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

Published: Jan 22, 2025
Get ready for an action-packed Monday night in the NBA, as the seven-game main slate on DraftKings and a nine game main slate on FanDuel which offers plenty of exciting matchups and DFS opportunities to capitalize on.
This slate is brimming with opportunities for DFS players to build winning lineups. Let’s break down the top plays and strategies to dominate tonight's contests!
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 Wednesday, January 22nd
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Pre-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 - 6:20pm ET
- Bradley Beal - OUT
- Klay Thompson - OUT
- Naji Marshall - OUT
- Quentin Grimes - ACTIVE
- Ben Simmons - OUT
- Cam Johnson - OUT
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/22
- New Orleans Pelicans vs Milwaukee Bucks - CANCELLED
- D'Angelo Russell - OUT
- Ziaire Williams - OUT
- Ben Simmons - Doubtful
- Cameron Johnson - Doubtful
- Norman Powell - OUT
- Kris Dunn - OUT
- Kristaps Porzingis - Questionable
- Jalen Williams - Questionable
- Brice Sensabaugh - OUT
- Lauri Markkanen - ACTIVE
- John Collins - ACTIVE
- Jalen Johnson - Questionable
- Evan Mobley - OUT
- Dereck Lively - OUT
- Bradley Beal - Questionable
- Klay Thompson - Questionable
- Quentin Grimes - Questionable
- Naji Marshall - Questionable
NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews
We've got a lot of games with either lower game totals or spreads suggesting blowout for tonight's matchups. That said we do have a handful of games where we are expecting close, competitive and high scoring which is where the majority of the ownership tonight is going when building out our DFS lineups and those games are below.
Detroit Pistons vs Atlanta Hawks
- Total: 234.5
- Spread: ATL -3
Minnesota Timberwolves vs Dallas Mavericks
- Total: 214.5
- Spread: MIN -3.5
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Houston Rockets
- Total: 228
- Spread: CLE -2
Charlotte Hornets vs Memphis Grizzlies
- Total: 240
- Spread: MEM -12
Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder
- Total: 231.5
- Spread: OKC -16.5
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, Domantas Sabonis, Jayson Tatum, Cade Cunningham, Trae Young, Kevin Durant, Anthony Edwards, James Harden, Ja Morant
Mid
- Fred VanVleet, Stephen Curry, Darius Garland, Amen Thompson, Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Green, Julius Randle, Mark Williams, Jarrett Allen, Daniel Gafford, Andrew Wiggins, DeMar DeRozan, Malik Monk
Value
- Onyeka Okongwu, Nick Smith Jr, Jalen Duren, Noah Clowney, Tyrese Martin, Jaden McDaniels, Jaylin Williams, Cam Whitmore, Mike Conley, Rob Dillingham, Mo Bamba, Kevin Porter, Keegan Murray
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