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

Happy Wednesday, April 9th! We have a six-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings, while FanDuel is adding the four 10pm games for a 10-game main slate. 

As the final week of the regular season rolls on, there should be multiple injury/rest/tanking situations (like Boston) to provide us with plenty of value options. Be sure to join us in the Discord for all the news leading up to roster 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 9th

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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 5:30 PM ET

• The Thunder and Rockets have shaken up the FD slate by ruling out several players: 
  • OKC Injury Report
    • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - OUT
    • Isaiah Hartenstein - OUT
    • Lu Dort - OUT
    • Cason Wallace - OUT
  • HOU Injury Report
    • Alperen Sengun - OUT
    • Amen Thompson - OUT
    • Fred VanVleet - OUT
    • Jabari Smith - OUT
    • Dillon Brooks - OUT
• Keegan Murray - OUT
• Nick Richards - OUT
• Jeremy Sochan - OUT
• Gary Payton - Q
• Quinten Post - OUT
• Norman Powell - Q
• Ben Simmons - OUT
• Amir Coffey - OUT

UPDATE 5:40 PM ET

• Quentin Grimes - Available
• Justin Edwards - OUT
• Richaun Holmes - OUT

UPDATE 6:10 PM ET

• Jaylen Brown - OUT
• Scottie Barnes - Available
• Jakob Poeltl - OUT
• Dante Exum - Available

UPDATE 6:25 PM ET

• Josh Giddey - Available
• Kevin Huerter - Available

UPDATE 6:45 PM ET

• Andrew Wiggins - Available
• Moussa Diabate - OUT

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

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 4/9

• Jayson Tatum - OUT
• Jaylen Brown - OUT
• Kristaps Porzingis - OUT
• Jrue Holiday - OUT
• Derrick White - OUT
• Al Horford - OUT
• Quentin Grimes - Available
• Guerschon Yabusele - OUT
• Justin Edwards - OUT
• Kyle Lowry - OUT
• Jordan Poole - OUT
• Khris Middleton - OUT
• Anthony Gill - OUT
• Richaun Holmes - OUT
• Mark Williams - OUT
• Miles Bridges - OUT
• Josh Green - OUT
• Josh Okogie - OUT
• Moussa Diabate - OUT
• Scottie Barnes - Available
• Jakob Poeltl - OUT
• Ja'Kobe Walter - OUT
• Jamal Shead - OUT
• Ochai Agbaji - OUT
• Bronny James - Q
• Dante Exum - Available
• Jaden Hardy - OUT
• Andrew Wiggins - Available
• Josh Giddey - Available
• Kevin Huerter - Available
• Lonzo Ball - OUT
• Jalen Smith - Q
• Deni Avdija - Q
• Anfernee Simons - Q
• Scoot Henderson - OUT
• Duop Reath - Q
• Walker Kessler - OUT
• Isaiah Collier - Q
• KJ Martin - OUT

FanDuel Only

• Jamal Murray - D
• Malik Monk - OUT
• Keegan Murray - OUT
• Alperen Sengun - OUT
• Fred VanVleet - OUT
• Jabari Smith - 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.

High

• Luka Doncic, Josh Giddey (if active), Paolo Banchero, Deni Avdija (if active), Bam Adebayo

Mid

• Coby White, Shaedon Sharpe, Payton Pritchard, Isaiah Collier (if active), Collin Sexton, Carlton Carrington, Lonnie Walker, Adem Bona, Jusuf Nurkic, Tari Eason (FD Only)

Value

• Luke Kornet, Trey Lyles (FD only), Tidjane Salaun, Johnny Juzang, Sam Hauser, Cam Whitmore (FD Only), Reed Sheppard (FD only), 

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