis, Zach Collins, Talen Horton-Tucker are top tier options. Coby White is a great GPP play, but works best paired with Cleveland.
Karl-Anthony Towns is OUT. Jalen Brunson's elite, Josh Hart is great. I expect a lot more small ball against a small ball team with GSW tonight. Not taking the bait on Precious Achiuwa or Mitchell Robinson.

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/4

Giannis Antetokounmpo - IN
Karl-Anthony Towns - OUT
Stephen Curry - QUEST
Alperen Sengun - IN
Tyrese Maxey - OUT
Amen Thompson - IN
Evan Mobley - OUT
Josh Giddey - OUT
Nikola Vucevic - OUT
Paul George - QUEST
Fred VanVleet - OUT
Coby White - IN
Julius Randle - QUEST
Kelly Oubre - PROB
Kyle Kuzma - IN
Rudy Gobert - OUT
Stephon Castle - IN
Tari Eason - IN
Charles Bassey - OUT
Bennedict Mathurin - OUT
Dillon Brooks - IN
Gradey Dick - OUT
Patrick Williams - OUT
Georges Niang - IN
Lonzo Ball - OUT
Kevin Huerter - OUT
Ochai Agbaji - OUT
Justin Edwards - QUEST
Quentin Grimes - QUEST
Trae Young - IN
Cole Anthony - OUT
Gary Payton - OUT
Austin Reaves - OUT
LeBron James - PROB
Luka Doncic - PROB
Bradley Beal - QUEST
Norman Powell - OUT
Ben Simmons - OUT
Derrick Jones - OUT

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.

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