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

It's Saturday, January 31st, and we have a 5-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

There are significant injury situations to dissect for Chicago and Memphis, an unexpected suspension for Paul George in Philadelphia, and much more. Let's break it all down. 

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, January 31st

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Pre/Post-Lock Update Section

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

6:40 PM ET UPDATE 

• Mouhamed Gueye starting over Christian Koloko 
• Nikola Vucevic - OUT
• Coby White - OUT 
• Ty Jerome - AVAILABLE
• Quentin Grimes - AVAILABLE

5:40 PM ET UPDATE 

• Jalen Johnson - AVAILABLE
• Zaccharie Risacher - AVAILABLE 
• Vit Krejci - OUT

3:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Vit Krejci - Questionable (downgrade)
• Santi Aldama - OUT
• Jaren Jackson - Doubtful
• Ty Jerome - Questionable
• John Konchar - Doubtful 

1:00 PM ET UPDATE 

• Paul George - OUT
• Andre Drummond - Questionable (downgrade)
• Josh Giddey - OUT
• Jalen Smith - OUT
• Coby White - Doubtful (downgrade) 
• Davion Mitchell - OUT

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 1/31

• ATL:
  Jalen Johnson - Questionable
  Zaccharie Risacher - Questionable
  Kristaps Porzingis - Out
  Onyeka Okongwu - Out
• IND:
  Obi Toppin - Out
  Tyrese Haliburton - Out
• NOP:
  Yet to submit
• PHI:
  Quentin Grimes - Probable
• CHI:
  Josh Giddey - Questionable
  Coby White - Questionable
  Jalen Smith - Questionable
  Nikola Vucevic - Doubtful
  Tre Jones - Out
  Zach Collins - Out
  Noa Essengue - Out
• MIA:
  Davion Mitchell - Doubtful
  Norman Powell - Out
  Tyler Herro - Out
• MIN:
  Terrence Shannon Jr. - Out
• MEM:
  Yet to submit
• DAL:
  Anthony Davis - Out
  Dereck Lively - Out
  Kyrie Irving - Out
  Dante Exum - Out
• HOU:
  Steven Adams - Out
  Fred VanVleet - Out

h/t @UnderdogNBA

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

• Jalen Johnson, Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, Anthony Edwards, Alperen Sengun, Kevin Durant 

Mid

• Pascal Siakam, Bam Adebayo, Zion Williamson, Andrew Nembhard, VJ Edgecombe, Jock Landale, Saddiq Bey, Jaime Jaquez, Derik Queen, Matas Buzelis, Andrew Wiggins, Tari Eason

Value

• Ayo Dosunmu, Kelly Oubre, Kel'el Ware, Dru Smith, Herbert Jones, Vince Williams, Kevin Huerter, GG Jackson, Jay Huff, Christian Koloko, Ty Jerome, Patrick Williams, Lachlan Olbrich

Stacks

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